I spent a fair amount of our budget on florals because flowers and greenery are very important to me. In my personal time, I am also an artist who plans events for friends and family. For our wedding, I requested cream florals and extensive gre...enery arranged loosely and romantically. Sharon herself attached several of my visions to my floral proposal which included three images of various bohemian bridal bouquets. To make a long story short, the bouquet that was presented to me on my wedding day looked nothing like what I requested. I was devastated as I emphasized several times how important my bouquet was to me personally and from a photographic standpoint.
I asked for the provided bouquet to be dismantled so that I could rearrange it. Sharon emphatically told us that she was the florist and she wanted a chance to amend her error, which I afforded her. However, the rearranged bouquet was still not appropriate. When I got a closer look at the quality of the flowers, I saw that many required pruning as they were browning along the edges. Luckily, I had ivory roses in simple arrangements that I created around the estate to greet my guests with. I purchased the loose flowers from Costco. I pulled what I could from the Costco flowers in addition to dismantling one of my aisle markers for the ceremony to create my own bouquet. Still, the bouquet was not what I had envisioned. I did not have nearly enough greens and Sharon did not bring many extra buds or greens with her. What I created was much closer to my vision and the best that I could do considering the circumstances. We were 30-60 minutes away from any establishment where I could purchase more loose flowers and only two to three hours away from my ceremony. Furthermore, the wrist corsages that were provided were mounted on black wristlets which stood out against my color scheme and looked tacky. As such, we binned them. The boutonnières that were provided wilted and died within an hour affixing them. We asked everyone to remove them as soon as they began wilting and bin them as well.
These issues not only increased my stress levels insurmountably but pushed my whole wedding schedule back so that I could not take as many photos with my husband or our families. I will say that the aisle markers and pillar flowers matched my vision, which is what was the most confusing. Sharon was able to deliver about half of what she committed to in terms of accuracy. However, I felt that most of the flowers used were of poor quality and a touch old. I feel that Sharon is well intended and could do lovely work at a reasonable price. It is possible that our wedding was just a once off and if you emphasize that your florals must look almost exactly like your reference photos she can provide you with what you desire. I am unsure of how I could have been more clear as I indicated above.
I usually do not write negative reviews but feel strongly about how significantly this impacted my husband and I as well as our guests on the day of our wedding. I am writing this review considering how important florals were to me on my wedding day and how much money we spent on these florals for our intimate wedding. I would say if you’re open to taking a chance with a couple of bumps in the road, book Sharon. If not, pay the extra money and go with a vendor that is more well known. I would have afforded her three stars if we did not have to bin the corsages and boutonnieres.