News
Brides Magazine Promotion
Brides magazine is not only full of inspiring ideas and helpful tips this issue, it is also packed with discounts from all sorts of fantastic companies. Yes, you guessed it, we are one of them. Snap up your copy of the March/April issue and get a whopping 25% off any Mandalay invitations! Offer runs from 22nd - 29th March 2010.
Running the London Marathon
Our very own Katy is taking part in the London Marathon 2010 on the 25th April. She is busily training and we have no doubt she will complete the 26 miles within 4 hours!! She will be running to raise money for Centrepoint and would really appreciate your support. Centrepoint are a fantastic charity helping homeless and troubled young people. We hope you'll join her in supporting Centrepoint. Please donate what you can, every little helps! It's easy to donate online with a credit or debit card, just click on the link below- thank you.
Wedding Ideas Award Winners!
Friday 22nd January was not our usual kind of a day, dressed to the nines and nails painted, we were at the Wedding Ideas awards ceremony. Held at Andaz Hotel, Liverpool Street these awards have become one of the most important dates in all wedding professionals diaries. Hosted by Jenni Falconer, it has also become rather glam. Wedding suppliers are only nominated for an award through recommendations from the people that have used them. I know everyone says it, but we were so surprised and totally chuffed when Mandalay was announced as the best stationery category winner, and it's thanks to you guys that we won. So, a big THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us.
New Eco Designs
We have launched a range of Eco wedding stationery designs. Not only do they look amazing, but are environmentally friendly too! Printed onto 100% recycled card and finished with eco ribbons, made from recycled plastic bottles, what a talking point for your guests! These designs can be completely personalised too. Click to see them here.
Katy
Look who's joined the Mandalay team? Katy Gooch has succumbed to the charms of the wedding stationery industry, taking over from Pui Fong as our Order Manager. After doing a degree in jewellery and silver smithing, Katy set up her own hand-bag and accessories business before moving into design and branding. With her design background it's great that she's decided to join the Mandalay team and we welcome her with big hugs.
Race for Life
We had such fun running the 5k Race For Life at Blackheath. We all ran to celebrate Kirsten, our Design Director recovering from breast cancer. We far exceeded our expectations in terms of sponsorship money raising a fantastic £1810 so far, so a massive thanks to everyone that supported us.
None of us had ever done anything like this before and we all had a brilliant time. Our kids joined in, dressing up in hats and pink t-shirts. The atmosphere was amazing and reading the backs of everyone's t-shirts about loved ones lost was heartbreaking yet terrifically inspiring. It has made us want to do it again next year.
It's not too late to support us and Cancer Research so click on the link below.
Pink Ribbons
As well as Race for Life we are planning to donate a percentage of all the sales of any Mandalay designs that are finished with a baby pink ribbon to Cancer Research UK. We are looking forward to launching this and shall keep you posted.
Llangoed Hall
Great news we want to share with you - Llangoed Hall spotted us at the National Wedding show, loved our stationery and want to offer our ranges to their brides. Llangoed Hall is an amazingly beautiful country house situated on the banks of the river Wye in mid Wales, with views over the Black mountains – absolutely breathtaking. What’s great is that unlike some venues, Llangoed Hall doesn’t insist on their brides using specific suppliers. They just promote a carefully selected group that they feel fits with the grandeur and exclusivity of Llangoed Hall but leave the choice to you – how refreshing! Take a look at www.llangoedhall.com. Bet you go wow when you see it!
Denise Visits Mandalay
Denise Van Outen and Lee Mead recently announced their engagement and Denise wasted no time in visiting the National Wedding Fair at Olympia to start making plans for their wedding day. As well as checking out designer wedding dresses and a wedding cake worth £3,000, Denise and her chief bridesmaid, Tamara Edwards stopped by Mandalay's stand to have a good look at our stationery designs and colours. Our gorgeous Paradise design in pink, full of flowers and butterflies caught their eye! You can see this picture and more photos of Denise at the Wedding Fair in the March issue of Look Magazine page 28.
National Wedding Show
The next National Wedding Show is at Earls Court on 1st - 3rd October and the NEC 8th - 10th October. The Wedding Show is a great place to have a look at everything you need for your wedding, all under one roof and pick up great deals too! Grab a glass of champagne while you watch the catwalk show, then come and meet the Mandalay team at stand number F10 for Earls Court and B21 for the NEC! We can talk through your ideas and you can pick up free samples of your favourite designs. You can also see what else we have on offer, like leather photo albums and guest books, many half price if bought at the show. You can't miss us, we have the largest stationery stand at the show! For more information and to pre-order your show tickets go to www.nationalweddingshow.co.uk
Cheese cake!
Mandalay’s Managing Director, Jill, got married in September last year. Her great find was using her local cheese shop to make her cheese wedding cake. The “cake” was absolutely gorgeous, doubled up as the cheese course and was a fraction of the cost of a traditional wedding cake. A perfect credit crunching idea. www.cheese-board.co.uk
Kiddies entertainment
If you are having children to your wedding, consider hiring a children’s entertainer for an hour or so to amuse the kiddies whilst the adults relax over the wedding breakfast. It really is money well spent! www.malcolmthemagician.co.uk
