Big Changes in Wedding World

 

While we have been isolating during 2010, wedding world has changed.  As we are emerging, Kristin Events is adjusting to so many new opportunities in wedding world.  Many of our boutique owner friends have closed their “real” shops and gone online.  Some of my associates have lost or shelved their wedding businesses. Until this pandemic is under control, many bridal attire and clothing shops have locked their dressing rooms.  Shopping is now online and is delivered to your home.  I tried several online options (Mercari, ThredUp eBay, Facebook Marketplace, KSL, etc), but I am happiest with Poshmark.  Of course, I also continue to shop my favorite local and online wholesale suppliers as well.  Recycling is obviously beneficial to the planet so, Poshmark.com (a social commerce marketplace) is a good partner for me.  My other long-time partner is weddingwire.com where I am a listed as a wedding planner from North Salt Lake, Utah.

To introduce myself, I’m Kristin Smith, a wife, mom and wedding designer/owner of Kristin Events.  Kristin Events does full-service weddings, but we also have thousands of items to rent for your event.  We have been doing weddings/events full-time for the past 12 years.  In addition to wedding, party and event planning we also do holiday decorating for companies, clinics and hospitals.   My 2-year apprenticeship was with a creative designer named Robyn with her trendy, modern style.  Our Kristin Events business licensing dates back to 2011.

My online moniker is kristinweddings, mostly by default.  Gmail, Tweeter, Blogger, Poshmark, Venmo seems to think that’s me, so I just go with the flow. Branding is easy, I do weddings and my name is Kristin so my brand is on hundreds of wedding receptions in Utah and surrounding states.   I’m Kristinweddings for most social media and the government knows me as Kristin Events for business.

My kristinevents.com website is weak, so I’ll use this blog to pass along info to my wedding community in our blogosphere for those who share my wedding design passion.  Blogging has been around over a decade, so obviously it’s effective.  In Poshmark you sell from your closet.  I have two closets, one called “Home” where I sell my retired wedding inventory items and my other closet "All" sells clothing & accessories and occasionally wedding attire, if my brides need some selling assistance.  To see my closets, go to poshmark.com and I’m @kristinweddings (same handle as Twitter).  We have added about 20 new items this week at Poshmark (widget in left sidebar takes you there) and I can keep you updated here later this week with the new stuff.  Stay Safe!