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i have got three on one, with bloody chair covers on two of those and venue decoration on them all - should be fun but i just cant say no.
But then i am finding this year that i have a few with doubles and then a couple with none so i am made up to have the time off
make hay when the sun shines an all that

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Depends when on the Sat the wedding is...if morning then all is started on Thursday, and completed on friday ready for delivery early sat morning. If in the afternoon then the brides bqt will be done early sat morning.

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If it's a busy wedding weekend will start greening up on Mon/Tues. Flowers go into the greened arrs from the Weds for Sat. HT bouquets I do up to 2 days in advance and keep in the cold room, dependant on what's in them. Tied table arrs to go in vases on the Weds for Sat and change the water Sat morning as they are loaded up. Shower bouquets, wired work, carmen roses, any funny bespoke bouquets all done the day before.

Don't you find everyone gets married on the same weekends? It's not uncommon for us to have 4/5 over a weekend, up to 7 once , that was fun haha. Tends to always be the first weekend of the month that's busiest for us for some reason.

rosa its fell really funny for us this year, last year i had no weekends at all free but this year a few weekends but more doubled up. most not too bad cause only small but there are a few biggies and i think what i find is the brides who want the big weddings usually want to get married in the summer as well therefore are the same weekends - possibly anyway

anyway glad getting a few more in now, was a bit worried for a bit that did not have a lot in. Mind you the last three i have seen this week are doing their own table centres - feckers!!!

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sim to rozza really.

We invite all our brides to come and view their flowers at 4.30pm the day before, not everything will be done by then but the main things like the bridal bouquets etc usually are so it gives them a chance to see the stuff.

Last weekend I had a small wedding and I did it on the morning as the wedding was at 2 p.m. Wouldn't do that again, it's more pressure and you can't always predict how busy you're going to get in the shop. Plus, you never know if you're going to be delayed for whatever reason on the way to work. Would much prefer leaving knowing it's all done.

That said, it doesn't stop the nightmares of me having visions of the shop falling down, flooding etc etc

pretty much the same as rosa, but i have been playing with the idea of starting the b/h's by making them but leaving the heads on the stem and then finishing off day b4??? if you know what i mean, lol

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There was only one time i remember when i wish i had done the pedestals on site. I'd bought a load of that (can't even remember it's name was so long ago) green stuff with creamy berrries (snowballs?). worked well as a filler with the other flowers. So did two of these huge pedestals up the night before and as i was carrying them down the path into this lovely old 13th century church i had to fight my way past all the overhanging greenery with creamy berries that made up the hedge. Acres of the stuff.

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we try to take no more than three per day greening up tues/weds church arr table arr /pew ends wed/thurs if poss h/t thurs/fri showers on the day also b/holes/wristlets etc i prefer to do peds in situ at the church but boss likes to do them in the shop wed/thurs we are lucky that we have lots of storage room thats quite cool we are also lucky that the lady who delivers is also very good at the venues with placing the table arr

Have a wedding tomorrow got flowers Tues 6 am used a tip a dutch designer gave me spray all flowers with chrysal glory before conditioning did table arrangements and pew ends tues afternoon wed morn greened up pedestals altar arrangement and brides bouq then flowered all made bridesmaids handties presentation bouqs and basket did buttonholes/corsages this morning all delivered tonight did worry Roses wouldn't last but they are fine but have a large granite shed/garage which is cool and dry so was able to store all there.

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if i was working with white i used to leave it all till the morning, green up befour hand, working with any other colour id do it all the day befour, UNTIL...i had a wedding in all white roses, left it till the morning of the wedding, came in early and id over soaked the oasis for everything, it was all falling to bits, what a nightmare.....so now its all done the day befour, button holes and corsages in fridge...

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