I’m planning my wedding or event, where do I start?
The steps below walk you through our wedding and event booking process to Save the Date in our calendar!
As always, you can contact us for specific questions at 203-856-9604 or by email at martha@madefloral.com
availability
Congratulations on your engagement or the special event in your life! Before we get into the details of your wedding or event, let us know the date, location, and event flower budget — please note that all three are required to schedule a consultation. If we are available for your date, we will schedule a complimentary consultation with you to chat via phone call or video! You can begin this process by filling out an inquiry form at the button below!
Consultation
An initial consultation helps us get to know you and learn about your full event vision. We’ll look at all of the beautiful images you pinned on Pinterest and discuss all of your flower needs, favorite flowers, style, budget, and pricing.
If you have a chance before our consultation, kindly complete the questionnaire form below so we can learn basic details of your wedding or event to help us prepare for our meeting. No biggie if you don’t have all of the details ironed out yet. Fill out what you know and we can go from there.
Proposal
If we are in alignment in style and budget, we’ll move onto the next step and build you a proposal!
This proposal is a rough draft of all the items on your wish list. We’ll match up your flower wants with your desired flowers and colors and build out a total cost for this order. A custom proposal includes all of the items on your wish list, quantities, item descriptions, inspiration images you provided, plus any additional information that will help convey our interpretation of your event vision. Keep in mind, the proposal is very fluid and can be tailored to individual requests. We don’t believe in copying arrangements from other designers or even of our past work. Since flowers are seasonal, the work that we create for you will be a combination of your vision, our interpretation of your vision, and the flowers and vessels that are available to us at the time of your event.
Save the date
As a courtesy, we will hold your date for one week from the moment we send out your proposal. In order to block off your date in our calendar we require a 50% non-refundable deposit and signed contract. After one week, we will release the date and open it to future inquiries. Please note that we do not provide custom design work, original ideas, or complementary sample arrangements prior to officially committing to working with us, however, you can purchase a sample centerpiece or hear what our past clients have to say about our work!
Timeline
After you've committed to working with us exclusively, we will schedule a check-in meeting at the half way point leading up to your event. At this time, we will discuss any new updates that you have made throughout your event design process and subsequently, we will make updates to your order as necessary. We ask that the full design for your flowers is finalized two months before your event date - this gives us ample time to begin hiring help, creating your flower order, and finalizing all of the details for your event. Because we know that RSVPs trickle in weeks before your event, final quantities can still be updated until about 3 weeks before your event.