National Wedding Show

Despite only starting a week ago today, it seems like FOREVER since the show. It wasn't a good idea to fly in from a business trip that included a wedding overnight on the Wednesday to land mid-day Thursday and need to be at Earls Court for 7.30 on Friday morning and be alert and happy and helpful. I think I did the happy & helpful but the alert bit was a struggle at times - please forgive! However, we had a great time and met some lovely people and got some interesting enquiries for both weddings and honeymooons - snow, ski-ing, sailing, fishing Autumn, Summer, Winter ...

Here's a couple of shots of the stand. Taken by your truly NOT a professional.

The back wall was all images of real weddings and the end wall was images of Ontario Experiences

More of the back wall. Whoops - sorry about the rubbish boxes.

Looking from the open end into the stand over the "bar"

The coat is designed by a lady called Justine Horrocks and the style is Sophi and I SO want one! What you can't see is the train at the back which is long enough to be long but not so long as to be over the top. It also comes short - obviously without a train although someone did ask me if the short one had a train. We couldn't quite work out where she was going with that one!

The Sparkling Ice Cuvee Wine from Peller Estates in Niagara-on-the-Lake was FAB and very well received by all who tasted. You can buy it in this country. Our favourite supplier is Harper Wells from near Norwich who will ship just one bottle - but who only needs one bottle? Mention Maple Leaf Weddings if you enquire.

We also had some fab cupcakes in typical Canadian colours and styles, also minicakes which were made for us by Tulip Hill Cakery - Noreen is amazingly creative and will supply the cakes as fantastic displays, in presentation boxes or just in plain boxes.

Presentation box with chocolate cup cakes

Four tier stand - can go up to seven

Close up of the tiny edible flowers on top of the mini-cakes

Think they are all very cute and Noreen so talented to be able to create them. Oh - yes, they do taste GOOD as well!

Will explain about some of the other bits and pieces next week. I'll also elaborate on the wedding that was on the Wednesday before the show & should have some images by then.

And some very exciting news [for me] that a visitor to the stand knew all about on the Friday but kept secret and didn't tell me. But, Helen, you're forgiven - you did the right thing!