Our experience with True Colors began as an incredible thing; we fell in love with Sammy, her vision and her genuine kindness. By the end of everything, we feel were disrespected, that members of the business displayed unprofessionalism throughout, as well as our flowers being inaccurate. Our expectations may have been too high, but we were greatly disappointed nonetheless. The stars in this review are specifically for Sammy, not the business as a whole, as Sammy was the best part of our experience.
Moving closer to the wedding, we made a payment towards what we owed, and I found out that our bill had increased a little over $30. We signed a contract agreeing we owed them that amount of money, so we needed to stick with that. Only to find out this increase had occurred because of the tax increase. When I noticed it on the receipt (it stated the remaining total, the paid amount as well as the overall bill) I called and spoke with Emily at the desk. She was also kind and said it sounded as though the tax increase was affecting our bill, and agreed that this was odd and she'd talk to someone higher to get it fixed. I received a phone call from Jamie (later to find out this is the owner of the shop). I couldn't answer the call, so have a voicemail of her telling me "we(referring to the business) still have to pay the taxes" so that adjustment would not be made. No one is happy to receive an answer they didn't want, and while we could get passed that we could not get passed the tone of voice used, nor the blame we began receiving. "You're not the only bride experiencing this but you're the only one upset by it" "other vendors are doing this to you, you just didn't notice it" ( inaccurate) "we're a small business, it's difficult to understand" etc. Bottom line, we signed a contract this group created and the company didn't adhere to their own costs. Eventually they agreed to remove the cost of something to balance the percentage back out, but even this only deducted $15 from the bill.
Jamie dropped our flowers off to the church, asked when the boys would arrive so she could come back to pin them, and left a good contact number with one of my bridesmaids. Their bouquets were to be primarily white with accents of plum from plum carnations. The carnations in the bouquets were a fuchsia. When Jamie was contacted, her response was to send a photo of my contract, essentially confirming she did everything right. I didn't handle this situation, but I was told it took some convincing to get her back to the church to rectify the situation. She came back, only to tell the girls the shop ordered plum carnations, this is what was sent to them. The girls dresses were plum, the flowers in my bouquet were plum, and plum carnations exist as images on google, and after seeing the three to compare the color from the supplier, she began popping the carnation heads out of the bouquets, finally agreeing the color was wrong. We were happy with the solution, not so much with the demeanor of the owner of the shop. She remained at the church, brooding until the guys arrived.
When she began pinning the boutonnieres, she grumpily told our videographer he could captured her pinning "but better not get her in the shot." She arrived in a pizza sweatshirt and hair thrown up with a clip. Not sure if she was aggravated from the situation with the bridesmaids or didn't feel her attire was professional for camera, but the attitude continued nonetheless. She left before pinning everyone, and my bridesmaids had to continue pinning the guys instead of finishing getting ready, despite the fee included in our bill of them pinning and setting up flowers. Jamie pinned my groom's boutonnière, but his fell off sometime during the day and we are no longer able to keep that or repot the succulent it had on it, a sentimental detail we looked forward to.
Lastly, my bouquet arrived with its white roses beginning to wilt, and only slightly larger than my bridesmaids. We paid $180 for a bridal bouquet, that didn't quite meet the expectations set by the cost and the discussions had between myself and Sammy. The colors and flowers used in it were what we discussed, and she included succulents ready to be repotted as we requested.
The two stars are for Sammy, not the business, as she was the best part of our experience with this place. It saddens me, but I don't foresee this as a business we will use in the future, nor recommend it to those looking for a florist. read more