Well we completed the Wedding Journal Show in The Kings Hall in Belfast!! Yay.. I have been neglecting my blog the past week or so as I was super busy getting organised for the show.. I am now back on track and want to share my experience at B Ford's first big fair..
I shared the stand with Sharon Hay of Innocent Chaos Jewellery who makes awesome bridal bouquets out of vintage brooches and really cute jewellery. Sharon and I first met at uni studying textiles and have been buddies ever since.. We have collaborated on several occasions as we feel both our products work well together.. : )
On Thursday we had to set up our stand something I thought would only take a couple of hours max.. Boy was I wrong.... It started off with an error on Sharon's side of our A6 postcards.. Oops.. # Note to self; proof, proof, proof check..
We had a double sided A6 postcards with an image of Innocent Chaos on one side and B Ford on the other.. I will post images. I was very impressed by the design and print which was by Kaizen Print in Belfast..
With a delay at the printers upon arrival at The Kings Hall we realised there was no stand/space for Innocent Chaos/ B Ford... : ( There was a mix up with another company and ourselves and the office thought we had cancelled.. The couple of hours I now thought that we would have been set up was now consumed by Sharon and I waiting to get a stand sorted.. Eventually we were provided with a stand twice the size... Hurray!! #worth the wait
After a lot of waiting around we got straight to work setting our products and equipment up.. Within our stand we tried to get it to represent both our companies as much as possible by taking a lot of consideration into everything from where our products would be placed to the smaller intricate props.. I feel we both did a good job at doing so..
After raiding Sharon's house to gather up last minute props we were read to rock on Friday at 3pm for the opening of the show..
As you can see below Miss Hay and I were slightly gitty and thought we would do a little bit of posing..
Making use of our props... : )
Yay!! We completed the Wedding Journal Show 2011... Sharon striking a little pose below.. It was a crazy busy weekend especially on Sunday, I had so much fun and learnt an awful lot. Sharon and I met so many lovely people and also other exhibitors.
Bannon and McCabe Photography were our next door neighbours at the show and were always on hand to keep Sharon and myself entertained... Check them out they are awesome guys who are very talented..
Of Course the fabulous Jennifer Ireland Make Up Artist.. Jennifer was doing demonstrations on the Style Stage several times a day throughout the duration of the show...
Thanks to everyone who helped!
Ursula xo
