I will start off by saying that everyone tells you that things will go wrong on your wedding day. The only, yet surprising thing that went wrong on my wedding day, were the flowers provided by Karin's Florist. After purchasing flowers for over a year from them for special occasions, and raving about their work, it actually pains me to give this Florist a 2 star review. We met with Bryan at Karin's Florist several times throughout the planning process. He was nothing but wonderful and he had amazing ideas. We couldn't wait to see what he would do on the day of our wedding. Sadly, the flowers were a huge disappointment. I will start out with the positive. Luckily, the reception and ceremony flowers were absolutely gorgeous. They turned out exactly how I imagined and how we discussed with Bryan. Our wedding colors were navy and gold, with accents of white and blush. We discussed arrangements of white and blush flowers with greenery. He arranged HUGE pieces on each side of the altar, and gorgeous tall centerpieces for our reception tables, which we got a lot of compliments on. This is one of the only reasons this vendor is getting a 2 star review, rather than a 1 star review. When we had met in person, I showed Bryan a picture of my wedding dress, and he said "wow. That's a statement dress..." We then discussed a bridal bouquet that was not cascade or round, but more of a hand-tied look, with calla lilies, blush and white roses, and greenery to add volume. I asked for the bridesmaid bouquets to be blush and white as well. The groomsmen boutonnieres were to be blush. Despite these conversations, the wedding party flowers, and my bouquet were a complete disaster. As I stated, we had discussed shades of blush throughout all of the bouquets. The bridesmaid's bouquets were hot pink/magenta. The groomsmen calla lily boutonnieres were also hot pink/magenta. My bouquet came as a small, completely round bouquet, with all white flowers, and some small, ugly red flowers added in. In addition to there being no blush in my bouquet, there was zero volume and zero greenery. The bridal bouquet was so underwhelming, that the bridesmaid bouquets looked like nothing. When the flowers were delivered, my mom was convinced they delivered the wrong flowers. When I saw my bridal bouquet I asked my mom, "is this a joke?" Bryan did his best to "fix" it the day of the wedding, but there was no fixing this. My photographer did a great job of getting a lot of pictures without my hideous bouquet, but that's all I see in my photos of me walking down the aisle. In addition to the wedding party flowers not matching my wedding color scheme, the flowers were delivered one full hour late, which caused a lot of stress, and delayed our meticulously scheduled wedding day timeline. Because of this, I have no detail photos with wedding flowers. Bryan claimed that he had 3:00 p.m., in his notes, even though I had an e-mail saved that confirmed a 2:00 p.m. delivery. He also had a paper copy of the itinerary from our last in person meeting, which indicated at 2:00 p.m. delivery. My dress had sparkles throughout the entire fabric, so Bryan had a wonderful idea to add crystal bling to the centerpiece at our sweetheart table. I was so excited about this, but alas, it wasn't there. He said he simply forgot. This is just plain sloppy. I was very shocked at the lack of attention to detail on my wedding day. The second and last reason that this florist is getting 2 stars, instead of 1, is that my mom met with Bryan and the shop owner after the wedding, and they refunded her money for the wedding party flowers and for my bouquet. They made a lot of excuses for the mistakes, like the color of flowers came in darker than expected. If that was the case, my mom or I should have received a phone call prior to the wedding. We did not. In fact, my mom spoke with Bryan via phone the day before the wedding to give him delivery instructions. He never mentioned the change in color of the flowers. It's nonsense that the ceremony and reception flowers were blush and matched my color scheme, while the wedding party flowers did not. It almost felt like Bryan decided to change to the colors of the bouquets and boutonnieres, because he felt like it. He told my mom the red flowers in my bridal bouquet were his favorite flowers. Does it matter what the florist's favorite flowers are, when the bride didn't ask for that? I don't think so. Bryan introduced an unwanted element of spontaneity on my wedding day. If you care about attention to detail and your florist listening to you, I urge you to find a different florist for your wedding. If you do get flowers from here, I suggest you be VERY clear on what you want and tell them it is not to be changed. Don't give him any artistic freedom; you will regret it. read more