This review is long overdue. I don't mean by days or a week, even a months, it's been 2.5 years.
Choosing flowers for a wedding, especially your own wedding, is probably one of the hardest things you will do. I was to the point where I didn't want to have flowers in my wedding at all (even including my own bouquet)! I had met with several different florist, many of which own their own business, some of which I wish I could blast here but don't have the energy to do so, and until I spoke with the wedding coordinator of my venue ( @ San Moritz Lodge) and told her that I was having so many issues with so many different florists: some wanted to charge me upwards of $2000, some had no idea what I actually wanted because they did not listen to me or, maybe they didn't understand the pictures I showed them? Another lady flat out told me that what I wanted would cost around $2000 before taxes and delivery fees and that was her being "generous". I picked my venue knowing that I would not need a lot of flowers or decorations to expel its beauty, I did not understand how the type of flowers that I wanted for the look I was going for could cost so much or be so hard to produce.
Following my wedding coordinator's direction, I reached out to Jasmine Rose flowers and spoke with Dee directly. I told her the situation I was in and how I was completely over having flowers in my wedding but how my wedding coordinator, and my mom, wished for me to reach out to her before I said that I officially wasn't having flowers. I was not disappointed reaching out to her! She comforted me and actually listened to what I wanted, what I described to her, and what I had showed her. She had a lot of weddings going on around the same time frame as ours. It was also 2-3 months shy of our wedding day, but we met in person and she gave me a great idea of what my flowers would look like.
She was the first florist that interacted with me and treated me like a normal human being not an enormously swollen piggy bank, because we indeed were not.
The day of the wedding: Our flowers were delivered about two hours before the Wedding ceremony. I was clearly stressed out from other things that were going on but once I saw my flowers I sighed with relief and wanted to squeeze her, but she was already off on her way. Everyone in the bridal party that got to see the flowers as they were being set up were in awe Everyone knew it was exactly what I had wanted not even the slightest diverge from plan.
My bouquet was out of water obviously majority of the day for pictures and such, and it remained absolutely beautiful for 3 days after the wedding out in the fresh air no refrigeration needed. I still have my flowers to this day; I simply hung them upside down and allow them to dry out completely, flipped them right side up and they are sitting in a vase on my dresser with our cake topper.
There are several pictures on here, some of my flowers, some from the bridesmaids bouquets, one of my husbands boutonniere and one that was on the arch from the ceremony which was moved to my head table.
I know that had I not waited so long and reached out to her when suggested before I could've avoided so much stress, traveling, time wasting, and tears shed. I'm the type of person that cares where my money is spent not just about the product I'm getting in return. With my sons first birthday around the corner there's no doubt in my mind that I will not reach out to her for some centerpieces for his birthday party. I recommend her to all of my friends, most of them just live way too far away (out of state) and think it's too risky to use her. Even if I had to have someone bring flowers from her Ontario store to Las Vegas, I would have done it... now that wasn't the case but I'm just trying to put it in perspective. She is a wonderful business woman and an even more amazing florist. read more