Picturesque Picnics The Picnic Boys Pop-Up By Gabrielle Reeder
THE PICNIC BOYS
A picnic along the seawall of Downtown St. Pete
In June, Ryan Winters and Jay Negron, otherwise known as The Picnic Boys, noticed a pop-up picnic trend stemming from the West Coast. The couple decided to bring their own version to the East Coast and serve Tampa Bay. Starting as a small, popup business, The Picnic Boys now
cater to weddings, proposals, baby showers and birthday parties. “It was just a small little idea, and then it kind of blew up. We started in June and were booking two to six, maybe eight people picnics and then September, for some reason, it just, it blew up. I feel like we’re al-
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most a full-blown event company,” Negron said, adding that The Picnic Boys have catered to weddings and around 25 proposals, so far. With the urge to make the pop-up picnics their own, and combine their individual interests (Negron’s sales background and Winters’ decorating experience), the couple created their business model, separating themselves from the West Coast businesses. “They were doing like boho, like a boho theme, that’s like really trending now, and we kind of just thought, how could we do this differently, because boho is not necessarily our style. I love decorating and I love a good themed party, so we’re like, why don’t we do themes,” Winters said. Including seasonal themes, the Picnic Boys have nine total themes. Christmas, Halloween, Tiki Kiki,
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