I just noticed that you asked (in my older post about florists) what florist I ended up going with. The short answer is - no one yet! The long explanation is below...
FI and I met with Eden Floral about 3 weeks ago. We had a great meeting, loved their studio space, they seemed to "get" what look we wanted and they had some awesome ideas. We were truly excited to work with them after our meeting. The Kellys also mentioned a few times that once we receive the estimate we should reach back out to them if we needed to find a way to lower the costs. They said
their pet peeve is when they meet with potential clients and send an estimate, and many times don't hear back from them because the people think Eden is too expensive. So we promised we would respond no matter what.
We received the estimate about 5 days later and it was above what we could spend, but FI and I thought of several different ways we could cut costs. We responded to Eden on July 1 with a substantial email giving them 4 different ideas we had to reduce the costs and gave them a ballpark for the budget we wanted to spend. We also asked for their suggestions since they are the experts.
I emailed them again last night, as I just realized yesterday that I never received a response.
Today I got an email back from Eden that said the following:
Thanks for getting back with us; we did not get your last email until today. We have looked over the changes you suggested and we feel it is impossible to give you the look you want to achieve by alternative flowers. We are so sorry we are unable to match your budget.
Although we would still love to design your family flowers if that would work.
Let us know.
Sincerely, Kelly and Kelly
Obviously FI and I are upset about this response since they said several times when we met that we could work on getting costs down if needed. So the search continues!! 