100 Weddings in a day, discounted venues and a wet marquee!

Well, it's full on autumn, isn't it?

Couldn't be any more miserable if it tried out there, could it?

No, I was going to say full on winter. I nearly said winter. Oh, winter?

it's really miserable.

It really is.

We always talk about the weather, but I mean, we are British, so

Well, exactly. I literally got off the plane from holiday and was like, what is happening?

it shouldn't have come back.

Literally.

I'm surprised you didn't land in the floods. It's

we nearly did. We nearly did.

Oh! Oh no!

it. Shall we get started?

Yeah, let's do it.

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And let's get you wet! Woo! How are you?

But yeah, I'm not too bad, I say famously like I'm famous, famously not a morning person.

No, I'm not. We're doing another morning record.

It does work well though, it works

does work

You know, baby and stuff like that, so I can't complain, but no, I'm good. I've actually had a very busy couple of weeks. Been working on quite a bit actually, so I say that like for once.

Yeah. For once, I've been working.

did a bit of freelancing. I think I sort of said before in the last episode that I was and yeah, it was really good. Had to do a really big display over a fireplace.

Oh, nice.

So,

Where, where was it?

so it was at a venue Kettering called Rushden Hall.

Oh, yeah, I know Russian Hall

Yeah, really nice. Yeah. Lovely So yeah, got to do a big fireplace display. So that was really nice. It was all like whites and greens. So right up my street.

Yeah

yeah, so

I love it in there. I love the the room where you have your wedding breakfast with all the windows.

it's lovely. It reminds me a bit of Hogwarts, like the, it's got like, it almost like goes around a courtyard, doesn't it? The whole, the whole building. It's very like old school, oldie woldie kind of manor house. It's very nice.

is nice, but it's also a hotel so you get the accommodation. So,

it's lovely. Actually, me and Richard did look there when we were getting married, but it was quite pricey, so

Yeah, fair enough, fair enough. I'm surprised yours wasn't pricier though, to

well, I think in the end it probably ended up being like the same, but actually like

Yeah.

you're first looking, it was a bit like, Oh, kind of all that, but I

just see the face value price, don't it, but Rust and all probably

because they do like packages and stuff.

Yeah. Yeah.

yeah, but no, was it was lovely and it was nice to kind of, it was nice to freelance. I think that's the first. Proper freelancing I've done since I've had Lily so was just really good to kind of do that and I love it because it's kind of like all of the fun of floristry the stress of like having your own business.

I like, that's why I like freelancing because you just, you go in, you do your job, you know, you have a great time and you know, if there's anything that, I don't know, come back, comes back afterwards or anything, it's

it's not on you. Yeah, yeah, no, so I

The aftermath. Yeah. And all the lead up as well. Like you just get the fun bit basically at the end of the day.

So good. So yeah, no, I really enjoyed just been sorting out some upcoming weddings. So got a last minute wedding coming the end of this month. So just been planning for that. And also again, getting ready for Christmas.

Exciting.

And I I think I said, I've, I've, I've doing quite Like private workshops this year. So I sort of put the feelers out for that. And it's been really popular so I'm just booking those in. So I'm getting myself nice and, Nice and booked up so December's, December's gonna be an absolute nightmare as always. But I wouldn't have it any other way

Plus you're gonna have a child that you gotta think

I know, I know.

But then also like she's not even gonna be one. Don't you think? Like why even bother? Because she's not gonna know what's

Oh I see, well, I reckon she'll be walking. She'll be 11 months at

Yeah. But she's still not gonna know what Christmas is or

No, but she'll, she'll be interested in the tree and the

the lights and, yeah. Yeah.

she won't know about Father Christmas or nothing.

No, it's just not like you've gotta feel bad if you don't like go all out with like, you know, people do all the Christmas Eve traditions and

Oh yeah, like putting out a little thing. I probably will though, Hannah, I'm not gonna lie.

You probably will, but you haven't gotta stress yourself out

No, no. I feel like it can get so expensive for people

It can.

though, just because of this pressure. Same with weddings, like, anything like that. Everyone's going bigger and bigger and better every day. Like there's always a new like trend and stuff and I feel like social media and stuff you feel like you got to keep up and I think that's when it gets so expensive and you end up Spending above your means or whatever, just a

exactly what I always say about Christmas. It's not that I dislike it, it's just a lot

lot of faff. Yeah,

That, yeah, it's a lot. lot!

