Vendor Review - The Flowers

Vendor:
Forever Silks by Ginny Harwood
Walnutport, Pennsylvania
Hours by Appointment Only
http://www.foreversilks.com/
610-760-9091

Grade: A+

Let me start off by saying that Ginny was an incredible person to work with. A great personality and willing to be flexible for me as I lived nearly 2 hours away. She responded in a timely fashion, usually less than 24 hours. That was a HUGE plus for me since my favorite form of communication was through email.

Now a little background on our decision to use artificial flowers. I do love flowers but I am known by my hubby to be a "plant killer." With that being said, I was also looking for an alternative to "real" plants because of the tight budget we were on. Since I wouldn't have known where to start with DIYing our flowers I was in search of a professional silk florist. One that would make sure that the artificial flowers looked real and NOT funeral like at all.

And there it was, an email from Forever Silks...

I found Ginny's email on a Thursday and immediately called her up to schedule a visit that Saturday at 4:00PM. So my Mom and I met with her to go over what we would want. This was our first floral visit which ended up being our last. We left very pleased with what she had to offer. So much so, we decided to book her the next day without even meeting with other floral vendors.

What I failed to mention above was that my "rules" for Ginny were that I wanted a deep red flower. I also wanted her to use her imagination when it came to the design of each piece. I wanted my bouquet to be filled with many different textures to make this a funky piece. She lit up with excitement. This emotion is what helped my Mom and I make the decision to book her (besides her work of course).

Since we booked early February, we kept in contact to stay updated with her progress. Throughout the months, she sent me her mock-up of my bouquet...OMG! I loved it!! Ever since then, I was even more excited to see the rest of her work.

One of the greatest aspects of working with Ginny was that she was able to have my flowers completed nearly a month prior to the wedding. No need to stress about the flowers at all. Another HUGE plus for the bride-to-be.

My final order consisted of the following:

• 1 Bridal Bouquet
• 1 Toss Bouquet
• 1 MOH Bouquet
• 6 Bouts
• 4 Corsages
• 1 Pomander
• 7 Boxes of loose flower petals
• 1 Dozen Butterflies

Below are pictures of the finished flowers pieces prior to the wedding...

My bouquet:

My Toss Bouquet:

MOH Bouquet:

Pomander for Arch:

Sample corsage:

Sample Bouts:

(white for groomsmen, red for groom)

PS: The flowers were BEAUTIFUL! It matched perfectly with the wedding and was a great compliment to my dress :)