Jennifer Cole was the perfect florist for our wedding! (12/15/12)
We first met Jennifer (through our wedding coordinator, Susanne Duffy of Crown Weddings) a few months before the wedding and after going over the concepts from my inspiration board, we immediately knew she was the One. She was excited about doing something a little different and welcomed the idea of doing a more contemporary theme of pale hues (gray, pewter and lots of white), instead of the usual bright colors which was the trend. At our first (and only) meeting, she gave a lot of suggestions to enhance our ideas. We were impressed by her creativity and just how enthused she was. She made everything work for our budget with a lot of extras and details to capture the look. Even though I was planning our wedding from New York City, corresponding with Jennifer via email was easy, and I didn't have to worry about the little details because I was confident that the floral design for our wedding was in good hands!
On the day of our wedding - the flowers, centerpieces, auxiliary tables with mercury vases, accent pieces - were just as I had envisioned...and my sparkly gray/silver/ivory theme wedding came to life! I have Jennifer to thank for executing them wonderfully! Everything worked perfectly to complement the breathtaking views from La Valencia Hotel's Verandah Room overlooking the ocean. Our guests were raving about how elegant the room was with Jennifer's high and low floral centerpieces with huge glass vases dripping with crystals, surrounded by mercury candlesticks and votives. The white florals and crystal vases all worked so elegantly with the grey linens and all my papergoods.
I loved my fluffy all-white bouquet - I knew it was hard to get peonies in December, but I truly appreciated how Jennifer was able to get it for me and wrapped my blue rosary beautifully around it at the last minute. Every single bridesmaids' bouquet, boutonnière, flower girls' floral halo and pomander was just as I had envisioned, down to the color of the satin ribbons wrapped on each one. She created a wonderful manzanita wishing tree surrounded by mercury glass candlesticks and a bed of flowers at the foot of the tree. It was a nice showpiece for our guests. We also loved the single floral bloom tucked on our modern wedding cake, and the two blooms on our head table place settings, and the Mama Mary bouquet - all of which were little extras that Jennifer provided for us
Jennifer's "pièce de résistance" was the large floral garland that was set across our head table which draped all the way to the floor--that was our favorite of all! So many positive compliments from our guests. I am so very happy with it and cannot believe how fluffy it was - and just so exquisite. Our wedding was memorable and just right on the scale we wanted it to be: simple, timeless and elegant.
For other future brides out there, never compromise your flowers. They create the look for your special day -- and wedding photos are forever. Go with Jennifer Cole Florals and you will realize it will be so worth it. read more