Wednesdays Wedding Faves - Absolute Celebrations

This weeks Wednesday Wedding Faves is Absolute Celebrations.

What inspired you to start your business?

Having planned and organised our own wedding and hen/stag nights as well as our friends we decided to continue the fun and help others source supplies for their own. Finding affordable fancy dress for hen and stag nights was always a bit tricky and sourcing the right outfit for the right person sometimes proved difficult, not everyone wants to be embarrassed on their night out! We decided to create our own one stop shop to provide fun and affordable options for all brides and grooms to be.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

Choosing new stock is always a fun task. We love it when customers send us an email asking for items so we know where to focus our future orders and guarantee that we are providing what we people are looking for. I personally enjoy packaging up orders and wondering what kind of a night out the intended recipient will have with our products.

What has been the best moment of your business?

We have only been trading since the end of 2011 so our first order is still pretty fresh in our minds (it was a Miss Santa outfit, sent to a man!)

What are your plans for the future?

To continue to develop our stock list. We are constantly reviewing our search logs to check out what customers are looking for and look to capture as much as possible in our wholesale orders.  We appreciate feedback good or bad!

Can you give us a ‘Typical day in the life of....’?

There’s no such thing at typical for us! We’ve sent banana suits to Malta and plus size Snow White costumes to Scotland in the same day, plus a neon tutu to a man in London attending a rainbow themed fancy dress party! We have no idea how many orders we will receive per day but we do ensure that we dispatch within 24 hours if the item is in stock. We’re just starting out so customer service has to be key.

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Wednesday Wedding Faves - Inspirit Cocktails

What inspired you to start your business?


Ever since my first time working a bar I have had an incredible passion for it, and in particular cocktails. I love the feeling of smoothly moving from drink to drink, pleasing customers with not only the drink itself but the way it is provided. Providing excellent service is not my job, it is my passion and when done properly doesn’t even feel like work. I believe I am so lucky to have found a career that allows me to do something that I would do for enjoyment, not just a job. With that in mind, as incredible as the places I have worked are, I found there are always restrictions when working for somebody else. The companies’ standards where I have worked have sometimes fallen short of what I like to offer, and inevitably you have to work at things that aren’t your favourite area. I had the inspiration that I wanted to take cocktails to people, spreading the range of where you can find a top notch cocktail and allow more people to share in what I love. Running my own company gives me the freedom to offer the exact high class service and products that I believe in, in my way.

What do you enjoy most about your job?


Definitely the feeling of impressing a customer, making them feel welcome and ultimately presenting them with a drink that looks and tastes stunning. The highlight of my career is when a guest at a former hotel gave a review about it online. They mentioned me so highly, remembered the details of the cocktail I made them and said it was a highlight of their holiday. To be able to give that to somebody is an amazing feeling and that is what I want to aim to achieve with every single customer of Inspirit Cocktails.

What has been the best moment of your business?


I would have to say the launch party I had to celebrate the start of the business. It took a lot of work, time, ambition and belief to get to that stage. But to finally have everything in place and celebrate that with my family and friends was a great feeling.

What are your plans for the future?

There are plenty of areas I would like to expand into, there are so many possibilities for a mobile bar. I like the idea of sponsoring product launches for companies or something along those lines, I think that would be exciting. Short term I am planning to obtain more bars and staff to cater for larger events. Eventually I would like to get various premises to run Inspirit Cocktails out of. I could give myself a base to offer my cocktails every day of the week and also create some nice lounge areas for party venues.

Can you give us a ‘Typical day in the life of....’?

I know it sounds clichéd but there is no such thing, which makes it constantly interesting. One day I may be sitting at my desk going through the accounts, the next serving up 200 Mojitos to thirsty customers! I love working in different environments and with different people day to day, it keeps me enthusiastic and challenged.

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