Remember last week's featured bouquet--mango mini callas and Latin Beauty roses?  We received a great thank you from the bride:

Dear Polly,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the beautiful floral arrangements that the Bloomery provided.  The girls loved their bouquets, and mine was complimented all evening long.  They were exquisite.  The mango mini calla lilies were the perfect accent to my roses, and everything down to the time of delivery was perfect.  Thank you for your time and effort throughout the planning process, and for the fabulous work you do.  I will pass on nothing but wonderful recommendations.  Thank you for helping make my day beautiful!

L. C-D.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. C-D, and thank you fo rmaking us a part of your special day.  You were a pleasure to work with, and your colors and location were both great choices.  Best wishes on your new life together!

We received a lovely hand-stamped card last week from a recent mother-of-the-bride, with a wonderful note inside:

Dear Polly,

I just want to thank you for all you did to help make [bride]'s wedding so special.  The flowers were just beautiful.

The "girls" loved their bouquets.  They were the perfect size and the shade of pink was stunning with their black dresses.

The pedestal arrangements, the corsages, the boutonnieres, the mother's clutches...all were just gorgeous!

Thank you so much for all your help and for sharing your expertise.  The day was about as close to perfect as it could be and the flowers were an important part o fthet!

God bless,

B.F.

Congratulations to B.F. and your daughter (and new son-in-law), and we wish them the best in their new lives.

Dear Polly,

Thank you for the wonderful job you did on our wedding flowers.  Everything looked beautiful!  It was such a pleasure to just tell you what we wanted--then have everything show up & be perfect.  Your work enhanced the beauty of our day!

Thanks!

L. & T. N.

We just wanted to say take the time and say thank you for doing such a beautiful job on the flowers for our wedding.  They were so beautiful!  My bouquet was exactly what I wanted.  Thank you also to your husband who was nice enough to fix my dress right before I walked down the aisle.  We are so glad we chose you to do our wedding and will highly recommend you to family and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. J.D.

Dear Polly,

We would like to personally thank you for doing such a beautiful job with the flowers for our wedding.  They totally exceeded our expectations and were the talk of the wedding.  Thank you for all you did to make our day perfect!

Thank you,

E. & M. W.

Dear Kathy,

They were absolutely perfect!  More beautiful than we ever imagined!  Thank you for putting the time into doing all the pearls and rhinestones in the stephanotis.  They looked great in all our flowers, and on the cake, too!…Thanks again!

M. & E. A.

Bloomery note: We always use some sort of pearl or rhinestone-headed pin to attach the stephanotis blooms to special stems (called Stemson Stems, after the manufacturer).  Stephanotis blooms grow on a vine, and have stems too short to work with in bouquets, so we attach the blooms to a special device which has a long wire stem and a top made of cotton (so the bloom has water on your wedding day).  The pins help hold the blooms onto the stem.  If you’re one of our brides, and using stephanotis in your florals, you can choose from several different colors of rhinestones to accentuate your bouquet.  All this extra work is one reason why stephanotis is one of the more expensive wedding flowers, despite its tiny size.

Dear Polly & The Bloomery Staff,

Words really can't express how pleased we were with the flowers for our wedding.  They weren't as pretty as I expected them to be--they exceeded my expectations & were much more beautiful than I imagined.  The flowers also lasted for days!

Our biggest compliment is our recommendation of The Bloomery to others, which we will surely do.  Thank you so much!

Kathy & Rich,

A very special thank you for all you both did to make my wedding day so special.  Kathy, the flowers were gorgeous.  Rich, your help so appreciated.  I'll be up with pictures!

Sincerely,

T.M.

Dear Polly,

Thank you so much for the wonderful job you did on the flowers.  They were absolutely perfect and all the colors came together very nicely.  I will (and already have) refer peopleto The Bloomery.

Love,

J H-B

Dear Kathy,

Thank you so much for doing such a beautiful job with the flowers!  And for all your kindness and patience with us.  You made our day very special.

Love,

T & K L