The Gala Gal, Floral & Event Design, LLC

My daughter and I came to Cheri at Gala Gal after a very disappointing meeting at our reception venue florist team. We were required to use the venue’s florist. However, the mock ups were shockingly expensive, 7 to 8 times the cost of the flowers and they missed one of the arrangements that my daughter has especially wanted. We decided to find another florist for our bridal party and the church decorations. We were referred to Cheri through a friend of my daughter.
We were immediately taken with her warm personality and her enthusiasm and love for flowers and weddings. We decided to use her for our church decorations and bridal party flowers because she not only took the time to find out exactly what colors and flowers my daughter liked from pictures, but she took us to the wholesale flower shop to see other flowers so that we could get a better idea of the variety and selection that would work for the fall wedding. Due to the size of the wedding party she also explained which flowers would be beautiful and not as expensive. Cheri’s prices were so reasonable, I was very pleasantly surprised. That does not happen very much in the wedding process. We also used Cheri to prepare mock ups of flower arrangements for our reception so that we could coordinate between the two florists. She was detailed and efficient and helped us brainstorm on what would work best.
The day of the wedding finally came and when we saw the bouquets, the arrangements for the church, and the pew decorations, we were all THRILLED. It was stunningly beautiful. Cheri and her team were such a help to us at the church as well. She is amazing. We had many, many compliments on the flowers. We highly recommend her to anyone for any event.
Teresa Wagner

Everything my mom said is true, Cheri you were such a blessing for me and my wedding. I cried when you handed me my bouquet and I am still getting compliments on the decorations and flowers. The Bouquets just made the pictures, I can't tell you how you made my wedding day perfect. As I was tucked away about to walk with my dad down the asile, Cheri stood by my side and kept me calm and said the kindest words to me. Cheri I LOVE YOU and you will get many referrals from me.

Alecia (Wagner) Zuehlke

Cheri had so much knowledge to share with us about the unique types of flowers that are available which would provide the most color and impact, as well as value. Anyone can make a gorgeous arrangement when cost is not a factor! And believe me, our venue's floral charge was outrageous for what we received! I am always happy to pay for a job well done and while we were not trying to skimp on the floral budget, it was difficult to understand the rationale behind paying a seriously outrageous markup. Cheri took care of all the decor at the church- the altar arrangements, pew markers, all bouquets, boutonieres, and entry arrangements - were each breathtaking. She worked tirelessly to make everything look amazing, creatively using the more expensive arrangements in the most prevalent and highly-photographed areas. Beyond her floral talent, she has such a gift for working with people and gave us so much peace of mind. She shared with us her artistry, her skill, and most important of all, integrity. I highly recommend her work.

Cheri was like my fairy god mother.. anything I asked and wished for she delivered!! There is no words to express how much I LOVED my flowers!! The guest were WOWED with the whole design of the overall room .. Thank you for being a part of our special day..


With much love,

Natalia & Joseph

Cheri at the Gala Gal was absolutely AMAZING. From the first time I met her, I felt that I could trust her with my wedding. When I was having issues with my coordinator, Cheri stepped in and put me at ease by basically going behind my coordinator and double-checking everything. She is so friendly and professional and really SAW my vision. She made sure she stayed within my budget and told me honestly if something would put me over. Cheri made time to meet with me many times during the planning to make sure everything was current and on track. I honestly think I just enjoyed her company more than I needed help! :) She supplied my linens, my flowers, and even offered coordinating services. Unfortunately, I was tied in with the coordinator my venue supplied because I would have LOVED to have her there to oversee the day. On the day of my wedding, she arrived on time, the flowers were fresh and gorgeous! We had a miscommunication (on my part... I was a mess) and I didn't get a toss bouquet, but it was a very easy fix and Cheri was very quick to rectify the situation.

I will be referring EVERYONE I know to the Gala Gal!!!

We used Cheri for our flowers as well as our day of coordinator and it was a great decision. I told her I wanted pink and she gave me PINK! She was willing to listen to what I wanted which was very important. We had three types of centerpieces and all of them were different and lovely. She was very helpful throughout the process. Though we ended up spending around $200 more than what we had originally hoped for her prices still came in lower than Central Market.

