Les Bouquets - Wedding Flowers Saint Louis

As a professional artist, floral designer, Melinda Roeleveld, expresses her expertise in design, color and harmony not only in her paintings, but in her love for floral design. Having lived in Europe for more than ** years (** in The Netherlands), Melinda fell in love with flowers. Coming home from the market each week with a large bunch of fresh tulips or ranunculas was normal. "I am a people person, so creating beautiful bouquets and arrangements combines my love of art, flowers and people. I love this work and feel very fulfilled doing it." Presently Melinda concentrates on weddings, however creating commissioned pieces for Valentine's Day, birthdays, sympathy, corporate needs, etc. is growing as well. "I desire to create artistic, unique, quality floral designs for every budget and I take the time to think through ideas (draw lots of sketches) that fit my clients' personality and style. That alone is an art in itself, but I love the challenge of serving my customers the best I can." Melinda believes there is no end to the possibilities in floral design. Flowers are as diverse as all other aspects of God's creation, bringing beauty and joy to all.

Flowers are a very very important ingredient to your day. They are alive, fresh, fragrant, symbolic, beautiful, attention getting, colorful and are in all the pictures (especially the bridal bouquet)! However, the questions you may be asking are: What should I spend? What kinds of flowers should I use? What colors will look best? What is my style? What floral items will I need?

Advice from Melinda:

Every girl comes to me with preferences and expectations. It is my job to help you find your "look", help you narrow down your choices, and help you bring harmony and beauty to the entire day. You may want to find out ahead of time who will pay for what.

Experts say that one can expect the flowers to cost between **% and **% of the overall wedding budget, but I believe it is also about what you value. Remember, your guests should come first. Their enjoyment of the food, friends, music and the feelings they get while sitting for quite a lot of time at the table is what they come away with. If there's only a few candles on a mirror, this may communicate that the manicures, limos, jewelry, dresses, horse drawn carriages, etc. are more important than they are. Often brides leave the tables to the end of the planning when the budget is used up for everything else. I highly recommend not doing this! Even a simple basket of mums, daisies and greenery with some tapers says a lot and creates a beautiful reception centerpiece. There are so many creative ideas.....

Please contact me with any questions, however, if you are serious about using my services, please set up a free consultation meeting with me so we can talk further. I am not fond of quoting exact prices over the phone. I will email or mail you a questionnaire to fill out which will help me prepare for the meeting. Be sure to collect pictures and color swatches to bring with you to the first appointment.

I look forward to meeting you in person to hear about your wedding dreams!