Our Spring Show – come on in!
Category: Blogby Johanna Osborne
8th September 2013: a glorious sunny day to be out and about in the coolest little capital, and many brides and grooms-to-be seemed to agree with us, for they flocked to this weekend’s not-to-be-missed event at Shed 6, The Wellington Wedding Show!
Gosh, we loved meeting so many cool couples, and it was a delight to hear of your plans and ideas. And of course it was an honour to present our lucky competition winners with their awesome prizes –there were so many happy and excited faces about the divine Antipodes products. You can see many of them for yourself below in our lengthy snapshot photo gallery. There’s just nothing like making someone’s day! Everyone also went ga-ga over the gorgeous biscuits by the amazing Decorada – if you got to try one you were very lucky, they ran out quickly!
And whilst there were many prizes that you could enter to win before and on the actual day (including the fabulous click/snap/bam competition that we are still running in conjunction with Salute Hair and Day Spa and The Amazing Travelling Photobooth on our Facebook page) the day was not only about that… it was about presenting brides and grooms (and their entourages!) with options, ideas and inspiration, and our wonderful exhibitors certainly did not disappoint. Every single exhibitor put an incredible amount of work into their stalls to show you a slice of their business and give you a taste of what it is they do. These people are the best in the business and we were so proud to have them all there. And despite our Spring Show being a slightly smaller, more boutique style show, the feedback has been consistent – everyone thought there was a good cross-section of suppliers and an amazing amount of ideas and choice available. Exhibitors and visitors alike felt that the slightly smaller show allowed for more time and quality of discussion, which gave way to a more relaxed pace. But regardless, the day simply flew by and whilst there were still droves of people and lines out the door at various times, the flow of people was staggered and the day just seemed to go seamlessly. We were so pleased, especially as everyone appeared to have so much fun, and at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about – enjoying this most special time of your lives and allowing those that know weddings best to help you along the way with your precious journey.
Come and have a look at our gallery of the shiny happy people that stopped by the MR &MRS stand – and feel free to tag/share our post if you know someone in our pictures! For more photos of the whole event check out our FB page – our talented team Jess O’Brien and Craig Christensen have taken some amazing photographs of exhibitors, visitors – the whole she-bang, so don’t miss those!
Paula and Johanna at the MR & MRS stand ready for the day ahead!
One of my neighbours on the MR & MRS stand - Trish from the incredible Simply Food!
My neighbour on the other side - the gorgeous Katie at the Paula Bevege Events stand
Johanna and Dion from The Amazing Travelling Photobooth
Some of my first visitors - these ladies came all the way from Hawkes Bay for our show!
Lucky Antipodes Winners!
Paula with one of the many cool couples to visit our Show
These ladies were so much fun!
The gang - a mix of family, good friends and amazing helpers - and one is Paula's husband, can you guess who?
Always a pleasure meeting such awesome brides and their bridesmaids
Decorada's cookies sure made a lot of people very happy!
More lovely ladies
Some more avid MR & MRS readers
A lucky Antipodes prize winner!
It was so nice to meet so many couples so excited about planning their big day
Matching stripes- these two were awesome fun!
We were impressed by the number of enthusiastic grooms at this show!
Blue and yellow - perfect colours for Spring!
Hot off the press - MR & MRS issue 5!
These 2 friends are very excited to both be getting married and are even bridesmaids at each other's wedding!
A happy couple looking forward to their big day - these 2 have enlisted the help of Paula Bevege as their wedding planner
Great friends having a great time
Another lovely couple to stop by our stand and say hi
These ladies were rapt to have won an Antipodes prize via our FB competition!
These 3 were simply amazing -so happy and were having a blast!
The lucky piñata winners with Mary from Craft House, the company who so cleverly made it!
Happy friends, great times
These 2 gorgeous gals were lucky winners too!
Paula and Carl from Salute Hair and Day Spa - and both have amazing hair, coincidence? We think not!
We just love this shot - from left Carl, Belinda with daughter Sophie, Katie and Paula - 3 sisters!
Johanna with the stunning Kenzy from For Every Minute, who is wearing one of their divine products
We are sure these 2 are going to have an awesome wedding if their personalities are anything to go by!
Off duty exhibitors - Miranda Millen from Miranda Millen Make Up Artistry and Yvette from the Piccadilly Flower Company
Johanna and Paula with the gorgeous Jess from one of our favourite blogs, J&J
Another cool couple to visit our MR & MRS stand
Our awesome designer Craig from Graphic Solutions with Miranda and Yvette
I was stationed opposite these guys for the day - from The Good Chemistry Catering Company and they had the most amazing and popular brownies!
We heart these guys - so talented and lovely too! Jess O'Brien Photographer and her husband-to-be Craig Christensen from Graphic Solutions, the outstanding design team behind our pride and joy, MR & MRS magazine!!