Cheri is an absolute pleasure to work with! She is easy-going, very open to new ideas, and creative in her approach to floral design. She met with my fiance and I to discuss our ideas and design board, and helped me narrow down my hundreds of ideas to concrete, absolutely gorgeous designs. My wedding bouquet was unique and fun - exactly as I had asked for and I loved it so much I barely put it down on our wedding day. Our guests are still complimenting us on the mixtures of colors and textures within Cheri's gorgeous table pieces. Our flowers were better than I even imagined and I highly recommend Cheri at The Gala Gal for all your floral needs!

I did not want traditional wedding flowers. I wanted the look of a bouquet that was freshly picked from a field. She really listened to me and was able to execute everything perfectly! She used thistle, lamb's ear, succulents, star of Bethlehem, and some other flowers/plants so obscure I couldn't identify them (which I LOVED!) in my bouquet. The centerpieces were breathtaking with pussy willow & wisteria. Cheri is a sweet, gregarious person and fun to work with. I would recommend her to everyone who is looking for a talented florist who doesn't stick to one look or genre.

As the MOB, I was starting to panic as the time ticked off to 1 month til showtime and God sent me the perfect person to help and keep me sane!! Cheri was professional, helpful without being pushy, very knowledgable about what would and would not work well!! She was always available to answer the tons of questions I had and never once made me feel like it was a "dumb" one. If you are a first-time MOB, you need Cheri. You can trust her with every little detail and all the while she's making sure that you are having fun getting it planned. We found her so personable that we hired her to be our day-of and she handled it all with grace and patience!! Her floral work went above and beyond what I had expected. I cannot recommend her enough.

The Gala Gal was fantastic! She knows what looks good at weddings and what goes where. The linens were beautiful as were the flowers she provided. She was very flexible to fit the needs and style of wedding we wanted. Highly recommend her for wedding and floral events.

Cheri is the best! Her work is amazing. She listens to what you want, and goes above and beyond to make it all happen! You will never regret having her make your wedding fantastic.

Cheri was amazing! I just told her our colors and what I had in mind in very general terms, and she made everything perfect and stress-free for me. Not only were the flowers and linens absolutely beautiful, but Cheri herself was a hit with my wedding party, who just enjoyed talking with her.

You will regret not have The Gala Gal be your florist! She is amazing! Not only does she make your wedding flower dreams come true-she also takes care of details you wouldn't even imagine possible. She is professional, caring, can replicate any picture you bring her, dependable and simply the best. She will work with ANY budget, too! So, cross finding a florist off your wedding list of things to do and get The Gala Gal before she gets booked!

Cheri at GalaGal is fantastic. She was extremely helpful, not only on the floral arrangements, but also offered tips on other areas of the wedding. She took the time to really find out what my daughter wanted. We didn't have a large budget for flowers, but Cheri used it to the fullest, and gave us arrangements and bouquets that looked like they cost a lot more!

Cheri Grant is awesome. She is very very good at understanding the look and style you are going for. She genuinely cares about making your big day special. I gave her alot of freedom with my flowers, trusting her, and she did not let me down. She actually created decorations and flower pieces that were more perfect than I could have imagined. And with her experiences as a wedding planner, she helped my ceremony go very smoothly and helped put me at ease about everything going well. On top of all this, Cheri's beautiful creations are very affordable. I would definetly recommend Cheri to anybody looking to greatly enhance their special day.

Cheri was wonderful!! She was really flexible and came up with great ideas that fit my budget. I was so impressed with how everything turned out!! :-) I have already recomended her to several people and will continue to do so!

Cheri is amazing! She creates beautiful floral arrangements on any budget.

Fantastic florals!!! We had just one consultation with Cheri, of the Gala Gal, who took all of our suggestions and style to heart and created gorgeous and unique bouquets for our wedding. It was exactly what we were looking for in terms of color, uniqueness, and price!! The bouquets looked gorgeous as the center piece of our altar and cake table! Cheri was incredibly responsive and easy to work with.

I would highly recommend this service for any future brides.

Alanna is simply amazing!!! Our wedding couldn't have gone on without her hard work---best wedding planner two brides could ask for! Alanna met with us several months before our wedding, sent out regular reminders for our vendors and timeline and orchestrated a seamless wedding rehearsal, ceremony, and reception. If anything went awry with our vendors or guests, we didn't know it. Because of Alanna we thoroughly enjoyed our special day!

