Flower wristlet question

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Last week I had a wedding planner call me for a last minute wedding on 8/30.

Client/bride had another proposal from a "new florist" that was way cheap...
but she wanted another proposal. She is a mature bride..second marriage,etc.
so no bouquet....she wants a wristlet...well really a full bracelet instead.

This new florist quoted her a wristlet/bracelet made from tuber rose blooms..
(for $25 no less)...I;m not even going there...nor am I doing this event since
she wanted me to cut my prices in HALF....get real...I already have a wedding
that day. Always like to have more business..but not to do them for nothing!

OK....so here's my question....I have never done a wristlet/bracelet of tuber roses...and my 2 designers, both of whom came from the biggest,oldest florist in town...each of them with over 20 years experience have never either...in fact they just stood there at there design tables and
stared at me like I was nuts!

But now curiosity is getting to me...has anyone ever used individual tuber rose blooms on a wristlet/bracelet?
 
I haven't - nor have I heard of anyone else. Having said that - I have "threaded" stephanotis blooms onto a piece of oasis wire to create a bracelet. It looked lovely - though I wasn't happy with the lasting quality.

Anyone else??
Leah
 
I've seen alot of leis done with tuberose, my favorite flower if you haven't guessed. When I have bought Tuberose it is very fragrant and wonderful, but I have not seen them last real well, most turn brown pretty fast, so fast that not all the blooms have a chance to open and I've bought them on quite a few occasions. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with them. I did a flower bracelet for a gal and glued the blooms to ribbon and she just tied the ends together with a bow under her wrist, she was very happy with it. i shaped the ribbon around a spray can first so that the flowers would lay right after she put it on.

trish
 
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Tuberose said:
I've seen alot of leis done with tuberose, my favorite flower if you haven't guessed. When I have bought Tuberose it is very fragrant and wonderful, but I have not seen them last real well, most turn brown pretty fast, so fast that not all the blooms have a chance to open and I've bought them on quite a few occasions. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with them. I did a flower bracelet for a gal and glued the blooms to ribbon and she just tied the ends together with a bow under her wrist, she was very happy with it. i shaped the ribbon around a spray can first so that the flowers would lay right after she put it on.

trish
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I love the smell of them, and we use them often in arrangements this time of year. Smart idea about wrapping the ribbon around a spray can...what kind of flowers did you use? Did you use tuberoses?
 
I actually had to use stephanotis and then little bits of greens and filler to get it to look right. Brides mother knew what she wanted and wouldn't settle for anything less. What we don't do to make these people happy!

trish
 
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I have made bracelets out of stephanotis and hyacinth(most often), but never tuberose. We carry it, but it does turn brown quickly. I had a wholesaler tell me that those are the guard petals like roses and just peel them off. That alone is a pain in the a$$!

In order to have enough for a corsage, I think you would almost need 2 full bunches. You would only be able to use the mature bottom blooms...the rest would technically be waste (unless you recycled it in store arrangements). From a cost point of view, materials alone at retail 15 stems @$3.50 = $52.50. Even if you only charged half (because you were going to recycle the rest of the stem)...you are still more than their $25 quote, and that is no labor or additional supplies?!?!? This new florist won't be around long at this rate.
 
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