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teryan2321

I've been looking for a week and can't find reviews for these vendors:  Bettis Flower and Allegheny Wedding Videos. If anyone has any reviews, can you send me a PM? Thanks!

MRads

My two sisters used Bettis for their flowers and I'm meeting with them next Thursday.  My first sister to get married had a three month engagement from out of town, so my Mom picked the florist and had a limited selection, because of the time.  We could not have been happier with her, though.  The caterer showed up late, so when Bettis showed up (I forget her name) she was upset with the way the head table looked (the caterer was supposed to set the head table up) so she spent an hour making it look really nice.  Plus, the flowers didn't look as nice as she envisioned (but still looked beautiful) so she knocked $100 off.

For my second sister's wedding, we used her again and she did not disappoint.  Im not sure about the prices, but I know my sisters' weddings did not have a huge budget, and they didn't have that much money budgeted for flowers.  I can send you pics of my sister's flowers, if you would like.

ETA: Here is a pic of my sister's bouquet and one of me with mine.  If you want to see one of my sister with her bouquet PM me...I dont want her pic on the internet without permission.

teryan2321

Thank you so much! I saw her work- I think her name is Sherri- at the Pittsburgh Bridal show, and REALLY like a centerpiece she had displayed. I feel better knowing someone has prior knowledge, though.

carcrashheart

I met with Sherri, twice. Hated her. She was rude and forcefully attempted to convince us to ditch renting linens so that we could spend our entire floral & linen budget on solely her flowers. We gave her a price point during the consult, when we returned for the follow up to see the samples (which I had to fight to get-she insisted she didn't do samples until deposits were made, and I wasn't going to make a deposit until I knew for sure she was who I wanted to work with) they were nice, but they were largely over the price point we had given her. She didn't follow what I had asked for, and every time I inquired about the flowers I had asked to use (black magic roses), she continually told me that those were not the roses I wanted to use because they were too dark. No, instead I wanted to use _________ roses. Finally, my mom and I just walked out of her store and hightailed it home. she was going to cost enough as it was, the least she could do was give me the flowers that I wanted instead of the flowers that SHE wanted. To boot, when my mom mentioned that my baby sister was also getting married, so it was likely that whoever I chose is who she would choose (which happened to be the case), Sherri asked about what kind of flowers she wanted. My mom explained that she is super simple and was considering using wild flowers for her CP's. No sooner than the words escaped her mouth than Sherri cringed and scrunched her nose in distaste.

Turns out, I wasn't the only one that had this experience with her. I thought she was on the bad vendor site, but maybe not. The florist I ended up working with (KS Kennedy) didn't question anything that I asked for (he even showed me the roses that Sherri wanted me to use up against the black magic roses that I had asked to use and Sherri was wrong-those roses were NOT what I wanted-I wanted the darker rose without a doubt), he went over and above and his prices were so wildly reasonable. I knew that he was someone that I could simply say no to if he created a sample that I didn't like and he wouldn't be offended, whereas Sherri was going to be offended and do what she wanted. Kerry said that I wasn't the first bride to come to him after disliking Sherri, and I wasn't the last.

I suggest meeting with her, getting samples and feeling her out. She simply didn't mesh well with us, but she may with you. GL!

MRads

That's good to know too.  I'm going to meet with her on Thursday, so we'll have to see.  I love wildflowers, and was kind of thinking that, so I def don't want to go with her if she isn't down with that.

HoneySpider

I also met with Sherri from Bettis Floral and did not like her. She seemed really uninterested in my "vision" and just wanted me to tell her how much I wanted to spend and that she would make it happen. Her approach just rubbed me the wrong way. I had also looked into getting chair covers from her but chose another vendor. A few weeks before the wedding, she e-mails me asking about the details for setting up the chair covers - I was like, um, we never signed a contract, I chose someone else. It was bizarre and made it evident she was disorganized.

I chose Blumengarten for my flowers and have nothing but positive things to say. I worked with Bob and we went through colors, types of flowers, etc and while I left the final product up to him, he made sure everything fit into my vision. He worked within my budget too - actually, he came in a little under.