Nancy Liu Chin Designs

This review is long overdue — our wedding was in August 2013 but around the 2-​year anniversary of our engagement (which started the endless search for wedding vendors), I thought I’d finally get around to sharing our thoughts on the vendors who helped make our day so easy and special.
Nancy was the first vendor I contacted after we confirmed our venue and date in late January 2013. After going through wedding magazines and blogs, I quickly realized that (a) I preferred Nancy’s work over that of other florists in the area and (b) I wanted to hire her for event design services as well because I had no experience with flowers, linens, party furniture, and lighting (so overwhelming — who knows about this kind of stuff?), and I’m not at all creative or good with crafts. For these reasons, I almost cried with relief when she told me she was available on our wedding date.
In total, I met with Nancy three times. Our first consultation was fairly lengthy (1 ½ to 2 hours) and we went through colors, flowers, linens, invitations, ceremony layouts, and other vendors. Our second meeting was about 2 months before our wedding, but by that time, we had already exchanged several emails. During this second meeting, we went through details such as signs, our gift box, drink station, etc. Nancy had great, practical suggestions and directed me to vendors she had worked with in the past. It was so helpful to have Nancy’s recommendations for things like a calligrapher (something I didn’t expect to want, but 2 months prior, you grow a little numb to wedding costs), where to order parasols, etc. because I certainly had no experience in those areas and did not want to spend hours trying to find the best ones myself. I also appreciated having Nancy work with the furniture/​linen and lighting vendors directly. Our final meeting was at our venue.
I’m sure our wedding budget was comparatively modest (we probably barely exceeded her floral minimum) but I never felt like she was giving us anything less than her undivided attention. Personally, I appreciated her enthusiasm and was comforted by her expertise. I also found it helpful that she had worked with our photographer (Vero Suh) and hair & makeup artist (Jane Kim, The Glamourist) before, so I knew they would get along and work well together.
Yes, event design is an added expense, but for me it was totally worth it, as it saved me hours of trying to figure out things I had no experience with, and on the day of the wedding, I knew that the «look» of our wedding was in great hands. Thank you, Nancy!

We loved working with Nancy — she is absolutely incredible!
Nancy designed the flowers for our wedding in August 2014. Nancy was recommended to us by our wedding planner (Meren Dehaze of A Savvy Event) after we showed her our inspiration photos and her recommendation was spot on!
We met Nancy in person for a consultation prior to booking and were thoroughly impressed. She asked us thoughtful questions regarding our preferences and was able to take our ideas and add her own creative twist. She also had lots of ideas to stretch our budget further and recommended ways for us to reuse our ceremony flowers for the reception. We really enjoyed her upbeat, outgoing personality and decided to book her services for our wedding.
Nancy was also very flexible during the planning process — we changed our dinner configuration from 6 small tables to 2 long tables which required changes in the centerpieces and seating chart. When I told her this, she was able to adjust the centerpieces quickly and also gave me a wonderful idea for the seating chart (incorporating a wine barrel covered with flowers and succulents).
My fiancé wanted succulents and I wanted pink flowers for our wedding which could have been a challenging combination but Nancy pulled it off flawlessly! She took our inspiration photos and really outdid herself. The day of the wedding, I could not stop staring at our wedding ceremony arch — it was so beautiful! The bouquets also looked amazing. They were just what I had asked for, only better. She even included mint in the bouquets which smelled heavenly. Our guests could not stop talking about our centerpieces — many of them took the centerpieces home and have started succulent gardens from them.
I would definitely recommend booking Nancy for your event!

Nancy is not only a talented and creative floral designer, she’s classy, conscientious, calm, and a good listener. Our daughter’s wedding was supposed to be outside, but fortunately the venue had a decent indoor option… because it rained for days leading up to the wedding, and actually right up until a few hours before. Nancy had ordered flowers for the outdoor venue, but when we decided just 2 days before to move it inside, she was unrattled and created a warm, festive, elegant atmosphere with her special flair in the new indoor venue with the same flowers. She also did an extraordinary job decorating at the reception; you can tell this is a labor of love. Brainstorming with her is great fun!

