Help...need funeral advice asap!

[rewolf]

Help. Need advice!
A very close friend's husband just passed away and she left a message asking me to do the flowers. I'm a wedding florist...am I even qualified to do a funeral? I mean, I know I'm a very good designer but I've never done a funeral.
What are your thoughts?

 

[lori042499]

Help. Need advice!
A very close friend's husband just passed away and she left a message asking me to do the flowers. I'm a wedding florist...am I even qualified to do a funeral? I mean, I know I'm a very good designer but I've never done a funeral.
What are your thoughts?

Funeral flowers are really no different than wedding flowers..
Casket covers are like gigantic headtable pieces...sprays are like giant pew or candelabra decor and baskets are just like alter baskets...

set pieces are a bit more different, but just mostley pave...

If you need help with pricing or tips on design just give me a call, i'll help you out..

 

[rewolf]

Thanks Lori !

 

[coppercountryflowers]

You can do it!

Don't panic. You can do it. If you can do wedding flowers, you can do sympathy flowers. Find out what she wants... see if you can get a photo, and then let us know what you have to do... casket spray... easel ... pillow ... we'll help you through it.

 

[BOSS]

BOSS's Quote of the day!

Funeral flowers are really no different than wedding flowers..

Some would say... a wedding is a funeral in some ways... :rofl:

 

[rewolf]

Some would say... a wedding is a funeral in some ways... :rofl:

Spoken like a true man....:rofl:

 

[elmo]

Mark, you bang your head one to many times.
View many photo here on FC, you'll get a great many idea's. Yes you can do it. Just focus and dive in, if you don't like what you see, start over. No one will know but you. Sometimes I find it harder to design when its some one close to me.

 

[PolyDesigner]

Yes, you can do it. If you do wedding design, then sympathy flowers will be alot easier. I have two copies of John Henry's Design Handbook on Sympathy Flowers. I'd be glad to give you these extra copies if you'd like to have them. It is a valuable tool to have in one's design library. Drop me a line and I will be more than happy to ship them to you.

 

[Palms]

katie dito what lori said, huge top table. You will be a fine, a good florist can turn their hands to most things - and you are a good florist!

 

[RWK]

Just look at this as another EVENT. Try to capture in your designs some aspect of his personality, or a hobby, or some facet of his life.

If he was a golfer.........Design something spilling out of a golf bag for instance.

Funeral are events in their own right. Treat them as such.

 

[rewolf]

Thanks for everyone's vote of confidence!
Spoke with my friend and she does not want a 'funeral look'. Ironically after reading all your posts - I was getting excited about doing a gorgeous casket spray that my little town would remember. But the deceased is being cremated.
I'll get the details later today, but my friend wants a 4' long, drippy garden style design that will sit on the altar.

 

[lori042499]

Thanks for everyone's vote of confidence!
Spoke with my friend and she does not want a 'funeral look'. Ironically after reading all your posts - I was getting excited about doing a gorgeous casket spray that my little town would remember. But the deceased is being cremated.
I'll get the details later today, but my friend wants a 4' long, drippy garden style design that will sit on the altar.

I am sure it will still be gorgeous and something your little town will remember....

 

[Tracy D'Amico]

Thanks for everyone's vote of confidence!
Spoke with my friend and she does not want a 'funeral look'. Ironically after reading all your posts - I was getting excited about doing a gorgeous casket spray that my little town would remember. But the deceased is being cremated.
I'll get the details later today, but my friend wants a 4' long, drippy garden style design that will sit on the altar.

make sure the church will allow it to sit where she is intending. Many have altar restrictions.....