I also this after nearly a year, have managed to fit on my wedding ring. So, I started with the engagement ring going back on, now the wedding ring's on with it. Yes,

I've de puffed now, officially. Yeah!

thank God.

Well

Yeah, it just slipped on the other day. I was like, wow, I try it like most weeks. I'll like try and put it on. It's just, I think everything must expand when you've been pregnant. It just slowly goes back to

slowly going back to,

So yeah. And how was your week? I know you've been away.

Yeah. I've been on holiday. I went to Malta, which was really, really, really nice. Really nice place actually. Went with my friends, which was really good. So yeah, just had a chilled out week. Yeah, we went and saw the sights and stuff and it was just so hot. Yeah.

Was it hot?

nice, isn't it? Yeah. It was like 30 degree. Well, between 25 and 30 most days. With one day where it rained. But yeah, it's what it is, isn't it? But we had a, like a, we had a trip booked that day anyway, so it wasn't too bad. But yeah, we did like a boat trip and yeah, so, so the, the ocean there is like crystal clear. Like, it's like, it's green and you can literally see through it. It's so

I've been to Malta before when I was about, I don't know, must have been about 15, something like that. It's it was really good though. I

yeah, it's a nice place. They're doing a real, like, big tourism push on trying to get people to go. So yeah, I think we got a really good deal.

yeah. Good

Yeah, no, it was really, really good. And then I literally come back Friday. Yeah, so we were, we flew from Norwich just because that's where I'm from, that's where all my friends and family live, so it was easier for my friends to fly from there, so it made sense. And actually, it was a lot cheaper, which is bizarre, because normally it's not from there. But yeah, so we're flying back and we hit like England everywhere else. It's like bright blue skies.

Oh, I see.

but obviously I live in Northampton, so I would have had to get a bus to Norwich, then drove to Norwich. It would have just been long. And one of my friends lives in London, so she'd have basically been going to London, driving to Norwich, and then driving back to

that's so annoying.

a mare. But yeah, so we Yeah, but thankfully he landed us. But when we landed, when we come through the clouds, it was like black sky, pouring rain. The wind was mental. And we were just like, great. Aren't we back? And then, So he landed Friday morning. And then, so Chloe was at a wedding setting up. And then I went. We both went on Saturday to manage the actual wedding day. So I was like straight back into it.

Literally like landed and went straight to a wedding.

And yeah, literally the next day I had the day to be fair. We landed at like 9 a. m. So it was fine. So I had all day to like sort myself out. And like I say, Chloe was there anyway, and then she kind of like took the reins on the day really, and then I. It was just there to, we were both there to help basically. And then but it was a marquee on land, bless them. And obviously we'd had, I'd heard we'd had flooded and stuff and Chloe was like, the ground is so wet.

That is literally my, that is like a fear of mine is getting stuck in mud in my van. But I, yeah, like as

We just pull you out?

it's just so messy and gross. I don't know. I just don't know what it is, but I hate the thought of getting stuck.

Yeah, well, the florist was actually a farmer, so

Oh, fair play.

wasn't actually a florist, she was like a local flower grower, basically. Yeah, and they were friends with her, they all lived

her tractor.

Yeah, literally.

That's so

to come and instead of doing the flowers, bless her, so she was supposed to do, so they had a sailcloth tent. So as you know, when you do the sailcloth, if you want the, the, the pillars decorated at the top, that's the first thing you need to do, because you can't just lay any tables, because obviously they're, they're in the way, so the florist needs to be able to get her ladder up. And then, She couldn't then do that Thursday. She was spending most of the day pulling people out.

What time was their ceremony?

it wasn't until half one, but it was at a different venue. So from like 12, half 12, you've kind of got to be prepared to be over there. And both of us, one of us at the ceremony, one of us with the bride. So we only had like, oh, and then, and then Sainsbury's cancelled their order for all their water. So Chloe had to like go to Tesco in the morning and try and get what she could.

try and get a

Yeah, just to try and get, oh, bless her. So we actually only had like two hours to like, actually set up for like 140

Bloody hell. But

it was a bit touch and go, but it was fine. We did it, yeah, of course. And, with time to spare. And but the marquee, the marquee floor, they'd put all plastic underneath it. Because it was on a hill, it was just running down. So the floor was just soaked. Like, you couldn't put anything on this floor. Like if somebody put a present on the floor, why you'd do that, I don't know. Cause you could literally see where it was dark patches, which was majority of the marquee.

