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Rachel Jacobvia Google

over 1 year ago

Sarah & Mel — such a fab team, they truly compliment each other and do such a great job covering different ends of the biz. It was such a pleasure to work with them, they helped bring my vision to life and provided the exact services we needed for our wedding weekend. Shout of to Lexie too — always kind, prepared, and communicative. Thanks ladies, can’t wait to see how your biz continues to grow and thrive!

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Cassandravia Google

over 1 year ago

The Design Co made our wedding dreams become a reality! We highly recommend them for a wedding or an event. Sarah, I could say so much about your brilliance, talent, and impressive skills, but the thing you should be most proud of is how you make your couples feel comfortable and secure throughout the process. We've faced stress many times, but every time we felt overwhelmed, a chat with you always helped us relax. Your calm and kind assurance that you'd handle the details made all the difference. Our wedding day exceeded our wildest dreams, and we can't thank you enough for guiding us on what would make the biggest impact while reassuring us about the things we could live without. Mel, Thank you so much for the beautiful flowers and candles on our wedding day! We expected our bouquets and boutonnieres to be good, but when we walked down the aisle, we were absolutely floored. The floral arch at our ceremony was stunning and left us in awe. We deeply appreciate all the hard work and attention to detail you put into creating such a breathtaking display. The flowers didn't just wow us—they wowed our guests too! We received countless compliments at the reception on how beautiful and well-arranged the floral and decorations were. From the ceremony to the reception, the flowers and all the candles were a standout highlight of our big day. We can't thank you enough for the stunning arrangements. We felt super relaxed going into our wedding day knowing everything was taken care of by The Design Co team for set up and take down and kept everything organized throughout the day.

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Janika Lavergnevia Google

about 2 years ago

Sarah and Mel were absolutely wonderful to work with. Their attention to detail, eye for beauty and coordination skills are unequivocally the best. They went above and beyond in the planning of our wedding day, and on the day of - there is not a single thing they didn’t look after - from helping me last minute when my bridal hairdo became undone, calming a very nervous bride (me) with the help of Sarah’s very zen self and amazing yoga instructor skills, coordinating vendors, music, caterers - making sure we had time to ourselves to sit and enjoy - on top of just being SO friendly and so well liked by all our guests. They thought of every single aspect, and our wedding day was absolutely flawless. I cannot recommend them enough, they truly made our wedding day perfect - we could not have done this without them. Thank you Sarah and Mel, you are wedding planning experts (but also real life angels). 10/10 recommend

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deanne rowlesvia Google

about 2 years ago

Our wedding day was by the far the most special day of our lives. Sarah and Melissa literally made our dreams come true. From start to finish I could not have asked for a more dedicated visionary working to make everything happen. It was truly a magical day. The details to the design and the execution of how everything turned out was beyond expectations. We planned a non traditional wedding, and every idea we brought forward was met with an action plan and excitement. They truly thought about everything and my mind was at ease through the entire planning process and day because I knew I was in great hands. Thank you Sarah, Melissa and Design Co. for everything.

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Kris Wilgockivia Google

over 7 years ago

For my wedding, Erin Carmichael (co-owner and florist) provided us with boutonnières that died after 1 hour so we couldn't even take pictures with them. It's very disappointing since she charged us $20 for each boutonnière. When we complained, Stacey (co-owner) said: "flowers are living things and they die". When we emailed Erin some time later, she said: "I am happy to refund you" and "I will send the refund later today". But after that she ignored us and never refunded us, despite multiple reminders. Bad service. The bouquets also died after a couple hours and looked too sad for pictures. When you pay so much for flowers ($125-200 per bouquet), you want to be able to take pictures with them but our photographers said they looked too tired. And it wasn't even hot that day. Another issue we had with the florist is the backdrop behind our sweetheart table. We asked for 2 cherry blossom trees and a chandelier. She charged us $850 and the result was completely different than what we discussed. $850 for a few fake branches attached to a copper pipe, and a crooked chandelier which wasn't even on. Again, very disappointing. When we complained about it, she said: "I am very confused as to why you were unhappy with your head table backdrop" and then: "I stand behind what we provided". Floral design is way overpriced and the flowers don't last. When you complain, they get defensive and blame it on you. Their creative freedom is more important than what the bride and groom ask. Bouquet design and the centrepieces were nice.