Nancy is fantastic to work with!
Unlike most brides, I had no idea what I wanted to do for flowers for the wedding. When I met with Nancy, she not only asked all the right questions to help me create the most beautiful centerpieces and bouquets but she also had tons of examples that she could reference to help me visualize all that we were discussing. She had great ideas and was able provide the pros/​cons and recommendations when we were weighing the tough decisions. Nancy’s bid also came in the lowest than any other florists we met with and when my father had questions regarding the budget, Nancy was willing to speak with him to explain each individual costs. The results were flawless. We really could not have been more pleased with the flowers. They were gorgeous!
I highly recommend working with Nancy. You can’t go wrong!

My partner and I were looking for a wedding adventure and decided to elope/​have a mini wedding in San Francisco, in spite of never been there. The planning of the wedding was very easy. I actually went with my intuition when choosing vendors since at the end of the day, I wouldn’t be able to meet any of them few days to the day of the wedding.
I found Nancy Liu Chin Designs either from
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. I emailed her straight away since she was one of a few recommended vendors. She got back to me very quickly and I can tell from her emails her warmth and enthusiasm. I sent her the links to ideas that I have collated via pinterest and let her have all creative input since she was the professional. She was tasks to do my bouquet, boutonnieres for groom and dads and corsages for mothers. A few months before my wedding, my dress got messed up and changed and so Nancy and I decided to change the bouquet to go with the new dress.
I arrived in San Francisco a week before the wedding and met up with Nancy on the bank holiday. She was exactly how I imagined her to be. She recommended so many restaurants and places to go in San Francisco. She introduced us personally to a lovely thai restaurant. On deciding to have to bridesmaids a couple days before the wedding, Nancy made two other bouquets for me.
On the day of the wedding, the bouquets were beautiful. She delivered them and was a breath of fresh air when she walked into my hotel room. The flowers at the reception restaurant was beautiful and she even added extra flowers at each seat. Such a beautiful touch!
Thank you Nancy! My wedding was beyond my dreams and you were a huge part of that!

All I can say is WOW!!!
Seriously, that’s how beautiful the flowers and décor were that Nancy designed for our wedding. Sure I’m a little biased since I helped pick them ;) but many of our guests said they felt like they were in a dream. Nancy is one of those people who is truly passionate about what she does and it shows through in her work. We initially met and talked about my design vision. She then ran with it and came back with ideas that were above and beyond amazing. She made us these gold trees with orchids on them that looked like butterflies. The first time I saw one I was blown away. She also was very accommodating with some of our last minute requests to design a Persian sofreh for our wedding and it turned out beautiful. I can’t wait to have an excuse to work with Nancy again!

Nancy Liu Chin is the absolute best florist that I have ever seen. From the moment we met, she was such a professional. She listened to my vision, then used her expertise to guide and educate me about the different flowers available for my Febraury wedding. She also took extreme effort to stay within my budget while making my dream wedding happen. Nancy had my complete trust and I knew without a doubt that she would deliver, and she did! Her taste is exquisite. Our reception truly looked like a fairytale and we received numerous compliments on how breathtaking the flowers were. I consider myself very lucky to have found Nancy and I would recommend her to every bride!!! She is a class act!!!

Nancy is amazing!
When I first came to her, I had somewhat of a vision for my wedding. With her compassionate listening skills, she sat patiently for me to talk it out in a supportive way. She even googled some bridemaids dresses to help me better envision the color and design I wanted to get the whole look! (this was just one of the things she did). I have no idea where I’d be without her. She was so helpful that she seriously could have been my maid of honor!
Her work is superb and everything down to the last detail was perfect or better than I could have imaged. We went for the whimsical/​romantic theme and until I saw her work, I finally knew what whimsical meant haha. I knew I wanted it, but couldn’t describe… but Nancy knew! I received so many comments on her work with the saying «It’s so you!»
She always encouraged the line of communication to be opened and always made sure it was what I wanted. She event kept me BELOW my budget without sacrificing a thing… in fact it looked like she added on more than we could afford! Nancy was very easy going and fun to work with. My planners and coordinators all loved working with her! Her enthusiasm made me feel at ease and happy to be going through something big and frightful.
I’m so glad that she was my florist/​designer! She’s the best and only one of a kind who can deliver greatness.

