This past September, we were excited to participate as an exhibitor at the Calgary Bridal Expo, held at the BMO Centre on Stampede Park.  This was our third Bridal Expo, and each time we participate the Lavish team spends hours and hours brainstorming and conceiving thematic ideas and concepts for our booth.

This year, we wanted to create something soft, romantic and luxurious.

We came up with the concept of “Champagne Romance”, and created a beautiful inspiration board to work from and help keep us inspired while we sourced out all of the materials and products that we would use to create the final vision.

Here’s the original inspiration board.

This design was based on a stunning chair cap that I saw at one of my favourite linen companies in California.  Here’s the original photo of the chair cap that inspired the entire design:

The hardest part about designing a booth is space issues.  You want to create something that will catch the eye of the thousands of Bride-to-Be’s walking through, but you also want to create a mood, an atmosphere.  And we also have to keep in mind practicalities, such as having space for our promotional materials, our swag bags, and still have enough space for people to actually come IN to the booth to look at all of the lovely details.

This year was especially challenging as I was a few blocks away at a client’s wedding during the entire set-up day.  This was the first year that I left the execution of my design in the capable hands of my team, plus a few amazing volunteers… and my husband!  I was a little nervous, but they were wonderful at sending me frequent updates and photos so that I could see how everything was coming together. They did an AMAZING job, completely surpassing my expectations and really bringing my vision to life.

None of what we do would be possible without the amazing support of our vendors, colleagues and fellow wedding professionals.  Huge kudos to the following people & companies that supported us at this show:

Florals: The Nosegay

Stationery: Plush Invitations

Rentals: Special Event Rentals & Great Event Rentals

Cake: Cakes In Vogue

Lighting: Stardust Event Group

Photography: As I See It Photography

We were incredibly excited to be awarded the trophy for “Best Use Of Colour” at this show – a huge honour considering the sheer number of exhibitors!  Big hugs to Stardust for being patient with my team as they experimented with different shades of lighting… for a few hours!  Totally paid off guys!  You got the colour JUST RIGHT!

Here are some photos of our lovely booth.  We’re currently in production for our booth for the upcoming Wedding Fair (January 22nd at the BMO Centre), so be sure to purchase your ticket online and come see what we’ve created!  Our gift to you – if you enter the code LAVISH upon checkout, you will receive a $2.00 discount off of your ticket! Woohoo!

The amazing team!

See you in January!!!!!!!