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Wildflower Florist

Large and Small Event Florist. Servicing Capital Region and Schoharie County
Booking 2024! 💐
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29/05/2024

My opinion on Faux Flowers; here's another round of fightin' words

I don't like them. Yes, they have come a long way, and they look so real blah, blah, blah. I can tell. As a florist, I can tell the difference.

When did they get so popular? They aren't cheaper, only difference is you'll have them forever. But wait you can keep your real ones forever too, preservation is a thing.

I do all real everything, I don't even do dyed Flowers. If it doesn't come in that particular color I find something else that does. It's my style (this also goes back to designer's choice). I do my thing you stress less because I know how to get the desired look.

Give me your opinion in the comments below! ⬇️

20/05/2024

Designers Choice is the best options, read why ⬇️

The sky is the limit! When there are no boundaries on varieties, doors open!

Growers are constantly coming out with colors, and more options are available then EVER before.

This lets the creativity fly. You might just end up getting the newest variety. Plus, when drama and abundance are combined magic happens and dreams come true.

So let your florist select the perfect combo for your wedding day, and it you need help 😉 shoot me an inquiry on the website.

09/05/2024

Don't make this mistake when reaching out to wedding florists!

Requesting out of season varieties. Peonies, Sweet Pea and Dahlias all have limited seasons and they are all very beautiful of course.

This drives up the cost and if you are wanting a particular style/vibe outside of their season we can always discuss alternatives.

I will never promise any variety that is out of season because of the odds of getting it are slim.

16/04/2024

Hey, Y'all . . .

Bit if a PSA. For pretty much the entirety of my business' existence I have gotten the comment/question "Oh you only use wildflowers?! That's so cool."

This assumption is wrong. It's also something I never imagined I would have to explain.

Wildflower Florist was born out of where I grew up. It carried over from my floral design class.

Today, it helps move me along, sometimes. Wildflowers grow where they want, and they thrive at it. This is why I keep trying. To grow when it seems impossible, to grow when environment isn't ideal, to reach my goals even when nothing is going right, to keep trying even though I'm tired.

I use lots of flower varieties, that's what I love. From the biggest sunflowers to the smallest waxflower, I'm not putting myself in a box. My last two weddings were in opposite ends of the spectrum, from full flowers to lots of greenery. I loved both and want to create more.

In the coming weeks, I'm making a change to move forward. A change that will allow me to focus more on the life I want to live and the goals I have for myself and my future.

Hope this gives some clarification and clears up any confusion about what I create.

25/03/2024

Alright, y'all! Wedding Expo Inspo

When I decide to show in this particular wedding expo again, I wanted to design something that you haven't seen me do.

The point . . .to show you, the client, what I am looking to create, what my business creates. This will give you an idea if I'm the florist you want to work with. If my vibe is on the same wavelength as yours

Pastels were in my radar, I was really looking forward to spring, but I also adore blue. I'm always trying to find new ways and new flowers that are naturally blue. (Side note: any flower dyed is a no-no for me. It's messy)

I also love greenery. So, doing some research I found this beautiful delicate nest with minimal florals and I was in love.

I can't wait to see everyone in a couple of weekends at the Albany Capital Center. (I'm also doing a raffle, so stop by to get the details).

28/02/2024

Hey, Everyone!!! I'm talking about greenery today!

This is my favorite thing to do. I love to create weddings that have an abundance of greenery. The different textures and mixing the colors create a vibe that I love. Plus table garland were something I did that made me feel like I meant to be a Wedding Floral Designer.

A popular myth is that greenery is cheaper than going with flowers. Yes, there are some affordable greens out there, but they are not going to give you the look that you want.

I like to use Italian Ruscus for it length and deep green, either Silver Dollar or Baby Blue Eucalyptus (sometimes I go crazy and use both 😜) for that dusty silver look and occasionally Leather Leaf for adding fullness. I am also constantly doing research to find new and different greens. Sometimes, I get bored using the same combination.

Leave a 🌿 in the comments if you're doing full greenery for your wedding!

