Networking

[blazeandshade]

Hi there,
I make handmade wedding stationery and I was wondering if there are any wedding planners on this forum that I could network with. We could refer or recommend our customers to each other. You can visit my website to see what I do and if anyone is interested in networking with me, pls pm me. I can send you samples of my designs so that you can see the quality of my work.

[Sarah-Ink Promotions]

One site that you might find useful is www.hitched.co.uk - its a wedding forum and a lot of 'hitchers in business' as they call themselves go on there to offer advice etc.. - I used to make wedding stationery myself and found this an excellent source of orders (costs about £15 to advertise for a year) but have now scaled down to just handmade cards since the launch of my promotions company.

Hope that helps! :)

[annethedonn]

Try Bitsnstuff whom I believe do wedding gifts.

[Rachael]

I recieved a sample from Blaze the other day RE: her wedding stationary and I have to say it's really professional.

Have you thought about going to the national wedding fair in London next month (I'll be there - armed with business cards) also how about contacting wedding fairs closer to you and asking to exhibit?

[annethedonn]

How about contacting hemmingsleisure.co.uk?

[ebonybailey]

I agree with Anne I have spoke to the MD there he is a nice guy

Ann - he emailed me thanking me and asked if there was anything I could do for him, which i thoough was nice.

BLAZE - If you want an intro I could arrange it.

Michael

[annethedonn]

That was nice of him. I got some more feedback so just mulling things over.

[bitsnstuff]

Hi Anne,

Thank you for your recommendation - funnily enough, I have already contacted Ruth before the post.

I received a sample this morning of her work - and it is extremely good and I only with I knew her before I tried to make my own wedding invites!!

Kate

[annethedonn]

You're welcome Kate! My friend might be in the market for some wedding invites! Not sure if she's bought them yet, but she'll be sending them out soon!

[bitsnstuff]

Great - well, if there is anything in particular she is after, I may be able to help as I am still adding lots of new items to the wedding section and some really unusual products too.

Kate :lol: