By Tania Phillips
The hardworking team at Weddings and Events Warwick and Blooms of Warwicks are still celebrating after a hectic day of awards and work earlier this month.
The business came away with a slew of accolades thanks to two ceremonies in one day.
Business principal Peta Murphy said although they couldn’t be there they had a successful night in the Australian Bridal Industry Awards (ABIA). In the Queensland division of those awards they finished second in the Florist section, fourth in Wedding Consultant division and ninth in both styling and decorating and Photography.
They were able to watch the Brides Choice Awards (Southern Downs Regional) where they sat down after a busy day looking after a wedding – finishing first in Styling and Decorating for Weddings and Events Warwick while Blooms took third in the Florist category.
Peta said it an exciting night for the hard-working team and it was gratifying to receive votes from local brides in what had been a challenging year early on and is now very busy couples start to hold their postponed.
“Our team is just amazing – I could not do this without my team,” she said.
“It is me and my husband Dan and then Cooper my 18-year-old son helps and we also have Judy is our star employee who helps us to no end and is fully committed to everything we do. She’s got the passion too – it shows. I’m so thankful for them – it’s not just a me thing we’ve done it all together.
“We had the Australian ABIA – they had the awards in Brisbane but I had a wedding that afternoon so we couldn’t’ make it,” she said.
“But then the Brides Choice Awards for the Southern Downs region were done by Zoom so we were able to race home from the wedding and Zoom in. We had a huge week of weddings so we sat around and had a little pizza party and watched the awards and went into the night working.”
The family runs the two businesses – Weddings and Events of Warwick and Blooms Of Warwick – Weddings and events is styling, hire, florist and photography.
“So we sort of do it all,” Peta explained.
“Blooms is a florist which we do home deliveries – like a mobile florist and of course weddings. We service all over the Southern Downs but our main work is in Warwick and Stanthorpe and Toowoomba.”
She has now been doing it eight years and says it has been very rewarding and a lot of fun.
“It’s high pressure but we’ve been doing it that long now it’s a passion – we love it which makes it enjoyable.
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