Boho Floral

It really saddens me to leave a review of this nature, and its taken me some time to collect my thoughts and properly reflect on our experience. I couldn't in good conscience not leave a review about my experience, so other brides can make an informed decision. I had booked Sarah more than a year prior to my wedding. We spoke once on the phone to go over the sample images I had provided with her. She said she could do exactly what was in the photos, and even attached the images in my invoice to show what she had planned on doing. She was very accommodating when creating the quote. The only thing I had expressed concern about was ordering for the wrong amount of centerpieces as we were nowhere near having a proper headcount. She said we could split payment into 4 and before final payment provide her with any changes so, she could adjust the invoice. As our final payment got closer, I sent her an email with final headcount, and smaller details we didn't get to discuss in full when creating the quote. I specifically requested the bouquets for the bridesmaids have a raw edge black ribbon and mine raw edge white ribbon. I even provided an image from amazon of the type of ribbon I had in mind, and I told her to let me know if this was not possible or if I would maybe have to purchase the ribbon myself for requests like this. Some time went by and our final payment came out. She had not responded to my email about the changes nor had she updated the invoice. At this point we were about a month out from my wedding and neither my wedding planner or I could get her to answer the phone or email. I was beginning to get worried. About 2 weeks out I finally heard from her. She said she would get to my email, and that her laptop had broken or something. She reassured me we were good to go. She expressed no concern about the ribbon, and she sent over a new invoice. The new invoice however just reflected the headcount changes but she raised the prices of the centerpieces so, she wouldn't owe us a refund. When I asked her about it she said, I'll just make the centerpieces bigger. I said I'd prefer the refund instead as she had already agreed to make the centerpieces look like the ones in the photos. She reluctantly agreed, but she said I would have to wait until she got paid from another wedding before she would have the money. She agreed to pay us by our wedding day. The wedding day comes and she drops the flowers off at the hotel room door and leaves. No interaction, no offer to go over what she was dropping off, nothing. All bouquets were wrapped in cream colored sating ribbon and even worse the corsages for our mothers and grandmothers had lose pieces of satin ribbon to be tied vs an actual elastic band and the flowers were attached to the ribbon with exposed ZIP TIES! My poor grandma was late arriving to the ceremony because she had to get a bandaid from the hotel bar because the corsage had cut into her wrist. The centerpieces were tiny in comparison to inspiration photos and the stands she provided were clear acrylic instead of black which threw off the whole color scheme in the room. She also only provided one floral piece for our backdrop, which we were never refunded for. The refund for the centerpiece cost difference was finally provided after a couple months of pushing for it. Brides please do your research and absolutely make sure you are able to communicate with your vendors! Especially if you're planning from out of state like I was.

Going into wedding planning, my husband and I knew we wanted real flowers but knew we couldn't spend a lot on them. Sarah was amazing at coming up with inspiration pictures based on our budget! It did take a few email reminders to update our proposal when we needed to change anything on it. Also my bridal bouquet started to die/the stems started bending quicker than I would have wanted. However, it could have been the heat or the types of flowers that we had chosen. All the flowers that stayed inside were pretty all night! One last thing my husband and I thought about was how we didn't see Sarah our wedding day. We might have just not gotten a heads up when she was setting up, but we were hoping to at least meet her! Overall, we were pleased with Boho Floral!