Huckleberry Karen Designs

Karen handled all the florals for our recent wedding in San Francisco. She was great to work with and everything turned out even better than I could have imagined. We met her for an initial consultation and she was very patient and took the time to get to know the looks we liked/didn’t like. I don’t have much experience with flowers, but she had a ton of pictures and flip books for us to go through and just point. She was also conscious of our budget and would make practical suggestions without judgment, which we really appreciated. Closer to the wedding date, we met her to see the mockup of our tables. I made some last minute changes after that and Karen didn’t miss a beat. I was so happy when I saw the arrangements and bouquets day of; they were beautiful and the centerpieces were hot commodities amongst our guests. Thanks Karen!

Long over due. My wife and I had our wedding on May 25, 2013 and had Karen provide the flowers for our whole wedding. It was a tall order and Karen’s company was able to deliver. We need flowers for the church, wedding party, and reception. Everything was exactly what we wanted and exceeded our expectation. We were able to coordinate everything before hand and we did not need to worry about anything during the wedding day. Thank you Karen for helping make our day so special and we have been recommending you to anyone that asked us who we used for our wedding. Best wishes!

Karen was the florist for my May nuptials. She was amazing. She really nailed the entire wedding and made our reception elegantly and beautifully decorated. In addition, she is fairly priced and gave the option for me to purchase the low lying vases so that guests could take the flowers home at minimal cost. She is the perfect vendor. She meets with you beforehand to discuss your vision. When I met with her and she showed me the flowers I requested, I realized that what I thought was my vision wasn’t really so in real life. I then told her how I thought I wanted things changed, and without any fuss, she did it and executed it perfectly. In addition, on the day of the wedding, I didn’t even see her. She slipped in on time, did her work perfectly, and was out in time for guests to enjoy all the lovely decorations. It was great not having to be called about last minute adjustments on the big day. She just stealthily took care of everything and did an amazing job. Seriously, you need to hire this woman. She worked wonders.

We had the best experience with Karen since Day 1. Karen was an absolute pleasure to work with and she did our wedding florals for our September 6^th wedding at the St. Francis Yacht Club!
She knew exactly what I wanted and was able to create my vision for the big day. We worked together to create 4 different center piece designs for the guest tables, and the best thing was she was cognizant of my budget and was able to bring it to life without breaking the bank. My bouquet, the pomanders, boutonnieres, mother’s nosegays, aisle runner petals, escort/​gift card table florals, bridesmaids bouquets, EVERYTHING was a dream come true.
Her prices are very fair and she was honest when asked her opinion. She was always patient and meticulous with all my questions and concerns and always made the effort to make sure we were on the same page.
Karen is truly talented at her craft, yet is a great business owner who understands customer service and the importance of communication.
You will not be disappointed with Karen! I will definitely be using her in the future and recommending her to all my friends that are getting married.

I have to add my voice to all the other rave reviews of Karen. I found her a dream to work with. She’s pleasant as could be, knowledgeable, very experienced and very flexible. I really can not say enough good things about her. In our situation Karen had to deal with me, the mother of the groom (but flower“volunteer”) who was nearbye, and a very astute bride who had a definite vision of what she wanted but lives across the country. Karen was great at negotiating all the ins and outs of keeping everyone happy, being available always by email and when necessary by phone resulting in a truly stunning presentation of flowers on the wedding day that captured what the bride and groom wanted and what the budget could afford. Karen is really a gem. I recommend her wholeheartedly and with no reservation whatsoever!

Karen was able to work with our tight budget and provide beautiful, lush bouquets and floral arrangements for our January wedding. She is so friendly and an absolute pleasure to work with. She personally delivered the bridal party bouquets /​boutonnieres on the morning of the wedding, and made 100% sure everything was exactly how we wanted it. The flowers at the reception were stunning. We love Karen and couldn’t recommend her more highly!!!