Nancy was amazing to work with. She is very creative and does flawless work. We hired her to do our flowers at our recent wedding on 5÷26÷12.
She truly made our vision into a reality, while being mindful of cost. I would recommend her hands down to anybody!

I have never written a review on Unilocal until now. My husband and I hired Nancy and her team for our wedding this past weekend. Just wanted to emphasize how amazing Nancy is — this woman is unusually gifted. She turned my intimate 70-​ppl wedding in a small space into a wonderland. I wish I can upload the photos of my center pieces to show. It was unbelievable. My colors were cream, pale pink, and spring green and she managed to make the space look soft, romantic, breathtaking. Around the centerpieces she put floating candles in glass bowls and for my escort table she incorporated pink tulips (my favorite!) into the centerpiece. She was helpful with suggestions, polite, worked around my budget and ran around diligently from 9am to 10pm to make sure the whole thing went off without a hitch. I have never seen someone with such a strong work ethic. I would definitely use her team again if I get another opportunity to throw a party in SF!

Who’d ever thought that I’d write a review for a florist designer! It’s been a month after my wedding and I’m starting to ease back to my regular schedule. I finally have some time to comment on parts of the wedding that I found especially memorable. I wasn’t too involved with the flower selection process since my wife did most of the work. My wife looked at countless magazines and a gazillion online photos to get a feel of what she wanted. Instead of going for the look of grandeur with overflowing bouquets, we went for a completely opposite look… simple, rustic, and cute. When my wife was showing me all these photos she found I was like «ummm…is that for a wedding? Is this what you want?»
I really wasn’t sure exactly what type of flowers I was going to see on my wedding day, but when I did finally see the flowers I thought they were perfect! They were a perfect combination of all the best photos I saw and my wife couldn’t have been happier! Seriously… how many men out there can be impressed by flowers.
All the flowers matched up perfectly with all the other wedding decorations. Nancy made several suggestions of certain flowers to use… sorry I don’t remember the names of any of them, but they worked perfectly with the one flower I remember — billy balls (LOL)! Not sure why… but out of the 10 or so flowers that were used in our wedding, that’s the only one I remember.
If you’re looking for something unique and memorable, Nancy is the person to look for. She’s a professional and will listen to your needs as well as suggest other options that you will not have thought of.

I have been following blogs of a couple Bay Area floral designers even before I was engaged, one of which was NLCD. I tried staying with florists who were within my initial floral budget, contacting at least 10 other florists and floral designers. The ONLY ONE I was in constant contact with had a pricing similar to NLCD. After seeing a wedding featured on Style Me Pretty NLCD did that matched my vision, I decided to just contact Nancy. As soon as we met with Nancy, I knew she had to be our florist. Not only did she better capture my vision but she was so welcoming and gives great hugs!
We decided on having bouquets for me and my bridesmaids, flowers for the flowergirl baskets, and short and tall centerpieces with peonies (my favorite!!!), hydrangeas, and roses (to name a few) in pink and cream colors. I ended up purchasing candelabras I saw online and couldn’t get out of my mind. Nancy adjusted the proposal to still make it work with our budget. She ended up giving us a complimentary boutonnière, toss bouquet, and floral arrangement that was on the escort table. She also added flowers to the cake and loose flowers around the cocktail area. Our floral budget more than doubled (including candelabras) from what my husband and I initially allotted (which was not very reasonable for what I wanted and envisioned). However, perfectly capturing my vision, having no regrets, and working with Nancy and her impeccable service made EVERY penny worth it. I can’t THANK YOU enough Nancy!!!

