I wish I could give Marisa more than 5 stars!!! She made our 130 person wedding absolutely stunning with her florals.
From the start, after speaking with several florists, I loved Marisa. She was never trying to sell us, upcharge us, and didn't feel like the typical wedding vendor who was always trying to convince you to do more, pay more, and get more. She was so sweet, kind, and gave the air of professionalism and just a genuine love for what she does. Her costs were also incredibly competitive -- after people saw the sheer number of florals at our wedding they thought our budget was over 30k, but it was closer to half that.
My husband and I work full time, so we didn't have a ton of time to meet with and give endless direction to our vendors, so we had to pick people we trusted with our vision without a lot of communication from us, and Marisa did just that.
From the first mock up she did of our florals so we could take it to the rental warehouse to compare with a mockup of our table, we fell in love with her work. I think I had only communicated what I liked to Marisa once, maybe twice, and she completely nailed it in this first mockup. It was STUNNING and exactly what I wanted. I didn't really even have great inspo pics for her to reference, she really just listened and absorbed what I told her I was hoping for, and executed it perfectly.
The day of the wedding she did all of the florals for the ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception, as well as candles for the reception. She also had to completely pivot on the alter floral design because we originally planned to get marreid under a tree she was going to decorate, but then with 24 hours notice, we had to put up a tent due to rain, and could no longer get married under the tree we had planned. I had complete confidence that wherever the alter would end up, Marisa would make it beautiful, and she sure did.
Not only that, but she set up our entire reception with only one hour during the cocktail hour because we had to do a "flip" in the same space where our ceremony was to transform it to the reception space. When I came up from cocktail hour to see what she had done with the reception, I was speechless. The florals were breathtaking, and really made the whole place come alive with life, color, and joy. It was so full and beautiful, I still don't know how she was able to pull off the flip and make the tables look as stunning as she did.
We kept a lot of the centerpieces for at least a week and sucked every ounce of life out of them because we loved them so much. I am so happy we hired Marisa and her work was truly art. We will definitely use her again in the future for events both big and small.
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