Taking apart bouquets?

Can your parents take them back to the florist and have her fix them? Otherwise you need to call her and ask her how to fix them. It was her mistake, give her a chance to make it right before you explore other options.

They have already left, our venue is a 6 hour drive and they are already on their way. I was hoping to see pictures of the flowers before they left the flower shop but I didn't.

#1 is what I wanted and what I showed her

#2 & #3 are like what I showed her that I didn't want and I got.

You mostly pay a florist for the labor part of a bouquet. If you didn't get what you want, have your parents take them back and insist on a re-do. Otherwise it would have been cheaper to just go to the grocery store and assemble them yourself in the first place.

To your question, not it's not that hard to reassemble the bouquets. Just make sure to handle them gently so you don't bruise the flowers.

Then I would call her, she should tell you or your parents how to fix them since it was her mistake. If not, is there a florist nearby your venue you can take them to?

ETA: You might even want to ask for some of your money back too.

I would definitely call the florist ASAP. If your parents can get back there, they should. You basically pay a florist to arrange the flowers..

I would call her as well, you made a point to say this is NOT what I want. You hired AND PAID her to do a job, she didn't give you what you asked for.

I think I would have to try it at least. I am sorry you are dealing with this right now.

I can totally see why you aren't happy. I much prefer the way you asked for them to be done over how she did them.

Have your parents take them back!

Thank you everyone for your advice and thank you Miss to Mrs for telling me how to fix them.

My parents couldn't go back as they were already a ways away when the pictures finally came through and have quite a drive ahead of them with truck and trailer.

I will call the florist, I'm upset because she is the sweetest lady and makes beautiful arrangements for so many weddings in our town. She did a lot of work finding the artificial roses for us and gave us a really decent price. She runs a very busy floral shop and I'm just sad that this happened, she's not somebody I'd like to get upset with.

Yeah, I like #1 too. Sorry that's happened to you.

Call the florist, either she fixes them or you get a discount. if they are fake flowers she may have one connected bunch in the center and you may have to cut them to separate them.

She may be a lovely lady, but what you asked for (paid for) is not what you received. Those are two distinctly different designs. I would, at the very least, call her and ask her if she misunderstood you.

The good news is that the bouquet you want isn't that challenging to put together. The fact that you have silk roses makes it better. That means you can handle them as much as you want without damaging them. Start by taking one bouquet apart and then you'll know whether or not you like the way you've rearranged them. If you don't, you can always put them back the way they were.