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TIME

Posted on: February 2nd, 2011 by melanie No Comments

When planning a wedding most people need to know how much do flowers cost, how much should I budget for? I saw a poster on a telephone pole today, bulldozer $75 per hour. How much does a plumber charge per hour, or the electrician or the Dr? How much does a florist charge per hour? I am not sure, I cant speak for every one but I can give some information of how long it takes to put flowers together for a wedding.
-initial consultation 2hrs
-writing a proposal 3 hrs
-second consultation and a meeting at the venue 2hrs
- approximate number of emails per wedding 86
-preparing and placing a flower order for the wholesaler 2 hrs
-pick up flower order drive time to and from wholesaler 4hrs
-clean and process flowers 6hrs
-clean and prepare containers 3hrs
-design time 30 hrs
-load van and drive to venue 2hrs
-set up ceremony and reception 3hrs
-wait until reception is over 6 hrs(we wont even count these)
-tear down decor and leave reception site as I found it 1hr
-unload van, wash buckets, put everything away, sweep etc 8hrs

OK lets say 75 hours for an average size wedding bride, 5 attendants, corsages, bouts, 15 centerpieces, ceremony flowers maybe a small arbor, cake flowers. That is 75 man hours!!!! Lets just say a designer needs to charge the low low rate of 25 per hour, a fraction of what other professionals charge, this comes to $1875 not including flowers. Just something to think about as you prepare your flower budget, there is so much more time involved other than just the arranging of the flowers.

GREEN WEDDINGS

Posted on: December 22nd, 2010 by melanie No Comments




Which is greener organic flowers from South America or conventional flowers sent from Canada or California? Since there is not an organized flower growers association in WA the farmers come from all over the state and sell at various places, which requires driving sometimes hours. Maybe the local grower down the street doesn’t grow any white flowers or they aren’t available since the grower is small and all the flowers are needed for the farmers market. The logistics of getting good quality organic flowers in WA when you need them in the color you require, well it makes my head spin. So here is what we do.
-use the farmers close by that can deliver to my studio, when they have product available
-make arrangements with farmers outside our area to deliver in Seattle
-use whatever we can from our own organic garden
-fill in with flowers from Canada or California preferably organic

Here is a list of our other green practices:
- we compost all of our plant waste on site
-we discourage the use of floral foam, if we do, we reuse it for some other purpose
-we rent vases and props over and over
-ribbon is ironed and reused
-bio soap is used for washing buckets
-refrigerators are turned off when not in use

Please enjoy the photos of our compost, it may be ugly but it makes the garden grow.

OH MY WHAT A WONDERFULL DAY

Posted on: December 11th, 2010 by melanie No Comments






Megan and Chris were married on a very beautiful day this summer. The ceremony took place in Port Gambles, Saint Catherine Church. after the ceremony the entire crowd moved the brides grandparents for a night of celebration. I made the personal flowers and the large arrangement for the church in the yummy rich summer colors the bride loves. Family and friends pitched in for all the ceremony decor. Paul Dudley took the great photos.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Posted on: December 3rd, 2010 by melanie No Comments





Sometimes its hard to get photos. I am not the photographers client and after the wedding, well newly weds are just plain busy with their new life. Melissa and Christian were married in 2009 here are some of the photos.

Posted on: October 30th, 2010 by melanie No Comments

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