Sunshine Flowers Wedding & Event Design

Constance recently did the wedding flowers for our daughter’s wedding. They were absolutely beautiful! The grooms parents had wanted to provide the flowers and were very appreciative of the beautiful arrangements that Constance and team provided!
Constance met with all parties to get an idea of likes and dislikes — she also had the bride complete a couple of questionnaires in order to get everything identified. We found Constance accommodating, friendly, and willing to make adjustments even up to a couple of days prior.
Her use of color and style makes her arrangements really beautiful! As mentioned, her staff are very helpful and worked efficiently to get everything set up. A special thanks to Bruce as well!

Constance and Bruce did our wedding flowers, and they were totally gorgeous, a beautiful and surprisingly complex rendition of our chosen colors. We spent about 50% more than we expected to, but we got our money’s worth. They were entirely gay-​friendly, too. As other reviews have noted, Constance helped us plan flowers for our ceremony that could be re-​purposed for the reception, which was very helpful. Then on The Big Day Bruce made it all happen subtly and seamlessly, setting up arrangements, trekking them to a new location and setting them up again, then breaking them down as the reception concluded. Bruce was SO on top of the set-​up, corsage-​pinning, etc. He was busy, cheerful and completely competent throughout. The flowers were so So SO lovely, and did so much to make our wedding an extraordinarily beautiful event. We’re glad we chose Sunshine Flowers and are grateful to them for delivering memorable, amazing arrangements.

We chose Sunshine Flowers for our wedding day, and I couldn’t have been more pleased. I met Constance and Bruce at a bridal fair at the Lafayette Park Hotel and I just loved their enthusiasm and creativity! Constance has been in the industry for years, and made me feel very confident the whole way through. The first time I met with Constance she made it very easy for me to decide which type of flowers I visioned for my wedding day. I made a board just for her on Pinterest of wedding flowers, and she ran with it! Everything turned out amazing, even the littlest details. At the end of the night I didn’t have to worry about anything, Bruce was there to gather everything and collect all the centerpieces for me to take home. I would definitely recommend Sunshine flowers.

Next to make-​up, flowers were probably the most difficult thing for me to settle on during my wedding planning process. Constance at Sunshine Flowers was listed as one of the preferred vendors for my wedding site, so I met with her with a million questions on hand. Needless to say, she was awesome to work with!
The first thing Constance asked me to do was send her a list of images and/​or my Pinterest of flowers/​color scheme ideas I had in mind. She LOVED what I was sending over and right away we were both on the same page. My mother and I met up with her a couple of times at her studio and she was so warm, open, and friendly. We were able to thoroughly sit and discuss my vision for the wedding, which helped my uncertainties. The three of us were able to draw plans and share ideas — it was such a creative process! We ultimately used these beautiful white box stands she had previously made for another wedding. It was so unique and beautiful — unlike anything we’ve see before!
On the day of the wedding, Constance came to my room and personally delivered all of my bouquets (1 bride and 3 bridesmaids)… every single piece was absolutely GORGEOUS — my bridesmaids and I LOVED them. Even the boutonnieres were so thoughtfully made and fit into the whole vision I had for the wedding. I didn’t get to see the set up of the flowers for the ceremony and reception until moments before I walked down the aisle. When I finally did get to see it, it absolutely took my breath away. I loved every single part of the set up and how they were so efficient with their time. Everything looked so clean, romantic, beautiful, and lush (just what I envisioned). The centerpieces for the reception was exceptionally lovely and my guests couldn’t wait to take them hope! The tops popped off of the vases quite easily and half of them were claimed by my guests even before the wedding was over! If my husband and I didn’t have to go out of the country for our 2 week honeymoon, I would have taken every single piece home. They were just so gorgeous and I can’t wait to see how my pictures came out!
I highly recommend Constance and her team at Sunshine Flowers for any of your floral needs! She really is an artist and puts thought into every floral piece she designs. The flowers was such a key and memorable part of my wedding… I don’t think I will forget how lovely they were. :)