I can't say enough about how wonderful Alanna is. She is graceful, calm, organized and always wears a smile--she'll immediately put you at ease and work with you to create the wedding of your dreams. Not only that, but her rates are affordable!

We love you Alanna!!

Cheri spent time with my daughter and I to get an idea of what type of flowers my daughter liked, the type of arrangements she liked and the colors she wanted to have at the wedding. The arrangements and bouquets were absoliutely gorgeous and better than we could have imagined. We could not have asked for anything more - we were very pleased.

The arrangements were inspiring! Cheri was amazing to work with and delivered above our expectations!

The Gala Gal was outstanding and I would recommend them to anyone. They are attentive to detail, quick to respond to email, knowledgeable about their product and truly care about your wedding.

The Gala Gal,Floral & Event Design team made are day carefree and run smoothly.The flowers where breathtaking everyone loved.We had a budget to work with and a she made me feel like I got everything that I dreamed of.There attention to detail is what I really remember over all.Stop stressing and call them girl LOL

I can't rave enough about the beautiful flowers and decor that that Gala Gal provided for the most memorable day of my life, my wedding day! Cheri was such a blessing and my bouquet was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L. She provided the perfect touch from the aisle petals, to the cake toppers.

Cheri was a God send for our wedding. Our daughter had unique tastes and she was able to capture that perfectly in her flowers and decor. She took the time to ask questions and truly listened to my daughters vision. She directed all of our vendors and took every ounce of stress off of us the day of the wedding. We were able to truly enjoy the wedding without worry!! Thanks Cheri for being the professional that you are and making our girls dream wedding come true!!!!!!

Incredible! Our wedding went off without a hitch. She took care of everything and it was beautiful. We didn't have to worry about a thing on our wedding day. We just enjoyed the ceremony and the reception. She had everything running flawlessly. We could not have asked for a more comprehensive approach to the planning before the ceremony or a more well structured system during the actual ceremony. We could not have done it without her. She took everything we wanted and dreamed of and turned it into reality, and a at a good price. Beautiful arrangements and colors that didn't overwhelm the space. Played perfectly off of the surroundings and the venue. Everything looked natural and perfect. Couldn't ask for much more than that.

My wedding was absolutely beautiful, and it could NEVER have happened without Cheri! She was fantastic. She listened to what I wanted, and always made sure that we were on the same page despite what anyone else told her. When I arrived at the venue for my wedding, I got to take it all in, and did not have to worry for a second about changing anything. It was perfect. She is the reason that I got to enjoy my wedding day stress-free. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking for a wedding decorator!

Cheri at The Gala Gal was seriously one of the best vendors we used for our wedding. She went above and beyond anything we hoped for and was so friendly and definitely caught my "vision". She offered great tips and advice and our flowers were absolutely beautiful - ceremony decor, bouquets, bouts, everything. Everyone raved about our flowers and how awesome they looked. I really can't say enough good things about her, and I would HIGHLY recommend her to any bride in the Austin area.

She had a lot of fun ideas and was very helpful when I was picking out my flowers!

You tell the Gala Gal what you want, and she will deliver. Bring ideas and pictures when you meet to discuss and plan. She will make your ideas come to life! The Gala Gal is very prompt in returning phone calls and emails, and very available.

Cheri was awesome to work with! Not only does she keep your budget in mind and tries to find the best deals, her work is excellent as well!

The wedding was absolutely perfect. I wouldn't change a thing! I wish that I could have had more time with every one but the gala girl did a phenomenal job!

Cheri is a pleasure to work with. Her passion for her work is very evident when you talk with her.

The floral designs she created for the wedding and reception were gorgeous. Her pricing was one of the best out of all the vendors....

I would highly recommend giving Cheri the opportunity to create magic for your special day!!!

