Fleur du Jour

Kate was awesome! The flowers for my wedding were exactly as I envisioned and communicated to Kate! I couldn’t be happier and highly recommend Kate to anyone! She worked within my budget to make my vision come true! Thank you Kate!!!

I highly recommend using Kate for your wedding. She just did my wedding on 10÷3÷2015. The flower arrangements, boutonnieres, bouquets, and cocktail table flowers were beautiful and exactly how I envisioned. She even helped setup our floating candles and stayed after the ceremony to help flip for the reception. She was a pleasure to work with throughout the whole process.

Kate did an AMAZING job for my wedding on ⁷⁄₂₅. I knew very little about flowers, and she helped me figure out arrangements that I LOVED! She also helped us find ways to make what we wanted work with our budget. She was responsive, and easy to get in touch with whenever we had a question. Everything looked so amazing, from the bouquets, to the altar flowers, to the table arrangements. You will not be disappointed if you hire Kate!!!

Kate did an incredible job with the flowers for my wedding. I would highly recommend her for anyone needing flowers for an event. I checked with a number of florists in Chicago and I think that Kate at Fleur du Jour is the best! Months after my wedding people still comment on how beautiful the flowers were.
Kate was recommended to me by a friend who was getting married a few months before me. I was having trouble finding a florist I liked that was reasonably priced. After my friend’s recommendation I emailed Kate. I narrowed my search down to two florists and met with both. Kate is so friendly and knowledgeable about flowers. She walked through what she could do and I was super impressed.
During the lead up to the wedding she was also immensely helpful. She helped me narrow down ideas for centerpieces and even sent me different pictures of lanterns that would work. She was completely open and supportive to my ideas. After I had my wedding dress hemmed I saved the fabric to use around my flowers and she was completely on board with the idea and just hand me drop off the fabric and took care of the rest. Through out the whole process she gave me options for flowers without being overwhelming. She also budgeted out the different options which I appreciated being an accountant.
The day of the wedding she was wonderful! The flowers arrived timely and Kate was there to set everything up for the reception. Even after the wedding she offered to take all the bouquets and put then at the head table (as bridesmaids sometimes forget to do this).
I really enjoyed working with Kate! I was so happy with the flowers for my wedding and reception. I would recommend her to anyone and will use her again if I am in need of event flowers.

Kate did an unbelievable job with the flowers (and the chuppah) for our wedding. Everything was exactly as we wanted, and beautiful! Our guests did not stop complimenting us, but Kate deserves all the credit.
Highly recommended!

Working with Kate for my wedding was a dream. So easy, I got exactly what I wanted, AND stayed in budget! What more could a bride ask for? The flowers were beautiful and i loved having some extra boutonnieres for the ‘boys’. I can’t recommend Kate enough.

I used Kate for my wedding in August, and everything turned out wonderful. I cannot tell you how many compliments I got on my boquet and the centerpieces. She is also really fairly priced from what I saw! Highly recommend using Kate :)

I highly recommend Fleur du Jour for your floral needs.
When I got engaged, I was doing some research and randomly found a positive review for Kate and her business, Fleur Du Jour, on a WeddingWire review for our venue, Café La Cave.
I googled «Fleur Du Jour» and viewed some of her work and read her Unilocal reviews and knew I had to meet her.
She was the first and ONLY florist I met with.
From the very first time we met Kate, she was very personable and professional. From that moment on, I knew she was the florist I wanted to work with for our wedding day.
I told her the color scheme I wanted and she listened to my ideas and also offered her own suggestions (which we ultimately went with).
We live out of state and the few times we would come into town and meet with Kate, she was very accommodating with our schedules and punctual for our meetings.
After seeing her work and hearing her ideas, I had 100% faith in her and her creativity.
Kate let us choose one of our wedding day arrangements and offered to make a sample before our wedding day so we could get a better idea of the final product.
I chose a sample arrangement of one of our altar arrangements.
We met her at her studio in Ukranian Village and when I walked in, it was the first arrangement I saw, and I was blown away at how at how beautiful it was.
From that moment on, I had 100% faith in anything Kate would design.
At one point in our wedding planning, I was so worn out, I gave her permission to do whatever she thought would look best.
Needless to say, Kate came through!
ALL the arrangements — my bouquet, the bridesmaids bouquets, boutineers and table centerpieces looked absolutely AMAZING.
We had so many compliments on how nice and lively the flowers looked.
I feel so blessed to have had Kate as our florist.
I was 100% satisfied and would give her my highest recommendation!

I cannot recommend Kate enough! I found her on Unilocal,and I booked her after our first meeting. I wasn’t really sure what I wanted when I met with her, but she was great about guiding me through the process. I honestly wasn’t sure I wanted to even have flowers, but I am so glad that I did, because Kate did an amazing job! I basically told her what everyone was wearing and that I wanted all the bouquets, boutonnieres, and centerpieces to be a little different (not too matchy), and let her have free rein from there. She executed my vision perfectly! I am admittedly not a big flower person, but i LOVED the arrangements at my wedding. The next day we reused the leftover arrangements for the brunch and I gave them out to neighbors because I couldn’t bear throwing them away. Kate was also very conscious about staying within my budget (her prices were unbeatable) — it looked like I spent way more on flowers than I actually did.
You cannot go wrong with Kate and Fleur du Jour!