My daughter was married at the Lafayette Park Hotel and we selected Sunshine Flowers after attending a bridal faire there. She is a preferred vendor of the hotel, and it really makes a difference to work with someone who knows the venue and staff. She was there right on time to deliver the bouquets and boutonnieres for photos, and waited until the last minute to set up the flowers in the courtyard so they wouldn’t wilt in the sun. We met with Constance about a year before the wedding to discuss all of the details and she provided us with a worksheet that was really helpful. Not being a florist, it was difficult for me to picture how everything would look by just a verbal description, but when I saw everything set up — from the centerpieces on the tables to the flowers in the courtyard — it was beyond what I could ever imagine! Constance provided many extra little touches that really made everything beautiful. She truly loves what she does and it shows in the extra effort and care she takes with the arrangements she provides.

My wedding was this past weekend, I found Constance after searching through so many florist, she was even nice enough to meet me half way to see her work and talk about what I had in mind. My first impression of her was «wow this lady knows what she’s doing» and I knew from that day I wanted to have her make my dream into a reality! After expressing some of my concerns to her like a crazy bride would she took my concerns and assured me that she had everything under control! I’m the planner type of person and she definitely made me feel 100% better after we spoke about my concerns!
Not only did she help me feel better so close to the wedding, she also showed up with breath taking flowers! I was SO happy with the way every single flower came out! I had flowers as most of my decorations, so you can just guess how much trust I had in her! And I couldn’t thank her enough! I would recommend her to everyone I know!

Simply an amazing job! Everyone loved the flowers and the color scheme of our wedding at hans Fahden. Constance was great to communicate with and she took my vision and made it a reality. She included numerous personal touches that I didn’t ask (or pay) for!

The flowers Constance delivered for my daughter’s wedding were simply beautiful — she even went out of her way to find some Peonies (which were out of season) which is my daughter’s favorite flower, to include in her bouquet. Everything was simply beautiful, delivered and installed in a timely manner — and «perfect» for the simple, elegant wedding we wanted.

They didn’t answer their phone, which is okay-​it was Mother’s Day and they were probably busy. But I gave them an entire day to call me back, and I was very clear about my return phone number, repeating it twice. This order was for a funeral arrangement for a local woman who was very well known in town. To tax grieving friends even more by not returning calls adds insult to injury and I believe earns this business a one star — if I could give you less rating.

My husband & I worked with Sunshine Flowers for our wedding in July and were very happy with them!
We started by reviewing photos on the website based on a coworker’s recommendation, and decided to meet with Constance in person. She had even more photos when we met in person and we had plenty of examples to discuss. She taught us a lot about flower types & flower designs. She is definitely passionate about her profession.
I found it very helpful to bring in photos of flowers that I liked from Pinterest, The Knot, etc. Between that and her suggestions to provide color swatches and photos of the dresses, I felt pretty confident in her ability to create the right look for our wedding.
On the wedding day, I was absolutely amazed by how beautiful my bouquet was! It had succulents and hints of bright orange among the white, just as I wanted. The bridesmaid flowers were a mix of orange and yellow, and matched with the bridesmaid dresses beautifully. They was a little more yellow than I’d prefer, but I guess that’s what I get for requesting NO PINK. The boutonnieres were small succulents and looked nice. She even did small hair pieces for me.
In general, Constance is talented, and has a great selection of flowers that allowed me to get the flowers that I wanted. It was a bit more expensive than I expected, but she was very flexible and suggested reusing the ceremony flowers for the centerpieces and cocktail hour flowers for dancing in the barn. Since people were only at one of those places at a time, no one would notice that they were being reused. it worked out well!
I’d definitely recommend working with Sunshine Flowers.

Constance and Sunshine Flowers made our wedding ceremony and reception so amazingly beautiful and special. The Chuppa, my bouquet, and main centerpieces were absolutely spectacular. Also, the candles, cocktail tables and all other little touches that they added made the whole wedding an unforgettable venue.
Constance so easy and fabulous to work with, especially since we were a destination wedding, and they provided the most fabulous wedding setting that far exceeded my dreams.