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Nancy Liu Chin is a gem! She is more than any bride (or groom) could ever ask for in a florist. Brilliant, creative, fun, flexible and professional are just a few adjectives that describe Nancy and her team. What more could a bride want?
Her work is impeccable and her flowers are stunning! After my 1^st meeting with Nancy, I was blown away by her positive energy and enthusiasm for our wedding concept. I met with 2 other florists and know that not all florists are created equal. I knew immediately that Nancy would be the one to bring our vision to life flawlessly.
Our wedding was this June in Napa, and Nancy helped to articulate my event designer’s and my vision for the big day. From the canopy to my bridal bouquet to the centerpieces, Nancy’s a genius. Her talent, knowledge and experience in the industry speaks volumes. Nancy listened to us and executed everything above and beyond our expectations. In fact, our friends and family are still talking about the beautiful peonies from the wedding! Her delivery and talent speaks volumes!
Nancy also goes out of her way to make you feel unique and special. She personalizes every detail and makes you feel like you are the star of the day. Throughout the planning process, Nancy was extremely detail-​oriented and provides a very streamlined and easy-​to-​read proposal. I never worried about any hidden costs and she was incredible flexible and excited to work with us. Even after the wedding, her emails were extremely lovely and personal. A rare occurrence in the wedding industry these days!
Lastly one thing that brides tend not to think about is the breakdown of the event. Due to Napa’s night curfew of 10pm, the breakdown of our wedding was on a tight timeline. Nancy’s team was efficient and never intruded. Everything was broken down on time and without a worry!
We could not be more thankful for Nancy. She is a star, and I was truly blessed to have her on my team. In fact, I’m sad that the wedding is over and am trying to find an excuse to work with Nancy, she was such a joy!

Nancy Liu Chin took care of flowers and event design on my wedding day in June. My rating for her company: THE BOMB! Here is the thank you note I wrote to her:
Dearest Nancy,
Woohoo!!! Wow that is all I can say — just got the pictures back today and am looking at them remembering what a cool wedding day it was. Nancy — wow — you just rock the house that is it — that is all I can say.
This is what I would say to couples looking for an event designer/​florist — «Go with Nancy, she knows what she is doing, she’ll make it happen, she is so creative, she is the bomb — you’ll get what you ask for and more!
I had no worries about the wedding day — Nancy took care of so much — and more than — that she would check up on us to make sure we were on time with things which was so helpful — and weeks before — at the time when things were stressful, she helped us with our place cards and she really made sure we were on point. We needed that.
Nancy is a great person to work with, fun and full of energy and ideas. We loved everything she did — with our cake, our place cards, the tables, the room and MOST IMPORTANTLY — WOW what she did to our dance floor. We wanted a „comfortable“ „home-​y“, „warm“ feeling and she set up seating areas around the dancefloor SO BEAUTIFULLY. My husband and I love music and wanted our family and friends to have fun… so it was so awesome — we see our „first dance“ pictures and you can see some of our family and friends singing along right on the dance floor with us. Her design and table layout idea transformed our event from A wedding day to OUR wedding day… she helped us personalize everything SO MUCH, the seating area by the dance floor is just one example.
NANCY is THE BEST. In fact, I kind of got withdrawals because we wouldn’t have to meet again since the wedding is over, but we liked her that much that we would just want to hang out with her again! haha! Anyway, it might not be like that for everybody, but we enjoyed all the planning, and she really handled A LOT — we loved our flowers at the ceremony, the flowers that the wedding party had — she made these cute hand bags for the bridesmaids — SO MANY MORE examples TOO MANY TO WRITE…
Overall…she will work with you to get to that vision — she has so much experience under her belt — all the details will be beautiful… they were on our day…»
THANK YOU NANCY!
Evita

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NANCY LIU CHIN is the Best Florist, hands down. I love Nancy and her team.
Her ideas are BRILLIANT.
Her work is STUNNING.
Her personality is AMAZING.
I had the opportunity to work w/​Nancy a few times this year. One of the times was a photo shoot @ the Westin St Francis Hotel. The flowers and creativtity was above and beyond my expectations. They were VIBRANT, MEMORABLE and LASTING.
Throughout the photo shoot, I had the biggest smile on my face because I kept staring @ the flowers.
If you’re looking for a florist who is just eh. ok, do not call Nancy.
If you’re LOOKING for A SUPERSTAR. NANCY LIU CHIN is your FLORIST!!!
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Nancy is simply amazing! Nancy was our florist and event designer for our May 2009 wedding at the Fogarty Winery in Woodside, California.
She did such a fantastic job — I can’t begin to tell you the number of compliments we received on all of the floral arrangements. People were fighting over who got to take over the centerpieces!
Nancy has an incredible eye for what will look good for your event. She will offer you a lot of creative suggestions, but won’t try to force her ideas on you and will work with you to make sure your flowers and event details suit your setting and theme. I was able to give Nancy a general idea of what I wanted along with a picture and she came up with something so much more beautiful than I could have ever expected!
I highly recommend Nancy. She is super talented and easy to work with as well — very professional, responsive and a fun and good person in general!

At the start of our wedding planning, flowers were seen as one of the necessary evil — a very expensive one for that matter.
Neither of us care so much about flowers, we made a pact not to give or expect a dozen long-​stemmed roses at inflated price during Valentine’s Day, Ange couldn’t tell what hydrangea, peonies, or carnations look like, thinks that (but for the colors) all flowers look the same and doesn’t like the fact that flowers are so… fleeting.
All that changed when I met Nancy, one of the florists recommended by the good people at The Ritz-​Carlton. The first impression I’ve got was of her bubbly personality and friendly demeanor (OK… the fact that she bribed us with delicious beignets is also a factor). Then as she presented her portfolio, there was this one picture of the centerpiece that was exactly as I had envisioned, and then some.
«I want what she’s having!»
Nancy even hooked me up with admissions to the awesome Wedding University™ at the Four Seasons a few weeks after our meeting — AND better still, showcased the exact same centerpiece that she would use for my wedding.
My view of flowers have changed. Somewhat. Not to the point where I would demand a dozen of long-​stemmed roses at Valentine’s day, yet. Thankfully.

If you are getting married in the SF area, Nancy Liu Chin [Designs] is the best and only florist for your wedding. She is the most talented, creative, passionate and bubbly florist ever. Her enthusiasm is so infectious and she really cares about her work and treats each client as if they are her only client.
I did my homework when looking for my wedding florist. I researched extensively online and read magazines and every time I saw a bouquet or table setting that I liked, the florist credited with the work was Nancy Liu Chin Designs, so I decided to set up a meeting with her.
My fiancé [now husband] and I really enjoyed meeting Nancy. She was so excited and had so many great ideas and suggestions for our wedding scheme [flowers, color and vendor recommendations]. She really has a good eye for design and we really liked her clean and modern aesthetic.
Nancy handled all of the flowers for our July 2008 SF wedding. My bouquet, the bridesmaids’ bouquets, the boutonnieres, corsages and flower girl’s kissing balls were beautiful and exactly what we had imagined. The escort card table and the centerpieces for the tables were stunning. Nancy even decorated our cake with beautiful orchids [see photos]. Everything turned out beautifully.
We couldn’t have been happier with her work. The room looked stunning. All of our guests were really impressed with the flowers and how beautiful it made our venue look. Don’t underestimate the power and necessity for gorgeous flowers at your wedding [the proof is in the pictures]. I just can’t say enough about Nancy. She was extremely professional and treated our wedding as if it were her own.

Okay, only Nancy would be able to get me to write my first Unilocal review EVER. I’m only in the planning stages of my wedding with Nancy as my florist but so far she is just like the others have said– so incredibly creative, energetic and friendly. And it says something about Nancy when 4 of my closest girlfriends have also used her for their weddings too!
I have the utmost trust in her and I know my wedding will be fabulous. I’ll be sure to post some pics and give an updated review once my wedding is over! If you’re lucky enough to book her, do it!!! Don’t hesitate!