Sanddollars Floral

Makiko Epling at Sanddollar Floral did my wedding last week at Koolau Ballrooms including my bouquet, 3 bridesmaid bouquets, and leis for our parents and grooms party. She suggested hair flowers instead of boutinneires since our grooms were wearing leis. Makiko went out of her way to deliver the hair flowers to us the day before the wedding so our hair/make-up person could put them in for us. The leis and bouquets were gorgeous and beautiful...exactly like the photo I sent her. Makiko is so friendly and helpful. She clearly loves her profession. We are so thankful and happy that we found her! Thank you so much!

Wow, Makiko the owner of SandDollars Floral is amazing and so talented! She went above & beyond for all the flowers at my wedding. The bridesmaid bouquet, bridal bouquet, ceremony arch, boutonnieres and leis were ALL so pretty. I was so excited when the bouquets arrived in my hotel room and couldn't stop looking at them the whole night!! The bridesmaid bouquets were the perfect size and my bridal bouquet although large was just so beautiful!! I got many compliments from my guests at how well the arch was decorated. I would definitely recommend SandDollars florals to any bride!! She will not disappoint you!!!! Check out her instagram for inspiration. My initial contact with Makiko was through email. Although she is busy, she is prompt at responding to my emails & speaking to me over the phone. Makiko and one other florists were the ONLY 2 that got back to me. I'm not sure if this is a Hawaii/Island/"Too Good For You" deal, but the other florists didn't care to respond to my inquiries.. even after following up twice. Anyways, working with Makiko was a great decision! I gave her the few photos of what I wanted and she worked her magic with the color combination. She is also very flexible with budget, style and delivery times. Everything worked out great. The day after the wedding, we were headed to the North Shore... I loved the bouquets so much that I took with me a bridesmaid bouquet & my bridal bouquet for the car ride :)

I cannot say enough amazing things about Makiko at Sanddollars floral! In planning our destination wedding, i had another florist back out on my last minute and Makiko came to my rescue! She was so easy to work work and executed my vision to perfection in regards to my Haku lei and bridal bouquet! She sent me pictures along the way asking which flowers i preferred and i could not be more ecstatic with the flowers! Thank you Makiko, she would be my go to florist in Honolulu if we lived there!

I just had my wedding last night, and I will never forget how beautiful my bouquet was. Makiko is such a wonderful florist and I really enjoyed her as a human being and as a florist. She made a beautiful tier dropped bouquet with my really difficult wedding colors of coral and navy. During our first consultation she was so knowledgeable about the type of flowers I should use, which was great because I have no clue. She also really customized my bouquet to my dress, put wires on flowers so they could go in my hair, and made great boutineers (sp?). Up to the wedding she was easy to speak to about changes and updates.Seriously - if you need a florist that you can trust to make something beautiful and special for you, Makiko is someone you should get in touch with. I would recommend her in a heartbeat.

We loved working with Makiko! We weren't sure what kinds of flowers we wanted, but Makiko helped us talk through what we were looking for and narrow it down. She was both creative in helping us come up with ideas (and even some great alternatives for wedding decorations), and flexible in making it happen while working with our budget. We absolutely loved our flowers on our big day -- everything turned out exactly as we wanted. We highly recommend Sanddollars Floral!

Makiko, the owner of SandDollars Floral is an amazing florists! Even if you don't know flowers, she can help you find what you want. Her work is so elegant. I would never work with another florist.

I just love Sanddollars Floral Makiko the owner is so talented with flowers, I have used her on a number of occasions and she has always comes through with amazing flower arrangements.

Makiko did the bridal bouquet, bridesmaids bouquets, boutonnieres, and the arch for our wedding. From the very beginning, she was extremely helpful and understanding. I really had no idea what I was looking for as far as flowers--she helped me figure out what it was that I wanted and delivered! All of the flowers were beautiful and perfect. Our wedding was in Kaneohe and, of course, it rained on the morning of the wedding. Makiko and her staff were out there fixing the arch after the rain. She stayed out there even after it began to pour again and again to make sure the arch looked right for our outdoor wedding.She was also able to work with our budget and offer suggestions that were just right for the look and theme that we were going for. I cannot recommend Sanddollars Floral enough! Mahalo, Makiko!

Makiko, the owner of Sandollars Floral is AMAZING!!! She definitely deserves 5 stars! She meets up with you in person and gets an idea of your wedding theme, then finds the perfect flowers for you! She pays attention to detail and is thorough in her work. She goes above and beyond for her clients. I had no idea what to do for my centerpieces so she let me borrow her beautiful lanterns and created a masterpiece! Her artistic talents, work ethic, and passion to help you for your wedding day or event is one of a kind! I highly recommend her!

We started working with Makiko about 6 months out from our wedding. She was extremely helpful and sent us lots of photos for suggestions based on our tropical themed wedding. We selected flowers that were difficult to roundly shape for bouquets so Makiko was very creative in coming up with a way to make it work. She also gave us lots of advice on what type of flowers would hold up the longest and which ones wilted the fastest. A few days before the wedding, many of our flowers arrived from the distributor and were not the right color. Makiko notified us immediately and recommended several solutions and managed to find the right color on the island all in time for the big day. Our trellis and aisle looked amazing with white and orange leis and all our guests commented on how beautiful the arrangements were. Makiko was very pleasant to work with and we met her at one of her other jobs so we could see her work and discuss last minute details in person. In addition to being great to work with, Sanddollars is also very reasonably priced. We'd be happy to send pics of our wedding and speak with anyone considering hiring Sanddollars.Wendy & Nick