Wow! Where can I start? I hadn’t even been looking for a florist at the time, but from the moment I saw one of Constance’s bouquets at the Brazil Room wedding fair, it was love at first sight! What drew me in the most was a soft, fragrant, and romantic bridal bouquet she had on display, but as one of my bridesmaid’s and I flipped through her portfolio, we oohed and aahed over all the different styles from vibrant and exotic, to whimsical, to traditional, to romantic… everything was there! Constance took down my name and information that evening and contacted me shortly thereafter; before I knew it, we were on our way.
From the very beginning, I let Constance know that flowers were one of the most important things to me concerning my wedding, but that my husband and I had a limited budget; throughout the process, she was extremely cooperative and reasonable when working with us and even bent over backwards to get us the most for our money and make our dream wedding happen. We exchanged several e-​mails and, when the wedding day was approaching, we met in person at her charming home studio. I brought a few photos as examples and explained what I liked; she was attentive the whole time and knew within the first few moments exactly what I liked, even when I couldn’t put it into words. Though I am an artist and often a perfectionist (the type who would rather just do something myself to ensure that it’s done the way I like it), I left Constance’s studio telling her that I trusted in her and taste completely and I am so glad I did!
My flowers turned out better than I could have ever imagined! Even my bridesmaids were ecstatic when they saw their bouquets. Most important, my husband loved them too! Constance is an absolute professional, extremely warm and friendly, caring and quite simply, TALENTED!!! If you want your flowers to be special and your wedding to have a personal touch, CHOOSE SUNSHINE FLOWERS!!! To this day, I still get compliments on my flowers and friends and family comment that it was one of the most beautiful weddings they have ever been to (and of course, I like to think that they mean it). Thank you Constance for taking care of us on our special day and relieving our stress. I couldn’t have asked for more.

In a panic, we contacted Constance when the venue for my son’s wedding was suddenly no longer available a couple of months before the date. We now had to turn a cattle ranch — which, no matter what I did still looked and smelled like a cattle ranch –into a wedding venue.
Constance was AMAZING! She turned a little deck near the pond into a ceremony site covered in garlands and flowers… she had potted flowers (that the kids can plant in their yard) everywhere, taking the «golden hills of California» (dried grass) and blending them with such an array of blue and yellow flowers that they looked like the background that perfectly enhanced the images for the kids pictures! Then, because we were faced with that unexpected rain forecast, Constance turned the inside of the rented tent into a fantasy wonder-​world of color and unexpected beauty!
Her imagination in designing the «over-​the-​top» flowers that our Bride & Groom wanted was perfection! We have had so many compliments on the flowers I can’t possibly describe them here… the comment that has become the thread amongst the neighbors (many of whom have kids of wedding age) is that we have set the bar for ALL future parties and WOW! how high we set it…
I can’t thank Constance enough for ALL of her help! Not only does she do a fantastic job with the flowers, but she works with all of the vendors to coordinate everything and make for minimal stress on the wedding party.
If you are looking for a florist with an incredible sense of design; the ability to create an extra-​ordinary experience for you and your guests; professionalism and the connections to help you get the most for your money — check out Constance and Sunshine Flowers — you won’t be disappointed!

