why we do what we do

when someone does their job right, they make it look very easy. case in point: the beautiful bouquets and arrangements for jane's weddings are, almost without exception, exactly what the bride had pictured in her mind. but i'll let you in on a little secret: getting to that finished product, creating that picture if you will, can often be a crazy, maddening process. whenever you work with natural materials you can never count on mother nature providing exactly what you want. she's not a factory and she'll give you what she wants in the end. colors can vary, sometimes greatly, even if you have specified, checked with the growers, and accounted for the season. extremes in temperature can affect the flowers and their transport and sometimes flowers can be way smaller than you wanted or hugely bigger than you aimed for. and don't even get me started on deliveries on wedding days! but there are moments, happily many of them, that remind us why we do what we do. the look on our brides faces when they see their bouquets for the first time is a look and feeling that if i could bottle, would make me a very wealthy woman. we also have the pleasure of working with brides, like ismini, a recent bride of ours, who make us feel good about what we do and they pay it forward in a touching way. i'll share a little excerpt of her thank-you note to jane:

Everything was stunning!

I must also say that my bouquet left me completely breathless! I absolutely cannot tell you how much I loved it! Thank you soo sooo much! We received so many compliments, and I have friends that cannot keep mentioning the bouquet. J I, myself cannot keep thinking about it! J

The day after the wedding, we actually dropped off the remaining flowers (we kept a number of the arrangements ourselves) to a nursing home nearby….so they continued to make people happy. Thank you sincerely- your arrangements really added so much to the day.

i don't think it gets too much better than that. here are some photos of ismini and her (now!) husband jerry's wedding day. (professional shots to come at a later date)