Happy New Year!!

I can't believe tomorrow is the end of 2010. This year has been such a whirlwind filled with so many amazing couples, vendors and beautiful flowers! 

 So many things changed for me this past year that I am still trying to take most of it in. 

I was able to quit my part time job and just focus only on Stylish Blooms. I bought a floral cooler,  adopted a mascot, and lastly the biggest change of 2010 is I traded my 2000 Grand am in for a van.  I  had the pleasure of being a part over 45 weddings and events in CT & NY. Many of these couples have become my friends and I consider all of them my family. I truly feel blessed on how amazing 2010 turned out. I already have more weddings booked for next year than I did this year and that is the best feeling in the world.  I have to say thank you to all of my past clients who entrusted me with there wedding flowers, for all those who left reviews, sent cards and referred Stylish Blooms to friends and family and lastly I need to thank my family and friends for all the support, help and love they gave to help me get this far!!!!! 

Happy New Year!!

~ Melissa ~

photo by:www.jasonhenriques.com

What if?

What if you get sick? What if you have an emergency? These are 2 of the most frequently asked questions I hear from prospective clients. 

It is  no secret that at times I am a one women show,  but when it comes to designing and setting up for weddings I would be insane to attempt it alone. I am lucky enough to  have wonderful crew to help me with flower processing, prep work, as well as delivery and set up. If I need design help for an event I have a wonderful set of trained designers who can copy samples and follow my direction.  Nothing leaves the studio without my approval. I am a control freak when it comes to my work and I am the only one who makes bouquets (those are mine). I have hand picked and trained an amazing crew to help with set up and deliver. They can deliver  bouquets, set up centerpieces and decorate cakes just as well as I can, after all they learned from the very best. 

One of  the best part about my job (besides the best clients) is most of the planning and designing is done behind the scenes giving me a very flexible schedule. Photographers, Planners, MUA, and DJ's work the day of a wedding and some work the whole day giving them a strict schedule to follow.  I do have a delivery schedule and set up schedule to follow, however,  its what leads up to that delivery that makes it different for me. The flowers and designs are planned out Months in advance and  the flowers and supplies needed for each wedding are ordered weeks in advance. I can design any time of day or night and because I work from home I can take my time . If it takes me 10 hours longer to design a wedding because I am sick, the bride will never know and it will not effect the final product or cost them any more.  If in the rare instance I have an emergency or end up in the hospital  I have complete faith in my crew that they will step up to the plate and be able to follow my directions and design the flowers needed for each event as well as execute the set up and delivery with the same care as I would.  I am amazed at how much Stylish Blooms as grown over the past year. I can't wait to see what is in store in our future! 

bouquets

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Custom Chuppah

After  receiving many request  from brides to rent a chuppah and not finding any quality ones to purchase,  I decided to craft one on my own. I  drafted the design and constructed the structure. The covering has been hand sewn by an italian tailor. The base is set in cement and can be set up indoors or out.  Unfortunately this is one of the few rentals that is  not complementary to use due to the set up and break down and the dry cleaning of the covering.  It can be dressed up with just greenery or with flowers (as shown in pictures). It was rented 3 times this year and is already rented for several events next year. It also can be used for outdoor ceremonies to protect from the afternoon sun. 

 Other color fabric is available for an additional $50. 

David And Lidia

Last year I gave away a free wedding package as a promotion and also as a away for me to add some innovate designs to my portfolio. The catch was that the couple would have to give  me complete control of the flowers and designs. I would take into consideration the couples wedding colors and theme. After many application I choose  Lidia and David. I had met Lidia prior at a bridal show and loved her wedding theme and just knew I wanted to create something  different for her.  She also purchased centerpieces and extra decor and bouquets (her party was bigger than the package).   The end result was beautiful and captured them perfect as a couple . They both loved to garden and the outdoors and wanted to keep the flowers and designs  What she told me was the theme was butterflies and the wedding colors were orange and purple and the rest was left up to me. 

Below is the creations I made for their October wedding at Wickham Park. 

Enjoy! 

Lidias bouquet consisted of Ivory roses, cinnamon cymbidium orchids, Orange mokara orchids,  purple monte casino and bupleurum. The bouquet was swirled with lily grass blades and I then attached the orchids and butterflies to the blades of grass to give it the illusion they where fluttering around the bouquet.  Because Lidia loves to garden I also included hens and chicks in to her bouquet so that she could remove them  from her bouquet and plant them in her new yard. 

Another view of Lidias bouquet,  a butterfly  also accents the stem wrap

Davids Boutonniere consisted of  cinnamon cymbidium orchids

 as well as hens and chicks  

Groomsmen's boutonniere of orange mokara orchids 

The bridesmaids bouquets consisted of green hydrangea, orange mokara orchids, purple stock, orange freesia, hanging amaranthus, and scabiosa pods. 

Orange butterflies accented both the bouquet and the stem wrap 

I also hung paper lanterns in the tent at Wickham park 

And decorated the arch at Wickham park with matching florals and butterflies 

So Many Choices

When planning a wedding you will find there is no shortage of vendors to select from. Choosing the perfect one for your event can be a daunting task. From photographers, to bakers, to florist and even Hair and Makeup,  you might find it hard to narrow it down to the "one". When starting to look for vendors start a list of what you are looking for in your vendors. Are you more interested in   price? Quality? An artistic eye? What every it may be doing  a little research about each vendor to help you narrow your list down to just a few. Read reviews, ask other newly married couples for references, and check out each ones website and social media pages. Wedding wire is a great  place to find reviews and to compare vendors. A good website will have all  information you need to help you narrow down your vendor list to the ones that you like and want to meet. Look at current pictures of their work and read the about pages on each website. Taking the time to study each website can help you weed out the vendors you do not want to meet.   Once you have your list narrowed down make appointments to meet the ones you like to go over the details of your wedding. 

To Be Continued

Specials Valid With Deposit Till November 30th

Paper Lanterns

I am bringing back the paper lantern special. Book your wedding flowers (valued over $1000) between now and November 30th and we will decorate your venue for free with paper lanters (subject to availability) Up to 24 lanterns in your choice of 9 colors and patterns. Please note lanterns are unlit.  

* Subject to venue and has no cash value if offer can not be used at venue* 

Free Flowers 

as always throw bouquets are included with each wedding we design and for a limited time will also include flowers for the top of your cake as well as 
flowers to accent the layers. 

* has no cash value if offer is not used*