If you are getting married in Santa Barbara or the surrounding areas, hire Amy immediately for your wedding! Not only is she incredibly talented, but she is so nice and so calm - which overall makes the planning and day of go that much more smoothly. She constructed the most stunning chuppah and centerpiece arrangements that I have ever seen in my life - truly at my wedding, I kept looking at the flowers and saying to my husband, "look at these freaking flowers!!!" They were mindblowingly gorgeous. Amy took my inspiration and ran with it. Hiring her as our florist was the best decision we made throughout the planning process. Thank you, Amy!!! read more

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Amy is so talented--our florals were stunning and exactly what we envisioned (but better!!) She was great to work with and everything went so smoothly. She understood our budget and gave us great advice throughout the whole process. You will not regret hiring Amy for all of your floral needs!! read more

Amy is a dream to work with. She creates beauty with her floral artwork. I would highly recommend her for any event you need gorgeous floral arrangements and tablescapes. She has a great eye for color and design. It was a pleasure to work with her! read more

We hired Amy Pihlar of Bright Inc for our Santa Barbara Historical Museum wedding in April 2018. After contacting over seven florists and reviewing their work, Amy stood out for her modern, organic, creative floral design at a competitive price point. In speaking with her over the phone, we were struck by her warm professionalism and humility as well as her background in textile design. Hiring Amy ended up being one of our best decisions in wedding planning. Amy was a true pleasure to work with from our first discussion through our wedding day. After our first conversation, she developed an organized proposal based on the ideas we discussed. She was incredibly helpful in offering suggestions to make our floral vision possible while remaining within our budget. She was responsive to all communication over email and offered to meet us at the venue when we were in town. As our wedding approached, she joined us and our coordinator at our venue walk-through to finalize floral decisions. Throughout the planning process, she struck us as unusually kind, humble, accommodating, and perceptive - but never overbearing. Upon first seeing Amy's work during the set up for our wedding day, we were blown away. She went above and beyond in bringing to life our vision of floral design. She incorporated our requests for organic, modern, loose bouquets, boutonnieres, and arrangements with an artful balance of texture, color, and greens. The five shaped floral rings she created for our ceremony were more beautiful than we envisioned. And throughout the venue, she added exquisite touches of florals and greens to signs, seating, welcome tables, dessert tables, and the like. The colors of all floral elements complemented the venue and our attire beautifully. Our wedding guests continue to rave about Amy's work, including the handful of guests themselves experienced in gardening and floral design. Santa Barbara is fortunate to have a community of talented florists, but Amy Pihlar stands out with distinction. We cannot recommend her enough and urge you to book her services as soon as possible. She is exceedingly talented at floral design, with an attention to detail that one appreciates immediately upon seeing her work. This talent is partnered with Amy's warm professionalism, refreshing humility, and dedication to making possible the vision of each client. read more

From the centerpieces to the bouquets, everything Amy created was simply fabulous!! We decided on a Spanish theme, and the striking red/green/violet color scheme and bold style of her floral creations could not have been a more perfect match! Her efficiency and attention to detail are second to none. My assistant caught the bouquet, and we tried to keep them alive in the office as long as possible because they were just so stunning! Will definitely recommend to friends. read more

So many good things to say about Amy and Bright Inc! I didnt have a detailed vision of what I wanted for our flowers but I did know my style. Amy worked with me to find the perfect fit - she looked at my inspiration and Pinterest board, created her own to show me what she was thinking, what colors and containers we could do, how I could use some of the decor I had and how to use foliage based centerpiecies in the mix so I could fit my budget. I trusted her fully for the big day and was not disappointed. I got tons of complements on the flowers, and my bridesmaids loved their bouquets. She even helped figure out alternative solutions when my DIY mom's wooden arch was having trouble carrying the weight of the arch. She's also super nice and easy to talk to. Highly recommend her! Even if your style is not my style, I have total confidence after working with her that she will make your wedding day florals beautiful and fit to you. read more

