June is Bustin’ Out all Over!

Can someone please explain where this year has gone? Almost half way through 2013 and thankfully we’ve hardly had time to catch our breath!  What’s even more amazing (apart from some glorious sunshine) is that this month sees our 3^rd Birthday!

As well as celebrating our birthday (rude not too!) June is busy with lots of lovely other things that we have planned!

Nicola Anne Designer Day

We are delighted that our most local, very talented, designer Nicola Anne will be joining us on Saturday 22^nd June along with her stunning new collection of wedding gowns for 2014 plus some favourites from previous collections.

We love having Nicola come into the shop as, not only is she a lovely lady who designs fabulous dresses, but she makes a great cup of tea and brings biscuits!  As always these events are very popular and there are only very limited appointments now available.

Lou Lou Designer Day

Our second Designer Event is being held on Saturday 29^th June when we will have in store an extended collection of bridal and bridesmaid dresses from Lou Lou.  With their signature vintage and retro styling it is always exciting to see what new ideas this talented British team have come up with.  Having seen some of their new collection at a recent trade show I don’t think we are going to be disappointed!

The Wedding Singer

One of the many firsts for us this year was being asked to sponsor a show – appropriately ‘The Wedding Singer’ – being staged by Leicester Amateur Operatic Society and we are thrilled to be associated with this talented group.

It’s been so exciting when we’ve been out & about and we see advertising for the production and our name appears (squeals of delight in Highcross Shopping Centre – not at all embarrassing!) The show is on at the Curve Theatre. Leicester from 25^th to 29^th June and we are really looking forward to going along to see the performance.

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Beat it! Cancer!

On Sunday 30^th June a ‘The Pink (Confetti) Ladies’ will be taking part in The Race for Life to raise much needed funds in the fight against cancer.  This horrible disease affects so many either personally or their friends and family and we all have our own reasons for taking part.  We are all training hard(!) as our husbands have agreed to greet us with a bottle (or two!) of champagne at the finishing line! We are hoping to raise as much as possible and donations can be made via our just giving page http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/pink-confetti

Happy Birthday to us!

It seems like the blink of an eye since we opened Pink Confetti on 18^th June 2010 however reflecting on the last 3 years we are astounded by what we’ve achieved and amazed at all the wonderful people we have met.

It’s been a great twelve months as we received top stockists awards from 2 of our suppliers and also The Wedding Industry Awards shortlisted us as one of the top Regional Bridal Boutiques (1 of only 4) in the East Midlands! This award is extra special in that it was voted for by our brides and we were blown away by the feedback received through this process.

To celebrate or 3^rd birthday we are asking all customers, old & new, to come and join us for a glass of pink fizz and birthday cake between 15^th and 22^nd June and as a thank you we are offering 10% off any purchase during our birthday week (a day just isn’t long enough!)

What Next?

This is also a great time for us to start planning for our next twelve months and we have lots of exciting ideas!  Plans are well underway for the relaunch of ‘Pink Confetti Parties’ with lots of lovely new handbags and fashion jewellery plus great benefits for hostesses.

From the autumn onwards we will start to receive our gorgeous new collections from all of our designers there are some amazing gowns and we can’t wait for them to arrive!

However because of this, we are planning our first ever ‘Sale Event’ at the shop to create some much needed space so there will be some real bargains to be had!  The event is on from Thursday 4^th to Saturday 6^th July – more details to follow!

We have already booked our places at the NEC National Wedding Show in October and both UK Wedding Shows at Excel, London and their Midlands event at Ricoh Arena both of which are in January next year!

Looks like it’s going to be another busy year – Fantastic!!

Wow! What an amazing weekend!

It’s hard to believe that our debut appearance at the National Wedding Show is over!  After weeks of planning we felt prepared and ready for action as we turned up at the NEC on Thursday afternoon to set up!  We knew our stand was tiny (about the same size as our changing room in the shop!!) but we were still surprised at how little space we appeared to have in comparison to the massive amount of stuff we had brought with us.

So as with all best laid plans we had to rethink – however we were very pleased with the result!  !

We wanted to create an environment that mirrored the experience of the boutique and we certainly achieved that with every conceivable space filled with gorgeous shoes and lots of lovely sparkly goodies!

