It's March And We Have Never Been So Busy

This week's Wedding Wednesday will be a bit different from the usual, we want to give you an update on how our little shop in Lancashire is doing. This year, we have a lot of brides with weddings booked for May, and even more in August, which means this time of year is our busiest. In August, we have five weddings on one weekend! FIVE! It's not just now, when everyone in August is buying, that is busy, it'll also be the month before the weddings, when Carole has ten wedding dresses to alter all for two weeks in summer.

It's not just bridal dresses that we're selling a lot of, brides just visiting for bridesmaids dresses has increased dramatically. Some have tried buying on the high street and haven't found the dresses they want, others have heard about our bridesmaid discount on any order for more than two dresses (click here to see our bridesmaid post). Sometimes, brides come in expecting to just (and we say 'just') to buy a bridal dress, and then end up describing their ideal bridesmaid dresses, and the colour they want for them, and we just happen to have something they're looking for. That way, if bridesmaids have come with the bride to help, they can try on a dress, stand next to the bride, and it gives a great overall picture of what the scene would be like on the day.

This is also the time of year for wedding fayres, which are usually on a Sunday, this was the subject of our previous Wedding Wednesday post, if you read it you would have realised how much work we put into wedding fayres and their preparation. It takes up a lot of our time, as Sunday is usually our catch up day, where all the paper work is processed from the week and where Carole spends most of the day completing alterations on the bridal dresses.

As you can see, we are going to be pretty run off our feet for the next couple of months at least, be it wedding fayres, brides alterations, dressing brides on their special day, or a million and one bridesmaid appointments. If you ever want to make an appointment with us, try to ring to book in advance. As we are quite a small shop, we like to have only one bride in at once, and it would be a shame to come all the way here to find we can't squeeze you in. We do have a fully refundable £20 booking fee for appointments, which we can take over the phone. This is refunded at the end of your appointment, or if you cancel the appointment with at least 24 hours notice.

Thanks for reading, feel free to comment below if you have any questions, we'll try our best to answer them.