UNF Bridal Show — North Florida’s Premier Florist

Thank you to all the brides who came out to see us at the UNF bridal show on Sept. 11th. Put on by Premier Bride Magazine.

It was another great show and we enjoyed meeting all of you.

Our floral designers created a ton of fun stuff from bouquets to shoes! I know I mentioned this in the last blog about the Sawgrass bridal show, but Amy outdid herself again and our Florida Gators shoes were stopping traffic!

If you didn’t hear, our talented floral designer Amy Dwarika is getting ready to open an online shop where you can buy hand painted items including custom shoes!

Not a Florida Gators fan? No big deal, she’ll make any team you like or make them to match your flower bouquet or wedding day style.

Give us a call to set up your floral consultation today, we’d love to see you and become your wedding day florist!904-268-7022

A planner can save your wedding day and make ours easier — North Florida Florist

There has been a lot of talk amongst vendors and brides recently about the importance of hiring a wedding planner/coordinator, not just a site planner, and this blog post is just one more reason why we feel EVERY bride should have a wedding planner! (Check out our colleague Christy Whitehead’s blog about the subject.)

Tanya Hendricks, of Southern Charm Events, recently approached us about teaching her and her staff the basics of floral designing and what to do in a floral emergency on the wedding day.

We are so proud of our new design space and loved the opportunity to show it off. And we appreciated the opportunity to show her staff tips and tricks of the trade.

While A Fantasy in Flowers does everything in its power to make sure the wedding day flowers arrive safely and are beautiful, accidents can happen after we leave. For example, when transporting large arrangements from ceremony to reception site, something may fall or break off. Groomsman may lose their boutonnieres and photos may still need to be taken, etc.

The ladies over at Southern Charm quickly learned that our floral artists deal with a lot more tools and such then they ever expected and our job entails a lot more details then just picking flowers and tying them together.

It was sooo cute, Tanya brought in her “floral toolbox,” which was the size of a small tackle box and our floral designer Julia about died with laughter as ours is so much larger. Tanya is def. going to be getting a MUCH larger toolbox after the list of “must have” items we gave her to buy.

Tanya’s group brought food and wine and our designer Julia showed the girls how to wrap a bouquet, how to make a boutonniere, how to carry the large floral pieces and how to repair many common problems. They also learned how to make a corsage, clean flower stains from outfits and practiced pinning on the bouttoniers among other skills.

Hopefully, one of the important things they learned in the process is why a bride should hire a professional florist and how our expertise comes into play to make the bouquets and centerpieces not only beautiful but lasting.

We had a great time with Southern Charm Events! Thank you ladies for thinking of us.

Sawgrass Mariott Bridal Show — North Florida Wedding & Event Florist

We recently set up at the Sawgrass Mariott Bridal Show. It was so nice to see so many of our current brides as well as to meet so many potential brides!

I do have to say that probably the biggest hit in our booth had to be our designer Amy Dwarika’s hand painted work, including these marvelous bridal shoes!

She received soooo many nice compliments from brides and vendors about them. She’s already started taking orders from brides. She can hand paint them in a fun and funky styling like this to match your wedding day decor, flowers or just something different to reflect your personality! We can’t wait to see her shoes popping up in our clients’ wedding day photos!

If you didn’t get a chance to stop by and see them, no worries, come by UNF this Sunday from 1-4pm for their bridal show, we’ll be there!

Thank you Christy Whitehead for the photos!

We’re moved–come see the new shop! — North Florida Wedding & Event Flowers

The summer of 2011 has brought both a new location and a new look to A Fantasy in Flowers.

Since our last post, we have officially moved from our San Jose location to our new design studio on County Road 210 at 110 Cumberland Park Drive in suite 108. And we couldn’t be happier with the move.

We have a new workspace in the back of the shop that is much better for our talented designers to work and for our delivery staff to pick up event orders.

The staff loves it and we feel much more organized to do every day work as well as our many weddings and events.

We even have a back door to our design studio, unlike our past location, so no more hauling flowers through the lobby.

And speaking of our lobby, we are especially proud of our new showroom area. We have designed it in rich and bold orange tones with sage, chrome and glass incorporated throughout.

It is much more comfortable for consults as well as visually stimulating, all in an effort to allow our brides and event planners the chance to relax, feel welcome and be creative with their floral needs. We provide a complimentary consultation to all our new brides where a floral design artist sits with the bride to assist in creating a floral vision for the bride’s big day.

The bride can also tour the work space area, and take a look in the cooler to see and handle flowers getting a very hands on experience.

Getting married or have an event? Give us a call and come see our new studio: 904-268-7022

A Fantasy in Flowers is North Florida’s premier florist, well known and well loved by brides. We have been voted the best florist in town by Jacksonville Magazine, Wedding Wire and The Knot.  Let us show you why we are different.

We’re moving! — North Florida Florist

If you hadn’t gotten one of our postcards or heard– we’re moving!

But don’t worry, we aren’t going far, and our service area is remaining the same.

We have moved off County Road 210 in St. John’s County: 110 Cumberland Park, #108

We are excited about the new space which is a blank canvas for us to design from the ground up with a new meeting area to meet with brides and corporate clients.

New photos coming soon!

We made the cover of San Marco Magazine — North Florida Florist

If you live in Jacksonville and are in the San Marco area, pick up a copy of the Spring issue of San Marco Magazine. One of our bouquets is featured on the cover!

And look for our new ad in that issue!

We made the best of The Knot!

Brides voted and we won! THANK YOU to all the brides who went onto the Knot’s website and put in your reviews and made us one of the best wedding florists in North Florida!

We’ll be at the UNF Bridal Show — Wedding Florist, North Florida

This week we’ve been busy putting together all kinds of flower bouquets for Valentine’s Day, but next week, A Fantasy in Flowers will be putting our creative juices to work to create a new booth for our wedding show on the 20th at UNF.

Will you be there? If so, check out booth and get more information on how we can make all of your flower ideas a reality.

We always try to do new bouquets and centerpieces at each show to give you tons of ideas and show you some of the things we can create.

Some of our past bridal show booths:

So come see us next Sunday to see what our new booth will look like! We might just have a small special gift for you for coming by!

Jacksonville Bridal Connection
Show Location: University Center at UNF
Show Time: 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Show Address: 12000 Alumni Dr., Jacksonville, FL 32225

The Jacksonville Bridal Connection spring show is the MUST attend show for everyone planning a wedding. All local N FL vendors to assist in making your wedding plans a reality. At the University Center on the UNF Campus at JTB & 9A.

We have a few tickets left to this show if you want to get in FREE!

 

	9891-7 San Jose Blvd. Jacksonville, FL, 32257
Hours	Mon – Fri: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Sat: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Best of on Wedding Wire — Wedding Florist in Jacksonville, Fla

Thank you to all of our brides, grooms and their parents for voting for A Fantasy in Flowers and making us a 2011 winner on Wedding Wire for one of the best wedding florists in the area.

Happy New Year!

Just a quick post to wish you and yours a Happy New Year! We hope you had a great holiday season with those you loved. And may this year bring you good health, and a happy home filled with friends, family and of course flowers!