Intrigue –3 Day Wedding & Event Design Workshop  

As many of you know I started my career as a wedding planner and have used the knowledge gained during my time in this role to build Intrigue into a thriving wedding design firm.  Although, my focus has shifted to flowers I still use these core event design techniques to create my events. This workshop is designed for budding wedding planners, planners looking to add event design to their services and to florists who want to introduce the design element to their floral offerings.

I am the kind of girl that believes in dessert before dinner.  So, for this special 3 day workshop I have developed a plan that will introduce the attendees to the beauty and luxury of a fully styled and designed event from the beginning.  Upon your arrival you will be greeted as a guest and after a short social gathering with the other excited attendees you will be treated to headshots set in a picture perfect wedding setting.  After headshots attendees are seated at a decadent table  where you will enjoy being immersed in a completely styled event dining on menu from one of our renowned Annapolis caterers while enjoying casual conversation with myself and your fellow attendees.  This allows everyone the opportunity to get to know one another while talking business and enjoying luxury. The next 2 days is more business mixed with beauty.  We get down and dirty about the details that go into designing the event your experienced the night before.  No subject goes untouched.  We discuss and get hands on with topics such as lighting, floorplans, tablescapes and even sales technique.      

Day 1 (4:30pm to 7:30pm) 

‐ Introductions: 
‐ Discussion: Social Media – Building brand recognition

‐ Headshots: Dress your best (Photographer to be announced)

‐ Dinner: Prepare for a luxurious experience during a formal catered dinner 

‐ Dinner Discussion: Design, pricing, branding, profiting (any topic is open for discussion).  This is a wonderful time to get to know the other attendees and Sarah Campbell during this lavish dinner experiience.

Day 2 (10:00am - 4:00pm)

‐ Floorplans: Hands on design creating outside the box plans for ballrooms, tents and creative spaces

‐ Rentals: China, Linens, Furniture

- Styling: Hands on Tablescape design (This is my favorite part)

Lunch (provided)

 ‐ Drape: Basic pipe and drape staging, understanding fabric requirements, sourcing suppliers

 ‐ Details: A great design is all in the fun and unexpected details                                            

- Design Presentation: Learning to sell so that you have the opportunity to design  

- Business Discussion: Increasing revenue through design

Day 3 (10:00am - 4:00pm)

‐ Floral: Understanding realistic budgets, installation requirements and terminology 

‐ Cakes: Showcasing creativity with exciting displays

Lunch (provided)

 ‐ Lighting:  Up-lighting, Pin-spotting, Gobo, Design Options                                     

- Paper: Pairing perfect paper for your event  

- Pricing: Adding multiple revenue streams to your business

- Business Discussion: Marketing and Social Media

(Images from  August 2015 as photographed by Renee Hollingshead Photography)  

 Cost: $1,900 when paid in full or 7 installment payments of $300 each (click here for payment plan)

*Tickets are non‐refundable 

*Travel & Accommodations not include (Air Travel: There are 3 major airports you can fly into (Baltimore/Washington International (recommended), Reagan National, Dulles International).  There are a number of hotels to choose from in the Annapolis area.  Our favorites are the Westin Hotel and the Loews Hotel.  If you want to stay for a few extra days and experience all Annapolis has to offer we suggest the Historic Inns of Annapolis which is just steps from the United States Naval Academy and Historic Downtown Annapolis.