” The Wedding Centre is Ireland’s first all-year-round bridal exhibition centre, and features hundreds of professional wedding exhibitors under the one roof. In a nutshell, The Wedding Centre is a one-stop wedding shop where you will find all the inspiration, information and guidance you need to plan your perfect wedding. Our simple aim is to take the stress out of wedding planning, and create an enjoyable experience in stylish, relaxing surroundings. Our wide array of professional wedding service suppliers will give you a great deal of choice, and our focus is on excellent customer service and a commitment to providing you with the finest wedding arrangements, tailored to your specific requirements.”
- Taken from www.theweddingcentre.ie
After a Call from Pat in early January, inviting me over to view the new premises in Rathfarnham and see “what it was all about”, I met with Pat, Gary and Rory in the Wedding Centre and was from the first moment I stepped into the showroom, delighted to be a part of such an exciting new venture! I was asked to help decorate the showroom for filming the following week of an episode of “Operation Transformation“, when the soon-to-be-married team would be visiting the centre with RTE for the 2nd episode in the current series.I was delighted to see my sample bouquets being carried by the brides-to-be and my logo shown in the shot several times!
So, when Rory asked me to come on board to decorate for their Official Launch Party on 10th January I was happy to help! We placed tall wrought iron stands and lanterns along the corridor along with a red carpet leading up to the entrance, where Sandra from AbFab Balloons had created an arch of balloons complete with balloon wedding party!
Inside the party venue, Hanley Events got to work, setting out pod tables, chill out area with sofas and coffee tables, an impressive Fairy Light Backdrop and draping surrounding the entire room. RosieDays provided centrepieces of glass fishbowls filled with floating avalanche roses and beargrass, on a mirror plate and surrounded by tealights. Upstairs in the Chill out Area we provided bespoke arrangements on the low tables of Minature Pink Rose Bouquets, surrounded by folded leaves and packed into tightly arranged white Dianthus.
Later on that evening, our centrepieces were paired with ice sculptures, which also featured behind the bar area and provided a nifty bottle cooler for the Champagne (of which I have to confess, I treated myself to several glasses after a hard day’s work while trying to avoid delicious Chocolate Fountain!)
The Launch Party was a great success and we were entertained by Sean Boland as we munched on delicious canapes (my favourite being the goats cheese with red onion relish, not to mention the chunks of brie…and chedder, and the mini chocolate cups filled with strawberry mousse….I digress). After a perfectly fitting speech, Lorraine Keane cut the red ribbon and The Wedding Centre was officially opened and i’m sure will provide a valuable resource to many brides and grooms planning their weddings!