Oh, no

I know it was just, it was really wet, but that was the only thing really, other than people didn't really notice it. So the actual, the actual on the day was really lovely sunshine.

there was one day wasn't there? It was just really nice. Yeah. Yeah, it's been so horrible for like

Yeah, Well, I, I. I didn't even know how it had been, because obviously I'd been on holiday. The day we went on holiday, it was actually still quite warm. Like, when we went, I went in shorts and stuff.

I felt so bad for like people getting married like obviously like a couple like anything It's just it's it doesn't let up. It's just rain all day so it's

No, and I saw, like, I saw on the news and stuff that, or like, on Facebook and Instagram, that,

Yeah, the the official news of the social media.

The Northampton was like, the pictures of Northampton flooding was, and Northampton never floods, but it was horrific.

So they reckon The reason we're getting such bad flooding now is because we've built so much concrete. So there's like nowhere for the water to go. It's like, not a lot of drainage. So, so it's just so built up. It's, we've, we've basically made a problem.

Yeah, yes, I read that online, because there's like an area in Northamptonshire where they've built a load of new houses, but it just meant the water where it used to go onto that land is now going on the river. It like in another village, which is was then they were then getting floods. So yeah, it was bad. But yeah, they at least they yeah, they had a really nice day and they had the most beautiful orange sunset, which was

Oh, that's

Yeah. And like, don't get me wrong. It was cold. And like, when we announced everyone sit down, they were happy that, you know, there was a few guests that were like, Ooh, that, but we had heaters in the

Yeah. Oh, that's nice.

The thing with a marquee is, a sailcloth especially, is with the door, when you've got an actual marquee structure, you have real doors, right, that open. But with like a teepee or a sailcloth, there is no door. You basically have to take a side off

yeah,

for people to be able to walk in and out. So you have to have one section completely out. So yeah, it, it doesn't,

I was gonna say that when the weather's not ideal, they're a little bit iffy.

best, especially TPs

look amazing though, but.

yeah, I would say if you go in anything later than like start of September to go for like an actual, like traditional marquee because you could have the proper doors put on, but yeah, so but no, it was a really nice day. They had a really, really, really good time. There was no major drama. Well, there kind of was. We had a bit of a power issue, as I always talk about. Thankfully the meal had happened and then we were prepping for like, you know, like we're doing the cake cut.

is this before food is served?

No, this is in that for the before the evening

Oh, well, I mean, yeah.

seven So they had like an hour and a half till evening food And I was like, oh, it's because of the fryers like fryers. They're a

Do they pull

you guys Yeah, pull loads of power. You need like its own power distribution like so you use like a 32 amp power lead you need one of them just for your fryers basically,

those fryers be pulling some serious electricity.

Literally they do, but the guy was like, the chef was like, no, honestly, I've been using I've been using the fryers all day. So it's not the fryers because I was, he was out of use to get the fryers for canapes. They've literally been on all day. I haven't turned them off. So I don't know. I don't really know what happened. But anyway, we just basically had to pull some leads and put some power in other places. And yeah, it then, it It then worked again.

There's always something isn't there with the

I know, but it took me like,

like,

yeah, there always is

like the toilets, or the power, or something, just something, there's always something.

And it was like coming to the near the end of the day. Cause we would just do it on the day management and we, they hired us for set up the day before and then on the day. And so we we fit on a standard package. We finish at After the first dance, so I'm like, yay, it's nearly done, like, we're nearly, like, had a great day, like, you know, when you

It's all gone well, it's all gone swimmingly, excuse the pun.

yeah, it's been a bit of a rush this morning, but we got it done, and then all the power goes out, and you're like, nooo. Also, I couldn't get hold of the marquee company to start with Eva, but it was all fine, it was good, and they had a great time, they actually didn't even notice about the power of Eva,

alright. That's the good thing about it, is that, that is, that is being like a good, On the day management or planner, like coordinator, is that you sort these problems out and then the couple has no idea. Like, it's all, it's all like problem solving and management and stuff,

it is. Yeah,

the scenes, but,

yeah. Cause the chef was like, you're going to need to go and speak to the couple and let them know. Like, obviously if we can't get it back on, we can't do the interview. And I was like, absolutely not. I'm not going to

No way! I'll order Domino's before that happens.

I was like, we'll either get it to work or I'll go tell the parents or something. I'm not telling, not telling the couple, but yeah. And you know, and again, it's just marquee logistics. Like, you know, the photographer was a bit like, Oh, where can we go and sit and put our bags and stuff on? But it's a marquee wedding. There is. there's nowhere to go. You've got a catering kitchen which you do not want to be in because it's mayhem and you've got a marquee and that's it.

