Quite frankly I am truly exhausted. Happy but truly exhausted. It is 11:13 pm on Sunday night and I am just trying to wind down from another really big weekend. This was our second weekend this year, when we designed for 5 full sized weddings. We also were asked to design flowers for two wedding showers as well. I think the highest compliment is when a customer you have served in the past remembers you and comes back. When this happens I feel obliged to fill their orders, and this is how the work load keeps creeping up.
It takes constant checking, and checking, to make sure everything is perfect. My flower shop girls are awesome, about keeping us all on track. So much of the design and feeling of a event is in my head, for my employees sometimes that is the hardest part of their job. They are often expected to climb inside of my head. Some instructions simply can not be written on paper, they are more a feeling than a written order. Climbing inside of my head is a very dangerous part of their jobs. With multiple events happening and multiple people designing it is crucial that each brides flowers, stay in each brides, designated space. If you look closely on the work table you can see a piece of scrap paper with the brides name. We sort the flowers, put the brides name on them, and then hide them. It gets really wild when, we are doing the same colored flowers. It is even worse when the brides have the same name. This weekend we had two Kristin's, two Tiffany's and one Sharon. Except Sharon had a wedding cord. named Sharon, and she was my total contact for the wedding. My staff of designers did a amazing job keeping everything perfect and they should be hugely thanked. In addition to that we usually have the the children racing through the flower shop, the ringing of the phone, crying babies, constant piano playing and countless other interruptions. In spite of all of this, it is magic every weekend, every wedding.
This place is truly remarkable.
First out of the gate was Sharon, her wedding was at the Thomas Birkby House. We love working at the Birkby House. Everything is always so perfect.
For Sharon I splurged and purchased Dahlia's from Dons Dahlia's. You can find Don every Saturday at the Leesburg Farmers Market. The Dahlia's absolutely made this bouquet stunning.
It is hard to believe anything can be that perfect. I just can't get over how beautiful Dahlia's are.
Each young lady was given a different colored bouquet. One had a bouquet that was created with Hot Lady Roses, that is the hot pink bouquet. We used Miracle orange Roses for the lighter orange bouquet, and dark Milva for the stronger orange bouquet. All of these flowers came together with the Dahlia's to create the brides bouquet.
Holly, the flowers are beautiful, and you know I think the orange bouquet is especially FABULOUS!!!
Those are the Dahlia’s that I mentioned I thought they would make your heart sing. It truly is a blossom like none other. Some flowers are just best from local growers.