Su-V Expressions

Sue and her team killed it at our wedding! Her flowers were beyond beautiful despite our super simple concept. She made this gorgeous six foot garland for our backdrop, a center piece for the stage, baby breath bunches for this stair railing, the center pieces for all of our tables, and she made this precious small bouquet for me. It was simple, elegant, and affordable. We were so impressed and our special day would have not looked so beautiful without her work. It was SO EASY to work with her. I only had one phone call and a couple of emails, and that was that. We will post photos of our flowers when we get our wedding photos back.

Peonies are one of my favorite flowers and when a co-worker said Su-V was having 5 for $15, I just had to check it out! Beautiful flowers in varying shades of pink and blush, opening to full blooms that are so full and romantic, you can't help but smile! Woo hoo!

Made an appointment last year with the owner, after me having to follow up again and again for a date/time (foreshadow of what was to come). we discussed the types of flowers I wanted for my wedding, the usual when seeking out vendors. Everything went well, she was friendly, Wrote down notes, gave recommendations, etc. BUT.. just like everyone talks about her lack of communication, I never heard back from her. She told me that I would expect a quote in a couple of days, but NOTHING. I guess I wasn't a good enough bride for her to seek business from? Not sure, but that's what it felt like since I didn't get any response.. in the end, even if I liked her work on Instagram, it was important to me that my vendors were approachable, responsive, and TRUSTWORTHY.. As should be for all brides. I ended up going with Passion Roots who was AMAZING to work with and with great customer service. I was very pleased and SO glad I decided not to continue to try and pursue Su-V for my wedding flowers. A year later, no response or apology but it doesn't matter anymore! Hope this serves as a warning for you all.

TRULY TRULY FABULOUS!!! Sue and her team are THE BEST the industry has to offer!!! Sue is like your floral-fairy godmother!! You give her an idea, then poof! She'll leave you in awe. We were stunned when we saw the AMAZING job she and her team did!! From our gorgeous driftwood arch to our beautiful bouquets, they went above and WAY beyond our expectations! Sue is extremely professional and makes absolutely sure you are going to be completely satisfied with the end result. Words can't express how thankful and grateful we are to Sue and her team for creating floral masterpieces for our wedding! Our guests could not stop raving about how beautiful and elegant our florals were!!Su-V is highly highly recommended in my book!!!!!

Although our wedding was more budget/DIY, we still wanted things to look nice. We paid about $2800 for everything, which includes flowers, delivery, and setup. (To give you an idea of the scale of our wedding - 150 guests, 6 ppl in wedding party.) It's pretty steep for a budget wedding but flowers were important to me and something I felt really elevates the look of a wedding and I think it definitely made a difference at our wedding as well. We did one face to face consultation with Sue to discuss what we were looking for. Subsequent communications were over phone and email. Sue was willing to work with us on our budget in order to get the cost down (we opted to cut costs on the centerpieces), and honestly, the centerpieces still looked beautiful, they weren't tiny and didn't look cheap at all. Sue and her team went above and beyond to make sure our wedding was beautiful. On the day of the wedding, they were very helpful and professional, everything went smoothly. Our rental company had set up the chairs with the rows too close together. Sue and her team worked to reorganize the ceremony layout to make sure things flowed nicely. Although she is very busy and therefore not as responsive as I would have liked, in the end everything still turned out as I wanted and she is really talented at making beautiful arrangements. The flowers were one of my favorite things at our wedding. Overall, I would definitely recommend Sue, she really cares about your satisfaction and in making sure your vision comes to life.

I agree with many of the Yelpers - her communication skills are not her strong suit, and her office is like a storage room. When we met with her, we had to wait like half an hour (she was with another client), and at our first meeting, I was hoping she could give us some ideas for flowers, and all she showed us was a deck of cards with generic pictures of the different types of flowers. She did not show any pictures of her previous work.But, if you know exactly what you want, and you can accept the fact that you'll need to be persistent with her, the extra effort that you'll expend in working with her will pay off come your wedding day. Our arrangements turned out to be absolutely breath-taking, more beautiful than I had ever imagined. Everyone complimented us on our flowers (probably more than anything else about the wedding) and wanted to take home our centerpieces. On our wedding day we did not have to worry at all about the flowers. The bouquet and boutonniere arrived on time without a hitch and it was exactly what I we envisioned. Between the ceremony and the reception, we did not even notice Su-V and her staff taking down the decorations to place in the ballroom - it was like they were invisible. She definitely contributed to the success of our special day.

