My First Wedding Fayre

Tabley House

Last Sunday, I finally went to my first wedding fayre at Tabley House, Knutsford. I'd spent that long preparing for it that it seemed strange when the day finally came. My husband and sister volunteered to come along and help me out. It is a good job they did. When we finally found the carpark, it's not that well signposted once you enter the property, we found that the entrance was a lot further away than 50 yards. This meant that I could not carry a lot of my items in, because I'm not supposed to lift heavy objects.

Tabley House again

Tabley House is beautiful, and would be well worth a day out to look around the house. I was pleased when I found out that the majority of the wedding fayre would be held in the library. A stunning room that seemed to fit the day. I managed to get a good spot, and set up.

The day was worthwhile to network with other wedding providers and find out information from them. 'Hi' to those I spoke to, you'll find my twitter link in one of the tabs.

Lots of the brides where still at the beginning of their wedding planning journey. Some did not have a colour scheme yet, whereas others weren't sure about a date. It makes sense that a fayre will help them with ideas. Their excitement was contagious, and I enjoyed talking to everyone of them. There were more grooms around than I had expected, and obviously the brides would not look at my stall when he was with them.

I gave out lots of leaflets and buisness cards. The idea of recycling the wedding tiara into jewellery seemed to go down well, everybody liked the idea.

I believe that as a first wedding fayre for both me and Tabley House,  it was a success. Though I did not make any sales on the day, I am hopeful that those who I chatted to will contact me at a later date.

I've now booked a pre-prom pamper session in May, I've obviously got the fayre bug now.

 

 

 

Old Tiaras into New Jewellery



BEFORE - my wedding tiara

 

This week in preparation for Sunday, the wedding fayre at Tabley House, Knutsford, 12pm - 4pm, I have demolished my own wedding tiara. The thought came to me that you can spend an awful lot of money on something you will only really wear once. It's the kind of thing that you don't want to throw out because of the emotional attachment but its just taking up space.

I've decided to offer a service to make your old tiara into beautiful jewellery. It will cost approx. £10 for silver plated copper jewellery, more if sterling silver is required. I would have to see a photograph of your tiara to see if I can recycle the beads on it. Obviously, any bought from me can be recycled.


AFTER - a pretty necklace




AFTER: an elegant pair of earrings





I think they both turned out really well, and I can now wear something that does mean a lot to me. Though it felt a shame to take the tiara apart, it was definately worth it.



The Vine and other makes

I haven't really made much this week, with one thing or another getting in the way. I am still preparing for the bridal fayre this month. My Etsy shop is involved in a promotion to get people buying British goods on Etsy. Use code  FREEMARCH13 at the checkout for free postage and packing. There's lots of shops taking part in this promotion, and lots of goodies to choose from.


So this week I've tried the Vine technique on a tiara and a hair comb. I think it looks pretty, the side pattern on the tiara really stands out. It uses lots of different real pearls that I had in my stash, I think the different shapes adds something.

The hair comb looks a lot more delicate because I used smaller beads, faux pearls in all different colours. The vine is fiddley to do but I think the results are pretty.


I was in the mood for experimentation, so I tried macrame with ribbon on a tiara. It gives a slightly different look to the standard headband with beads on it. It was tricky to start with but once I got into it, it was ok.

After all this I went for something simple, classic, pearl necklace and earrings. Dark pink pearls and rainbow moonstone went really well together.

 
I haven't put these on Etsy or my Bridal shop yet but hope to this week. If you can't wait please message me.