Wineberry Hill Designs

Don’t waste your time brides! I Met with the owner over 1 month ago, I spend over an hour talking to her about her ideas and what I wanted and what kind of flowers would be nice. She has books of flowers that coordinate with colors and she looked organized so i thought she would be a good florist. Then at the end of our meeting she was in a rush to get out of there so i figured she must be good since she is busy with other clients. She told me she would get a quote emailed to me in a few days. A few days went by and i emailed her to ask her if she has been able to get my quote together… i never heard back from her! Never emailed me, never sent me a quote– totally unprofessional. Try
shes awesome!!!

Good if you don’t mind an unorganized florist giving you a wilted bridal bouquet an hour late…
Here’s the scoop:
I recently used Wineberry for my wedding at one of the wineries out in Temecula. I was pretty optimistic after our first meeting, the woman in charge was very helpful with picking out what flowers I wanted; she had tons of books with pictures of every type of flower EVER in them. Her portfolios of previous weddings and events were gorgeous. She even had tons of little charms that she said could be placed on the stem of my bouquet so I picked out a cute little art-​deco type of rhinestone bow which matched my vintagey themed wedding perfect. She was so excited that she made me even more excited about my wedding. After that, things kind of starting going downhill.
She sent an invoice which had all sorts of mistakes (wrong flowers written in, not enough bridesmaid bouquets, wrong type of garland for an arch thing we were using etc.) little things that just need some correcting. We ended up having to keep sending it back (at least 2 more times) with more corrections we found. Nothing big, but kind of annoying.
Then one day, my mom and I were in the area and decided to go check what colour ribbon she had (I apparently picked the hardest teal for my bridesmaids’ dresses and we stubbled upon a spool or two that matched perfectly). We drove up to her store and it was closed; like closed down closed (sign was gone from the building and doors, empty store… CLOSED). In a near panic, my mother called her cell phone and found out her lease had been up blah blah blah and she’d moved (thanks for not telling us). Again, not a major problem but again, a small annoyance (and near heart attack for my mom).
Now, the day of the wedding: She’s LATE, by like an hour and a half. My poor mother is frantically calling her but she never answered (the wedding coordinator was a huge help in calming her down). She finally shows up and I’m handed my bouquet right as am getting ready to go see my fiancé (we decided to take pictures before the wedding but still had my dad walk me down the aisle to my fiancé as if it were the real deal) I look at the bouquet that is handed to me and it has these funny little pink and white rhinestone square things on it. That is not my art-​deco bow and tell my sister, «This isn’t my bouquet, it’s not the right jewel thing…» My sister looks at it and says, «Well, apparently that IS your bouquet, that’s what the florist just said!» I’m a bit flustered but whatever. After closer inspection of my bouquet I noticed that some of the flowers are kinda WITHERED and LIMP. One of the bigger ones right in the front was actually WILTED and turning brown. I had to snip it out myself before the photographer snapped a picture of my bouquet.
After our photos where done, I briefly saw the woman (sorry I can’t even remember her name!) who, without even so much as a smile, asks blandly, «How’s the flowers» to which I mirrored her grump-​tastic facial expression and said, «Hmmm…» and walked out.
Thankfully, I am not a bridezilla type of girl. If I was, I probably would’ve been yelling at her for being late and giving me a wilted bridal bouquet but I was too busy to deal with a buzzkill like that on my wedding day.