Cheri at Gala Gal was awesome! Being that most of my wedding was DIY, I was going to make the bouquets and do all the arrangements on my own. About two weeks before the wedding, someone wiser than I suggested I just go sit down and meet w/ Cheri because they had worked with her in the past and loved her work. I figured, why not?
It was a really good decision. Once I sat down with her I realized that I couldn't even come close to making the gorgeous bouquets she showed me, and I fell in love with her bouquets! So - two weeks before the wedding she came through with flying colors. She was able to meet all of our needs, and for a really affordable price since I was on a budget. Plus, she was just fun to work with, and helped me to envision my bouquet and the boutonnieres, which were one of my favorite elements of the wedding.

The flowers were phenomenal! Probably the only decision I made for the wedding that I was completely happy with (aside from my husband ;) ). Cheri did an amazing job, she was extremely sweet and very easy to work with. She went out of her way to be helpful and went way above and beyond what I expected. My reception hall said that they would take care of a lot of the decor, but when it came down to it, they didn't have much and didn't care to make it any better. Cheri picked up the slack and made it look great. She just took care of it, and took a lot of the stress out. I would definitely use her again if I had another event and will recommend her services to my friends. The Gala Gal, Cheri Grant... she's the best.

Cheri with Gala Gal was WONDERFUL to work with. She made the process easy and affordable. She spent time with me coming up with ideas, and nailed my vision of "a twist on the traditional". I can't forget to mention that she spent time helping me with wedding planning when she found out that I was doing it on my own and felt overwhelmed. She is AMAZING. Her flower designs are AMAZING.

It's a no-brainer to hire her to do your flowers!

Cheri was a wonderful florist! She is a little tardy to respond to email sometimes but don't worry, she comes through. Our flowers were amazing, and they were exactly what we wanted. We don't know a lot about flowers but she had a great vision and helped us translate what we wanted into a cohesive beautiful event. She is also super friendly and reliable. Her service was way beyond what we expected with our budget, I'm so glad we found her!

So helpful. Stayed and pinned on corsages and boutineers, instead of just dropping off and disappearing. Kindly offered, for no extra fee, to set out favors at each place setting at reception venue. Reception was decorated as expected with no surprises and she was prompt on returning to clean everything up. It was so nice just to turn it over to her and not have to do anything but enjoy ourselves. She went beyond the norm by replacing a table covering the venue provided with one of her own because she didn't think it would be what we wanted and she was right. She provided professional service at a very reasonable price and I would not hesitate to use her services again.

I was first introduced to Cherie, founder and Designer of the Gala Gal by a great friend of mine, who had nothing but amazing words to say about this lady! How lucky I was to have met someone who was so knowledgeable in understanding EXACTLY what I was trying to explain verbally by phone. She topped my ideas and still even made it precisely the exotic-Asian inspired floral arrangement that created a show stopping, focal point for my special event's theme. The vibrant colors, the different tones and textures, and sheens of her choices to collaborate these individual pieces of the floral arrangement she created, all worked together so well and even accentuated my table scape design and food catered by my business at our very important event! Compliments were thrown out at me left and right for my incredible taste, I'm embarrassed to say that I even thanked each passer-byer as they Oohed and Awwhed and had credited me for this gorgeous work that only a true artist like herself could envision and produce so seamlessly. She just gets it, and that alone is hard to come by. Many will pretend that they have your best interest but Cherie can not because she doesn't have to. Her incredible open-minded perception is what I truly believe allows her to showcase of gift of creativity in the most beautiful and elaborate ways.

Her warm and welcoming personality gave me a sense of comfort and ease as I loved that doing business with her could still feel so personable and yet professional at the same time. Cherie's turn around time is just as fascinating as the beautiful masterpieces she creates for all special occasions. Since being so impressed by her skills and talent, I have since then referred her amazing work to our future brides to be. As well as our every day clients, who wish to add in those special, very uniquely, individual touches of soft sophistication, to pull together any event's...

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The Gala Gal is one of the most amazing florist I have ever worked with. Cheri's style is hip with a little Austin flare. Give her a try, I promise you won't be disappointed!

Cheri at Gala Gal is amazing! We have worked together on many projects and weddings! She has an incredible talent! She cares so much about your event and wants it to be perfect! You will get 100% when choosing Gala Ga for your next floral needs!

Cheri and Alanna are just wonderful! I am always blown away by their style, attention to detail, and service. It is such a treat to have them at my venue for a wedding, because I know everything is going to be flawless.