Just looking at Constance’s website made us feel sure — she is The One! And, that impression was confirmed when she came to meet us — she just embodies everything that one could imagine as to do with flowers!
She is bright, cheerful and carries sunshine in her very self! (a perfectly named company!)
She listened to what my daughter and her fiancé envisioned for their wedding — and understood immediately — lending her vast knowledge and experience to make the vision a reality.
When the day dawned, she arrived with her assistant, and together they created — I can only describe it as — magic!
The bridal bouquet was more beautiful and perfect then we could have ever imagined — and that held true also for the bouquets for the flower girls, mothers, and the boutonnieres for the groom and groomsmen. She had beautiful rose petals to scatter on the aisle, and she wove delicate tendrils and flowers over the door, around the Chuppah, little bouquets on the chairs… everywhere was transformed to an absolute dream of delicate colors and form — more then any of us could have even dreamed of.
It is important to say too, that we had a limited budget — and she was completely at ease and happy to work within that budget — and still create a complete wonderment of flowers.
Another thing — she was to take some flowers to the restaurant where we were to go after the ceremony. When she arrived — there were no restaurant staff on hand to help her, as had been promised. So she single-​handedly arranged all the flowers there as well — so beautifully, that on entering the room, all the guests gasped (yet again!) at the beautiful arrangements — including a huge heart-​shaped arrangement of the most beautiful flowers you could imagine.
One more thing — the photographer had omitted to take some photos of the bride on her own — so four days later she returned, and had with her a bouquet that Constance had perfectly re-​created in every detail — so that the photos were in every way a replica of how they would have been on the day (only better probably, as the bride was more relaxed!)
Constance really is an amazing and above all — delightful — person. She was an absolute joy to work with. Every single detail of the flower arrangements was perfect– and perfectly beautiful. I honestly have never seen more beautiful flowers more skillfully, sensitively arranged.
I cannot recommend her highly enough.

I don’t take exception to Conni describing my review as a rant. I think I would say it’s a humorous rant, but just rant will suffice.
But I do take exception to Conni calling it inaccurate. Every problem I describe in my review is the absolute truth. I’m a librarian. I keep notes. It’s in my blood. I can’t help it.
Plus, I have the pictures that show me without flowers before the wedding. AND I have the paperwork I filled out for her with all the instructions written out (that ultimately weren’t followed). Yes, I still have the paperwork (see librarian note above). Multiple copies. Because she kept losing them. For real.
* Conni NEVER called to finalize anything with me. I had to call her.
* She did lose our paperwork. She did tell me her computer crashed.
* She did tell us she would be out of town the week before the date.
* She did NOT deliver the flowers to where I was getting ready.
* The flowers were NOT the colors I specified.
* She did not deliver all the boutonnieres.
* She did charge us without sending a final invoice (so, like, I could see if she charged us for the missing boutonnieres, maybe?)
* And she did reply to my email with «did you send me an email?» I still have the email. Really.
Having said all that, the flowers were lovely. Truly. I think Conni’s probably an excellent florist. She even uses a picture from my wedding on her website. She should. It’s a good picture.
But doing «business» with her was stressful. My words of caution go to the bride who is super particular and wants her vendors to follow her instructions to the letter. That was not MY experience with Sunshine Flowers in 2006.
As a little side rant (’cause I’m good at that) I have to say, I’m a little pissed she would even try to respond to this review since I’m pretty sure she doesn’t even remember who I am. So how would she know if it was inaccurate or not?
But, I’d be more than happy to go over it all in detail if Conni wants to discuss it with me personally (since we never did get a chance to do that at the time due to, let’s say, technical difficulties). I’m sure she has all my contact information on file, as she remembers so clearly what actually took place. :-)

SUNSHINE FLOWERS MADE OUR WEDDING DAY WONDERFUL!
We were married in Calistoga, CA on May 23^rd and since we live in Chicago, we were not able to meet or have any appointments before flying out for the wedding 3 days before. We were so pleased with how helpful Constance made it for us to be long distance and just show up with the assurance that us and our guests would be wowed. And we all were. We were also planning last minute and Constance was not fazed and took it all in stride. As my hubby said, we were hoping for «this doesn’t suck» and our family and friends all said it was the best wedding they had ever been to. We were quite happy with that.

My husband and I were married in April and used Sunshine Flowers. Constance was great and was able to pull off my vision of what I wanted the flowers to look like. We were very happy with our flowers and they lasted for quite some time after the wedding. I would, and alrady have, recommended Sunshine Flowers to my friends. With great flowers at a reasonable price, you won’t be disappointed