It was a very busy show and we were pleased to welcome everyone who stopped to visit our stand and also our Past Brides who came to see us and to look at photographs of their wedding receptions.

The interest was as predicted; the traditional fresh floral arrangements and table decorating sets which were very well received. As too was the ever popular balloon table topiary tree with feathers.

There were lots of general questions about wedding planning and our renounced design and decoration service and lots of interest in the items for hire. But the most popular items by far were the new foam flower bouquets. Many Brides and their Friends were fascinated by them and couldn’t help themselves picking them up and smelling them!

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Things are busy at the moment preparing for the wedding exhibition in Milton Keynes. 30th January – Sunday 1st February. You will find us in our usual spot, outside John Lewis main entrance in Milddleton Hall. This year will be taking a selection of foam floral work and some balloons novelties for your perusal, along with our signature items.

We are also pleased to launch our new online Wedding Boutique this Friday and we will also have details of the vast selection of items for hire, from glass vases to full sized lit Topiary trees on our other sister site, Rainbow Weddings.

In this time of financial hardship for many of us, it is helpful to offer some creative inexpensive ideas for your wedding – so go on let someone else worry about the details.

Pop in and say Hello! Look forward to seeing you next weekend.

Firstly Happy New year to you all - Let’s hope it brings you everything you are hoping for!

Many congratulations to all of you who have become engaged during the Christmas and New year celebrations, you must be so excited!

Rainbow has been busy with Yuglie putting the finishing touches to our online shop. The Rainbow Boutique is nearly ready to open its doors to the public and we are very pleased with the look so far - so watch this space, you will be the first to know when it becomes live!

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The Rainbow team have unfortunately had to pull out of this year NABAS annual balloon conference in Warwickshire this weekend, due to illness within our team. Sue had major surgery last month and we are pleased to say she is progressing well.

We will all miss the opportunity of learning new skills and networking with other professionals at this great event. However the whole team are already booked in for the 2009 extravaganza.

Therefore we are sorry and apologise for the lack of recent blogs being posted by the rainbow team.

I have been co-ordinating events for the last twenty years - weddings, celebrations, corporate and charity events — nothing is too small or too big for the team at Rainbow Weddings. People often ask “how did it all begin?” so I though I’d write a post explaining the story so far. I began organising events, mostly charity events, summer balls, luncheons, and fundraisers – family weddings and “Big” celebrations soon followed. Friends and acquaintances asked me to organise their weddings and special events. It was at this time that someone said “Why don’t you set up your own business?” Is there a market for it I asked myself?  Well, to cut a long story short, I took the plunge and Rainbow Weddings was born. Since the launch in April 2004 we have been voted the best up and coming company in the wedding industry and we have been asked to write articles in  Wedding Magazines.

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It was a wet and windy March morning when, Addie, the Bride to be, Julie the Mum and Sarah the chief bridesmaid arrived at the Rainbow Showroom.

We got in the car and made our way to Ampthill for our first appointment at 10.00pm. We arrived at All things Bride and Beautiful and were met by Caroline, who was expecting us.

She spoke briefly about what to think about when buying a wedding dress and listened carefully to what Addie had to say. She asked Addie, together with her supporters to choose 4 dresses she would like to try on. They looked excitedly at all five rails and picked out six! Caroline explained the “rules” of trying and buying your wedding dress. She then started with the dress with the least full skirt and took Addie into the fitting room.

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