Petals by the Sea

iere for the groom, and garland for the tables (10 in total). Some of the garland for the tables would be used for an arch that was rented from the vendor for the ceremony and then divided accordingly. I initially wanted the garland to be only baby's breath and hops but agreed when she said she wanted to add eucalyptus to the garland. For my bouquet, I wanted MOSTLY dahlias, hops, and accents of other colorful flowers. I got none of this. There was not a single hop to be seen anywhere and this was the main thing that we wanted for everything. This was included in the contract and all email contact. Not a single sprig. Same with the baby's breath. Maybe a fist full throughout each garland, that's being generous. With the conversations had via email, I was extremely specific about the dahlias (which shouldn't have been any issue as they were in season). I am not joking when I said that I had two dahlias in my bouquet. Both were white (not the colors I had specifically asked for) and both were extremely wilted. Not a single speckle of hops in the bouquet. My husband's bout was supposed to be a dahlia and hops. No dahlia, no hops. The amount of dying flowers and filler included in my bouquet was out of this world. My photographer is a professional florist and was absolutely appalled. The amount of dead/dying plants that we had to take out of the bouquet was insane to say the least. The bouquet was given to my photographer to give to me (don't even get me started on that), as soon as she walked thru the door with it, I had to ask her if it was for another wedding.... The arch that was rented was set up lopsided. Every single picture, it looks like it is falling over. Never once did she communicate that she would somehow be unable to fulfill the order or needed to change flowers and whatnot. Never once let me know that she could only get dying flowers and none of what I asked for, specifically the hops and dahlias. I see online that she does flowers at a Star Market, so I'm assuming my items came from the section of flowers discounted because they're about to die. Extremely low quality product and services. I would have had significantly better products if I bought fake dollar store flowers or ordered them from Costco. Never once before or after did she reach out to let me know why she couldn't do the job she was hired for. I will scream it from the hilltops that you will be extremely disappointed if you hire this vendor and ask for anything other than a generic rose bouquet that you could pick up at Star Market!!! I will be attaching pictures ASAP to show what you do not want.

rm winds. I currently live out of state and Karen was great to work with by phone and email. The bouquets she made were gorgeous and all of our guests were gushing over her centerpieces. Cannot thank Karen enough for making our day extra special!

ce on the phone when we called to discuss hiring her and I gave Karen a deposit through Venmo. She told us she would need our final details by June 1st so that she could order the flowers. Unfortunately, the wedding got cancelled on June 1st due to Covid-19 & Massachusetts regulations that prohibited weddings. We notified Karen immediately of the mandated cancellation and she stated she would only refund half of our deposit. Karen’s response was rude stating “I don’t work for nothing” referring to phone calls, emails and putting together a proposal. Unfortunately now it has been 22 days with no refund at all & Karen from Petals By The Sea continues to ignore calls, emails, & text messages regarding our refund. The Lighthouse Inn, the photographer, DJ “Cape Tunes”, the Airbnb we had reserved for the week before the wedding, hair salon, and every other vendor refunded our FULL deposit money. Each one of them spent their time assisting us with wedding plans. Those vendors chose to handle deposits professionally and with great understanding under these circumstances. Unfortunately Karen has chosen not to take that path. Beware of Karen and her unprofessionalism!