Yeah,

He was like, oh we kind of, it's a bit cold in here, like outside, like because I was like, you can sit and eat outside because obviously all the guests were sat eating their wedding breakfast inside and he was a bit like, oh is there nowhere to sit inside? I was like, no. Well, no, because you're in a marquee

Sorry to tell you but it's a marquee

I think some suppliers get used to, when it's a marquee on people's land, is that they might have like an outhouse or a, like a outdoor office or something that they'll put them in. But the only place they really had was the main house, and that was quite far. And I was a bit like, it's just too far. Like if you then need.

that's the thing sometimes when people have these marquees and things when they're on like the land of like you get like a Stately home or something like that or like a main house and then it tends to be it's quite far Can be quite far from that main bits. You can't really use that as anything if anything is just for photos Yeah Or potentially a drinks reception, but even then, if the weather was like it was, you don't then want to be traipsing everyone through the

No. I mean, this was actually at their house,

ah, okay.

in their

Yeah, that's fair enough.

It's all good. so, yeah, so that was really good. So last Wedding of the Year on this Saturday coming.

Still going. Heh heh.

and we're done. Yeah, it's a TB wedding, but

Oh, is it?

It's a, it's a actual venue TB. So

okay,

venue is land with TB.

oh, is it one that's kind of up a lot, like, Up most of the year and they just maintain it

Yeah. And the, basically the people that own the house and the farm and the land have put this TP up and promote it as a wedding venue. It's actually really cool. So yeah. Yeah, hopefully we won't have any

I know. I think it's meant to be drier at the end of this week, from what I've seen.

Yeah, although it's non stop rain the last two days, isn't

Yeah, yeah.

we'll

I was out working yesterday, so I was working with my dad yesterday, doing a bit of groundwork, you know. It Literally, we got rained off. It just rained, it rained, started about sort of 11 and then it just got worse and worse and it just didn't let up and it's literally like, I can only compare it to something like the Somme. It is absolutely horrendous. Just mud everywhere and it's trenches. So it's literally just, yeah, you can imagine it's not great stuff.

Yeah, we have them We've got quite a few reservoirs near I live and I love going and walk around one

they're, yeah. That's

Yeah, one of them's like my favourite, but it's, one of them is like got an actual path around it, so it's fine, which I went to Sunday, but one of my, my favourite one doesn't, and I'm like, I just feel like I can't even go there because it's gonna be

Yeah, like real bad. Oh,

be like a wellie job,

I just don't even wanna leave the house, to be honest with you. Like it's just, especially like when you have to get a baby out and everything, it's just not worth it.

I bet.

wet and, yeah,

Yeah, I'm definitely ready to like, I feel like I'm ready to hunker down now. Last wedding of the year. I'll freelance a bit over Christmas, but yeah, I've got a few weekends off and stuff, which will be nice. Yeah, ready, ready. I need to, I need to switch up the old winter wardrobe.

I know. Gosh. I'm trying to get rid of a load of stuff on Vineyard at the moment.

Oh, yeah, you've got patience, because I can't be

Oh, I took a load of photos the other day and it's someone like bought something straight away and then you get all excited and then people start favoring your items but then no one buys them and I'm like, I don't want to seem desperate but I'm like, will you take this for 50p?

yeah, take it up, but then I just think, what's the point? I'd rather

I know,

shop, instead of getting 50p or a

true, yeah,

that effort, going to the shop, packaging it all up.

Look after the pennies and they'll look after the pounds, that's what I say. It's hard times,

yeah, Cos he lives.

he lives. Shouldn't laugh, genuinely laugh. Had to re mortgage the other day, like, you know when you have to re do your mortgage when you've had a fixed rate? Oh my god.

I bet it was a bear,

you know what? It wasn't as bad as The last

Oh,

time it went up, like, it like doubled. Our mortgage doubled, but this time it stayed, it's, we've managed to keep it the same. Which is

I've been really lucky. I was on a fixed rate from like 2019 that finishes 2020, 2020. It finishes next year So we've quite a bit we missed the really bad bit, but it's just I hope praying next year when it comes around

It'll just, it should. Yeah, I don't know. You can't predict anything these days. You just don't know.

You can't. But yeah, speaking of weddings a couple of bits in the press this week. So the Marleybone Town Hall did, had their hundred year anniversary and they did a hundred, one hundred, one

The 1 0.

