Grande Designs

I'm not really into anything overly floral, so I was hesitant about all meetings our with florists. Our meeting with Bernie was the first of a handful of florists, and in reality I had no idea what I wanted, despite extensive research online and cutting pictures out of my brides magazine. Bernie really helped me filter through everything and determine the essentials that I wanted. I feel like he knew me better than I knew me. He listened to us and gave us exactly what we wanted, and at a very reasonable cost. I loved that he respected the fact that I wanted to keep the details of my dress secret, and pulled me aside to go over the details of the dress that I wanted to reflect in the flowers. He also respected that I wanted to keep my flowers really simple and didn't try to push different flowers or designs on us at all. I brought him an image of a picasso cala lily that I had fallen in love with and was determined to have at my wedding. He warned us the difficulties of getting the flowers and helped us develop a Plan A and Plan B depending on whether or not they would be available on wedding day. Finally, I had told him that I wanted to incorporate my grandmother's handkerchief in my bouquet, as it served as the inspiration for our entire wedding design. When I saw the way he presented it on wedding day, it brought tears to my eyes, as he displayed in a way much better than I would have ever imagined. At the church (or so my groom tells me), he pinned all the boutonnieres on the guys and didn't leave until everything was set up the way we had discussed. Everything was on time and done just beautifully. I simply loved everything about working with Grande Designs and would recommend them them to any bride in the Cleveland area.