Gosford Golf Club Bridal Fair pics

Last Sunday I was an exhibitor at the Gosford Golf Club Bridal Fair. It was a lovely day meeting new, excited brides. I have to thank my wonderful husband for coming with me so that we could spend the day together (awwwwwww), as well as Gerri from I Do Cupcakes, and Lisa from Lisa Lent Photography who had stalls on either side of me and kept me entertained in between talking to all of the lovely brides.

I had a very busy weekend with an engagement party in Sydney to attend, and a wedding order for Monday to make, so I kept it very small and simple for this expo. This was my stall:

I didn't take a photo of one of the bouquets because it was a last minute addition - it's the one on the left of the picture, just a simple hydrangea posy. Here are the other 3 bouquets:

Posy of white roses and white spray roses

I love how this one turned out. Actually I love anything that has berries in it! This is a grouped posy of mauve roses, purple calla lilies, purple vanda orchids and berzellia berry

And lastly, this bouquet is a posy of artificial frangipani's

I hope you like them!

For anyone that was at the expo. did you find it fun, helpful? Let me know if it was worthwhile.

Gosford Golf Club Bridal Fair

This Sunday I will be exhibiting at the Gosford Golf Club Bridal fair. There will be plenty of exhibitors to visit, so feel free to pop in and meet us. Here are the details:

What: Gosford Golf Club Bridal Fair
Where: Gosford Golf and Function Centre, Racecourse Rd, Gosford
When: Sunday 31st January 2010
Time: 10am - 4.30pm
Price: free

There is plenty of parking on site too! See you there!

Mingara 'Getting Hitched' Expo Aftermath.....

I think I have finally recovered enough from the Mingara bridal expo that was held on Sunday, to actually write a post to tell you about it. So lets start from the beginning......... (get ready for a photo overload)

It all started on Monday last week when I had some Oriental Lilies delivered. Because the weather is so cold, these flowers need to come in earlier than everything else so that they have an opportunity to open. Well that is supposed to be the plan anyway.... more on that later.

These are the rest of my flowers that arrived on Friday...Clockwise from the top left hand corner we have: pink oriental lilies, white oriental lilies, white and cream roses, molucca balm, orange tulips, pink and hot pink and cream roses, white singapore orchids, pink blushing brides, white lisianthus, green hydrangea and some dusty miller foliage.

It was up to me to actually turn these flowers into something beautiful. My only problem was that my lilies weren't opening. So on Saturday when I needed to start making the bouquets, my lilies looked like this...

Aaaauuuuuugggghhhh! Sometimes working with lilies is an absolute nightmare. In winter, it is so cold that the flowers don't want to open, and in summer, they open way too quick and don't last well in the heat. If any of you have ever chosen lilies in your wedding bouquet and can't understand why they are such an expensive flower for bridal work, it is because we need to order two to three times more flowers than what you actually need in your bouquets to make sure enough flowers open in time. They are also a flower that usually needs to be wired for use in bouquets and wired flowers are more costly.

So I left the lily bouquets until last and just hoped for the best. These are what I came up with...

Bouquet 1: posy consisting of 40 cream roses and a frame of camellia leaves

Bouquet 2: posy consisting of 30 pink roses and 1 bunch of pink blushing brides, with a frame of vibernum leaves

Bouquet 3: posy consisting of 30 hot pink roses, 10 orange tulips, 1 bunch molucca balm and a frame of vibernum leaves

Bouquet 4: teardrop bouquet consisting of 30 white roses, 2 bunches white lisianthus, 2 stems white sinapore orchids and 1 bunch of dusty miller foliage

By the time I had done all of these I had a few more lilies open but not enough to fill the bouquets. I made up as much of them as I could and planned to wake up early hopefully to many more open lilies.

I woke up early and found that I had just enough flowers to finish off the bouquets. Phew - how lucky was that?!