Weddings in one day.

cool. Was it every hour, wasn't it, or something? No, it can't have been. It

Well, it couldn't have been because that would only have been

because it would have been. Oh no, it's from 8am in the morning to 10. 30 at night Yeah, held every hour. Seven ceremonies. Oh, I see. Seven ceremonies per hour.

Yes, they've got all different rooms. So they did it for 14 hours. So the first couple got married at 8 00 a. m Imagine getting married at 8 00 a. m

heard on the radio that there was a couple on there, they were getting ready to get married there they were saying that they were like really excited and stuff. It's just real casual. It's like, I really like it. It's like real, it's got really popular, hasn't it? Go in there and get married. Like it's sort of like, go there, have a few like I don't know, like candid shots in

Yeah, on the

in the street. Yeah. It's sort of like. It's quite relaxed and then people are sort of going there having like a low key registry office wedding essentially and then having a party afterwards and stuff like that.

yeah, but I think that's becoming popular. So they only charge a hundred pound for all of these ceremonies. I

So that's a steal, that is.

still made a lot of money though, didn't they? A hundred of them, a hundred quid. But I think again, it's this whole, yeah, run to the town hall, get, like you said, and then, so, Speaking of which, the lovely Vicky Patterson, she got married, had her official wedding this week. So she did exactly the same thing, and I think that's why it's become so big. They got married at Marleybone Town Hall and then they had their wedding abroad.

It's become real popular, hasn't

yeah, you go to London, you go, you wear your little short

I was gonna say, it's like the short dress, little puff sleeves, now in the black tie.

very casual look and then yeah, then you go off abroad afterwards or yeah, have a party or whatever So yeah, very exciting. I thought that was really cool.

I love it's had lots of celebrity weddings, hasn't it? Paul McCartney got married there. Cilla Black. Liam Gallagher, apparently. Ringo Starr.

Oh Jamie Lang, Sophie Haboo got

Yeah, they did,

Georgia Kasulu and Tommy

And they had their Chinese, didn't they, afterwards.

they did, yeah. Yeah.

Chinese Girl.

yeah,

It's too early in the morning to think about a Chinese.

It is, yeah. Rebel Wilson also got married this week. I haven't actually seen much of her wedding. I've seen a lot of Vicky Pattersons. Her, she looked insane, Vicky Patterson. Did you

Yeah, I didn't expect that look, you know. I think because, no, I was, I was thinking it would be more like It was very demure, very mindful, but it was like,

Very lacy.

it was real religious look. Is that the right

Yeah, actually, no, you're right. The veil was. I actually wasn't a fan of the veil

it, was very lacy.

yeah, I thought it was very, you're so right, I thought it was very, like, church vibes, the, the veil. Very, like, yeah. It was all the, it was the white around the

Is it ethereal? Like the look? It's kind of like, yeah, I don't know. I definitely thought she'd have like, kind of like a tight fitting dress, like a bodycon kind of, I don't even know what you call them

which she did. Yeah, she had the fishtail.

fishtail, yeah. But yeah, the veil just threw me, not, I thought it looked lovely, but it just, I didn't expect that look, I guess,

No, I like, I love the dress. I wasn't a fan of the veil. No, I'm with you on that. I thought it was very, yeah. I'm not a big fan of those bulky edged,

Where they're,

wear veils. yeah, it looks like white on the top of your

it's very, it's a lot, isn't it? It's like a whole, it just covers a lot of your face and your hair.

yeah, it does. Yeah,

don't know. I quite like them when they just clip back. No, I really like, I love a long veil. Love a long veil.

But like,

When they come from back and then down,

like a sheer one

Yeah, very, yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, everybody's getting married, just come in, just tell us that. I mean, yeah, I mean, again, it's a broad weddings because a lot of people, I don't even know anything about Rebel Wilson's wedding to be honest, but a lot of this is the time of year where it's like starting to cool down in Europe. So if you're getting married abroad, you're either going to go like May time or you're going to go like September time. So yeah.

Italy seems to be really popular at the moment for people getting married there.

Massively. And Spain as well. Really popular. So yeah. It's nice to see. Nice to see before we, before we finish wedding season. Nice to see some Last weddings.

getting hitched.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They're all getting hitched, but also having so many new couples. I have taken on three new clients in the last week.

Do you know what I've got? I've actually got so many consultations coming up and I say so many like there's like hundreds, but I have got quite a few. I mean, I've got

No, but that's a lot for us. I I'm the same. I did three yesterday and that is a lot for me. Like I only take on 15 clients a year. So when you've got three consultations in a day, that's a

that's a lot. Yeah,

one today and another one next Monday. So yeah, that's a lot. that's a lot.

