Lavender and Lace Wedding Florist

s by telling them one thing and delivering something else. Gets totally unhinged and tosses out screaming insults if you disagree with her. The 'crew' listed on her site is a lie. They haven't come around for *years*. She does all set up alone and bribes the venue staff with tips because no one can stand to actually work for her. Constantly late. Dressed unprofessionally. Her work can be beautiful when she puts the time and effort into it, but it's a gamble if she'll do it without forgetting to make something on the list, or if she'll swap out the flowers in a way that makes the bride unhappy and not communicate first, etc etc etc.

challenge. Despite multiple calls and emails, responses were slow and always lacked the necessary details, changes and updates. When the wedding day arrived, the arrangements were not what we had agreed upon and contracted. The bridesmaids' bouquets were missing colors. Several flowers looked wilted and tired. The centerpieces, which we had meticulously planned, were hastily thrown together and lacked the fullness, elegance and sophistication we had been promised. An amateur could have produced the same quality of work! The florist was unprofessional and extremely disorganized, which only added to the frustration. She also lies to suit herself. Overall, the lack of attention to detail, poor quality of flowers and less than adequate service left us feeling disappointed and let down. I would not recommend this company to anyone looking for reliable and high-quality floral arrangements for their special day. Only gave one star because it was required!

ils by us (including photos) and multiple text messages, Stephanie failed to meet our expectations on multiple fronts, despite promising a certain level of service and delivering specific arrangements. Not only did she not deliver what was agreed upon but her communication throughout the process was lacking and confusing, leaving us feeling frustrated and extremely stressed! The flowers provided were subpar and did not reflect the quality we were promised and agreed upon. We found her to be very unprofessional in her actions and the way she presented herself the day of the wedding. About a week prior to the event, she notified us that she was changing certain (important) things that we did not agree with, and in the end, she did exactly what she wanted anyway. Please listen to the other negative reviews on Yelp, Wedding Wire, Google and Facebook because the issues that we’ve experienced on this most important day should not happen to any bride! Completely unacceptable! Overall, we do not recommend using this company based on our own personal experience!

ould've listened to those negative reviews. After our first meeting with her, I had a very uneasy feeling. I felt like she and I were not on the same page. She was all over the place. She was showing me photos for reference that were blurry and had nothing to do with what I was asking for. She was very disorganized. After receiving our first proposal, there were so many changes that needed to be made. I sent an email with the exact changes that I wanted and waited for the next proposal to be sent. This went on for about 3 months. Every proposal that was sent was incorrect and didn’t reflect the changes that I had asked her to make. I took the proposal that she emailed me and edited over every thing that I wanted, including pictures for reference. I watched her take notes and when we received the proposal, it was still not correct. At this point, I was two months out from my wedding and panicking. I decided to type up our own proposal, including pictures, types of flowers and the amount of each thing that we needed to hopefully get the message across to her. The following proposal she sent after that was still incorrect. Ten days prior to my wedding she decided she didn’t want to repurpose my aisle arrangements into centerpieces (something that had been communicated to me since day one and was the plan the entire time). She told me that she wanted to focus on making really nice centerpieces instead of aisle arrangements since the "ceremony was only 30 minutes". My aisle arrangements were going to have longer florals that I was told would be removed for the reception centerpieces. She decided last minute that she didn't want to do that anymore and made that decision for me. She was rude and condescending over the phone and didn’t let me get a word in. She told me she "didn't want to hear me complain" on my wedding day because there would be gaps in centerpieces after removing the long stem florals. While all these changes were not being made, she continued to spam our email with invoices, expecting us to pay. Wedding day: Out of the five corsages that I had ordered, only three people received theirs before the ceremony and my grandmother never received one at all. The corsages looked absolutely nothing like the pictures that I had asked for and half of them fell off throughout the night. The arch was not secured into the ground. Family members expressed their concern to Sydonie employees before the ceremony even began, stating that the wind was going to blow the arch over and they were told that “Stephanie was aware of this and that it wasn't going to happen.” In the middle of my vows, the arch started to tip over. The best man had to hold the arch up and Stephanie decided to run out and try to stabilize it. She was not dressed in black like the other vendors but instead decided to wear workout clothes with a white baseball hat. She told the best man to let go of the arch, she pushed it against the cement block and walked away. Soon after, a huge hydrangea from my arch fell into our officiant's book while we were saying our vows. The aisle arrangements had very minimal florals, something that I specifically said I did not want. The foam boxes in the aisle arrangements were visible for guests to see, another thing that I expressed to her that I didn’t want and was assured that I would not receive. My bouquet was the same size as my bridesmaids and was nothing like the reference picture that I showed her. Two days after my wedding, I emailed her expressing my concerns and how disappointed we were with the service we received. She completely ignored that. I gave her about a day and decided to text her. She opened my message and left me on read. Very unprofessional! Overall, this experience with Stephanie was probably the worst that I've had throughout my entire wedding planning process. Do yourself a favor and go with the more expensive florist

had the privilege to work with. She far exceeded our expectations and was very affordable. Everyone raved about our floral decorations. She truly made our wedding stunning.