I found Amy through a referral, and I couldn't be happier how my wedding bouquet and flower crown turned out! She's responsive on emails and very easy to communicate with. She's also very patient and accommodating to my requests. My bouquet received a lot of compliments, from my guests and even my photographers. Thanks to Amy! I highly recommend Bright inc. Great work! read more

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Amy was great! We worked with Amy for our wedding. We wanted very simple greenery and bouquets, and she was happy to work with us. My concern was that most people would encourage me to do more, but she did not. She brought our vision to life and understood the vibe and style we wanted. She was very professional and genuinely a joy to work with for our special day. It was also a destination wedding and at no point was she difficult to reach if I had a question or needed details. I enjoyed our planning chats over the phone. She was always so nice and seemed to be as laid-back as me. I would definitely recommend working with her for your next event! read more

It was an absolute dream working with Amy. As I'm sure it is common with most brides, it can be so challenging to articulate exactly what it is you imagine for your wedding day. From colors and shapes to vessels and flow, there were so many aspects to consider when we set out to decorate our bare-bones, gray, white and glass greenhouse reception. Amy took on the task with an incredible passion and enthusiasm and delivered in both reassuring proposal in the planning process, and even more remarkable breathtaking presentation in person. Amy was also able to create a tasteful and complimentary design for our ceremony site and was tasked with competing with the Santa Barbara coastline and a jaw-dropping California sunset reflecting off of the Pacific. She did just that and more by incorporating the bright colors we were craving with a natural simplicity, creating an authentic and thoughtful contradiction of vibrant and earthy simplicity. Her simple thoughtfulness, combined with her creative approach and generous nature in soothing my "bridal" concerns made her an absolute breeze to work with and left me surprised and in awe on my actual day. She seamlessly collaborated with two other people on our team and was professional, efficient and effective, a task I'm sure can be challenging in any creative profession. And of course, every single one of my guests stopped and admired the floral disco ball that hung over our dance floor- Amy's idea and incredible delivery. read more

I was referred to Amy and was absolutely thrilled with all of the flowers she did for our wedding. My bouquet was stunning, the reception flower arrangements were gorgeous and Amy also helped us and hung paper lanterns over the market lights at our outdoor reception venue. She is a true artist, incredibly sweet and easy to work with! Amy was also amazing at working with our budget to keep things simple but beautiful. I also appreciated how she worked with the Spanish tile design that we based our wedding colors and aesthetic on. She created a wonderful Pinterest board, which was particularly helpful in getting a sense of how the aesthetic was coming together and made it easy to collaborate from a distance (I'm in SF). Work with Bright Inc, you won't regret it. read more

Amy is a true artist and her floral designs are gorgeous and unique. She will listen to your ideas and bring your vision to life. Choosing the perfect flowers was extremely important to me; I spent more time looking at bouquets and centerpieces on Pinterest than looking at wedding dresses. My husband and I were married under a immense tree at the Stow House and Amy had flowers cascading from the tree which provided the perfect backdrop to our ceremony. She was able to choose unique and delicate flowers for my bouquet which resembled tiny little stars. The reception was filled with beautiful centerpieces, garlands and greenery in all the right places. She made sure there were flowers in the fountain and provided coordinating votive candles for the tables which added elegance and sparkle. She is easy to work with, as she has a laid back personality with an eye for detail. Hiring Amy was one of the best decisions we made read more

I hired Bright Inc. to do the flowers for my wedding in December. After going through several different ideas, I finally found one photo that I considered my perfect inspiration and sent that to Amy. From that one photo, she created bridal party bouquets and centerpieces that were utterly beautiful and special. They were the perfect mix of elegant and rustic, with red roses and lots of wild greenery. I loved my bouquet so much that it pained me to put it down after the ceremony, and my only regret was that I left for my honeymoon right after and couldn't bring all the arrangements home to enjoy them longer. The flowers were truly one of my favorite parts of the entire wedding, and I could not have loved them more. read more