Bouquet 5: wired posy of pink oriental lilies and magnolia foliage

Bouquet 6: I did this same one at the last expo and it was so popular amongst the brides that I decided to make it again for this expo. And again it got alot of special attention. This is a wired cascade bouquet of white oriental lilies, white singapore orchids and magnolia foliage

After only 4 hours of sleep and finishing off all the bouquets, it was time to head off to the expo. My poor hubby spent his day off work, helping me in my stall. He was such a great help, handing out my pamphlets and talking to people when I was already busy talking to other people. I was so proud of my gorgeous man and felt really lucky that he was there to help me out.

It was a great day. There was over 1200 people that came through and I got such a positive reaction to my stand. People were just so lovely and saying the nicest things. I've even had quite a few enquiries already!

Thanks to everyone that came in. You made the expo a great success.

I ended up giving away the natural stem bouquets which left me with the wired bouquets to take home. And can you imagine that when I looked at them today, 2 days after the expo, they still looked pretty good? Flowers love this cold weather. Take a look.....

Counting down to the next wedding expo

One week to go........ On Sunday 21st June 2009, I will be exhibiting at the Getting Hitched expo. The expo will be held in the showroom at Mingara Recreation Club from 10am until 3pm. There will be lots to look at and with over 100 vendors there will be plenty of people to see (but most importantly meeeeeeeee). Entry is free and there is plenty of parking available. Make sure you come and visit, and feel free to introduce yourself. I would be so happy to meet any supporters of my little business.

The Weekend Summary

I'm finally back after a busy weekend.

I've got lots of photos to show, so first I'll start with Jenny's wedding which was on Saturday.

Jenny had white freesia posy bouquets for her and her 3 bridesmaids. They smelt absolutely gorgeous!

All packed up and ready to deliver: And on Sunday I was an exhibitor at the Diggers at The Entrance wedding expo. It was my very first expo so I was a little nervous, especially when everyone kept telling me about the few hundred people that were queued up outside waiting to get in. I needn't have worried though because it was easy. I had fun, spoke to alot of brides and met other exhibitors who were also at their first expo so I was in good company. Here are some photos from the day. Me all set up at my first expo:
And here are some close ups of the bouquets I made
and the photo of this purple one looks a bit dodge, but its because I was holding the bouquet on a bad angle towards me. It makes the bouquet look like it's a weird shape but I promise you that it was actually round. Thanks to everyone that came to see me. I really appreciate your support. Now I need to start thinking of ideas for next months Getting Hitched expo at Mingara. If you have any suggestions.... let me know.

Busy weekend ahead!

Look at my studio! It's full of flowers!

My friend Jenny from Pink Lily Photography is getting married tomorrow. I will be working on her wedding flowers today and I'll be using the white freesias you can see in the bottom of the photo. I'll post some photos of her wedding bouquets when I'm finished.

Today is such a beautiful day and I pray that it stays this nice for her tomorrow. I remember when we were teenagers, Jenny and I used to hang out alot. We worked at the same place, we would have Melrose nights (remember them?) at her place with her house mates every Tuesday night, she helped me develop my U2 obsession and we would talk about our futures and wonder what it would hold, and when we would meet a great guy to share it with. And 13 years later, we are both happy and we have our great guys.

Good luck Jenny, I hope your wedding day is absolutely amazing.

The rest of the flowers are for the arrangements I am making for the Diggers Wedding Expo on Sunday. Remember it's free entry, free parking and goes from 10am to 3pm. Again, I'll make sure I post some pictures of how it all went.

Diggers Wedding Expo

The Kissing Tree has just had confirmation that we will be exhibiting at an expo next month. Here are all the details you will need if you want to come along to see us: What: Diggers at The Entrance wedding expo Where: Diggers at The Entrance, 315 The Entrance Rd, The Entrance When: Sunday 17th May Time: 10am - 3pm Cost: free entry and parking For all of the details, here is the website: click here Now to start thinking of what bouquets to show...............

Getting Hitched Expo

The Kissing Tree will be appearing at it's very first wedding expo! I'm so excited as it gives me a chance to get out there and meet brides, and show off my work. My brain is already swirling with ideas! So here are the details: What: Getting Hitched wedding expo Where: Mingara Recreation Club When: Sunday 21st June Time: 10am - 3pm Come and see me.