You’d honestly be doing yourself a disservice to book anyone but Kate and Fleur du Jour for your wedding flowers.
I found Kate through one of my Mom’s coworkers daughters, and since I know nothing about flowers, didn’t even know what questions to ask — but knew, aesthetically, what I wanted. When I met with Kate for the first time, I was immediately impressed by her knowledge and professionalism, while still being so young and bubbly and lovely. I booked her that night.
Oh also, the direction I gave her was: «I want my wedding to be creepy romantic, but in no way a Halloween themed wedding.» She took that challenge HEAD ON, and exceeded my high expectations. Our bouquets were gorgeous, dark blooms filled with purple calla lilies, fiddlehead ferns, and tight bunches of black dahlias. They were ribbon wrapped perfectly, and a robust round shape.
But the highlight of Kate’s talents was what she did for our reception — oh. my. god. Giant, gorgeous, 6 foot tall centre pieces of twisty, creepy branches spotted with dark purple flowers. Manzanita trees surrounded by tight blooms of burgundy and purple. Incredible silver candelabras, adorned with dangling crystals, long taper candles, and purple accents. My guests could not shut up about how beautiful the flowers were and I couldn’t agree more.
Here’s how amazing Kate was — she brought her own damn frosting to properly adorn our cake with fresh dark purple petals. SHE EVEN MADE THE MOST PERFECT BOUTONNIÈRES FOR OUR PUPPIES. They fit into the holes of their adorable bowtie collars, and made them look incredibly dapper for our special day. Kate went above and beyond in every single possible way and I can’t express how amazing she was.
Oh and her prices were INSANELY reasonable despite all of my wacky requests and stupid questions.
Book her now, now, now. You will not regret it.

Honestly Kate is the best florist out there! She puts so much detail in her work. I was actually kinda scared because I met with her once and I had no idea what I wanted at first. She would always respond to my emails so quick! I told her what I had in mind and the finished products was absolutely gorgeous! They were better than what I had showed her! She is such a sweetheart! She made the whole wedding process so much easier! I will surely recommend her to all the future brides I know! :)

This is a long overdue review!
From start to finish, Kate was beyond wonderful to work with for my October 2012 wedding! Kate goes above and beyond for her clients and is a true artist when it comes to floral creations. Kate was the first and only florist I contacted for my wedding because of all the great reviews!
My initial consultation with her was great, we met at a local café by my apartment and she had this cute little book full of the different types of flowers as well as what colors they can come in. I told her what my theme was, romantic Victorian, and she had great opinions of which flowers would pair best together, etc. After the initial consult she put together a spreadsheet of 2 options for my bouquet, bridesmaids, groomsmen, etc along with prices for each. I love that she gives her clients ultimate power and choice of what to do. I never felt like I was inconveniencing her with my edits and questions. She was great throughout the planning process and responded very quickly.
I was torn between creating centerpieces myself or letting Kate do everything, but we came to a great middle. She created my wonderful floral centerpieces but I bought the items for my larger, branch centerpieces. The problem was that I had no way of transporting these huge branches to my venue and who would put them together? Kate immediately jumped in and picked up my branch centerpieces and arranged them for me the day of… all at no additional cost. Kate is seriously a gem. The arrangements the day-​of were beautiful. They all looked fresh, vibrant colors, and everything stayed in place all day long. Don’t be fooled by those pricey floral designers, go with Fleur du Jour and save some money by not sacrificing quality and service!
My floral breakdown went like this: bridal bouquet: $ 78, bridesmaids: $ 40 (I did jr. bridesmaids bouquets and they looked perfect), flower girl petals and basket: $ 16, boutonnière/​corsages: $ 16, floral centerpieces: $ 35 (I supplied the glass vases so guests could take them home). Overall the total for flowers came to about $ 850. Not too shabby!

Kate is A-​MAZE-​ING!!! There honestly aren’t words to describe how great she is, but the truth is in her work. We used Kate for our wedding, and from the get go she was nice and attentive, and actually listened to what I wanted. Other florists we had spoken with just kind of threw things together, but Kate actually listened. I made changes only a few weeks before my wedding and she kept reassuring me that it was fine and to not worry. Everything turned out great! The flowers were vibrant and smelled amazing! Our centerpieces were gorgous people couldn’t wait to take them home! She also stepped out of her role as florist and helped me out when my heels sank into the soft ground, honestly she went above and beyond and was all around amazing! I would highly reccomend Kate to anybody who is looking for a florist!

Kate did SUCH an amazing job with my wedding flowers. We got married in Chicago but live in DC so I never met Kate or had any samples done beforehand. Instead, we chatted for 30 min by phone and she viewed my pinterest. She is so incredibly sweet and lovely to work with. The work she did for my event was impeccable and I couldn’t believe how much she got me/​my style from our few conversations. Her prices are incredibly affordable given the quality of the product. If I ever have another Chicago event, Kate will be my first call. She is the best!!!