25/01/2024

What's my design style?

That's the biggest question, right?

I find my exact "style" a bit unique. It's not quite rustic, not quite garden, and not quite classic. I fall somewhere in the middle.
I enjoy using the classics, like roses and carnation, and complementing them with cosmos, peonies, stock, etc. I'm always looking for the next interesting flower and the most unique colors.

I love:
Ceremony pieces, large and small
Unexpected Color Palettes, my absolute fav
Full Bridal Bouquets
Interesting Design Pieces (your venue has an interesting focal point that you would love to decorated with flowers)

🪻Flower Field meets Rose Garden🌹
We're Unique, but Sophisticated

12/01/2024

⚘️Let's talk about your ceremony⚘️

My obsession at the moment is really gorgeous, ceremony backdrop. Your ceremony starts off all of the wedding day vibes for you and your guests.

Whether it be a Moon Gate, Chuppah, or Grounded Floral Nest, I'm talking about statement making, something that you're gonna look back on and go Damn! That was so awesome, I'm so glad we did that!

❤️Grounded Floral Nests are in. This is usually created by grouping several compotes together. Bonus, they can be moved to the reception. 😉

❤️Aisle Flowers, something I'm seeing everywhere, is where it looks like the flowers are "growing" out of the grass (chef's kiss)

❤️Arch/Arbor/Chuppahs are traditional but easily elevated with the level of abundance, if that's full blooms or mass greenery (personal fav.)

Your ceremony sets the mood/vibe/tone for the entire evening! Save this for later, or send it to a friend!

Looking forward to creating elegance for 2024 brides!

09/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Congratulations to 2024 brides. Your year has finally come!

Unfortunately, the new year started out with a cold for me, so I've spent last week trying to get better! I'm feeling better and am ready to hit the ground running.

✔️My calendar has openings for 2024

✔️Website got a revamp (go check it out)

✔️Content created

Leave a 🍾 if you're getting married this year! Can't wait to see all the magic come together

Ashley

14/12/2023

Focus on your Vibes/Style/Theme, Not the Specifics

When it comes to flowers, sometimes couples get stuck on the particulars. They want exactly the same thing as their inspo photos. That's not always possible.

Our couples focus on:
The feeling, how they want the wedding to make them and their guests feel. Vibe/Style/Theme

They understand:
That the specifics can come later. I want to be the best fit for all of my couples, and that is most important at the beginning. I do not recreate someone else work, I have my own style of design, and no two weddings are ever the same.

You are hiring a florist that you trust. Let us help guide you in the right direction to get exactly what you want for your wedding!

Save this for later when you need some advice.

07/12/2023

2024 Trends I want to see/create

💥Ceiling Installations: From Venues with Chandeliers to Tents with High Ceilings, I want to help WOW your guests by creating an entire space that represents you, your partner and your wedding day vibe!

💥Flowers "Growing" in the Aisle: I love, love, love this Trend! I usually see it with White Roses, but what if we kicked it up a notch and did a variety of flowers at different heights with an array of movement!

💥Abundant Ceremony Features: Bug, Abundant, Eye Catching Ceremony features are always on trend and style, they also look AMAZING in your professional photos!

My 2024 calendar is open, let's fill it with your Magic!

Inquire at the website in my Bio

06/12/2023

When should you book your Wedding Florist?

Between 10 to 18 months.

🌱Particular months book out quicker than others. September and October seem to be the most popular months these past few years. If your wedding date is in this range, book closer to 18 months.

🌱Another factor could be your florist. If they are very popular you might need to book sooner rather than letter. Especially with the last two years, vendors are still trying to recover.

🌱I book one wedding per weekend/week, so come on over to my website and inquire for your date! I have lots of openings for 2023.

05/12/2023

💐Choosing the Right Florist💐

Selecting the right florist can be tough, we all have different skills and different styles that allows to make everything look amazing!

