bucket

One of the weddings we designed last weekend was deborah's these are pics from her flowers. the colors were obviously red, yellow, and creams with black accents. her flowers turned out gorgeous!

her bouquet was made out of white football mums (great substitute for peonies in the off season) red dahlias, yellow & cream roses, & white freesia. wrapped in pale yellow satin ribbon with black pearl beading.

boutineers were drumstick alium for the groom and ring bearer. the others not pictured were made out of white freesia.

bridesmaid bouquets: all white freesia wrapped in red satin ribbon

pin on corsages were these amazing gloriosa lilies.

centerpieces were in darling black urns and filled with white lilies, drumstick alium, yellow & cream roses, alstromeria, salal, and plumosa! darling!

so why is this post called bucket? well let me explain. sometimes i post things that i think will help clients and potential clients understand why i do things the way i do and what exactly i am. this is one of those times. the bucket brings confusion to more than a few clients. so let me explain what it is ..... its a container that holds water .... i am just kidding! ok so i always arrive on site with a bucket that contains flowers for on site work. even if everything is put together back at the shop its good business to be prepared to freshen or replace something or add a last minute need for the client etc... often times when we freelance or actually work on site several buckets come with us .... one of these will be "the bucket". what is "the bucket" its those extra flowers that studio stems aquires at our own expense for your weddings. the client has not paid for them! we do this as a safety net for us but it is a company expense, a necessary one. so because the client does not pay for them should we not need them they are property of studio stems. often times clients see this bucket and assume it is theirs they paid for it and it should be used at there wedding. this is not always so. you will get what you paid for and it will be fresh, thus the bucket in case something is not. but should you need something in addition you will be invoiced for these flowers! i love you all ... even if your confused!