Anyone used Costco flowers?

[oobiecoo]

I''m a budget bride and am considering ordering the pre-made bouquets, etc from Costco in a package. Has anyone else ordered pre-arranged flowers from Costco before or know anyone who has? I''d love to see pictures (other than the ones on their website)!

 

[shigidigi]

I haven''t but I am sooo gonna get my bouquets from them! What an awesome price!

I am interested to see what others say about them- user opinions couldnt hurt!

 

[vizsla]

if you look closely at the pictures - costco actually uses proflowers.com for their pre-made wedding flower arrangements. i decided to go right to the source - i ordered directly from proflowers. i can't comment on their quality (not getting married until the 26th) but thus far, working with proflowers has been extremely smooth and worry-free. they have excellent customer service, and a ton of options - both package wise and floral selection.

 

[oobiecoo]

Wow I don''t know where you found that vizsla. Thanks for the tip... I do think Costco packages fit my wedding better though. I''ll keep proflowers in mind though and please let me know how yours turn out!

 

[BlueKeet]

I think I am going to get the pre-made bouquet package from Costco. I actually saw the proflowers website first, but the prices are cheaper at Costco. I was under the impression both use the same vendor to get their flowers. We did order a test of two dozen roses from proflowers and they were very nice and came as scheduled. I think the flowers looked good for about 7 days and then I started to lose a couple a day for the next week. I should have a couple pictures to post of those, but they weren't arranged or anything. They were big red roses and they opened up nicely. Vizsla, please do let us know how it goes.

 

[oobiecoo]

Were any of y''all considering the callas or star of bethlehem bouquets? They have those pieces of grass that stick out and I''m worried they may stick out in a weird way and look funny. Do you think I could just cut those pieces off?

 

[BlueKeet]

If you don't like them I'm sure you could cut them short. The proflowers website has quite a few pictures of the bouquets with blades of grass. Check out the pictures with them in real weddings. I do like the blades of grass though.

You know I still wonder if the flowers I received will be from the same source as the actual bouquets. From what I can tell vistaflor provides pre-made bouquets for proflowers, costco and several other places. Not sure my roses from proflowers were from vistaflor though...

 

[vizsla]

i ordered the star of bethlehem package - i''ll be sure to post pictures...
as far as cost is concerned.. i was more comfortable with the number of flower package options that proflowers had, and they just added a carnation package... i know carnations?! but they looked really nice...

 

[BlueKeet]

Vizla, the star of bethlehem bouquet is so beautiful on proflowers. The cala lilies are lovely too. I'm going for red roses, but I'm not in a hurry to order so I see no harm waiting a few more weeks to see how it works out for you. Let us know if it was a pain to look after the flowers in the two days prior to the wedding. I was pretty tough on my test flowers and they held up really well. This is 12 of the roses from proflowers on the 7th day. As I mentioned, I'm not sure if the source will be the same as the pre-made bouquets, but I was really happy with the 2 dozen red roses. The pictures from the arrival and early days are on a different computer.

In the sun on the 7th day.

 

[vizsla]

i'll will for sure keep you posted.....

what really sealed the deal is that we are having a destination wedding and they are delivering right to the site for a very small charge. AND since we are getting married on a very small island - the local florist was completely overpriced plus it was hard finding alternatives .... that is until i found the costco flowers and then proflowers.

we are getting married on friday, the flowers are getting delivered on thursday - they assured me that only the bouts. and corsages need to be kept cool.

so far everything has been smooth - and i personally love the long grass in the bouquets.. i can't wait to see them in person!

you should check out the slideshow of the "real wedding" on the proflower site - i think she ordered red roses too.. & they looked beautiful.