needless to say we need a florist

jamiebean · January 2011

So we went to Petals Lane... and it was over our budget. We need a florist that is reasonable,and good at what they do... HELP !

gkishbauch · January 2011

Carl Alan, Carl Alan, Carl Alan

flawlessfay · January 2011

Try Ring of roses in Havertown.

Bride_to_be_2011 · January 2011

Did you tell her your budget? did you say that you needed it lower? I told you she will work with you

Bride_to_be_2011 · January 2011

How many CPs you need? Bouquets? etc?

jamiebean · January 2011

I emailed her saying if she could help bring it down at all... just waiting to hear back. B2B i aw ur pic of ur centerpiece how much was the large one if u dont mind me asking ? And i also heard Carl Alan was expensive ... did i get this wrong ?

Beagle211 · January 2011

Whimsical welcomes! I have a small budget, and she has no problem working with me!

Let me know if you want her info.

Bride_to_be_2011 · January 2011

I heard Carl was $$$ too.

what is your email Jamie, I will just FW you the invoice.

jamiebean · January 2011

jamiebean27@gmail.com

jamiebean · January 2011

okay so we have : 5 bouq (including mine), 11 bouts (including the grooms), 1 toss away, 5 coursages, rose petals for the ceremony,flower girl,card table, 1 centerpiece for the eating card table, 10 centerpieces, and 2 long stem roses . Grand total 4,075

Bride_to_be_2011 · January 2011

Ok you can get diff flowers or something, I only have 10 tables too. Just look at what I sent to you.

flawlessfay · January 2011

Wow thats a lot. I am having 22 centerpieces (11 tall and 11 SHORTER)
and a lot more things than you have listed and i am right under 3000

jamiebean · January 2011

Just FYI my fiance picked out flowers he liked...it was cute hahaha

Beagle211 · January 2011

Jamie, I'll email you what our estimate for WW was.

ooodsie · January 2011

London Creative!!! I know so many people who used them and got great flowers at amazing prices. They were booked for my day, and book up apparently insanely fast..

jmo5021 · January 2011

I met with Brittany a few months back and LOVED her!!! However, her estimate was more than we expected....5500 to be exact. I asked her to bring it down to 4000 for us, which she did, with A LOT of compromises. I then looked at a few other florists and was able to get the same exact things I was looking for for 2600 or less. Let me just reiterate that I loved her (she was so enthusiastic)...but after looking elsewhere I had to make the decision if personality or budget was more important. Money ended up winning

Amerbutt81 · January 2011

FOUR GRAND?? Holy mother of pearl.
Call Cindy at Infinitely Yours in Bensalem. (215) 638-4226

gkishbauch · January 2011

Jamie - my budget is less than what you fleshed out with more pieces and Carl Alan was fine. Also, with the same number of pieces (again, many more than yours), Petals Lane also met my budget requirements, though I didn't decide to go with them. If you have your heard set on them, I'd haggle.

As another suggestion, my future SIL used Alfred of Philadelphia, who is based out of Glendolden. That was "before my time," so I didn't actually see her flowers at her wedding, but apparently he's very reasonable price-wise. Good luck!

luvdelilah · January 2011

We came in under 2500 for Carl Alan with 6 bouquets, 4 corsages, 11 bouts, 15 centerpieces, flowers for our cake. He kept things really simple for us (no filler flowers) and did a great job.

Can you cut anything out? Or make some substitutions? DIY the throwaway bouquet and flower petels? Put someone in charge of grabbing the roses the morning of the ceremony?

jamiebean · January 2011

London creative doesnt do cc weddings... and the owner is a patient of mine and wont even think about it ! hahaha . yeah ill have to look into all these places ! and also discuss with Brittany coming down in price. Thanks for all the ideas and feedback. Im starting to get nervous over here !

CaitC21 · January 2011

I really don't remember what my flowers came in at....
Its been a while since I got the quote and itll have to revamped a little, so until we get closer I am not worried about it...

However I am using Darlene from precious petals in HV and I love her, my friend used her too with a smaller budget and her flowers were very pretty!

ysl1983 · January 2011

Wow....I waaaay under budgeted for flowers. I only budgeted like $1k max?! Is this even possible? I'm looking at 1 brides bouquet, 6 bm ones, 10 bouts, and 14 small/short centerpieces since I'm buying tall candelabras already.

miguelhilary2010 · January 2011

Also try Belak's Flowers in Wilmington DE. They will deliver and Barb was really great to work with. I had close to the same # of items you need, and my total was around $2400... including callas, orchids, etc. Not all cheap flowers.

I heard Carl Alan can be expensive, but that they really work with you to find something within budget and they do a great job. I had an appointment to meet with them, but decided to go with Belak's before we had the meeting.

RecoveringActor · January 2011

My flowers are $950, but that doesn't include centerpieces. My centerpieces are included in my package for the reception. But you can certainly try my place. Celebrations Design Group. www.celebrationsdesigngroup.com

ETA: That price includes my bouquet, 5 BMs, 9 bouts, Blessed Mother flowers, throw away, Flower girl orchid ball, 3 wrist corsages for mothers, and 2 arrangements for the altar.

amy727 · January 2011

YSl- that seems like a very low budget. Maybe you can think about doing a nonfloral centerpiece.

Bride_to_be_2011 · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_needless-say-need-florist?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:105Discussion:cabba5e9-2ad7-464a-9e42-e46986f8b364Post:3ce71901-1475-4d28-890c-897c19ef37a6">Re: needless to say we need a florist</a>:
[QUOTE]Wow....I waaaay under budgeted for flowers. I only budgeted like $1k max?! Is this even possible? I'm looking at 1 brides bouquet, 6 bm ones, 10 bouts, and 14 small/short centerpieces since I'm buying tall candelabras already.
Posted by ysl1983[/QUOTE] I have 3 diff sized CPs, so you can totally do something like that. The small one is only like 20 bucks. :)

ysl1983 · January 2011

In Response to <a href="http://philadelphia.weddings.com/Sites/Weddings/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_needless-say-need-florist?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:105Discussion:cabba5e9-2ad7-464a-9e42-e46986f8b364Post:0be5f97d-94ca-4c8d-8222-8c2d5903f865">Re: needless to say we need a florist</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: needless to say we need a florist : I have 3 diff sized CPs, so you can totally do something like that. The small one is only like 20 bucks. :)
Posted by Bride_to_be_2011[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry to hijack this thread but just wondering...how much do you think these arragements would cost? (see pic below of the short rose arrangements)

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ButtonsPepper · January 2011

M flowers came in to a little over 1k and we had centerpieces (16), my bouquet, 6 girls, 12 bouts, and church pew flowers.... but I didn't like my florst so I'm not going to rec' them. I would have paid another 1k to get the flowers I wanted.

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