Pretty Little picnic.
That's the name of a local business
started up by our next guests
with the intent to inject some
luxury to any picnic event owner.
Amy Zhang joins us now to tell us
about her side hustle and bringing
the very trendy luxury picnic
concept to Sacramento. Hi, Amy.
Hi, how's it going?
It's going well. I'm happy it's
Friday and I want to hear all
about your luxury picnics. Yeah,
of course. So I started in June so tomorrow
I'll actually be closing out three months
of business and it's been fantastic.
I've always wanted to start a business
never knew and what and so I was in the
Bay Area and I saw a luxury picnic that
was my first one and I knew I had to
bring the concept back to Sacramento.
Sacramento only had around 8 picnics at
the time so I knew I had to get on it.
So what makes a picnic, a luxury picnic?
And this is kind of like a trendy thing.
I know I've seen some photos
on social media and it always.
Looks so pretty. Yeah,
so a luxury picnic.
It's not your normal picnic.
OK, there is going to be a TP.
There's going to be an
elaborately decorated table scape.
Lots of florals and lots of decor,
candles and baskets and also
handcrafted charcuterie.
So how it works is I will workout
the details with the clients and
I will take care of the setup
and cleanup and all they have
to do is show up and enjoy.
So it's a very stress free activity to
do and it's also a special experience.
For clients to enjoy
all right. So when we think about picnics
we think about obviously at the park,
outdoors or all your picnics done outside.
Most of them are, but because
it's also fire season and because
the colder weather is coming,
I also do setups indoors like the one that
I have right now in my very lovely so.
Funds that transform your living
space into a little luxury is set up.
And what makes the picnics that
you do with Pretty Little picnic
different from you mentioned some
other companies that are doing
similar types of setups. Yeah,
so we all have our own different
styles and own different decor mine
is just more glam and there are
others who are boho chic and also
this is my side hustle so during
the day I work for the government.
I am a program manager for a Covid Health
Equity program and so I just really
wanted a creative outlet and I was like OK.
I need to start a business.
I didn't have a marketing background.
But you can learn so much from the
Internet and I learned so much by just.
My side hustle and I love it
because I get to call this my own.
Well you have some great videos
and pictures that we've seen,
so talk about the different
occasions that people might
want a luxury picnic for. Yeah,
so I do a lot of date nights.
It's a lot of fun man.
Team on the river walk at any parks.
Yeah very romantic and a
lot of them are surprises.
So usually one of the significant
others they have no idea what's
going on and I shown like surprise,
this is your picnic and
everyone is just so excited.
I take a bunch of pictures of
them and it's a lot of fun.
I also do bridal showers,
surprise proposals,
birthday parties and just
like family picnics as well.
So it's a fun time.
People bring their dogs.
People bring their small children
and everyone just really,
really enjoys it
well. These look so pretty,
so many details.
You definitely pay attention
to all the details.
How much does this cost?
Can I ask? Yes,
of course.
I'm totally transparent with all my pricing.
I think that's so important.
So the base package starts at $185.
You can add on activities and
food so activity add ONS include
a paint package for two.
Also some board games,
food add ONS include handcrafted charcuterie
cake pops and fruit plates as well,
and for larger parties for
additional folks you can add on
each additional guest for $30
and for larger parties there's
also going to be a large party.
P as well,
and I can also do special requests.
Wow, well, those platters sure
are appetizing and I know you
said this is your side hustle.
Seems like everyone needs a
good side hustle these days.
Talk about the kind of impact
you really ultimately want to
make on the community. Yeah,
so I really just hope to inspire
and encourage others to start
what they've been wanting to do.
I have a lot of friends that just tell me oh,
there's a hobby that I want to try.
I'm like just do it.
And if someone has this business
idea that they want to try out,
I really think you should just
try it and pursue it and you will
learn so much from it you will
feel good that you were able to
create something and you'll also
just learn so much about yourself.
Amy, I'm feeling a little inspired,
and before we let you go,
I just want to know the
background that you have behind
you in terms of that set up.
What is that called?
What is that theme there? Yeah,
so this is the getaway package.
I just have one package.
This is the daytime package because the
TP is lace and at night time I switch
over to a lighted floral TP just.
Group I'm trying to make
Mother Nature my friend here,
but this is a picnic for two
so it's great for dates and
and just just because it's
alright I like it.
I hope the guys are listening out there.
You know us ladies might
like one of these picnics.
Thank you so much Amy,
there's been a lot of fun more on
her brand of dining experiences on
Instagram at Pretty Little picnic.