My Suggestion:
Find one that creates and/or designs in the style or vibe you have planned for your wedding spaces.
If you like neutrals that create a light airy feel, or you are going for moody deep colors; find the florist who creates your vibe.
Always ask questions. We understand that planning a wedding is hard, but we are always here to answer and guide you toward the finish line!

I enjoy working with all kinds of colors. From light airy neutrals to full-blown yellows and oranges. Being up for the challenge when it comes to color is exciting, discovering various color combos and textures is 🤌.

Need help bringing your color dreams to life? Reach out via the link in my bio!

09/12/2022

Hey Everyone,

Just want to share the link for Valentine's Day Pre-orders.

There is also a highlight on my page that lists the pricing!

This is pickup only. Since it's my first year doing it, I figured I would start slow.

Three options are offered:
2 Dozen Roses, 1 Dozen Roses and 1 Dozen Carnations.
Roses come in Red, Pink and Lavender
Carnations come in Red, Pink and White
2 Dozen Rose option has a higher end filler, Lisianthus. Both 1 Dozen options are going to have Alstromeria.
All options come with mixed greenery, ribbon and a carrying bag.

I look forward to working with everyone and creating beautiful arrangements.

Contact us page on my website has the order form!

08/12/2022

Get Ready to Order your Valentine's flowers!!!
Hurry Early Bird pricing ends December 14th 2022

21/09/2022

What to spend you wedding flower budget on? In my professional opinion(which is why you're here), do something that makes a STATEMENT!

🫐Ceremony/Reception Feature: Whether it's an Arbor, Chuppah, Moon Gate, etc. do something that will create interest. If you want your Ceremony to be amazing focus add an abundant piece, want something to occupy you guests after the ceremony, create a Reception piece that draws them in, perhaps to even take selfies in front of 😉

🫐Aisle Compotes: Rather than doing traditional rose petals, opt for adding aisle arrangements or posy's(these can also be reused for your ceremony!)

🫐Personals(Bouquets/Boutonnieres): Besides yourselves, your bouquets/boutonnieres are going to be front and center. Let's create something that compliments you and your wedding day vibes.

Save this for Later!!
And if you need help deciding between everything, even the little details, check out my website.
You can also reach out to me there on the Contact Us page.

15/09/2022

Get a Personalized Quote for your Wedding or Event!

I have attempted to make this process as simple as possible for all of my potential clients.

🌺Once you have decided that you love what I create and would love to work me, go to my website. The link is in the bio 😉

🌺Go to the Contact Us page and fill out my short form. I will get an email with the information you entered.

🌺As long as I am available for you desired date I'll send you an email containing my questionnaire form. This should take about 5 minutes to complete.

🌺Then I get to do the heavy lifting! I will gather all the information you have given me and create a personalized quote!

I only accept one wedding per week/weekend and 🍂Fall of 2023🍂 has been very popular! Get you inquires in before we fill up for next year!

30/08/2022

Wedding this past weekend was a SUCCESS!!

Eucalyptus down these long beautiful, hand-made tables came out soooo good

And just look at those bouquets!

30/07/2022

Did something creative!! Love how these sweet arrangements came out.

06/06/2022

What do you pay for as a wedding client?💰

Most of our wedding clients don't realize how much we do behind the scenes to make your special day happen!

Such as:
🌼Going to the wholesalers/markets-we call, place our orders, both flowers and supplies, then we physically drive to the warehouse to pick everything up.
🌼Getting fresh buckets ready-making sure they are clean and fresh for the flowers, then they get filled with fresh water.
🌼When we return from the wholesaler we cut and strip every stem-we could potentially be doing hundreds of stems for each wedding!
🌼Setup of and breakdown/clean up afterwards-we go to the venue and/or getting ready locations to deliver and setup the arrangements. Then if you have a feature piece at your ceremony or reception we do almost of the work onsite. After the day is finished we return and collect everything that was left behind.

This is some, if not most if the BTS that you pay for. If these things didn't get done there would be no wedding!

22/05/2022

Love when the Lily of the Valley starts blooming 😍

Wouldn't it make a lovely addition to a wedding bouquet! 👰💐

14/05/2022

🎉🎉SURPRISE!!!🎉🎉

Website is officially LIVE!!!