It's kinda crazy how much you spend on flowers for your wedding day, which only lasts a few hours at most, so when my hubby and I were searching for a florist to hire for our big day, we were all over the map on the endless options we had for the flowers we needed.We live in the mainland and planning our destination wedding via email was critical to stay organized with all the vendors we hired. It was difficult to get a hold of Sue after submitting an inquiry request on their website a month prior to our trip out there. When I made two attempts emailing and a voice mail with no luck, I decided to continue looking at other florists.We flew out to Hawaii six months prior to our wedding day to meet with all the vendors were were looking to hire and secure our date with. It wasn't until our hired wedding coordinator asked during our meeting who our florist was, that's when her connections came in very handy. I did express my disappointment in not hearing back from Su-V, but after she persuaded us to give Sue a try, she managed to get us an appointment with her within five minutes of texting Sue and the morning we were to fly back to San Diego.Side note, if you meet with her at her shop, you're better off parking at a meter right on Kapiolani instead of parking in the super tight, hard-to-maneuver-through parking garage. The storefront itself is not a shop, it's simply a place for her to store and prep her floral pieces (I guess I was expecting a shop like the ones I go to back home).Anyway, after meeting with two other florists prior to our meeting with Sue (and not telling her the rates we were quoted), she provided the lowest cost for the same amount of flowers. She came five hundred under one vendor and three thousand less than the other floral vendor we met with. Before we booked her, I expressed my concern for her lack of communicating back with her potential customers, so it did come as a surprise when she later had a new admin assistant replying to the on-line inquiries shortly after I shared my constructive feedback, lol.Sue's work speaks for itself. Become a Facebook fan of her business and you will see the beautiful pieces she makes to really impress you and your guests. I love Hello Kitty and loved how she was able to use the HK charms I bought for my bridesmaid bouquets and the bling Hello Kitty pendant my hubby bought for my own bouquet.One suggestion that she recommended was to reuse the flowers from our ceremony for the reception, this helped bring down the cost significantly where she recycled the flowers from the arch for our sweetheart table and the six floral pieces used for the rows of chairs we had during the ceremony were transferred as a table centerpiece.I didn't want the beauty of her work to go to waste at the end of the night and since ninety percent of our guests flew into Hawaii for our big day, I asked if she can help with coordinating the donation of our floral center pieces from our reception to a local senior living community. Sue happily agreed and returned later in the night after our reception ended to pick up all the pieces and drop them off that same night.I loved our wedding day and when I look back at all the pictures from that day, I can't help but thank Sue for making our vision of having the beautiful, tropical flowers into a reality with our dream wedding in lovely Hawaii. Mahalo, Su-V!

Our wedding coordinator recommended them for our flowers - bouquets and center pieces. We set a budget for the center piece per table, as well as an overall flower budget, and they did a fantastic job! They were also flexible enough to work with us, as we found the vases we wanted at a discounted store. I didn't do any additional research for florists, so I'm not sure where they fall in the price range compared to other florists in the area. I had white orchids and Gerbera daisies in my bouquet, and that was $$ (but it could be that I was trying to be thrifty on something, and flowers can't be it?). If you don't care about keeping your bouquet, I would recommend not getting a tossing one. It was kinda spendy for a 5 minute photo op.Only thing I'm not sure about is if they do the actual decorating part. Our wedding coordinator was out there doing the flowers for the rows of chairs an hour before the wedding...

Overall Impression:Sue really takes the time to understand your vision and she has really great ideas. The end product is beautiful and just what we wanted for our wedding flowers. Positives:-Sue really knows her stuff! She's a Certified Floral Designer (CFD)-She takes the time to brainstorm with you-Beautiful end product Negatives:-She's really busy-Can be difficult to communicate with My wife is on Pinterest all the time and she had a million ideas when it came to the floral décor for our wedding. We met with Sue and my wife showed her so many pins from her Pinterest page that had elements from all sorts of décor themes. Sue helped us to brainstorm and get organized and helped us to refine the vision for our wedding. We met with her a little less than a year before our wedding and 6 months later my wife and her crazy Pinterest searching decided to change the vision. Sue was very patient with our changes and helped us to brainstorm once again. My wife had the idea of using vintage cups and vases as our table centerpiece. She collected them from thrift stores throughout the months leading up to the wedding, and Sue was very accommodating in taking in the dozens of boxes containing these fragile vessels prior to the wedding. We were a bit nervous about having the boxes get mixed up or lost, but in the end all of the vases were used. Sue also was nice enough to gift us with some bud vases that she used so that the guests could take the table arrangements in its entirety. Sue was often very busy and it was reflected in the communication and in the messiness of her shop. We often needed to email her a few times in order to get a response. The shop also seemed to be in disarray and the area that we met in was cluttered. It was reflective of how many clients use Su-V Expressions for their special day, but it also made us a little uneasy at times. Nevertheless, we still felt that we could trust her and that everything was going to go as planned. In the end, the wedding flowers and décor were exceptional. Sue was able to coordinate with our linen vendor and our day-of coordinator to pull off our vision. At first we were a little surprised and disappointed to see that there was hints of pale yellow in our arrangements because the theme was blush pink and creams. In the end, Sue really knew what she was doing--this little hint of added color looked amazing in the photos and turned out to be just great.

Sue is a true artist! She did our wedding and rehearsal dinner florals and I was blown away! At the beginning I gave Sue a general overview of what I wanted which was tropical florals and the colors I was going for, I sent her some looks that I liked but other than that I left the design to her and boy was I glad I did. When I saw what she did with our ceremony arch my jaw hit the floor. It was better than I ever imagined. Look no further for your event, she's such a gem and was truly pleasure to work with.PC: @anelabenavides