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A wedding planner told me to skip the baby's breath filler, and I'm glad I listened
I was setting up for a big wedding at the Grandview Hotel last Saturday and the planner, Sarah, pointed at my buckets. She said, 'Logan, you know that baby's breath is just filler, right? It makes a big arrangement look cheap.' I've used it for years to fill space and keep costs down, so I was ready to argue. But she showed me her phone with pictures from a wedding the month before, where they used only five kinds of flowers but in huge, loose groups. It looked full and rich, not empty. I tried it with the centerpieces, using just garden roses, ranunculus, and some olive branches. The bouquets looked way more expensive, and the couple loved them. I think I was just stuck in my old ways from working at the chain flower shop. Has anyone else moved away from using a ton of filler flowers and found it works better?
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williams.jenny12d agoMost Upvoted
Totally, swapping cheap filler for a few bold blooms changed my whole business.
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shanem3712d ago
Who knew less could look so expensive?
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alice895d ago
Hold up, shanem37, it's just flowers. People act like arranging a vase is some big life lesson. A few fancy tulips look nice, sure, but calling it a business changer feels like a stretch. It's not that deep. Sometimes a simple bouquet is just a simple bouquet, not a whole new way of thinking.
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