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A Design By Dorann

A Design By Dorann

Port Saint Joe, FL
4.6 out of 5 rating, 19 Reviews
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    Kristan Sent on 07/21/2016
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    Dorann is incredible! I was planning a destination wedding, and was not able to meet with Dorann in person. However, she was very responsive to emails and receptive to my ideas. I was so in love with our bouquets, arbor decor and centerpieces. Definitely recommend her services to anyone!
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    Dorann did an amazing job with my wedding. She was so helpful, kind, and receptive to what I wanted. She helped with planning & coordination to flowers & decor. She helped make my special day extraordinary.
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    Carolyn Sent on 12/08/2014
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    Dorann is absolutely amazing. She was able to provide exactly what I envisioned with only a few meetings. Very knowledgeable and flexible. She has great style and reasonable prices. I would recommend her to anyone looking for flowers and/or event planning.
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    Ltc J. Sent on 12/10/2014
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    Both my daughter, the Bride, and me, MOB, were very specific with church designs and reception (at a beach resort location). Dorann is a good listener and offered ideas on tulle, flowers, candles, table
    Settings, lighting (including a suspended chandelier) over the dance floor. The resort, WindMark Village, did not have enough electrical power for a large (100 guests) event, even though they said they did. Dorann ran electrical cords from under a boardwalk and near shrubs even having to too 100' to a circuit board on the next venue a area. Dorann had to do a lot of adjusting, but the reception was fairly well lit based on the inadequate capacity by WindMark. Dorann coordinated the caterers, DJs, bartenders and wedding party into a beautiful, memorable and fun fun fun reception !
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    Shannon Sent on 12/11/2014
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    Easy to work with. Gave honest and helpful tips for meeting our expectations. Flowers were of good quality and lasted for days after our wedding!
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    Caitlin Sent on 12/09/2014
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    My family has been using Dorann for flowers and wreaths since she opened her shop up in PSJ and I couldn't think of a more perfect person to help plan my wedding. From day one, I never had to worry about a thing. Dorann came up with a guide to help me out along the way and made herself available at all times. I did not stress about a thing the day of our wedding because I knew she had everything under control. The flowers turned out beautifully and looked so fresh! We combined some of our decorations with things that Dorann already had and everything blended together perfectly. The set up was a million times better than I could have ever imagined (rather than doing the traditional boardwalk set up facing the sun, we did it backwards). Dorann and our photographer recommend doing it this way so that all of our family and friends could enjoy our ceremony without being blinded by the setting sun. I was a little hesitant at first but the outcome was perfect! Whether you are planning a simple surprise birthday party, an over the top wedding or sending flowers to a loved one I would definitely give Dorann a call!
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    Rhonda Sent on 12/08/2014
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    Dorann worked with us remotely as we live in Georgia but the wedding was at cape san blas. The flowers were stunning! She made it very easy!!
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    C269Af59B8D32Af462511A834387Cadae8Cec538 Sent on 12/31/2014
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    Dorann was very receptive to our ideas and suggestions. We emailed pictures back and forth as our wedding was a destination and we were able to create exactly what we were looking for. I sent pictures of out wedding outfits and my ideas and she came up with some beautiful arrangements as well as some very unique succulents that the groom and groomsmen wore. I also net her pictures of containers that I wanted arrangements in and gave her creative license to make something beautiful for the food tables and she did not disappoint. We are so glad we went with her as opposed to the other florist in the area. She came highly recommended by the locals and I am see why!
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    Bridget Sent on 07/15/2014
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    Dorann is absolutely perfect! She communicated with me months prior to the wedding, helped me decide on the perfect flowers for the occasion and even delivered them on our wedding day!!
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    Jessica Sent on 08/11/2014
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    Dorann was a great help! She offered lots of advice based on her knowledge of our beach location. I had never even visited the site until the week of the wedding, but thanks to the pictures and suggestions Dorann gave I wasn't worried a bit! Dorann was also helpful in suggesting local vendors for food and cake.
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    I highly recommend A Design by Dorann for your special event. She was so helpful in planning our wedding event. We were a long way away so she allowed us to store decorations we had made in advance to make it easier to travel. Very helpful and professional. She also recommended other vendors in the area for other needs that were very good.
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    Matthew A. Sent on 09/12/2013
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    Design by Dorann is owned by a sweet, nice, caring (not only for the bride but for the pocket book as well!), dedicated, talented lady named Dorann! My wedding was on a Friday, August 23, 2013 at the beach house I was staying at in Cape San Blas, FL. I live in Georgia, so being away from the place I was getting married was stressful enough trying to plan, but having to figure out bouquets and boutineers made it even worse. I had thought about doing fake silk flowers, but the week before the wedding my photographer said that for a beach wedding, they wouldn't look good in pictures! So I had to go with plan B which was trying to locate a place that wasn't too expensive! The first floral shop close to the house popped up on my search and it was Design by Dorann, I called her, and when she answered the phone, I felt like, YES this florist is the one for me because she gets me:) We talked about my taste and sizes and all different kinds of flowers, ( even though I do not know flowers and names very well), I had seen a picture of a bouquet on her facebook page that I LOVED, so she knew exactly what I wanted.. Dorann took my likes and designed the most beautiful bouquet for MY BEACH WEDDING! Between Design by Dorann, Kim Stone Photography, and WrittenInStone Officiating, my Handsome husband and I had the most perfect beach wedding we could have asked for!

