Ester and Janeille of E&J Floral Creations saved the floral aspect of our wedding. I had to fire our first florist and that left us in a really bad situation. My friend suggested I go with Ester and Janeille and I'm so glad I did.
They are two of the sweetest, knowledgable and giggly young women I've met. They know their flowers and they know the business. What I appreciated most about them wasn't their can-do attitude (I definitely appreciated that about them!!) but their honesty.
Let me paint the full picture. My husband and I paid for our wedding ourselves. We had no outside help which meant our budget was rather small. I was brutally honest about what we could and could not afford. Not only did Ester and Janeille not run away (I've had more established florists tell me that I would need at LEAST $6,000 for a wedding of our size), they tackled the job of making our ceremony and reception spaces BEAUTIFUL.
Ester is the creative genius and Janeille is the logistical brain of the operation.
To give you an idea of what these two can do, let me tell you about our wedding.
We had 175 guests and 19 tables. That meant we needed 19 centerpieces. We also had an arrangement for the altar outside which we recycled for our sweetheart table.
We had 6 bridesmaids and 6 groomsmen, 2 ring bearers and 2 flower girls.
We had petals for the aisle and petals for the cake table. We even had 2 more arrangements on the guest sign in area.
We needed at least 6 boutenneires for our families, 4 for our ushers and 2 corsages for our guest book attendants.
They had additional boutenneires for my husband when I accidentally squashed his first one and a toss bouquet....AND THEY MANAGED TO WORK PEONIES INTO OUR TINY BUDGET FOR MY BOUQUET!!! Did I mention my wedding was in December?!
Granted, I heavily featured carnations and roses but still. All together, we spent about $2200 total for our entire wedding.
Not bad at all considering I had all but given up hope that I could have flowers for my wedding after firing the first florists and having MULTIPLE established florists tell me I needed upwards of $5,000.
So. If you are looking for beautiful flowers executed the way you want with attentive service while keeping to your budget, I cannot recommend Ester and Janeille more highly than the 5 stars Yelp will allow.
Once I get my photos, I will be sharing them so that everyone can have an idea of what they can do on a shoe string budget.
Check out their blog for a taste of what they can REALLY do with larger budgets. I can't wait to work with them again in the future. read more