Ok so I met with Heidi from Sugar Magnolias last night and wow! It was totally unlike any other florist appointment I have had yet. But in a good way. She is so good at what she does. I went to her with a vision and she took my vision, ran with it, and came up with so many great ideas. At first it was a little intimidating because she is very confident. This is the 5th florist I have been to. And let me say, I walked into every other florist with my vision:
I want gerbera daisies. I love them. I do not want roses in my bouquets at all, some in the centerpieces. Anyway, bouquets were to be fuchsia, light pink, and orange gerbera daisies. MOH to be the same but a little bigger. Mine - same colors, bigger, with white stephanodus (spelling?). I found pictures...I loved it...so excited! Florists all told me great idea, they will be beautiful, love it. Centerpieces - I wanted tall, way above everyone's heads, nothing hanging down, all up and out, not shaped like a ball. I wanted gerbera daisies plus a few other flowers I liked that went well. Every other florist, no problem, love it, blah blah blah.....all gave me the same price.
I go to Heidi - tell her about my bouquets and she says 'Have you picked out your dress yet?' I say no and she says 'ok then we are not talking specifics about flowers today.' Then she says 'and i'm not trying to change your mind, but gerbera daisies in a bouquet with no other flowers will not work the way you think.' So then she gets onto the whole thing about different flowers in a bouquet and starts putting them together to show me and I was a little nervous at this point. Then she continued 'are you set on high centerpieces....because I really dont like them. I will though if you absolutely want them.' I was like ahhhhhhhh seriously. Then she began to explain herself and she totally made sense in every way about why she doesnt like high centerpieces. So she brings out a low one she did for a wedding this weekend....LOVE IT! Now I'm totally changed......bouquets will have roses and i'm having low centerpieces! She is emailing me a contract with prices.....and as long as the price is ok i think i'm gonna book her! I have never had any vendor appointment quite like this one....but it was the best one i have ever had. She is so informative, creative, knowledgable. I left there with 100% confidence that she was going to be amazing.
Sorry so long....just wanted to share my experience with you all!
JTG4EVER
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where is this place located. sounds pretty good.. depending on price of course.
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ksugar44
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I met with her recentaly as well. She said the same thing to me she doesn't like high centerpieces. I'm still pretty sure they are what I want. I did like her very much but sort of feel like she was looking for ideas to save me money but at my expense (even though I didn't give her a budget). I'm waiting for her proposal as well...we will see, but I have a feeling it's going to be high. If you decide not to go with her FM and I'll tell you the other florist I went to and loved which seems to be giving me alot more for the money but still great vision.
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09er crashing here....
I originally wanted low at my wedding and decided on all high. I got married at Lands End and I do agree with the high ceilings they are more necessary though. I was so happy I did. The room looked magnificent.
Here is my feeling on low vs. high and it is from the experience of going to so many weddings... I think I have probably been to about 30 now....
I hate low big centerpieces. They block people from talking to each other easily at a table. If they are very small then its different but they don't have the grand look. With high centerpieces everyone can easily talk to each other at the tables. Also you have to assume your guests will be up and dancing so the overall look of the room remains important.
