Brides or any family or friend of the bridal party reading this, I know there are several good reviews about Blume in here but please listen to the bad ones. She did not communicate well, agreed to what I told her I wanted but never showed me p...ictures prior to my wedding. When I asked if I could see a replica of what I would be receiving she said her fee is $200/hr plus the cost of ordering flowers. When I told her that I want 2 dozen rose bouquet she said it would be too big for me. I am the bride, if I want a 2 dozen rose bouquet just say “ok”. If you think it’s too big for me then show me other options. Her poor communication skills and lack of personability was what made me cancel my contract with her. I initially ended up losing money on a “deposit” that was made for flowers that were supposedly ordered that I never confirmed. In canceling the contract with her I would have rather lost the money I would have had Villa Siena not worked with me to cover the costs, then to stayed in a contract with her. I am shocked that she is on the preferred vendors list at Villa Siena as everything else at the venue was phenomenal. I ended up utilizing Flowers by Jodi who did such an amazing job with such short notice. Both vendors are on the vendors list for Villa Siena, as well as 2 other florist who I have no feedback on as I did not use them, but if you can avoid Blume Events, please do. I don’t wish any bride to go through what I did 2 1/2 weeks before my wedding.
RESPONSE TO RESPONSE BELOW:
I met with you once & we looked at general pictures of bouquets you had made in the past, none of which had the combination of flowers we had discussed. We were suppose to meet that day you confirmed when I saw your assistant to look at similar bouquets but your assistant stated that was a bad weekend because all you had were cascading bouquets & you weren’t there.
I had no issue with the timeliness of your responses, it was the poor content of communication in your responses. I have an invoice from you that states, “To be petite to be ONE to one & a half dozen in size” with “one” capitalize after I told you I want a full 2 dozen bouquet.
I asked you to show me with flowers you had in shop that would be most similar to mine & just hold them together so I could get an idea of size, not a free sample.
I’m sorry you have had trials with you mom & daughter’s friend. I understand you have family & personal stressors that you shared here. As you stated, you never know what is going on in someone’s life & for me, aside from planning my wedding I have medical issues and have family members who need my support as well. I feel like the professional thing to do would have been to reach out to me & tell me that you were too busy to take on another client. With the management of any business, there needs to be respected personal time & work time. I would have rather you told me that you were too busy than give me the bad experience I had with you. We had started discussions on my wedding well before November & you could have told me that you were too busy, as it definitely sounds like you were. You offered to meet with me for only the 2nd time on Jan 7th, 10 days before my wedding. At that point I had to meet with another vendor. I am expressing my experience with you just as you have expressed your response, & as I stated, although most brides have had a good experience working with you, I did not & felt the need to share. I hope you can respect that. Thank you.