It's just all all of a sudden like this influx of inquiries And I just I'm trying to put my finger on what it is because this is I'll be honest This is unusual time for me to get inquiries and normally get inquiries at the beginning of the year although

same. January, February is the

Yeah. Yeah. It depends on when their wedding is, though, I guess. So one of the if he's inquired with me, I actually get married in January. So it's actually quite soon. And it was funny because we were talking about the other day, we hardly get January wedding and then someone's gotten in touch about January wedding. So I was like, Oh, that's good. But yeah, so obviously there, I guess it's coming up quite soon. So like, was it like five months away, four months, something like that.

Yeah, definitely. No, that's good. Yeah, I think it's, I think you do get a bit of a surge this time of year because everybody's now, I think as soon as you hit September, everyone's like, oh my god, it's nearly the end of the year. Like people, although you've still got like four months of the year left, people are

They're like, oh, oh, autumn's here, like, Christmas is here.

Literally, we've still got a quarter of the year left and everyone's talking like it's the end of the year. And they're all like, Ooh, 2025, 2025 weddings. And I'm like, we still got three months to go, but whatever. So I think a lot of people think that they're like, wow, my wedding's next year. I need to get my arse in gear. But also I think a lot of people have gone to their friends weddings.

Yeah. Yeah. I think you're right, actually, because a couple of my couples have said, oh, we've, we've been to a wedding and you were recommended, or you did the flowers at this wedding I went to. So I guess, yeah, it might just be that case of that.

yeah. So I think people that are already engaged and planning on a 2025 wedding, that's what we're getting now. What we'll get in January, February is people that got engaged at Christmas and then want to do a wedding and, you know, Oh, we got engaged at Christmas, we want to get married within the next 12 months. Because actually, when you get married at

I was gonna say you've got quite a bit of time before the summer If that's what you want a summer

Yeah. If you want like July, August, September, you've got plenty of time, but also if you are, have got your heart set on like an August, September wedding and you don't do 2025, you've got to wait till 2026, which is like nearly two year engagement. And some people don't like nowadays everyone's getting engaged later in life, people in our families and stuff. I think it makes a big difference.

Yeah, I agree. Yeah, because if you want like a September wedding, you've got ages really it's between December to easily easily get

definitely.

easily. Ah No problem

speaking of getting married, new consultations, inquiries so I actually saw, and I've seen this a few times lately and I thought I'd bring it up,

Yeah,

but I saw a bride on a Facebook group, my favourite place,

Hannah's favorite place to be Okay.

how she booked her venue and then after she had then booked, signed, she'd signed the contract, paid the deposit, she was then really not happy that the venue had then done basically reduced the price of the, of the venue. So I think what they've done is, and I think you find this a lot, it's like, like we'd literally just talking about now. Couples that are now getting. You know, confirming their venues, confirming their planners, confirming their florists.

because they know it's going to be such a busy booking period is they will put that offers and stuff in place. And so yeah, I think Yeah, well, I mean, would, would, you be annoyed, like, so if say you booked something and then it was cheaper after you booked, but obviously you're in a contract to that

yeah. Well, I feel like it's kind of the way the world is. I think you've got to kind of suck it up. Unfortunately, this is It's an industry where they are going to put on offers and things. It's like a service industry. So, you know, they want people to book and especially around certain times of year, they're going to be putting offers on and you're going to have to expect that, especially if you're in a certain kind of venue.

Yeah. and especially if they're doing like open days or something like that, wedding fairs, like they are gonna it's gonna happen, and I think this was what, from what, I can remember, you know, she was Like, you know, I'm now in a contract, and you know, a lot of people were saying you should go back to the hotel and speak to them and say, or the venue, whatever it was, and say, you're not happy with this, but my The way I always explain it is, and I had this in the past when I used to work in

I was gonna say yeah

Yeah, and you buy a pair of jeans, and then a week later they're in the sale, like, there's

You're not going to be like, excuse me, I want to make a complaint.

exactly. And I think it's very much the same that like, you said, literally how you said it then it is the way of the world and also a lot of the time these offers are because, so say for example, you book, say you book in September 2024 for September 2025 wedding, right? it's still a year in advance. But if you go to a wedding fair in March, and they've got an offer on weddings in September. That's only six months in advance, so that's probably because the venue are trying to fill dates

yeah.

