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Strange- it’s as though instead of going with the sort of monochrome look you were inspired by, she mixed all the colors and looks to blend the red, white, and greens. It is pretty, but so different from what you had in mind!

sadly i was very disappointed by my flowers. I just picked one kind of flower and wanted a tight rounded nosegay of matsumoto asters. I even brought a picture of EXACTLY what I wanted and we even kind of counted to see how many it would take to make it the same size, etc. I wanted all the leaves stripped and just a perfectly formed bouquet. but….on the day of the wedding, the florist dropped off the flowers and they were loosly tossed together with an ugly ribbon tied in a bow around the stems and all the greenery still there. In the end, I was able to look past it and it wasn’t a big deal. but my florist was the biggest regret for me.

I was bummed that I forgot to tell my florist to hand tie my bouquet. He put my flowers in those plastic bouquet holders with lace framing the flowers (think 80s style). I’m sure he saw the disappointment in my face when he delivered them which also made me feel bad because he’s the nicest guy in the world. The flowers were gorgeous though and in the long run, if they weren’t in the holders with the floral foam giving them water, my flowers probably wouldn’t have lasted all the way until the end of our long wedding day (over 13 hours).

Even though your bouquet looks very pretty in the pictures, its not what you envisioned, and that’s the part that’s the most disappointing.
I was pretty disappointed with my bouquet. I gave the florist one picture of what I wanted mine to look like, and it turned out very different, and kind of cheap looking. I also wish I had asked her to do something nicer with the wrapping. Per my planners request, she redid the bouquet on the spot, but the wrapping was unraveling the whole night Oh well, what can you do? Sh*t happens, right?

I agree that the dark green is overpowering the other flowers. It would of looked prettier if she just used baby’s breath. However, that did not take away the beauty of your wedding. You were such a beautiful bride. You certainly were a show stopper bride and took center stage! Your hair do inspired me to leave my hair down and I actually used your picture as a sample look for my wedding day (dec 1, 07). Thanks so much.

I agree that the look wasn’t the same as the looks you presented. With the actual flowers, though, most people should realize that many flowers aren’t available much of the year, and minor issues in growing seasons can affect what florists get. My mom’s a florist and she also says that a lot of the flowers you see in floral design pictures would never hold up the entire day for a wedding. They’re designed for show, similar to airbrushed pictures in magazines.

I must agree with Mrs Caramel 100%!!!! I originally took a very laid back attitude with my florist until I realized that if I don’t like my bouquet…it will be in all my pictures! Hence the drama of firing my florist…but yes, I definitely agree with you…if nothing else, you must LOVE your bouquet because if you don’t you’ll dislike your pictures even more and we all know that our pictures is what we will have for memories in the long run…so my advice is to definitely have your bouquet mocked up with your florist…

awww. i had a similar experience. although, my bouquet came out closer to what I had imagined, and yet, i was still pretty disappointed. The green tipped baby roses were wilted and also clashed with the gorgeous full ivory roses. I wanted soft whites and shell pinks. Instead, I ended up with too much green and a blah bouquet. What can you do, right? I’m sorry your florist took things into her own hands. That’s a bummer!

Did you mention your disappointment to your florist? Maybe the next bride she books will avoid the problem you had… good for you for realizing that, although it wasn’t what you envisioned, you didn’t let it ruin your day!