Featured on the WellWed Blog!

Happy Friday!  We were so hoping to see this wedding pop up somewhere in the wedding blog universe and are thrilled to see it on WellWed this week!  So many great vendors came together to bring their vision to life – Alden Blair Events, Capers Catering, Boston Uplights, Fat Orange Cat Studio to name a few.  Check out Rebecca & Justin’s stunning wedding now…

 

http://www.weddingsmarthasvineyard.com/blog/real-weddings/boston-real-wedding-rebecca-justin

Portsmouth Wedding Flower Budget – Ideas in Bloom featured in recent Borrowed & Blue article

Wedding flower budgets can vary widely, so we were very pleased when Borrowed & Blue approached us about a budget article they were working on. You can click on the image below to see the article in it’s entirety (including photos of our work and fellow NH florist Simple Bouquets), but I thought I’d elaborate further here. Interested to know the factors that can increase or decrease your wedding flower budget, or how to decide what portion of your budget to allocate to flowers and decor? Read on!

What is the range of budgets you work with?

Floral budgets are unique to each wedding and largely depend on variables such as the size of your wedding party, the extent of your ceremony decor, or the number of tables at the reception. Average floral budgets that we see tend to be in the $1,600-2,500 range.

What are the things that dramatically increase/decrease costs?

There are many factors that can impact your floral costs. Here are a few:

1. Size of the wedding - The larger the bridal party, the more bouquets and boutonnieres you'll need. Likewise, the higher the guest count climbs, the more tables/centerpieces will be required.
2. Types of flowers used - Not all flowers are priced alike. If your heart is set on a wedding bursting with peonies, it's going to cost more than if you chose seasonal flowers in your color scheme.
3. Accent decor - This could be anything beyond the traditional ceremony and reception decor. Perhaps you'd like masses of romantic petals to line the aisle, lush garland to frame the doorways, or unique rental items from your florist. The addition of items like these will of course impact your budget. You will have to keep in mind that they will likely require additional set up and potential breakdown beyond the base cost of the item as well.

What makes a bride/wedding easy and fun to work with?

We like to think that the floral design part of the wedding process is always fun! Couples who come to us because they love our style and are open to creative suggestion are always great to work with.

Anything you feel prospective clients need to know about costs?

The general suggestion is that floral costs should account for 8-10% of your overall budget. We often see couples who come to us later in the planning process when they have already spent the majority of their budget without accounting for their flowers. It can be very frustrating to achieve the look of your dream wedding if you haven't properly allocated for it. I strongly suggest at least touching base with a few designers early in the process to get a general sense of the costs involved. Thoughtfully planning out your budget early will save you a lot of stress later on!

Ideas in Bloom Featured on Borrowed & Blue

 

So excited to see Mary & Brian's intimate Portsmouth wedding featured on Borrowed & Blue today! Loved working with Laurel Events, Photography by KLC, Hippie Chick Bakery and CODO MakeUp to create such a special day for this wonderful couple.

 

See Pam in New Hampshire Magazine!

 

Have you picked up the May issue of New Hampshire Magazine?  See Pam and the table that we created with My Feathered Nest for the Palace Theatre’s “Table Talk” fundraiser inside this month’s copy!

Ideas in Bloom now listed in the Rustic Wedding Guide

Happy Friday!  Just a quick post this morning.  We are now listed in Rustic Wedding Chic’s new Rustic Wedding Guide.  This new resource catalogs listings from around the country in an effort to connect likeminded couples and vendors.  The site continues to evolve, but be sure to check it out.

Our listing can be found here.  There is a section for comments, so if you have a free moment and care to submit a few words about your experience working with us, we’d certainly appreciate it.  Thanks!

Ideas in Bloom a Preferred Violet Vendor!

 

Exciting news to share this morning – we are now a Preferred Violet Vendor!

Sweet Violet Bride is a nature inspired wedding resource for modern brides and showcases chic, stylish inspiration for those planning their upcoming day - from real weddings and events to featured vendors who understand natural style. Whether planning a meadow, garden, forest, beach, mountain, or backyard wedding, violet brides know that elegance is in the details.

Be sure to visit Sweet Violet Bride, but be warned, you might get lost in the beauty of it all!

