Floral Designs by Justine

11/05/2024

Mason jar flowers will be available at Rustic Charm tomorrow! Stop by and grab your flowers!

17/03/2024

Last day to vote! We would be honored if you took a few seconds to vote for us! Best of Hartford Wesding Florist! We wouldn’t be here without all the amazing support from YOU!

Thank you!

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16/03/2024

We are so excited to be nominated for the 6th year in a row for Best of Hartfords Wedding Florist! None of this would be possible if it wasn’t for the amazing support of all my family, friends, and YOU! Thank you for watching us grow! If you have a free minute please see the link below and vote! Thank you!

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23/11/2023

🎄Save the date! 🎄December 2nd & 3rd for our annual open house! This is the day where all my friends and family get together and make beautiful holiday decor, ornaments, wreaths, and other artisanal crafts!
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❄️❄️This year we will be open for TWO days, both Saturday and Sunday from 10-4!
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🏡Location: 494 Nonnewaug rd. Bethlehem (in the garage!)
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💲Payments: check, cash, Venmo
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☃️All handmade wreaths, wooden creatures, ornaments, shower steamers, breads, baked goods, cards, holiday plants, holiday decor, felted goods, and so much more! Tara Doyle Feeney Susan Leeper Susan Munson Johnson Molly Worden Laurie Tomaszek David Leeper Lorna Berganza Kimberly Kent Sarah Coleman Leeper

20/02/2023

Our second wedding of the year!

08/12/2022

Our last wedding of the year!

24/03/2022

Had such a good time chatting with wonderful young adults tonight! It is always a pleasure being a part of such an amazing organization! So very happy to be your new Floriculture CDE sponsor!

Tonight Connecticut FFA Association State Officers got to meet and chat with our new Floriculture Career Development Event sponsor, Justine Ramsey of Floral Designs by Justine.
Justine is a graduate of Woodbury FFA Chapter and competed at the National FFA Convention with her chapter's floriculture CDE team. She now has a very successful wedding and event floral design business.
It is always great when we are able to help reconnect alum with the FFA!

04/08/2021

When Ryan and Geoff originally booked me back in 2019, we went back and worth on how to design this arch. Not gonna lie it was a hard one! As you can see it’s a permanent structure, so it’s not moving! There is also a lot of detail behind those blooms, which to me, could look a little too busy at times. We discussed just doing the top, two designs on either side near the cement columns, and a few others. We ended up deciding to cover all of the black scroll, and man am I happy we did!!! I love talking out ideas with my couples so we all love it in the end! 🌿

30/07/2021

What style bouquet do you like? Do you want it to be wild and free flowing with long pieces of foliage? Do you want it to be natural, but still tamed? Do you want a cascade? Or maybe a nice, clean traditional style? Well, we do it all!!! Do I have a favorite to make? Yes, of course, but I enjoy changing it up for all my lovely brides! So, what are you going to walk down the aisle with?!?? PC:

27/07/2021

Happy 3 years to the love of my life! ❤️What an amazing, loving three years it has been! Looking forward to many many more wonderful years with you and our baby boy!! PC:

26/07/2021

Happy Monday!!!! We are going into the last weekend of a long stretch of weddings!!! Looking forward to a week “off” to recharge, relax and enjoy some family time!!! As a small business owner, I learned a few years back that you need to learn to say “no”. In the beginning I said YES to everything!!!! Which is typical! I ended up burning out during a wedding season one year and was so exhausted, miserable and over worked. Luckily, after getting a break over winter I was ready to go for a new wedding season, but with a few more “free” weeks this time! Now, when booking weddings I will mark on my calendar “FREE WEEKS!” so I know not to book! This has helped in so many ways, but most importantly I don’t feel the burnout! I need to be at my best every weekend for my Brides! I am lucky enough that I have grown my business to the point where I can take a week off here and there as well. It is really all thanks to my supportive family, amazing clients and Brides, and HARDWORK! PC:

25/07/2021

Two of my favorite things! Greenhouses and Greenery!!! 🌿Thanks for beautiful photos as always!!!