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hair not the hairdresser, she also took all the flowers home after the event even though I wanted to preserve them, she also asked for money long before it was due insisting that it was due then and there. I would say we were disappointed by the service provided and not the flowers they looked really nice.

. At our meeting with her she took lots of notes, I don’t know if she got our order mixed up with someone else or what but there were lots of mistakes. There were yellow flowers in the arrangements, there were supposed to be blush and cream. The bride’s bouquet was supposed to be flowy, even though it was pretty it was nosegay shape. The flowers on the welcome sign were a joke. A skinny branch of greenery with one tiny flower. The flowers on the pergola were beautiful and she did a good job transferring them to the sweetheart table. All in all the flowers were not horrible, but certainly not was decided upon at our meeting. Also, flowers were pretty much dead by 11 pm the night of the wedding. You would think that for $4,000 they would last a couple of days. I was disappointed and dissatisfied.

mble with on your ONE big day. I had received great reviews of Stephanie from a coworker and in the beginning she seemed like a great fit. Towards the end she became more difficult and less communicative. First, she made me change the timeline of my wedding day photos because it did not work with her timing of floral delivery and set up. Which I understood and worked out to accommodate her. However, she then ended up showing up to my wedding 45 minutes late. This completely disrupted my photo timeline, I’m guessing also contributed to the poor quality florals and work she provided, and also interfered with other vendors work. Second, I had multiple items that I paid for that were not even provided to me (bud vases with flowers for my cocktail tables and florals for my seating chart). Stephanie did not even acknowledge or address this to myself or my wedding planner. Third, my centerpiece floral arrangements, aisle floral arrangements and arch for my ceremony were completely different than the photos that were sent to me, and included significantly less flowers than what I paid for and what was included in my proposal. Lastly, when I emailed her regarding my concerns she was unsympathetic, short in response, and never once apologized for her lack of unprofessional on my ONE day. From one bride to another, it’s a risky gamble of what you will get if you book her as your florist. She has some great reviews yes-but trust me you do not want to end up being in my shoes if you can prevent it. See my google review for photo representation.

d everything would be fine but the flowers/bouquets I got were not what the proposal said/what we agreed on. We agreed on Stargazer lilies and Tiffany blue flowers and light pink roses. Instead I got white lilies, regular blue flowers, white roses and some pink roses. The Stargazer lilies had sentimental meaning to me (hence why I asked for them) but I guess they took it upon themselves to choose to do white lilies instead of consulting me first , supposedly it was due to the pollen however that issue was never mentioned during our proposal. The flowers still came out very pretty. However it just wasn’t what we agreed upon.

Stephanie created total peace of mind in knowing the flowers would be perfect and they were! She listened to all of our thoughts and desires and created the most beautiful setting we could ever have hoped for. She is a hard worker and didn’t balk at the difficult time line that we gave her to work with. The highest recommendation i could give is that I would Use her again and recommend her to any one in need of a wedding florist! You won’t be disappointed if you choose Lavender and Lace

rstood our vision and made everything I wanted and more, I would highly recommend them! Best decision ever will be hiring her as your florist.

for your knowledge on the different flowers. My bouquet was so beautiful, can't wait to show you the pictures!! Everything from the bridesmaids bouquets, boutonnières, to the centerpieces, to the aisle and chair décor turned out amazing. Also can't forget, Thank you for adding the greenery and flowers to the Cake Stand Hoop. It turned out awesome!!! You are very professional, and always keep communication with me, when I had questions!!! Lavender and Lace is highly recommended by us!! Mr. & Mrs. Quinteros. (The Howey Mansion 11/30/19)

reativity freedom to make it perfect and she did just that! The flowers brought the entire wedding together. From the staircase to the isle and the bouquets, she made the wedding absolutely gorgeous. We couldn’t have been happier!

re I got exactly what I wanted, gave me ideas when I didn't know what I wanted, and was flexible when I changed my mind on things. L&L was the only company that made me feel like more than just another task. Other florists we got quotes from took weeks to get an appointment with and were twice the price! Thanks Stephanie!

oral questions as neither my husband or I are experts in this field. We ordered boutonnieres, corsages, bouquets, as well as greenery for the arch at the ceremony that was repurposed for our sweetheart table as Stephanie recommended. Lavender & Lace also fulfilled a request we made 2 weeks prior to the wedding for adding greenery and flowers to our photo booth. The floral arrangements were beautiful, and we are pleased with how it all turned out. The only thing that we were not satisfied with was that the personal flowers were not delivered at the agreed upon time that was in our contract. This caused some changes to our photography timeline, but we were able to make it all work and get the pictures we wanted with the personal floral.

as a purple dream come true! Thank you Stephanie to you and your team for your amazing work during our wedding!

she did such a great job of making it a reality. Thank you Stephanie!