Bloomery Flower Studio

We interviewed fellow wedding vendor Shaun Checke part owner of Bloomery Flower Studio in Boonton, New Jersey

Whats your home look like? is it covered in flowers?

We're the last ones to have flowers in our house. Yeah. Extactly. It's not, everybody always says, ‘oh, your house must be filled with flowers’ and it's not. Well, we work with them all day long, You don't really want to take it home with you.

What’s the process for a couple to come in and hire you?

You come to us, you give us some pictures. I always say today. ‘ We don't have books’ in the past, we used to have like a big book that you would open up. We don't do that anymore. You look on our Instagram and you see other work that we did that way. From there, we'll put together a good idea of what you're looking for. You give us a budget of what you're looking to spend, and we try to fit you into that budget.

Whats your favorite part of being a florist for weddings?

We love a challenge. Every single one of these weddings is a challenge to some extent. There us aways something that happens or comes up, even if you are prepared. And that's a really cool part about this as well, that you have to really be creative in what you think. Each one, I feel, is a learning experience. And I tell everyone here, that each timethat you're doing something, it's an improvement on the last time you did.

What is your favorite flower?

My favorite flower is definitely a ranunculus. It's the coolest flower out there because of the petals.They come in every color underneath the sun, and a lot of them are like combo colors. You'll get like oranges and greens together. Hot pink, yellow, we use the white ones in weddings all the time. We don't really work with flowers, we just work with colors and shapes. And that's the best part about it. You're able to put together something very cool and different every day,and that's the reason why I stuck with it.

How long have you been a florist?

I've tried everything and I kept on coming back to this. I grew up in the business. There's pictures of me as a kid next to like $9.99, a dozen roses. So it's pretty cool. I always say It's proof that I've been here forever.

Shauns laughter is contatgiouis through out the video it is apparent how much he absolutely loves his job. You can check out the video below.

Bloomery Flower Studio