Kim was very helpful to meet with at my original consultation appointment. She took time to go over the colors and types of flowers I wanted, as well as my vision for the centerpieces. At our follow up meeting, she brought the flowers I request...ed and put together mock-bouquets for myself and for my bridesmaid to see before we finalized anything. She was really responsive to feedback and finalizing the perfect components for my bouquet. At this appointment she also had me bring the components of my centerpiece so she could arrange the loose greenery for them as I wanted. She had originally told me a range of price per table based on the greenery. I was able to take photographs of the bouquets and centerpieces at the mock up meeting.
My flowers for the wedding day were beautiful-- our ceremony arrangements, as well my bouquets were stunning. However, I did take off stars from this review for the following reasons:
1. Prior to the day of, you confirm via email with Kim the time that flowers will be delivered-- the policy for them is 30 minutes prior to photographs beginning. On the day of the ceremony, the flowers did not arrive at the 1:00 pm scheduled time. At 1:14, I went back into the e-mail to see if I had a number for the day-of delivery. I could only find the phone number for Artemisia/Kim, so I called and left a message. I did not get a response, and my flowers did not arrive until 1:18 pm. While 18 minutes late normally would not be a big deal, there was only 12 minutes until photographs began. All the bouquets and arrangements need to be hauled in, setting back my ability to start with photos. I never received a call back to follow up on the late delivery, which would have been appreciated.
2. In conjunction with the above issue, I was not able to check all of the materials brought in for the reception because I had to begin photographs. My coordinator & the venue staff stored the greenery for the centerpieces. When I saw the room set by coordinators and staff briefly before the reception began, it looked beautiful-- the greens were fresh and loose flowers stunning. However, after visiting the tables during the reception I noted significantly less greens that what we had agreed to on a price point and design look at the mock meeting. My mother also noted the differences in the centerpieces from the photographs I took during our meeting. I double checked with staff they had used what was left, by the florist. Again-- the tables were still aesthetically pleasing, but not what I had agreed to. At the mock-up, each table had a generous amount of various types of loose greens laid on it, but at my reception there was only one type of Eucalyptus laid on the guest tables-- and some tables had VERY FEW strands. I waited for my wedding photographs from the photographer to come back before writing this review, and cross checked them with the photographs I have from my November meeting (to ensure I wasn't just overwhelmed on the big day), and unfortunately there is a largely noticeable difference. Lastly, I would note that in the contract I paid for 24 guest table arrangements of loose greens. We only ended up with 19 guest tables that required loose greens -- meaning that there should have been a surplus of greenery available, not what transpired.
My first experiences with Kim were positive-- I was shocked by the service and value of arrangements on the day of. While the bouquets were beautiful, I would not recommend to a friend.