Do not let Rie ruin your hopes of that one chance of a beautiful bouquet. She disappeared weeks before the wedding, saying out of country/sick then coming back then not - and finally got a meeting in person. She already had photos of ideal bouquet design, lists of yes please/definitely not flowers and must haves. This was ignored. When we met she didn't remember that I had recently sent over photos of bouquets, exact button hole, photo of his suit, photo of my dress. I sent all this over yet again. Multiple emails regarding what I wanted in the bouquet - and she invoiced me for gardenias, weeks after I asked for them said this isn't possible as it is too much to order even though I said cost is not an issue for us, then ignored my requests to not have any flowers with yellow centres - I ended up snipping out pollen covered stamens that would stain my dress - she put astilbe in my bouquet which I expressely said do not uses and something exotic and pink when I repeatedly said formal and compact - pale pink open roses and as she was not able to talk to me about what other white flowers she ignored my letting her know that if it needs to be roses to keep the formal feel then do that. I asked if I should supply white ribbon, in email, in person, again in emails twice and she said she would tie with white ribbon. She delivered a bouquet that was not formal and compact, had two bits of delphinium, black and green florist tape showing and baby blue ribbon - my dress was white with lilac/blue so that would absolutely clash and we agreed white. We stopped her as she went to leave and she said she could not help except to take my bouquet and leave me with nothing to arrive with on my wedding day - she said she had no more delphinium as she used it all up for the tables. I asked for delphinium all along. What bouquet has two bits of the main colour in it only? it looked stupid. She put in the astilbe and whatever that other pink flower was - they flopped immediately and it seems she just went out and cut whatever was cheap and easy to grab on the morning. The roses were the little one that come in table top flowers - and already tinged brown. Not one new proper cut long stem rose in bloom as shown in my photos which she had emails twice and as she'd forgotten my emails took photos of my phone pics with her phone.
I still sent over a very clear list and photos yet again.
None of this was complex - it was one bouquet, one button hole, one corsage, one table arrangement for the registrar table, seven vases of flowers and she made a mess of the two fireplaces - I could have just used garden clippings. She did not even match the colours on the vases of flowers on the fireplace - although we now know she ran out of the delphinium.
My mother in law's corsage was requested to be formal and it was not. I was drooping by lunch and looked pathetic. I was so embarrassed - we had a fancy wedding venue but kept a lot simple and only the one person we wanted to single out was my mother in law. My husband's buttonhole also had astilbe stuffed into it even though I kept saying just the one bit of delphinium and a tiny bit of white. Pink and green dropping mess.
Rie should not be trusted to do weddings. If you want wild looking vases of flowers then that is fine - and I agreed to what we got on the tables but she absolutely ignored clear requests and agreements for formal bouquet, buttonhole and corsage. I even said, I realise this formal compact look is not your usual style but she agreed in person she was happy to do this. I had worries as she would agree in person but clearly had not looked at what she already agreed and forgot - and at things were really hectic before the wedding my thoughts of seeing if I could get back ups from another florist did not happen. In other words she just stopped communicating and it was worrying - I was not a diva bride but checking in is responsible and being ignored and then promises to reply not happening is going to worry a bride.
My day happened now - we had a lot to be grateful for with guests and weather and each other. Rie was a terrible cause of stress, bad customer service and not doing what she agreed. My fiance even had to run across town on the morning as she ignored what we agreed to take mum's corsage to the venue. I had to scrounge up ribbon and try to cover the mess she made. I had to get out scissors and cut out yellow stamens - after continued requests for no yellow centres - and she sent over flowers with stamens that were dropping yellow pollen. We just did not need the stress, the stupid looking bouquet - no button hole for most of the day as my husband had to bin his as it was dead, and my mother in law with a dead weedy corsage she was too polite to mention that was not dignified at all. I am not supplying photos - too shameful.