Choosing to work with Amy Kate Designs was the biggest MISTAKE and REGRET I have throughout the wedding planning process. To all brides looking for Florist's for your special day, please read this review in its entirety, as I would like to save you the trouble and stress of dealing with this unprofessional woman like I had the displeasure of doing. Long story short, Amy Kate contacted me directly 2 weeks before my wedding in regards to the pricing and her design board for my wedding. Up until this point, I have had no contact with her, as I gave my wedding coordinator full reign on the floral decisions. This design board and pricing is not what my coordinator had discussed with her, and Amy Kate was trying to manipulate the situation by coming directly to me in hopes I would just agree and pay. Amy Kate also raised her prices significantly in that last 2 weeks, above a budget and pricing we set with her from the very beginning, to price gouge us in hopes that there was nothing we could do about it 2 weeks before my wedding. We tried to give solutions and options to Amy Kate, and she was unwilling to budge or change her pricing, even after we took off thousands of dollars in rentals, she refused to change her price. At this point we had a contract and a $1250 deposit, so we proposed a scope of work for her on the day of the wedding to fulfill our end of the contract. 3 days before my wedding, she emailed me (she didn't even have the decency or manners to pick up the phone and call) stating that she would not be doing the work and that she would be keeping my $1250. She broke her own contract that she put in place! Within her contract, she also wanted us to sign over our rights to review her company. I have never in my life experienced a service that would not allow you to provide a review and try to take away my freedom of speech; she obviously knew how badly she messed up and we knew at that point that she was not going to follow thru with the quality of work we were expecting. Anyways, wedding planning is stressful enough, and only a person without a heart would contact a bride 3 days before their wedding to tell them you would not be providing the service you agreed upon. In my opinion, she never intended to do the work, she just wanted to pocket the $1250 and call it a day. Brides place a lot of trust and vulnerability to vendors when they have to give these deposits, hoping that the work will be what they want and that they won't take advantage of you. In my opinion, if you are looking to work with someone with integrity and honesty, Amy Kate is the complete opposite of that; she completely lacks a moral compass, she has a serious character flaw, and has zero compassion or empathy for others. It is hearsay that Amy Kate has also been removed from the "preferred vendors" list from many of the most popular wedding venues in Northern Michigan due to her "challenging nature and tired attitude." Amy Kate should be so ashamed of herself for what she did in this situation (and the many others that are out there that she ensured legally could not review). Thinking about Amy Kate today still makes me sick to my stomach about how she treated me and my coordinator, she is simply vile. In my opinion, greed and her inflated ego will eventually catch up with her, but in the meantime, as a Bride, I would not want anything to do with this morally corrupt business. read more