Great Bridal Expo

We just wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at the Great Bridal Expo last Saturday. We always like meeting brides and hearing about their vision for one of the biggest days of their lives. It also gives us a chance to hear from real people about their likes and dislikes, and what trends are picking up. Overall, we just like going somewhere and presenting flowers in a different way.

For this show, we displayed different color combinations to help brides decide on color schemes. We made different bouquets with distinct personalities and added our signature "frills and flourishes" to the stem. Whether it was a brooch or a pleated ribbon, we wanted to incorporate character to each bouquet. Each bride is different and the details should really show that. For our booth we used a partition to display the bouquets. We found this particular partition at a consignment store and stripped it of it's hardware (hopefully it wasn't an antique piece!). We then primed and painted it and secured pegboard to the back. To the center we affixed an antique mirror and added clean hardware to hang different accessories. Here are our results:

(picture courtesy of joshua yeh : jcy3@inside.artcenter.edu)

We can't complain about the perks of attending wedding shows. Cake studio was there and allowed us to sample (multiple times) their cakes. And what better than a chocolate chip cookie from the Westin Hotel. :)

I'd also like to announce the winner of our raffle - a free bridal bouquet worth up to $165. The winner is Meredith Moyer. We will be contacting you with more details!

And don't forget, for the brides who took pictures with our bouquets, we will be uploading snapshots in the next few days for you to download. Thanks for having fun at our booth! We hope to meet with you soon.

Bridal Show!

Come check us out on November 1st at the Great Bridal Expo. We'll be exhibiting at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel near LAX. Show starts at noon and we'll be showcasing some of our floral work. Even if you're not getting married, come and visit! The benefits of doing a show not only allows us to talk with brides but it also enables us to meet fellow vendors. And of course, sample food and cake!

*here we are at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center, hosted by Patina. We went with a yellow, green, and white theme with black accents. Black...is the new black. Say goodbye to brown. :(


We're also excited to be a part of Festival of Brides, which will be on Sunday, February 8, 2009. The Langham Hotel in Pasadena will host this affair and will feature Mindy Weiss, Mary Dann, and Tobey Dodge. They're the celebrities of the wedding world. :)

More info to come but we'd love to see you there!

Great Bridal Expo Raffle Winner - Announcement

The Great Bridal Expo

Where can you find a couple hundred excited brides all under one roof? The Great Bridal Expo! What a crazy weekend! Fleuretica was at the Great Bridal Expo held at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. We spent a few days preparing for the event, trying to come up with interesting design concepts to present at our booth. In the end I think we choose a great color scheme as well as some cool designs that represent what Fleuretica is all about! Fresh, unique, feminine, and fun! It got a little hectic in our studio the night before as we literally taped off an 8x10 foot area in our front consulatation area to do a mock-up of our booth. Talk about tight squeeze!


Luckily our craziness paid off and our booth was a great hit! Here are a couple of pictures we snapped before the madness began!



Our carnation cake!


The frills...




and the flourishes...