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Christine and Daniel met a little over 9 years ago, introduced by a mutual friend. The bride was in college, the groom working for a home remodeling company. The relationship grew and the bride was set on completing her nursing degree. While the couple never lost sight there long term plan to get married there were a couple forks in the road, the births of their two beautiful boys. So as life happened and priorities changed Christine saw her dream of a big Italian wedding start to fade. But on the night of her graduation party, Daniel proposed, and she said yes. She started her nursing career with long hours and trying to save money for a house, and again the wedding plans were pushed aside. But in the fall of 2018 the decision to look for a venue was made, choosing The Bell Event Centre in downtown Cincinnati. The choice was easy as this former Catholic Church was where Christine's grandfather attended school and mass. Nearly everything was DIY in an effort to keep costs down; from the brides veil to the wedding invitations and wedding signs. The venue was large and Christine wanted the flowers to be amazing, she just had no idea what the cost would be for what she wanted. So we looked a Fifty Flowers on line, read the reviews, watched many YouTube videos on flower arranging and took the plunge. While it was a lot of work, the time spent with the bridesmaids, family and friends putting all the bouquets and arrangements together was one of best pre-wedding events. The flowers were amazing and we are so thankful for the standards and integrity that 50 flowers has set.

The Quick Sand Cream Roses were stunning and perfect!

While planning my wedding, I decided to not only do my own flower arrangements, but also attempt to grow some of my own flowers. I decided to grow dahlias as they're one of my favorite flowers and zinnias (because they're easy to grow). I also ordered roses and eucalyptus from fifty flowers and hydrangea from Costco (sorry fifty flowers, they had a better price). Then I also went to the grocery store and got a few more filler flowers for the bouquets. On the day of the wedding, myself and my bridesmaids worked on flowers while enjoying brunch, mimosas, and in between getting our hair and makeup done. The end results was a collective but individual group of bouquets and centerpieces. I was so pleased with how everything turned out and would absolutely use fifty flowers again - I just need an excuse :)

The customer service at fifty flowers was wonderful! I initially ordered all the flowers to be delivered 3 days prior to my wedding, but they called to let me know they recommended 2 days for the garden roses. Once the shipments arrived, I received calls and/or emails to ensure everything was in place. It was a pleasure working with them.