So it might be that, oh, you think, oh, they're getting offers and they're doing reduced prices, but actually fill the

trying to fill the dates up, yeah. So, exactly. I think it's totally right though. Like, if you went to Tesco and you bought something, I don't know, like, to a chicken and then the next day it's on club card offer price. You know, You can't refund it, get your money back. It's just, it's just, it is. what it is. I, I don't think, at the end of the day, if you sign a contract, I expect there'll be something in there that literally says like, we reserve the right to like them.

I would say is in the wedding industry There's not many suppliers that do actually discount like I never ever see florists do it. I never

I actually put off, would be a bit put off by a wedding supplier if they were like, a discount or a special offer A special offer sounds better but at the end of the day it's still, it's still a discount and I just, I don't know because I feel like you're, a lot of the time you're charging for your, for your time. And I just feel like you should know, as a supplier, you should absolutely know your worth and you should stick to that.

Well, yeah, But I mean, it's very normal for venues. Don't get me wrong with venues. Sometimes a bit of photographer, sometimes

Yeah. I feel like a packet. Yeah. Like if they're like, Oh, package of like, I don't know, I just feel like,

Or if it includes something extra. So if you're a photographer and they're like, Oh, actually, we're going to throw in a, wedding album, or we're going to throw in a, an engagement shoot, or if the venue throws in an extra overnight

yeah. That's nice. Yeah. Like

But yeah, I get, I, I get how on the face value it's annoying cause you're like if I'd have waited, but I suppose you've just got to take that positive thought of the fact that you got booked in time and that you haven't lost your

Yeah. You're not

Cause if you, Yeah, I feel like don't, like seeing things like this, don't think, Oh, I'm nearly engaged. I'm going to hold off to book things because they might be running an offer because Yeah,

might lose

out on your Yeah.

it, It is what it is.

it is, what it is, it's life. Should we go on to the listener's messages?

So someone says, I'm disappointed with my makeup trial, what should I do?

Oof.

So, I mean, I wasn't disappointed with my trial, but I was just, unsure. And, I just, I don't know, I came away like thinking that I wasn't entirely happy with how I looked but it sounds bad because I don't want to sound like I'm slating the person that did my makeup, it's not that, it was actually more of a, I just wasn't comfortable with what I had.

yeah, because I think sometimes as well, you go in on, what are you going on Pinterest to look at ideas, well, that person, it looks completely different to you. So when you then have it done, you're like, oh,

the same when you have your hair done and you go for a new style and you come in with a picture and you're like, and it never looks like how you think because you just can't because you're so,

Because your hair's

everyone's so unique, aren't they? I as well, don't really wear makeup, like hardly ever, and then I'd gone from that and then it was like, I put like a lot of felt like, I looked I just didn't feel like myself and I come out of the consultation with like a lot of questions, like just questioning it and everything. So it was awkward, but you have to be, you have to be honest about it because it's really important because at the end of the day, it's your face

yeah, exactly.

to have these photos, you know, for a long time afterwards and you're going to be looking back at them and if you don't feel comfortable, it's so. It's, it's not worth not saying anything. You need to be honest and and I feel like with the makeup artist, hair, hair and makeup artist, obviously they're, they'll be used to people not even criticizing them, but just saying like, I like this, but I didn't like that.

Do you know what? I think there's this whole in the wedding in, like, as a, like, you know, a bride's grooms that go to wedding tasting, you know, catering tastings, hair and makeup trials, thinking that they're going in for, like, they're so excited because it's gonna be perfect. It's not, that's the point of it is you're going to try it and to say, Oh, actually, no, I don't like those carrots or those potatoes. I want to swap

would like this

Or yeah, I'm not keen on my, my lashes actually. Like with me, I was like dead set against having lashes. And then when I went to the trial, she was like, well, try them. Then I really

Yeah, exactly. It's the point. It's the whole point.

but I would just say to be really honest because I had the same situation for my Wales wedding Can you remember I didn't like my hair like it was actually a disaster She and then actually in the end she got somebody else to she did my makeup It got someone else to do my hair. But I think she just had a, I don't know, I don't really know. if she'd done that style much or don't think she'd have worked with extensions much.