22/07/2021

I had so much fun designing these beauties!!! I love when our clients want outside the box!! PC:

09/07/2021

I love the look of a farm table, especially multiple together for a beautifully long head table! Everything on this table was stunning! From the napkins to the candles, and of course the florals 🥰! Thanks for a wonderfully designed head table! PC:

07/07/2021

One comment I get often after telling someone what I do is “oh it must be so fun to play with flowers!” Well listen up! I absolutely LOVE what I do and wouldn’t change it for the world. BUT, I’m not over hear just “playing with flowers”. I’m staying up until 2:30am getting quotes out and answering emails (even before I had a 7 month old 🤣). I’m emailing clients back while on vacation, and placing orders. I’m waking up at 6:00am to get the bouquets freshly wrapped and van loaded to be at your hotel on time, then head to your ceremony location, and possibly a third stop at your reception to then set up for easily 3+ hours. I’m working 21 hour days (yes you heard me right, 21 hour days!) I’m going home after a 12 hour day, nurse my son, put him to sleep and then go back out to take down your wedding installations at 12:00 at night. I’m updating proposals 3,4,5 times (COVID didn’t help!), I’m calling 10,12,14 places to try and get a specific flower or greenery for my clients because, well.. COVID again! I am up and down a ladder for 2+ hours hanging greenery in the tent that’s just a bit too tall for my ladder! I’m screwing your arch together with power tools! Yes, to be a florist you must also know how to use a drill! I’m taking a pallet apart to build you homemade boxes (thanks dad!) I mean I could go on! I guess my point here is that we don’t just play with flowers, it’s so much more! I love love LOVE my job and would never take what I have for granted, but next time you get a quote from a florist, remember we don’t just play with flowers, we design them. We create them, we may grow them, we eat, sleep, and breath flowers! 🌿

01/07/2021

Just going to leave this beauty here! This stunner was from a few weeks back! I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a photo or two just to share this beauty with you all!!! Thanks for some fabulous sneak peaks!!!! Can’t wait to see more!!!

22/06/2021

No filter needed!!!! Isn’t she beautiful!!! Always better with local blooms too! Thanks for the stunning Poppies, Snapdragons and Buplerum! Yellow Yarrow is homegrown too!😍

20/06/2021

Happy First Father’s Day to my Husband! It’s been such an amazing journey watching you grow into an amazing Dad!!! Looking forward to what the future holds for our little family! We love you! Happy Father’s Day to my amazing Dad as well!!! Love you tons!! .leeper

10/06/2021

Hey hey hey! It’s been a while! These last few weeks have been insane! Weddings every weekend, a few planting jobs for some local businesses, updating proposals for my amazing brides, oh and being a freakin’ MOM!! Life is busier and crazier than ever, so hang in with me while I navigate being a 💙

09/05/2021

Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing Mommas I know! I am so beyond blessed to be celebrating Mother’s Day this year thanks to you, my sweet baby boy Jack! Thank you for making me your mom! You are the best thing in this crazy world! I can’t wait to watch you grow, but not too fast! Love you forever 💙!

03/05/2021

🌷Don’t miss these Classes coming up!! 🌷
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This Saturday night I am teaching how to create an organic compote style arrangement! It’s a perfect girls night out activity! Design one for you, your mom or with your mom!
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The week after that join me for another living wreath class! We will design a wreath with Air Plants, Succulents, various mosses and foraged twigs!

21/04/2021

Don’t forget to order your Mother’s Day flowers!! 💐
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🌷We have three sizes to choose from, each one can be customized in a rustic style container, a classic glass vase or a fresh wrapped bouquet of flowers!
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🌷We will also be offering handmade felted plaques from and local handmade lotion and sugar scrubs from
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06/04/2021

I am so beyond excited that weddings are starting back up!!! Got a little sneak peak from the very talented of this gorgeous beach elopement the other week!

26/03/2021

It’s Friday!!! Normally Friday’s for us are full of design work, with the next day being a wedding!!! With the winter months (and pandemic) we have been able to enjoy a Friday for being the day leading up to a day off/the weekend!!! Woooo! But, we are very excited for weddings starting!!🥂 PC: