Jiosia Designs

If you’re not sure who to hire for your Tahoe wedding florist, let me save you some time and energy: hire Amanda at Jiosia Designs. Still not convinced? See below.
My fiancé (now husband) and I are from the bay area, and we are both busy students who didn’t have much time over the last year to go up to Tahoe and meet with people. We were able to spend a total of one weekend, six months before our wedding, up in Tahoe, to meet with our planners/​have our tasting/​do a venue site visit/​etc etc. All of our lovely vendors were able to accommodate us, which was awesome, except for the florist (NOT Amanda!) that we were thinking of hiring. This other florist had good reviews, but we found her to be hard to reach and unwilling to work with us on budgetary or other concerns we had had about our quote. But as it turned out, we were staying at an airbnb over the weekend who just so happened to be both a florist and an event planner, as well as just an extremely nice, friendly, pleasant human being!
Flash forward a month or so, and we hired Amanda (our airbnb host!) as our florist after looking her up a bit online (we already had planners, but I bet her planning services are wonderful too!). Honestly, she just couldn’t be more lovely to work with, so we were happy to work with her based on that alone– and then on top of that, she is out-​of-​this-​world talented. Our flowers were BEAUTIFUL– I had a whole pinterest board just for flowers, and one for tablescapes, and one for details… I had too many, but she worked with me on all of them, and coordinated with the planners, and managed to execute the most beautiful wedding for my husband and I. We got so many compliments on all the flowers, and especially on the bouquets.
Amanda’s sister helped us out on the day of the wedding, and she was just as lovely as Amanda and made sure everything was just perfect. There was some confusion over what flowers the groomslady was supposed to have (boutonneire like the guys? bouquet? corsage?) and I couldn’t remember what we had decided amidst the wedding day buzz, but Amanda’s sister (I’m so sorry, I’m forgetting her name), quickly and magically created a lovely solution to that issue and everyone had the perfect flowers.
If I were going to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing! Go with Jiosia– you won’t regret it!
Thanks Amanda!
–Sara & Ryan, 8÷8÷15

Amanda was amazing! She did our flowers & day of coordinating. The flowers were absolutely gorgeous & looked just like the photos I sent her, I loved them!!! Deciding last minute that we needed a day of coordinator, Amanda accepted right away & let me tell you that was the best decision I made, she made me feel as ease, and the wedding turned out perfectly. Thank you again Amanda you helped make our special day so perfect!!!

Let me write a simple review from a guys point of view… SHE ROCKS /​IS NUMBER 1!!! She is a combination of Michael Jordan, Peyton Manning and Mickey Mantle when its wedding day and you need to win…
The one thing that I will share that shows her true colors — our wedding venue (which of course had no connection to her) was under staffed and SHE STARTED HELPING AND FILLING PEOPLES WATER GLASSES! Her and her flowers are amazing.

Amanda was my wedding planner and florist which made life so easy! She knew exactly what was going on with the wedding so was able to nail it on the flowers. I was a pretty indecisive bride and did not totally know exactly what I wanted so didn’t give Amanda a lot of direction and man she HIT IT OUT of the park. My wedding was exactly what I wanted and the florals, colors and textures were amazing!

Amanda did an amazing job with the flowers and décor at our wedding. We were married at the Hyatt in Incline Village earlier this summer, and I just can’t say enough about how beautiful the arrangements were. She managed to take my Pintrest page and create exactly what I was looking for. She also had some wonderful suggestions based on her planning experience, and was very helpful. We rented a few other décor pieces from her collection, and everything looks absolutely perfect. She herself was very sweet and positive, which was great, as planning a wedding can be stressful!

Best decision ever. Amanda delivered possibly the most gorgeous bouquet of flowers I could have ever imagined carrying down the aisle. My husband and I planned our very small (30 people) wedding in Incline Village from Dallas, TX. Amanda was so easy to work with via email and literally gave me the exact photo I sent her! Plus, instead of the one boutonnière I had ordered for my husband– she delivered two! Just so I could pick whichever I loved most. So gracious, so reasonable and so worth it! Thank you, thank you Amanda (:

I can’t say enough good things about Amamda and her crew! We first hired her for flowers and then decided to hire her on for day of wedding coordination. Best decision we ever made!!! I literally don’t think we would of had a wedding with out her. She thought of every detail and made sure we were on track with everything. If you are having a wedding in the Tahoe area it is not even a choice, you have to hire Jiosia Designs!

Had a great experience working with Amanda for our wedding. Everything turned out just how we wanted (better even) and she was great to work with. She was willing to incorporate our unique style into everything she did and went beyond what we expected. I can’t recommend her more!

I can’t recommend Amanda highly enough for flowers and overall décor and vision for your wedding.
She is sweet, creative, and puts in the extra effort to make sure you develop your vision, and then she does whatever it takes to make your vision a reality. She is patient and reliable and helps to educate you about your options, and steps beyond the limits of her responsibilities to offer help in any way she can. She tried to meet with us whenever we requested it, and when she couldn’t attend a meeting once she went out of her way the day before to drop off several items that would help us work with our coordinator on some final details.
She is a pleasure to work with, her prices are fair, and she is truly passionate about working with people and designing beautiful events that reflect the hosts.
We’ll miss her!

I cannot express how thankful I am for Amanda! I am so lucky to have found her to do our flowers for our wedding at Zephyr Cove.
I spoke to Amanda a few months into my wedding planning, and as soon as we spoke, I felt an immediate connection with both of our visions for our wedding day. Without me even telling her our theme, she named it and told me exactly what I was waiting to hear from a florist regarding her vision.
I honestly know nothing about flowers, but I had a vision of what I wanted and what I did not want. I told Amanda that I wanted bright colors in our wedding colors (guava and peacock), no white, and no greenery. I could not have imagined if I tried how wonderful they were going to come out! The first time I got to see anything with the flowers was when I walked into the bridal suite to finish getting ready, and I saw my bouquet and I started to cry (emotions run high! LOL). It was so beautiful! And as soon as I walked out to our wedding spot and saw the center pieces and our arbor, I was beside myself. I could not have imagined a more beautiful view, it really made my day SO special!
Amanda was great with communicating with me throughout the entire process. She was patient with me when I needed to make changes. and I think one of the best things about Amanda was how devoted she was. All she really wanted was for me to be happy with the final product. She really bent over backwards and went above and beyond to make our day gorgerous.
I really feel so lucky and fortunate to have had her as our florist. I thank her from the bottom of my heart for making our day so beautiful!