Something “Pretty” for your New Year’s Eve

Well Happy New Year indeed!  Be sure to take a look at Erika & Bill’s magical woodland soiree wedding featured on Style Me Pretty this morning.  We’ve been lucky to have worked on some amazing, one of a kind weddings this year and are so pleased to see another featured on this site.  Erika is a master of details, and it shows!

 

 

Here's the link, enjoy!

http://www.stylemepretty.com/massachusetts-weddings/

Thank YOU

 

A big “thank you” to all the couples who provided us with such great feedback on Wedding Wire this year!

Hearing that you loved your wedding day flowers is the best part of the job

Find the Newt! (again)

 So it turns out that there was no newt to be found in April’s edition of NH Magazine!  There is a very nice apology to those who strained their eyes looking for the little bugger last month and the magazine is offering up two prizes for those willing to give it another go in May.  You could win our lovely spring/summer door piece (below) as well as a year’s subscription!  For those of you without a current subscription, click here to find your local retailer.

 

Happy hunting!

 

Yellow & Grey – A Prepare To Wed Shoot

 

In case you missed it on the Facebook Page, check out our post on the Prepare To Wed blog.  It has all the details of our shoot at the Inn at Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield, VT.  It was so much fun to design for this project and we hope you enjoy the end result!

Click HERE

Best of … with your help!

One of the best parts of our job is hearing the amazing feedback we receive from happy customers and brides.  It gives us the warm & fuzzies inside!  If you like our work, please take a few minutes to complete New Hampshire Magazine’s Best of Bride 2011 contest and vote for Ideas in Bloom.  In a business where referrals are key to success, we are so very appreciative of our loyal fan base (that means you)!

Vote TODAY through June 30th!

Oh, and don’t forget about some of our industry friends based in New Hampshire: Tastefully Wright Special Occasion Cakes, Pat’s Peak Banquet Facilities, Kate Parker Weddings, Joanna Puza Photography & Adam Flaherty Videography

Find the Newt! April’s New Hampshire Magazine on stands now!

Enjoy a challenge and looking to add a bit of Spring color to your front door?  Get the most recent copy of New Hampshire Magazine hot off the press!  We’re excited to announce that Ideas in Bloom is sponsoring the Find the Newt contest in the April publication.

Find the newt and this beautiful door piece could be yours!

Click Here to find the recently stocked newsstand nearest you

* See magazine for contest rules*

 

New Hampshire Magazine is the essential guide to living in the Granite State, each month joining readers in a quest for all the best the state has to offer. They present features on the most fascinating people, most entertaining places and most delicious cuisine and offer departments on everything from health to home to humor.  New Hampshire Magazine Online

We’re in New Hampshire Wedding Magazine!

Pretty exciting news, blog followers!  Two of our 2010 bouquets were included in the January publication of New Hampshire Wedding Magazine!  We are the first two photos in the NH Bridal Bouquets feature on page 24.

To note, photo #1 (mango callas) was taken by the talented Jo Cush, and photo #2 (peonies and roses) was taken by our friends at Aurora Photography, Nora & Troy.  Unfortunately that info got a little mixed up when it went to print :)

The magazine is a great place to find other talented New Hampshire vendors and this issue contains Real NH Weddings, Music that Moves You, as well as Memorable Reception Ideas.  Visit their website for more: http://www.nhweddingmagazine.com/.

Hot off the Press! (the “E” Press that is…)

 WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Ideas in Bloom, LLC has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Florists!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Ideas in Bloom, LLC stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Ideas in Bloom, LLC for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Ideas in Bloom, LLC is among the very best Florists within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/reviews/ideas-in-bloom-llc-new-boston/6cebe76df46cdfd5.html.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire.com, the nation's leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

New Hampshire Magazine December 2010

In case you missed it (like we did!) here’s a snap shot of our designs from the 2009 Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Holiday House Tour.  For a closer look check out our Press tab above.

Thanks to Susan Howley and Joni Haley for their hard copies!

Spotlight…On Us!

 

The ladies over at Prepare to Wed (another website you should add to your list of “must visits”) were nice enough to write up a neat little feature on us.  Check it out!