Rant: A wedding in Austin made me rethink my bouquet pricing

I did the flowers for a backyard wedding last month where the bride wanted a huge cascade bouquet with imported peonies. After spending $120 just on those flowers and 3 hours building it, I realized my flat fee wasn't covering my time or stress. Now I'm adding a design fee for complex requests. How do you all price for labor on big custom pieces?

3 comments

3 Comments

jamiekim5d ago

My $75 flat rate seemed fine until a peony order ate my whole profit.

noah_rivera575d agoMost Upvoted

Feel your pain on that one. Honestly, flat rates are a total trap with flowers. I tried the same thing last season and a single wedding order for hydrangeas wiped me out completely. Took me three regular jobs just to make up for that one loss. Ngl, I had to switch to itemized pricing after that mess.

amy_murphy155d ago

Charge more for the hard stuff, obviously.