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www.redpoppyfloral.com Fresh designs for wedding and event flowers in Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan

05/05/2026

These perfect pansies were the sweetest addition to maize and clue arrangements last week. Thank you for all the special bits!

05/01/2026

Congratulations, graduates! 💛💙

04/21/2026

Loving the little things that bring so much joy ❤️🌿

02/19/2026

Up next in my series of thoughts from proposal season: Budgets. It always feels a bit forward to ask about budget early on the consultation process. Most people don’t have much of an idea how much event flowers cost, so I get that it feels like a hard question to answer. But if you can give me a range, I can give you better advice and guidance. There are so many variables - quantities and varieties of flowers, size and cost of vases, rentals for candles, glassware, etc. When we connect, I want to hear what your design priorities are and match that with your target budget, and design a plan to get you as much of those priorities as I can in your target budget range. A mentor of mine once described asking clients if their budget is “more like $2,000 or more like $20,000” - even a ballpark helps me to pull together ideas and be efficient with your planning time. We’ll make gorgeous pieces, whether large or small 🌿

02/09/2026

Hello! In my first in a series of posts on thoughts from proposal season, I discussed “Going big” on focal pieces for your wedding. And today, it’s contrasting advice - “Go petite!” When I suggested “Going big” on the things that matter most to you, the balance is also often to create some petite, but still lovely, pieces to make sure you cover all the bases. This could be a mix of larger and more petite centerpieces, smaller boutonnieres/corsages (or it’s becoming more popular to skip these entirely, and that’s ok with me!), or smaller bridesmaid bouquets. Some centerpieces could be a petite candle collection, and especially in areas that will mostly be used in the evening in dim light (like a separate dancing space), leaning in to candles gives a lot of impact. I only make pieces that I would be happy to have at my own event, so even when I suggest a very petite centerpiece, it can be perfectly lovely and create a spark of joy on the table. Feel free to go petite in places, so you can go big in the places that matter most to you!

01/22/2026

Frigid January here in Michigan (and soon everywhere else, it seems), and its firmly proposal season, working with couples on wedding designs and planning, and I’m doing a series of thoughts on this process - themes that tend to come up during the design process and insights that I hope will help you in your planning journey.

Today I’m sharing about “Going Big!” I love to create wow moments, focal pieces, as we’re thinking about your wedding flowers. And by going big I mean more about how we prioritize within your budget than about increasing the amount. I like to learn about your floral priorities and find ways to allocate significant budget to those pieces, while maybe trimming back on things that are less important to you. You get more floral impact for your budget - a fantastic arch for your ceremony, a statement piece at your sweetheart table, an elevated design down the length of your captain’s table in the center of the room, a glorious welcome table in a grand entrance space. You and your guests will have so many pictures and memories of these pieces, and I think it’s worth making more petite centerpieces, or omitting other pieces to accomplish this. You don’t have to tick all the boxes and put flowers everywhere, you can get more impact by going big where it matters most to you.

Your thoughts and comments very welcome, and let me know anything else you’d like to hear about!

01/13/2026

Hello proposal season! I hope you are having a great start to 2026! For the wedding industry, January is firmly proposal season. And it’s kind of just perfect for Ann Arbor in January. It’s currently sleeting outside, so I’m happily pouring another cup of tea and cozying up to my laptop, brainstorming through beautiful inspiration pics and looking forward to my next call with a couple. So I thought I’ll do a little series of thoughts from proposal season over the coming weeks. No one plans wedding flowers very often, so it can be an intimidating experience. I’ll share some thoughts about preparing for a consult, things I think florists wish clients could know going into the process, ways to I try to help get the most impact in every order, budget considerations…. and what else? What would you like to know more about?

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12/23/2025

A perfect way to end the wedding season with a festive Christmas themed wedding at St. Thomas’ and the Michigan League

12/16/2025

December weddings are a special joy - and extra cozy bouquets with mittens ❄️A favorite image from .

12/04/2025

Perfect day for a sunny winter wedding! Beautiful moments from Samantha & Chance’s gorgeous winter celebration at , captured beautifully by .

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