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Michelle, on July 18, 2017 at 6:36 PM

Hey guys!! We were just married last Saturday!! Everything went smoothly however I had a huge problem with my bouquet. Is it normal for cascade bouquets to completely fall apart? I was expecting a couple flowers to fall out throughout the night. However my bouquet didn't have a single flower left in it after an hour and a half. The florist dropped it off at 2 and it wasn't touched until ceremony at 3 and by 4:30 it was in complete disrepair. The bouquet was absolutely gorgeous when I first got it so I'm trying to figure out what to say in my review. Is this the normal lifespan of a cascade bouquet?

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Alforev · on July 18, 2017 at 8:28 PM
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Aww this is so upsetting because it looked beautiful and it's a shame you couldn't enjoy it throughout the ceremony. I'm very paranoid about using real flowers but there really is no reason for that to happen unless you were aggressive with them while carrying them - knocking into things, swinging it around, etc. and I highly doubt you did. I'd say contact the florist asap and show those same pictures. Express how upset you are and then leave reviews on yelp and Facebook so other brides don't encounter this issue.
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Heather · on July 18, 2017 at 8:54 PM
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This is not supposed to happen! I don't know who you can complain to now but should have been all intact for at least 3 days
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Michelle · on July 18, 2017 at 8:56 PM
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@ Rachel. No my florist never mentioned that however I knew most of it. I was expecting some of it to fall out as I said. What annoyed me the most was that it wasn't just the cascade that fell apart. Chunks of the oasis were falling out with them until there was nothing left. Also this picture is the only one I have (until I get the pro ones back ). It was taken right before we were about to walk under the arch of sabers and my husband had my other hand. While the bouquet was still intact I was as careful as I could be to use both hands because the handle part was super flimsy and I was afraid it would break if I didn't.
Oh and I never saw any wire falling out with the flowers. Would that be something I should have noticed?
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Rachel DellaPorte · on July 18, 2017 at 9:19 PM
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The way I would have designed it would have included wiring. I would have been worried all night if I hadn't wired it. The type of result you faced, in my opinion, is the florist nightmare equivalent of thinking your Friday evening wedding is on Saturday, and as you're watching Gordon Ramsay rip apart a restaurant owner, laughing hysterically as you're prepping flowers, pulling off thorns and guard petals, you suddenly get a call from the bride saying, "Where are you?" Brides aren't the only ones who have wedding day nightmares, lol.

Call you florist, OP. I did look at your vendor profile. I have every confidence that she'll want to settle this to your satisfaction
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