Although we have exhibited for the last couple of years at the UK Wedding Show, Ricoh Arena, we were still very nervous about the size and scale of the National Show, and standing out amongst all the beautiful displays and big names within the Boutique Area.  However we were very lucky to be able to showcase a selection of Nicola Anne’s 2013 ‘Vintage’ Collection and also the ‘SecretGarden’ Collection from Donna Lee Designs.  This includes ‘Heather’s Hope’ named after Donna’s mum and from which all sales proceeds will be donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

The Friday morning started slowly with everyone making their way to the first Catwalk event which started 30 minutes after the show opened.  We were totally unprepared for the masses that hit the Boutique area once the show had finished and continued to do so all day!  However this was a small number in comparison to the volume of visitors on Saturday and Sunday.  We were delighted that so many people loved what we had to offer and at some points were asking for leaflets to take away as the stand was too busy to look around!

By the time it came to take down the stand and pack up on Sunday evening we were all buzzing although thoroughly exhausted, however, we had met so many wonderful people – both customers and other exhibitors that we are definitely looking at doing it again next year (must be mad!!).  As always these events wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful Pink Confetti Team – Michelle, Carol, Kirsty, Sue, Tracy and Alison – thank you just isn’t enough!

So where to now! 

We have several local wedding fairs planned and are looking forward to attending all these lovely venues and meeting lots more wonderful people.  You can come along and see us at:

Best Western Ullesthorpe Court – Sunday 14^th October

LutterworthTown   Hall – Sunday 21^st October

Catthorpe Manor – Sunday 4^th November

City Rooms, Leicester – Sunday 4^th November

We are also delighted to be part of the Winter Wonderland Wedding Show on Sunday 9^th December at HolywellPark, Loughborough, Leics.  This event promises to be a winter extravaganza and we’ve heard that even Santa may possibly pay a visit!

Designer Events

Alongside the wedding fairs we have two Designer Events planned with Nicola Anne joining us on Saturday 20^th October showing her new ‘Vintage’ collection for 2013!  This has been so popular that the day is virtually fully booked so we are extending our opening hours to make new appointments available!

We are very excited about welcoming Lou Lou for our designer weekend on 10^th & 11^th November showcasing their new bridal collection along with a selection of the bridesmaid designs.  Lou Lou specialise in creating gowns with a vintage, retro twist and this weekend has already attracted a lot of interest, so we are looking forward to a very busy event.

Only 75 sleeps until Christmas!

Although hard to believe that it’s nearly that time of year again we are once again planning some late night shopping events where there will be some great bargains to be had from our fashion handbags, shoes & jewellery ranges – watch this space or our Facebook page for details!

What an Amazing Start!

Well so much for the good intentions of posting a weekly blog!

Our new website launched over a month ago and it’s been a busy few weeks since!  Getting our website live was one of our major goals for the beginning of 2012 and it was a wonderful feeling when it went live in January. Thanks to the hard work of Rebecca at Let Me Organise You and her ability to translate our half baked ideas we now have a wonderful site that reflects the essence of Pink Confetti – well we think so anyway!

UK Wedding Show – Ricoh Arena 21^st & 22^nd January

The focus on getting the website launched was diverted a little by the UK Wedding Show which we were very excited to be attending for the second year. We had carefully been planning (on paper!) the layout of our stand for some weeks so that we could show at their best our gorgeous bridal gowns, bridal shoes and bridal accessories. We had a different shaped stand to last year and despite our planning we proved the case that women are unable to judge size or distance.  We used every inch of space but think achieved the overall idea of recreating the Leicestershire wedding boutique on the stand – too much to choose from & not enough space!

From last years experience we knew it would be busy and so had roped in friends and family but in the event with 8 of us on the stand there still wasn’t time to speak to everyone or even take a lunch break!  As with all wedding fairs and events we met some wonderful people and it is so nice that so many have since visited us at the boutique.

Wedding Fair Season!

It’s that time of year again!  Since the UK Wedding Show we have attended several more wedding fairs including, Ullesthorpe Court Hotel, Chesford Grange Hotel, Brownsover Hall, Hilton Hotel Coventry and Debenhams, Leicester (that was an interesting one!).

With many more planned over the next couple of months we are looking forward to meeting more lovely people – details of the events we will be attending are on our Facebook Events page.

The BIG Wedding Day Out!

As in previous years we wanted to do something for charity so this year we are planning our first full wedding carnival on Sunday 29^th April 2012!   Not to be missed by any prospective bride and bridegroom – watch this space for updates on how the event’s progressing!

Will be back soon!…..