I just had my wedding on May 14th and decided to do my own flowers after reading all of the reviews here at samsclub.com. I have to admit, I wasn't at all worried until the week of the wedding. I ordered 1 box of carnations and 600 red roses (my entire wedding decor was based on red roses ONLY). After reading the reviews I decided to have the flowers delivered Thursday for my Saturday wedding. Wednesday I received a shipping confirmation for the carnations only, which made me panic. However, Thursday morning, I received the carnations and ALL 600 red roses as promised. When the roses came in they definitely looked as though they needed water and working with flowers for the first time, I was concerned that they would not perk back up and open. Well I followed the directions just as everyone else here - put the flowers in buckets with the food that was delivered with them and placed the buckets in a cold room. I learned during my research that 45 degrees is a good temperature to keep flowers in. Nothing lower than that as it can hurt the flower. I believe the room I had them in was in the low to mid 50's.
Friday morning I went to look at the flowers and they perked right up overnight and had started to open. They were BEAUTIFUL!! I haven't seen such a vibrant red in any floral shop or store in the area. That worked perfect as my color was a bright red for the wedding. Friday evening, me and my bridesmaids, aunts and cousins went to the hall and did the centerpieces and I created all of our bouquets.
The day of the wedding, the flowers opened up even more and were absolutely beautiful! Not one flower stayed closed. Not only were they perfect, but no one could believe that we did these all by ourselves. I have attached a few pictures of the centerpieces and bouquets we created using the flowers from samsclub.com.
One more thing, let me give you a little more perspective on the savings and quality you get with these roses rather than getting them from a florist. I didn't feel comfortable creating boutonnieres and corsages for the closest relatives so these I ordered from a local florist. I ordered 16 total (10 boutonnieres and 6 corsages). The 6 corsages only used spray roses (much smaller) and the boutonnieres consisted of 1 rose and some baby's breath. These 16 items cost me approximately $200 from the florist. AND, those roses instead of opening up during the day, wilted much faster and were falling apart or wilted by the end of the night. The roses from samsclub.com lasted for almost a week after the wedding!! Definitely worth it and I will be ordering from samsclub.com again.