Description
Sourcing is the least glamorous part of styling and the part that decides whether a job makes money. Hire the wrong way and you pay out-of-hours surcharges and damage fees you never quoted for. Buy the wrong way and your garage fills with items you used once. Count the wrong way and you are three chargers short at five o’clock.
The Prop Sourcing and Supplier Tracker gives you a repeatable process for all of it, with printable sheets you can run for every wedding.
What is inside
- Hire, buy or make: when each one is the right call
- A simple break-even test and a hire or buy decision sheet
- How to brief a hire company so the quote is itemised and honest
- Ten questions to ask every hire company before you book
- Counting from the floor plan, with a quantity working sheet including spares
- Condition checks on delivery and on return, and what to photograph
- Lead times for signature pieces, standard hire and custom makes
- Delivery and collection windows, and where surcharges hide
- An order and delivery tracker and a supplier directory to build over time
- A short supplier review to complete after each job
Who it is for
Wedding and event stylists, planners who source on behalf of clients, and new styling businesses deciding what to own and what to hire.
After you use it, you quote with the real cost included, you book stock before it disappears in peak season, and you build a directory of suppliers you trust instead of starting the search again for every wedding. Hire terms, damage waivers and liability wording are flagged for your own lawyer or insurer to review rather than written for you.
What’s inside
- Hire, buy or make decision framework
- Break-even test and decision sheet
- Ten questions for every hire company
- Quantity working sheet with spares
- Condition check on delivery and return
- Lead times and delivery window guidance
- Order and delivery tracker
- Supplier directory and post-job review
