Carol from O'cie was amazing! She did a perfect job with all of my flowers and every step of the way she was so enjoyable to work with. She is very professional and once I told her what I wanted, she did it and I didn't have to worry about it again. She is so sweet and kind it was like having a family member do the flowers for my wedding. She didn't hesitate to help me or my family with something even if it wasn't her job. I could not recommend her more highly.

I honestly can not say enough wonderful things about Carol at O'Cie Floral. She is truely the most caring, dedicated, and talented florist I have ever come across. Carol made every appointment so much fun and so easy. Carol always offered fantastic suggestions and took very detailed notes as we discussed our wedding day flowers. On the day of our event Carol went over and beyond what we discussed. I was blown away by her attention to detail and the pure beauty that she created. My vision came to life and I know it was because of her true passion for her career and also because of her kind heart and complete devotion to each individual bride. Carol made me feel like I was her only client. She was never too busy to answer a question of discuss a change. I loved every minute working with her and feel so blessed to have met her. Carol will be someone that I keep in contact with for many years- she is such a extraordinary person and I feel blessed to have met and worked with her.

Carol exceeded our expectations!! wedding 7/2/11. We had some basic concepts, and she truly helped us formulate our ideas, and then expanded on them beautifully to create our unique look. We walked in to the reception venue and we were "blown away". She attended to detail, and design elements that we could not have envisioned. Carol was professional, timely, artistic, fun, and responsive to the bride and groom. We recommend her highly for any design needs.

Where do I even begin?! I fear this will be an extremely long review!! Carol is one of the most genuine, caring, down to earth, knowledgeable, friendly and fun people I have ever met – and I’m not even talking about her flowers yet. You would be SO LUCKY to work with her! My mom and I met her at her shop in Naperville in Summer 2010 to discuss flowers. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was looking for, except that I wanted lots of color and flowers that were in Season (Spring 2011 wedding). It quickly became apparent that Carol knew her flowers, but she was also very knowledgeable about weddings in general! She had me sit down and look through her books with lots of pictures of flowers in them. She told me to just tell her which ones I liked and why, and then she took notes. When we finished, we went back to all the pictures I liked, discussed what it was that I liked, and began to develop a vision for the flowers. By the time I walked out of there, I felt like I finally had a vision for my flowers, but more importantly, I felt like Carol really understood the vision. I felt so lucky to have found Carol.

We met with Carol a couple of other times over the course of the year to discuss the flowers (the color of the bridesmaid dresses changed 2 times due to the groomsmen’s suits), so we wanted to make sure we didn’t need to make any changes to the flowers. Each time, Carol would make sure that the flowers still fit my vision!

In the weeks before the wedding and on the wedding day, Carol became a source of calm for me. She gave friendly reminders, such as; make sure you have a date night with your fiancé the week of the wedding so that you two have time together. My wedding was also an outdoor wedding, so the week before Carol checked the weather and when she saw rain in the forecast, she quickly thought of rain ideas for the flowers. She called me with some ideas of how she could make her floral arrangements more portable in case we quickly needed to move inside. That way, I would still have beautiful flowers for the ceremony – regardless of location. On a side note, I had heard horror stories of brides being “stuck” because they suddenly had to move their wedding inside and the florist wouldn’t help or had already left the site. I did not have to worry about this with Carol! Also Carol noticed some other details that needed attention, such as bows for some baskets and she quickly took care of all of it.

On the day of the wedding, Carol surpassed all expectations!!!!! The flowers were absolutely gorgeous and I still have people telling me how beautiful the flowers were – my bouquet, center pieces, flowers for the ceremony, etc.

You would be so lucky to work with Carol – she exceeded all of my expectations!

Carol was absolutely fabulous. I had a general idea of what I wanted our flowers to look like, and even after I changed my mind--deciding to go with very bold colors rather than something muted--she expanded on that vision beautifully. Carol also worked well within our budget and created for me the most *gorgeous* wedding bouquet of several variations of pink roses, even adding some beautiful orchids to complement the men's boutonierres. My bridesmaids wore chic, elegant, lovely knee-length dresses from J. Crew in Caspian Blue (sort of a French navy), and their hot pink Gerbera daisies completely popped against the color of the dresses. I knew the flowers would be beautiful, but the overall look was more striking and gorgeous than I ever imagined possible. Thank you Carol!!! We would recommend you to anyone in need of stunning flowers!! Kelly and Tony, Elmhurst, IL

Carol is so nice. We loved working with her! The flowers were beautiful and we couldn't have been happier. We had a tight budget and she didn't make us compromise at all. During our meeting we actually didn't tell her our budget and we planned what we wanted and when we got the quote it was right on target. Carol's creations were beautiful. One of the things our guest keep commenting on are the centerpieces and how they are buying vases so they can copy her design in their homes.

OCIE, Naperville

Beautiful flowers and helpful suggestions when I wasn�t sure what kind of flowers to go with. . Easy to work with, and reasonable in price. Carol also did floral arrangements for my parents� house, since they entertained that weekend. I recommend her!

Carol worked well within our budget and the finished product was absolutely beautiful! She was very patient as the bride changed her mind multiple times about her bouquet. Everyone loved the flowers.