Met with Flower Michele & Jack and Rose today...

My first appt was with John at Flower Michele. After taking down the obligatory information, he was eager to see my ideas. I showed him pics of my dress and the BM dress - he took notes on the details of my dress - from the material to the style to the beading! He took my rough ideas and ran with them and was able to articulate what I was envisioning in my head - without trying to sell himself or steer me in a different direction. He listed all the ideas on a piece of paper as we spoke and then came back with pricing - he photocopied his notes & the pricing and gave me the copy. You can tell off the bat that he is a talented artist and LOVES (loveslovesloves) what he does. I left feeling very excited about another element of my wedding day, coming together.

My next appt was with Jack of Jack and rose. After making me wait 20 minutes, I was eager to see what he could offer me. I scanned through 150 pictures (of what I thought were very dated bo-k's, but he said they were what 'everyone wants' since they were pics from the past 6 mos) and listened to his neverending sales pitch. He seemed more interested in telling me of how fabulous they are instead of hearing me. I went in expecting to show him my ideas and get a price breakdown...when I finally said 'beautiful flowers, but not my style - I brought some ideas'...he said show them. So I did - but he lost interest - he was scanning more brochures to boast of his 'talent' and seemed put off that I'd actually have my own ideas! I even paused when it was clear (3 different times!) that he wasn't paying attention to me and he STILL didn't seem to care. When it was clear - after the 3rd mention of what I expected from the visit, that he wasn't going to give it to me - I thanked him for his time and left. Very unhappy to have wasted my time, might I add.


edited for spelling