Yeah, that's so important.

was a bit of a disaster, and I was just really honest with her and, and I think that's all you can, and if you don't feel comfortable doing it to their face, like wait until you get home. I did send a voice note because I feel like a message can come across a bit more. You know, you

I know what you mean.

with a voice note you can be like, you know, it's so nice to

Yeah, you can

much for your time.

someone without the awkwardness of calling someone, isn't it? Like a voice, no?

because again, I see this a lot. I see this a lot where people are like, oh my god, I hated my trial. Are any hair and makeup artists free? In six weeks time, I'm panicking now and I'm like, Jesus, like, calm down.

be honest. They might be able to change it or

Well, like I did with mine and we, she then said, Oh, do You know what Actually, I do work with this hair lady a lot. She does this style a lot. So she got her to come and do my hair. Like it was fine.

Yeah, and I think it's as the supplier It's kind of knowing what your strengths are like if someone asked me to do something that I wasn't that I didn't normally do or that I hadn't done or I wasn't very good at I mean, there's not

Obviously.

Then I would You I wouldn't just go along with it and just do it. I would suggest somebody else because otherwise your client is not going to be happy and that in turn just looks bad on you. And I think just the, yeah, like being a good, like being good at your job is to like, know your strengths as well.

probably not for

Perhaps you should try this person So until you say people don't know and if you're not, you know, you can't just think people are mind readers You've got to be so honest about these things. It's So important.

And also, I just think, like, I just don't like the thought. I just think, I would rather somebody come to me and be honest and be like, look, Hannah, I'm not happy with X, than knowing that they're going and speaking about it to other people and on Facebook and, do you know what I mean? Like, just come and

Yeah, just be honest. Yeah, other. Communicate.

communication is key. Okay, next up we've got, What would you what would make you immediately know that it was a 2024 wedding? Like the purple of 2010. it? So if basically, if we looked back at a photo in years to come, what would we go? Oh, that's very 24, 2024.

gotta be literally standing at the bottom of Marlowbone Town Hall steps in a little short white wedding

my god, that's so

grooms in a tux, little tiny bouquet and they've got the leg up. They've got the leg up and they're going giving each other a little kiss

Oh my god, that's so true. Yes, because I was like, oh, I'm not actually sure and I think sometimes you can't tell 10 years later that you were like, oh, yeah, everybody did that then. Do you know what I mean?

it's gotta be that and I'd say like for me as a florist be the flex roses like what this is where they like

oh, okay

and they're like just really like plopped in higher anyway, but for me that's

Maybe you'll say like, like, the wildflower, you know, like, maybe in ten years time everything will be tight again and everyone will look back and be like, what the hell, that literally looks like all the flowers are dead. like but actually at the minute that is the very, we'll say the bud vases down the centre of the long tables.

Well, they never go out of fashion, do they?

Well, yeah, that's true. But I didn't do long. I, when I started in the wet industry 15 years ago, long tables was not a

No, no, that's

But then also your barns and your teepees and stuff weren't as big a thing either. It was all hotels,

Fuck, yeah. Roundtables,

Whereas that

chair

rustic table is very much a rustic y vibe, isn't it? Which you had the whole shabby sheet came in and about 2015, didn't it? I suppose. and then it? kind of moved towards the, you know, all your bun tin and your little tea cups and stuff.

Oh my gosh. Yeah. Oh, and little, little teacups of

Mismatched. Yeah. Mismatched. tea cups. So, yeah, I would say, I would say, yeah, long, but I wouldn't pinpoint that to 2024. I'd say that was Like, 2020s. Do you know what I mean? Like 2020 to,

This is a 20s

like, yeah, like, 2019, probably Like around COVID and stuff is when all the bans kind of kicked off

I feel like since COVID everyone's gone like, it's more acceptable to have like a casual wedding. Like, it doesn't have to be so formal

wants. Everyone wants, and everyone wants long tables. Everyone. Nobody's doing round, hardly doing round tables anymore. So yeah, I would say, I would think that's a real good one that you just said, the Marleybone Town Hall, I would say.

Very on trend.

because there's no particular colors. I don't think

wouldn't say there is colours. I feel like it's, very pastel, isn't it?

I'd say the rust orange was very 2023. We actually did, no, saying that, the wedding I just did this weekend was the rust orange, which was, it looked really, really lovely, but I would say we did a lot of it in 2023.

that's true.

Yeah, I can't think of what else. In a couple of years, I'll be, you know, when stuff then phases out, you'll be like, oh my god, that was huge,

I feel like it's too, it's too soon yet

Yeah, right now, I'm

an exact trend, but I do feel like the whole short wedding dress, like, block heel, Yeah,

I think I'm I'm agreeing with you on that one. Yeah, nice. Well, that's us for today.

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