Elegant By Design

Carla is FABULOUS! She put together such beautiful bouquets for myself and maid of honor. She is very reasonably priced and creative with her designs. HSe was very easy to work with and made the process very enjoyable.

I was overall not thrilled with Karla Flores. We met a few times and I was very excited to work with her as the trial went GREAT and the flowers were beautiful. However, on the day of the wedding she didn't even come...as she said she would and sent 2 assistants whom I hadn't even met. I was unhappy with my bouquet and had nobody to fix it so was stuck with something I didn't like. Karla didn't include everything she proposed in the contract and my peonies were MIA!!! grrr. She never even called to do a follow up to see how things went. Overall, very bizarre to me as I thought she was going to be great. Would NOT use her again.

Karla at Elegant By Design in Newport Beach did the flowers and several key decor elements for my daughter's wedding. We felt a wonderful rapport with her at our very first meeting. We found Karla extremely easy to work with, enthusiastic yet always "real" while also being very intuitive in developing our decor concept. A huge plus was that she was super conscientious about delivering the most beautiful presentation for our money making very honest and well-thought out suggestions. On the day of the wedding she and her team arrived early and did they ever get the job done! Every venue was beautifully "dressed" with gorgeous flowers and decor perfectly timed for everything to look at its "peak." The colors, blooms, arrangements, candles and sculpture placements right down to the tiniest detail of making sure that a "crystal" was nestled in the "koru" at the place settings for the bride and groom at their sweetheart table, which, by the way, was decorated with an "over-the-top" floral arrangement that was cleverly "recycled" from the ceremony arbor and was a crowd favorite during the reception ~ it all just brought "oohs," "ahhs" and smiles the entire day. The bridal bouquet was gorgeous as were all the wedding party flowers and they all held up beautifully all day long and beyond. A big highlight was the "Candy Station" which Karla took charge of and set up in the same "sand box" on the cocktail hour terrace that first held our escort cards. (Again, very cleverly letting a decor element do "double duty" in a seamless fashion.) She provided all the beautiful containers which she and her team arranged and filled with wonderful candies in the wedding colors. Not to leave any detail undone, she also made sure to write the bride and groom's names in the sand. It was the stunning surprise out on the terrace at sunset which our guests were delighted to discover after our meal service. We left it to Karla and our Wedding Co-Ordinator/Planner, Lisa Moon, to make the final decor and placement decisions on the day of the wedding as to what would look best and, I have to say, they made all the right ones. All the details, both big and small were perfection. Karla gets 5+++++ stars from us. I would have her do the flowers and decor at any event I planned - in a heartbeat because she truly is someone who, not only works hard, but does it with a lot of heart. She and her team was absolutely wonderful. We "heart" them so much!

Denise from Elegant By Design was very professional. She went over all the possibilities that she offered with me and gave me advice about what to use and what not to use. She allowed me to look at all her different fabrics for chair coverings and showed me exactly how the chair coverings would look on one of her own chairs. She went over her books with me and showed me different types of ideas for ceiling decor and table decor. She worked with the manger at my reception site to be sure that the decor I wanted at the reception could be done before she promised them to me. She was great!

I honestly had no trouble with Elegant by Design, everything went perfect and the flowers were beautiful! They arrived at the wedding sight two hours ahead of time and were very helpful! They made my wedding day so memorable! The flowers were totally worth the price!

Karla and her team were fabulous! They exceeded my expectations in every way! The ceremony site was incredible and the reception site was breathtaking. All of her ideas were amazing and I was soooo happy with the way it all turned out from the head table to the seating card table! She had an amazing idea on how to display our very unique cake and everyone raved about how it all looked, even taking pictures with it! I have already recommended her to many friends who have now been her clients as well.

Elegant By Design was a wonderful vendor to work with. I met Karla a couple of times there and she is a very creative professional woman who is also very pleasant to work with. When I told Karla what my vision was she made it happen and then some. They designed for me the most beautiful flower arangements. I was impressed because I know that my request was somewhat challenging. I had red flowers with black and white polks dots and I was a little nervous of the designs turning out to look tacky because too much of anything could make that whole idea fall apart. They were gorgeous and I got so many compliments on the flowers. I adored my bouque and I would absolutely recommend this vendor to a friend.

I would not recommend this florist. I worked with Karla and she seemed to know exactly what I wanted. However, after I left her office she forgot everything we talked about. I had to review the quote at least 5 times with her before she got it right (or so I thought). But on the wedding day, she still got it wrong. Plus, the tea lights didn't fit in the candle holders so she turned them on their side which looked really tacky.

I was very happy with my wedding flowers. Karla was able to capture my vision for beautiful wedding flowers. I am pretty picky when it comes to flowers and the quality of the blooms were excellent and the artistry was outstanding. i received a lot of compliments on my flowers. Elegant by design is pricey, but i found it worth the experience with them.

Let me start by saying my flowers were absolutely beautiful. My bouquet was perfect along with the bridesmaids "flower purse bouquets" and all the arrangements too. However, the florists didn't show up until 30 minutes before the ceremony was to start when I was promised they would be there at least an hour and a half in advance, the guests were already there and watched as all the flowers were put into place. It was a nightmare! I was in tears, hysterical and panicked thinking I wasn't going to have any flowers at my wedding. Karla, the organizer at Elegant by Design, was unreachable. She was not answering her phone at all and we couldn't get a hold of anyone. It was a bride's worst fear come true. I didn't have a wedding planner and had done it all myself and so my mom was calling and calling but we never got an answer, not even after the wedding did we get a call for an apology. Some girls from the shop finally showed up but they got a piece of our mind upon arrival. Once everything was said and done, it all looked beautiful but wasn't worth the stress it caused me on what was supposed to be the happiest day of my life.Not to mention, I was quoted one price that I thought was reasonable at the beginning and by the end, it had jumped somewhere around $800.00 even though I had cut out some of the bridal party's flowers because not all my family could show up.

Karla is absolutely a dream to work with! Her creativity and talent for design never cease to amaze me. Aside from her ability to design awe inspiring pieces, Karla's personality is as beautiful as her flowers.
-Danielle with Fusion Linens

They are very professional and exceptional to work with. Their designs are exquisite.