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Thursday, April 1, 2010

Bridal Faire Extravaganza

It is amazing how far life can progress in just one year. March 6, 2009 was the day that David proposed to me and we began our journey down the road called "Engagement" before we could get to our destination "Marriage." (Or for some.. destination "Golden Rung.") We loved being engaged, and one of our favorite parts was going to Bridal Faires. David and I went to several Bridal Faires and we LOVED them. We loved having people try to sell us on things, looking at all of the options for weddings out there, and of course eating all of the free food! Who knew that just a very short year later we would be on the other side of the Bridal Faire fence?

Last Saturday we were able to attend the Bridal Faire at Riverwoods as a vendor! We had so much fun and it was really successful. A shout out to my dearest sister, Jenna, and my amazing father, Scott. This wouldn't have been possible without the both of you!

Here are some pictures of our booth!

 The full shot of the booth. 

The fliers we handed out.

Samples for potential clients to take.

Closer Up. 


The mantle of the fireplace we just so happened to get stuck in front of! It ended up working out really well, even though I was really nervous at first. 


Our BEAUTIFUL red ladder. My dad and brother, Jacob, spend hours helping David and I make this vision of mine turn into a reality. Dad, Jacob, David... YOU ARE AMAZING! 

We ended up talking to about 250 engaged couples. It was awesome and I loved it SO much. David was incredible and we had so much fun working side by side! The whole thing was a success! Now I am pretty much swamped with phone calls and e-mails from brides who need their wedding invitations done ASAP! I love it and I am SO excited to be able to actually be DOING this!

9 comments:

Abby said...

That's fantastic. I'm glad it went so well =)

Sara Tramp said...

Way to go!!! That is so awesome :)

Amy said...

So glad it was a success!

Emily said...

Congrats Shantel!! That is so exciting!

Matt Peaden said...

Shantel, your booth looks awesome!! I wish I were getting married again so you could do an invite for me (j/k). :) But we'll pass on your info to anyone we know getting married. -Julie (this is Matt's google account but if there's a comment from him, it's really me!)

Lil Mama Crafts said...

Oh that's so awesome Shantel! I told a friend of mine about you yesterday as well! I hope you're busy busy!!

Mindy said...

Good for you, Shantel, it looks like it was fun!

Jessica said...

That is so awesome! I wish I could have gone to Bridal fairs when I was engaged, I had to do all the research myself and from another state! Talk about crazy!!! I also wish I would have know you were so talented at making wedding invites because I probably would have had you make mine instead of hand making all of them! They turned out cute but yours are AMAZING!

I'm so glad everything is going great for you :)

Ashley said...

You are amazing. First of all, I LOVE that you sold security systems to prove that you could. Second of all, I love that you started this business and are so amazing!!!