We met Jori through our amazing wedding planner, Carlene Smith of Naturally Yours. True to form, Jori was likewise amazing. To give you the background - I am allergic to flowers. I have been all my life, which means that I have never really paid attention to them or really thought they were anything special. My initial reaction to the question of flowers was "Do we really need flowers? We probably don't, right?" Everyone laughed, then realized I was serious, and then told me I was silly. Well, I can say that I am do happy that no one took me seriously. The flowers at my wedding were gorgeous, and I loved them.
But I am jumping ahead of myself. Jori immediately set me at ease in our first meeting. When she realized I did not have a clue, she asked my husband and I questions to get some notes on our style and she took a look at the pinterest board I had been working on. From that, she was able to start making suggestions, showing us images of sample flowers, and putting together notes on what we were leaning towards. She hit it out of the park the first time around. When she sent us our first pass at the proposal, everything we had mentioned we liked was incorporated. My husband had specific thoughts on colors, and Jori managed to design a look that fit our personalities while matching the colors he wanted to see. All the while, she was wonderful to work with - such a sweetheart. Any changes we wanted to make, any additions - Jori handled it all so seamlessly that it looked easy.
I thought we had a great plan for the flowers, but I honestly was not thinking about them must until the wedding because, as I mentioned above, flowers are not really my thing. But I can say truthfully, that all changed. The day of the wedding, I was overwhelmed with how beautiful the flowers were. Something that was such a background item to me stood out. They were really gorgeous - from the bouquets to the table flowers to the flowers cascading over our chuppah. I was so impressed that I could not stop talking about the flowers the whole night. Jori did a phenomenal job.
The other thing I wanted to mention is Jori's commitment to being eco-friendly. I work in building sustainability, and it was very important to me that we try to be as eco-friendly as possible. Jori was a great choice for this, and I felt better knowing that the flowers were local and in season.
I would highly recommend working with Jori and Fab Flora. For a non-flower person, it was a real treat working with Jori and enjoying the gorgeous flowers that she shared with us on our wedding day. Thank you, Jori! read more