    Design by Dorann also has Bamboo Arches that can have any kind of fabric you want to add touches too, I was so lucky to have found people as wonderful as those mentioned about to take all the wedding bliss stress away!!!

    Thank you so much for taking such great care of us!!!


    Love,

    Matthew and Lindsey
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    Doran did an AMAZING job with my wedding flowers. They were everything and MORE than what I wanted. not to mention how sweet she is!! :)
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    Anna Sent on 06/01/2013
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    Doranne was wonderful on my wedding day. She went above and beyond our expectations and worked most of the day to make sure everything was perfect!! She has a small shop and stays very busy but we felt like we were her only customer on our day. All of our family and some of our guest commented on how hard she was working to make sure everything was perfect. Just one of those people you can ask to do anything and she accommodates you with a smile. AND all the flowers were beautiful at an awesome price!! Thanks so much Dorann for making our day great!
    Anna and Brandon Harris
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    Vicky Sent on 09/12/2013
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    Dorran did a fabulous job on my flowers for my wedding! I could not have been happier! Especially considering that I do not live in the area, she made time for me when I was able to get there, she was very professional, the floral arrangements were perfect! We even did some test runs on my infrequent planning visits!! I would completely recommend her!
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    Mathew Sent on 11/01/2013
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    Dorann was unbelievable! She was everything we could have asked for and more! I promise you that your experience with her will be nothing but lovely and calming in all the crazy planning time! I can not recommend her enough or speak highly enough of her!

    Mathew Peek
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    L. Sent on 09/16/2013
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    Dorann's flowers for my beach wedding bouquet were absolutely beautiful. I gave her an idea of what I wanted and she produced a product that was EXACTLY what I had in mind. We also had a last-minute issue with the decorations for the arch we brought ourselves and Dorann was flexible (and sweet!) enough to help us out by making a wonderful starfish/bow arrangement that we could attach to it! It was just perfect for our beach ceremony. Thanks so much to Dorann and I would highly recommend her services to anyone who asks!
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    Candace V. Sent on 06/03/2021
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    Unethical and Unprofessional

    Hired Dorann for a intimate 20 person destination wedding. Started out great, very helpful and quick to respond. We hired her Sept '20 for our May '21 wedding. Two months prior to our wedding, she went radio silent. Everything was pretty planned already (so I thought) so it didn't concern me.
    Friday evening (night before our wedding), I called her during our dinner to confirm everything for the next day since I hadn't heard from her. She informed me we would not have the driftwood arch we paid for, she would NOT be at our wedding but was sending someone highly qualified and she had not finalize any of the arrangements with for our food (which she was paid for dealing with our other vendors). Day of our wedding, we find out she wasn't at ours (as paid for and agreed upon) because she accepted an additional wedding the same day as ours around March (6 months after we booked and had her paid off at this time). The lady she sent was amazing, however, she was not completely informed on our details. Then the caterer and photographer had be pulled from the jobs we were paying them to do, to do the things we paid Dorann for. My husband and I wanted something very low key, simple and stressfree as possible. My husband was busy running around setting up tables and chairs (what we paid Dorann for again) and other things to the point that he wasn't even able to have any of the oysters and other food that we had catered prior to the ceremony since it was a late evening (sunset) ceremony. He wasn't even able to shower and get ready until the last minute. VERY DISAPPOINTED in the lack of ethics, professionalism and character. I sent and email to Dorann after we got back from our honeymoon expressing everything, have yet to even receive an apology.
    HIGHLY recommend: Kim Stone Photographer and Beauty By Brink (Stephanie). Kim did an amazing job and was super fun! Stephanie has natural talent in hair and makeup. She did an absolutely beautiful job with mine and the girls hair and make up. Both ladies exceeded my expectations and would recommend 100%!
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    Carla M. Sent on 05/23/2022
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    Not a wedding planner

    Our daughter contacted her in January to book her services. Our daughter contacted her in March.
    She was assured by Dorann that she would help with the layout of the tables for the dinner.
    The week of the wedding I called and text Dorann. She assured me hair/makeup was scheduled (she did this after talking with me ~ the week of the wedding).
    She double the day of our wedding. She dropped off the tables and linens. The tables were very dirty. My daughter asked if Dorann would help with the music (click a button to start it), she stated they didn’t do this.
    Her husband did help us get grandparents to the beach. However, Dorann did state we needed to start 20 minutes before the wedding was to start. It took over 40 minutes to get them to the beach. Therefore it cut into the photographer’s paid time.
    If you are looking for a rental place ~ maybe.
    If you are needing a wedding planner ~ NO!
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