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BTS: A Day in the Life of A Travelling Wedding Florist

Hey lovebirds!

As most of you know, we cater to adventurous couples everywhere! As the business has grown and we reach more and more of our people, we have had the pleasure of planning, coordinating, designing and providing wedding flowers all over the country! We are looking forward to expanding into destination weddings but for now, our home country is more than sufficient. We have clients in Vegas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, DC, Virginia, Arkansas, really all over the place! Doing what we love is amazing and we when asked how far we will go, we answer simply “we will travel for love.”



Of course, all growth has its challenges! We have been asked a lot by our followers how we can provide wedding flowers on the road. Planning and stationary seems pretty straight forward thanks to the internet and postal service, but flowers are considered a local vendor to most people. This is such a fun question because it gives us an excuse to take you behind the scenes with us on the road! This was not always as easy as we make it look. But 4 years in, we have perfected our process and network. Here is your free, backstage pass to our behind the scenes process!



Typically our approach to travelling wedding flower jobs is simple:

  1. Scope out the area around the venue

    • We are looking for a place to sleep and a place to design. That’s it lol.

  2. Connect with local studios and freelancers.

    • We may need staff for the wedding or cooler space so we connect with flower friends or family (thanks military relationships) to make sure we have access to the space we need when we arrive.

  3. Arrive 2-3 days early.

    • We have the flowers shipped to us wherever we have chosen to stay and/or design. We have an amazing network of growers and wholesalers so we can get pretty much anything no matter where we bed down!

  4. Process and chill

    • This is the fun part! Once we process the flowers we have a day or so to let them bloom. We check in with the couple and otherwise just hang out! If we have family or friends in the area we visit and if not we just see the sights!

  5. Arrange

    • The day before the wedding we turn the space into a design factory and get busy! We can handle a medium wedding order for about 125 guests in about 4 hours with two people.

  6. Deliver!

    • On wedding day we deliver personal flowers, set arrangements, and build installations. We stay for the flip if we need to and tear it down if we are contracted to do that. If not, we generally spend the night in town doing more fun stuff before heading home in the morning!

That is really it! Wedding flowers are always a 3-4 day job so when we say you are looking behind the scenes at wedding day, we generally mean wedding week. This is why we choose to limit how many clients we take. We love all of our followers but we want to give the best service to every client we sign! Take a look at some of our creations on the road and let us know where you want to journey for your big day! You can also follow us on Instagram and Tik Tok where we post a lot of our adventures. Peace and Love until next time xoxo Cillia <3