It's been a long time coming, we have been working on this for a long time.

It's now even easier to get in contact with us! Just fill out the Inquiry form on our "Contact Us" page!

Here's to the future! 🥂

11/05/2022

Hey y'all it's Ashley. A lot of you might not know that I am the Owner of Wildflower Florist.

I do everything from the marketing to the quoting to the designing of every wedding.

I ended up in a place surrounded by flowers several years ago while I was still in high school! Probably the worst school year of my life, but it introduced me to something that I absolutely love doing.

Once I left school and worked a couple jobs I kept finding that when Valentine's Day and Mother's Day and my mom's birthday came around I was excited to see what flowers my dad would bring and how I could arrange them!

Then I worked at a grocery store, in the floral department, loved it then didn't. Why was I working for this company and making them money when I could do it myself!

My first wedding was in 2019, it was small and almost didn't happen, but it brought me so much joy when the bride emailed me to say thank you and that she LOVED her bouquet!

My next 3 weddings were in 2020 and 2021, in a time when everything was so unknown and so many brides were having to change wedding dates.

Now present day, I have officially LLC'd myself and am trying to continue building this business of mine. Running a business is hard and time consuming especially when you are still working a 9 to 5 and building a house, but . . .

I can't wait to see where I can take this business and all of joyous brides along the way!

(apologies for the post)

29/03/2022

Would y'all be interested in a Mother's Day pre-order? Looking to see if there would be enough orders to do one!

Comment below or like the photo if you would be interested!

27/03/2022

Sunflower arch with warm fall colors and my mess while I was designing it🌻

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I know this is popular, here's my opinion. . . Repurposing is great when it's done right. Many of your ceremony designs are created in a way that makes this possible, whether it is floral foam, compotes, or foam free. Your aisle arrangements can be used a centerpieces for your guest tables, if you have an arch piece it can be relocated to a sweetheart table, cake table or welcome sign. I recommend NOT using you bridal bouquet or maids bouquets for repurposing. These tend to be away from water for long period of time, making the potential for degrading high. Let's get together to talk about way to reuse your pieces! #wildflowerfloristny #weddings #smallbusinessowner #colorfulweddings #makeithappen #weddingflowers #realflowers #capitalregionny #womenownedbusiness

Haters gonna HATE on this 😜 I can't stand it! 🤍It makes a mess everywhere 🤍I have to buy extra because it's so delicate 🤍I have to buy extra because it's so small 🤍It tangles it's self together Y'all have no idea the behind the scenes when it comes to baby's breath. It's a chore I'm not messin' with! Besides, I like to use other things Waxflower, Alstromeria, Feverfew, Mini Daisy Mums, etc. I find they much more aligned with my design style. #wildflowerfloristny #dreamweddings #cutflowers #creativity #weddingflorist #weddingflowers #mypersonalprofessionalopinion #womenownedbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #babysbreath

The final product. This was one of my first weddings, I was so nervous. There were ups and downs that I had to deal with. I struggled to make the bouquets; I started over the bridal bouquet at least twice. (My perfectionist was showing 🫣) The cosmos were a rainbow of colors; colors that were not in the original game plan. These are just a couple of things, all of which I have to handle. With help from my family, they reminded me to take a breath and turn this as a learning experience. Now I always have backup ideas, always get an extra bunch, and remind myself that nothing is an obstacle that can't be overcome. #womenownedbusiness #smallbusinessowner #smallbusiness #weddingflorist #alwayslearning

Bridal Bouquet Inspiration A copulation of the #bridalbouquets I have done over the years. Tell me which one is your favorite in the comments!!! #wildflowerfloristny #dreamweddings #cutflowers #weddingflorist #capitalregion #weddingflowers #wildflower #upstateny #womenownedbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #weddingtips #floweradvice #2024weddings #vibrantcolors #mutedpurple #garden Eric Jon ABub Photography @hannabaltaphotography @g_rockwellphotography

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