You + Me = Everafter: Suppliers Review

Rating: 6.5/10

Kwento: I came across this new FB Page, "The Unique Bouquet" that does floral, non-floral bouquet and mix of both and fell in love with the pictures in their page. Non-floral bouquets became a hit for 2013 weddings, I think, and I fell in love with it as well, pero Kim wanted fresh flowers for me. So I decided na all my entourage will have non-floral bouquets to serve as their souvenirs as well and for me a mix of fresh flowers and brooch. Good thing "The Unique Bouquet had a contest, where I won my Bridal Bouquet :) -- thanks sa mga friends na nakulit ko for liking my entry hehe. Lorraine, the owner is a very good person and easy to talk to so I decided to get the whole entourage flowers with her as well. We had no theme, so we just played with the different shades of blue na motif namin. I met her during one of the Bridal Fair para sa detailing, then just sent her pegs for the flowers. Unfortunately as much as I want to give her highly recommended rate I can't :( And on my personal opinion, malaking improvement pa need for her to handle floral bouquets. Though I would recommend her if your peg is full non-floral bouquets :)

Inclusions: Bridal Bouquet (1), Mother's Bouquet (2), Female Entourage's Bouquets (6), Pomander Balls for Flower Girls (4), Wrist Corsage for the Female Principal Sponsors (5), Boutonnieres for the Fathers and Male Principal Sponsors (7). Freebies: Free Fabric Throw Bouquet, Free 4 Bridal Hangers, Free 2 letters “K & M”,

Free Candle set : 1 unity, 2 medium 2 matches, Free Bridal flipflops : Animated flipflops

So here goes the points for my rating...

Pros:

- Easy to talk to and treats her clients as friends

- I love the non-floral bouquets of my entourage! And everyone said they were beautiful :)

- When we met for the pickup ng non-floral deliverables, we had issues sa pomander balls kasi di talaga namin type. It didn't look like my peg. Since close kami ni Lorraine I admitted to her yun issues namin and sinabi nya na papalitan nya na lang and isabay na lang sa delivery ng bridal bouquet. Though since super rush ata instead na ibigay nya kay Ren (she's the one who met with Lorrain, on the day ng wedding to pickup my bouquet) ay dineliver na lang nya personally yun pomanders sa church. And yes, mas maganda na nga yun napalit so I appreciate her effort :)

- I had lots of freebies!! :)

Cons:

- I really didn't like my bouquet :( di ayos yun pagka-round na arrangement, mabuka na masyado yun ginamit na roses at di na rin fresh nun nakuha ko. Super particular pa naman si Kim sa flowers kasi he arrange flowers na binibigay nya sa akin, initial plan pa nga nya he will DIY mmy bridal bouquet hehe. Not sure if dahil galing pa ang flowers from Manila-Tagaytay, pero I think di naman dapat sya ganun hindi fresh. I'm thinking baka night before pa ginawa yun flowers. Honestly mas gusto ko pa sana gamitin yun bouquet ng Mothers! hehe. Though some said maganda naman daw yun bouquet sa pictures

- We did not like the style of the boutonnieres, naging mukang pilit na butterfly na not our type talaga. Sana pala I just told her na igaya man lang ng konti sa bouts ng male entou (which were DIYed by Kim)

- Based on our contract she will send mock up pics ng bouquets, I guess para maka-comment muna ako and same ang expectation namin upon delivery. Pero no mock up happened.

- Late din ang delivery ng items, should be Dec 10 based sa contract pero we met Dec 18 na! Ngaragan moment na!

- Dapat all non-floral deliverables will be on hand ko na when we meet pero marami pang kulang mostly yun freebies. Hinabol na lang the rest nung day ng wedding which di ko na rin tuloy na-endorse ng maayos. I guess na-overwhelm sya ng booking for December.

- Di rin pala nakarating sa akin yun Free Fabric Throw Bouquet

Here are some pictures of the items from The Unique Bouquet during our wedding: