Fabbrini's Flowers

In my consultation with Jim Fabrini back in January of 2011, I was extremely impressed! I came in with just a few requests. I wanted all white flowers for the bouquets and boutonnieres and large red or pink flowers for the centerpieces. He recommended flowers for the bouquets based on the lines of my dress--lilies and then added in some tulips for the bridesmaids (as I had told him that I like tulips). For the centerpieces, we discussed that I had vases that were 6"x6"x6". I explained that I wanted one big red or fushia colored flower to sit in this on top of the crystals that I had. I explained that my only request was not to use roses. He showed me some large flowers in the cooler and suggested a particular type of orchid that would be in season--He said that these would be a shade of red or purple and that putting two of them back to back would fill the vase and look like one large flower. He also said that you would deliver these to the reception space ready to put in the vases and that he would put one in to show us. (Looking back, I now realize he steered me toward all very expensive flowers!)

I booked this on the spot and paid my deposit. My contact with him over those first couple of weeks was great! Then, I did not hear from him again again. At our first meeting, he had stated that he would contact me to meet again about a month before the wedding to finalize details. I never heard from him. I emailed him 3 weeks before the wedding and did not receive a response. I then called a few days later. He seemed to have forgotten some of the details we had previously discussed--perhaps they were not written down? However, we discussed some details, such as the specific colors to wrap the boutonnieres, and I believed that everything would be fine.

Then, the wedding day came on June 10, 2011. He delivered just the bouquets to my room. Shortly after he left, we removed them from the vases to start pictures, and we noticed that they were a bit brown and petals were starting to fall off. We also noticed that the three bridesmaid bouquets were all different sizes and lengths. By the time we finished pictures, we had lost about 1/4 of the petals, and the yellow pollen was getting all over everything. (Our photographer said that all florists he has ever worked with put wax over the pollen so that it doesn't stain the dresses.) We did what we could and turned the bouquets in a way that they would look okay for the pictures.

There was also a minor problem with the boutonnieres... The one for the groom was supposed to be wrapped in the same diamond white as my bouquet, but instead, it was wrapped in a sheer white ribbon. My father's was supposed to be wrapped in a silver/gray ribbon, but instead, it was wrapped in black.

The biggest disappointment, however, were the flowers for the centerpieces. After Jim left, a friend of mine brought up the box he had left in the reception room that contained a stem of un-cut small white orchids. This was not anything like the large red/purple orchids that he had described, and they were not even ready to put in the vases. What upset me most, however, was his response when I called. He took about 45 minutes to return my call. His tone was very rude and he also implied that this was my fault because he ordered what he had written down. This is confusing to me because I did not come in telling him to order a particular flower, but rather, I went with his recommendations. The handful of flowers (4 or 5, I think, which looked like they were from Walgreens) that he later had "his driver" deliver, because I asked him to provide us with flowers that we could use (we still had 3 hours until the wedding ceremony and 4.5 hours until the reception), were useless, as there were not nearly enough of them. So, my matron of honor's husband found a flower shop on Michigan Avenue and went out and purchased the flowers from them for our 10 centerpieces!!!

I strongly advise you to look elsewhere. Perhaps Jim Fabrini was having a bad day, week, or month, but he has not made any effort to even apologize. I requested a portion of my money back from him, and he only responded to ask for pictures of the bouquets. I sent a picture and have not heard back....

Fabbrini's Flowers was a nice place to have 1/2 of my flowers done, my centerpieces were in silk & some big pieces for the ceremony too. All of my bouquets and boutonnieres & corsages were made by Fabbrini's and were exactly what I had wanted. I was not notified when my flowers arrived at the hall so I was not able to check and make sure that everything was delivered correctly. The boutonnieres and corsages were not labeled for anyone and we didn't realize until after the ceremony that our officiant's corsage was missing as well as my throw-away bouquet. We did receive credit for them, but it was disappointing not being able to have those flowers for pictures.

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Fabbrini's Flowers did wonderful work for my recent wedding. I went in looking for a specific colored rose and they immediately knew what I was talking about. They also helped me figure out how to integrate my bold wedding colors into all aspects of my decor. I am so happy with how my ceremony and reception flowers turned out!

Very beautiful presentation of all the flowers for both the wedding and the wedding reception. Great work!

The flowers are so beautiful. They are very creative when come to design custom flowers setting for the guest table. I would recommend them.

Beautiful flowers at a very reasonable price! Lori was a pleasure to work with and had all of the details covered. We would highly recommend using Fabbrini Flowers for any floral occasion! We will definitely do business with them again in the future.

I had Fabbrini's Flowers design the table centerpieces for my reception. The arrangements turned out beautifully. The company was very easy to work with and honored all of their commitments. We also appreciated that they billed us through our reception venue, Maggiano's in Schaumburg. That made things very simple for us.

We had a good experience with our wedding florist, Fabbrini’s Flowers of Hoffman Estates. There was one minor glitch, however, and I am not sure if it was the florist’s error or not. We had ordered flowers for our parents, and we didn’t ever come across them the day of the wedding. We were not sure whether the florist forgot them, or if they were misplaced. It was disappointing, however. Anyhow, I went into Fabbrini’s Flowers not knowing at all what I wanted. The florist made some suggestions, and the bouquets were beautiful! The flowers were fresh the day of the wedding.

We used Fabbrini's Flowers out of Hoffman Estates for our wedding day florist. They were the only florist I ended up meeting with. I brought in some photos from magazines of bouquets that I loved, and the florist we met with sat down with my mom and I to review my choices. Immediately, she pulled flower types and color schemes. She understood our budget, was very helpful, didn’t pressure us in any way. The day of the wedding, the flowers were delivered on time and as expected. Overall, Fabbrini's Flowers' staff was very friendly and easy to work with.

The flowers were absolutely gorgeous and the bridal coordinator there, Jamie, was wonderful. I would definitely recommend this place!