A question for florists??

My mom is starting a floral business and is doing her first wedding. She needs something to organize all of her samples of color, material, sketches, lists, dates and times, etc.....what do florists typically use.

A question for florists??
I'm assuming you are just talking about this one wedding. She should get a 3" notebook binder, clear plastic sheet protectors and some index dividers. She can insert the fabric in the plastic sheet protectors to prevent them from soiling and to have easy access to match with ribbons etc. The dividers can separate the other information by categories ie; church, reception, bouquets, gown colors and ribbon colors. Does she have the professional wedding contract form? This should be the first page in her notebook. It will state all the pertinent information she will need to reference constantly. It will also state what she is going to be contractually obligated to do. This is VERY important. brides sometimes assume you are going to do things that you are not being paid to do. If she does not have floral industry contract yet...she must make up her own and be very specific about what she is hired to do!!! The person hireing her MUST read the contract, and when they are in agreement, they MUST sign it. There is so much more she needs to know before she goes into this full blown, but this will get her through this first wedding.
Reply:Depends on what kind of storage area she has, and what kind of shop area she has... if she needs to be portable, she will definitely want to use something she can carry easily... if she has a storefront where the bride will come to her for selection and counselling, then she can have whatever suits her for displaying the information. The craft shops all have a number of totes that would work to store information and display it for the bride and her mother or friend as she makes her selection.



For the planning effort, use a day timer, day runner or franklin planner with all of the information for the wedding written of the day of the wedding.