Kate was amazing to work with and if you are planning a wedding she is the best. We used Kate for our November wedding after a friend at work told me about her and was using her for her wedding. I have to admit that I really had no idea of what we really needed and wanted for our wedding. I not a super bridal kinda girl! We just wanted it to be pretty and not to be too tall as to get in the way of our guests, but no real specific flowers in mind. The inital meeting with her made us feel so at ease. (We met at a Starbucks) She is not judgmental at all and really just wants to help in any way she can. The books and books of flowers she brought helped tremendously. The price she quoted us was right on target of what we wanted and she even gave us some different variations with prices so we could decide what would work for us and the space.
The flowers that she created for the centerpieces with beautiful and the thought that she puts into the arranging is so detailed. She dropped off the personal flowers at my hotel right on time and they were perfect. My bouquet was gorgeous… it was full, the perfect color red and smelled amazing. She even gave us extra boutineers, just in case. My bridesmaid, my husband’s 10 yr old niece, loved her bouquet so much that she wanted to take it home to Philly with her. I can not say enough good things about Kate and the amazing job she did for our wedding. It was beautiful! I HIGHLY recommend Kate’s skills… she was wonderful to work with and made the process so easy for this non-​bridal kinda bride.

Kate and her flowers were one of the highlights of my wedding! My friend who also used Kate for her wedding highly recommended Fleur du Jour to me and the rest was history!
After checking out a couple other floral vendors, I quickly realized that most of them did not want to work with me because I only wanted flowers for the bridal party (I was making my own centerpieces). I expected if I was going to spend a good amount of money on flowers, then I shouldn’t be treated like a second class citizen. Kate was completely different. Kate was so nice and enthusiastic about working with me and my budget.
I was planning my wedding from out of town and the only contact I had with Kate was through phone calls and emails. She absolutely nailed my vision for flowers even without meeting in person! I told her the overall theme of what I liked and she did the rest. On my wedding day, we were able to work with her to just pick up the flowers from the studio (she had another wedding that day and still agreed to do my flowers!). The whole process was so easy! When I saw the flowers for the first time, I couldn’t believe how beautiful and full they were! Kate really has an eye for floral arrangements.
I highly recommend Kate and Fleur du Jour– you will not be disappointed and your wedding day will have one less thing to worry about!

Kate was one of my favorite vendors for my wedding because she is so easy to work with. Our initial meeting was in a coffee shop and we discussed my vision, colors, and flower choices. I was pretty sure what I wanted would not be within my price range. Kate did a wonderful job offering suggestions to get it to fit within my budget. I asked to see a sample arrangement before the wedding and she delivered it to my house.
When I saw the flowers the day of, I was blown away. The arrangements were HUGE and my bouquet was absolutely gorgeous! She also did some fabric draping to cover a stage and it turned out great! Flowers were very important to me and Fleur du Jour exceeded my expectations. It was beyond perfect.

Kate, WE LOVE YOU.
I agree with all the other Unilocalers, do not go with any other florist, Kate is awesome.
I was such a high maintenance bride when it came to my flowers, at least in my own mind I was. I probably met up with Kate 5 times because I was so indecisive with my colors, etc. She was so incredibly kind and patient with me every single time. I think I was getting annoyed with myself during our meetings and she would only assure me that everything would be fine and great. She was always prepared with every note and detail. She kept me updated about the status of the flowers that she could order etc. (because our wedding was in November, it was a bit dicey in terms of what we would end up with).
I LOVED my wedding bouquet, it was more beautiful than I could have imagined and as soon as she brought it over to me in the morning as I was getting ready, I knew my day would be great.
Thanks Kate Powell for being a part of our wedding experience!

Kate was a fantastic florist. Kate was a referral to me by several friends that used her in their weddings. In the months leading up to the wedding, she made sure to sit down with me several times to ensure that she was able to create what I was looking for. She even took me on a tour of her distributor to show me the flowers she was envisioning!
We decided upon very colorful, mixed flowers in vintage metal tea tins and they turned out fantastic. I loved my bouquet and the rest of the designs. Kate helped transform our event space (Salvage One) to a colorful party while highlighting the space’s best assets.
Kate is a true professional and if you’re looking for a very personal floral design, I would not hesitate to contact Kate.

I got married on 10÷16÷10 and was needing a florist desperately. I found Fleur du Jour when my best friend recommended to use this florist for my wedding.
There’s not much else I can say about Kate except FANTASTIC FANTASTIC FANTASTIC!!! If you want beautiful, gorgeous flowers for a price that won’t break your entire wedding budget, hire Fleur du Jour. I changed my flower order about 12 times and everytime Kate accepted the changes with a smile. We had some issues with the color of my flower about 2 days before the wedding and I told her that I trusted her to make a good decision. My bouquet was AMAZING!!! The centerpeices were dramatic curly willows that blew my mind. I love Kate and her work and for any other flowers I may need I’ll go directly to her. You can’t go wrong with Fleur du Jour!!!