Karen did the floral arrangements for our August wedding in San Jose. We chose Karen not only because her reviews were good and her photos were beautiful, but also because she was so passionate about her work. She took the time to really understand our wants, set up centerpiece examples and went back and forth through email to ensure she understood our vision. We needed a lot of help since we don’t know much about flowers and Karen was very patient and helpful throughout this process. The venue look magnificent on the day-​of and things went seamlessly.
Thank you, Karen for the amazing job you did at our wedding!

Karen was an absolute dream to work with! I highly recommend her :)
Picking Karen as the florist for our August wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery was one of the best decisions we made. Karen created beautiful flowers that literally took my breathe away on our wedding day.
— Calm, reliable, well-​respected and an absolute pleasure to work with
— Easy to communicate with, detail-​oriented and thorough
— Worked with our wedding coordinators and caterer to execute our vision flawlessly
— Prices were reasonable
— The amount of thought and care she put in to her work completely put us at ease
We completely appreciate all of her hard work, time and dedication. Thank you Karen!

Karen is truly an artist! We had the pleasure of working with her on our recent wedding and couldn’t be happier.
We had interviewed one other florist during our vendor search process and Karen came out on top by a landslide. After meeting with her we didn’t need to speak with anyone else.
1. She listens to your vision and adds her own design expertise
2. She is available by email and is easy to communicate with
3. Her prices are extremely fair
4. She is such a sweetheart to work with
I couldn’t have asked for more beautiful florals for our wedding and am sure glad we chose Karen. I would recommend her over and over again!

Shaelyn Thomson of Huckleberry Karen Designs worked with us for our December 2012 wedding. Since I am from overseas, we had to talk on the phone and on the Internet to discuss the plans. Shaelyn asked for images of what I liked and we discussed what our wedding would need. Shaelyn was attentive and easy to talk to. She made suggestions and quickly revised proposals as needed. We are so appreciative because the night before our wedding, we suddenly remembered that we needed a floral arrangement for the bridal car, and Shaelyn pulled through with our request! The bouquets and arrangements Shaelyn did were so bright and beautiful that they really made our wedding festive and gorgeous! My husband and I did not meet Shaelyn face-​to-​face until the day after the wedding when she came by to get some rented equipment. It is amazing how she got our vision and direction even without a face-​to-​face meeting prior to the event! We decided to keep most of the flowers in our home. The gorgeous flowers stayed alive and bright and beautiful for weeks! On top of the beautiful flowers that we got for our wedding, our experience with Shaelyn of Huckleberry Karen Designs was pleasant and stress-​free. Thanks so much, Shaelyn!

Huckleberry Karen Designs was the genius behind our wedding flowers! We had a flower-​heavy wedding and Karen executed our ideas flawlessly. She was a dream to work with on the day and was very responsive to our back-​and-​forth emails. Thank you for making our wedding so beautiful, Karen! :)

For me, it was love at first pin!
During our florist selection process, I sent all prospective vendors a link to my wedding Pinterest board to show them the theme and colors that I wanted. Karen responded by making us our own Pinterest board that incorporated both our theme, as well as some suggestions of her own that were right on point.
She played both the role of florist and designer for our wedding and did a fantastic job executing on our vision. She also did a great job coordinating with our caterer to make sure that the linens, plates and other rentals would match perfectly with her arrangements.
The day of, we had such beautiful arrangements that I couldn’t bring myself to throw my own bouquet — instead, I borrowed a bridesmaid’s :)

Huckleberry Karen Designs is the best florist to work with.
Karen was my florist for my Birthday/​Wedding last October at Cinnabar Hills Golf course. The floral arrangements she did for me were exactly what I imagined. She took my words and created the perfect setting that I imagined for my wedding. She did an amazing job. I have nothing but good things to say about Karen.
All things about Karen
1. Friendly and Professional
2. She listens to your ideas and makes them happen
3. Very responsive
4. Budget friendly
5. Creative
6. Flexible

Karen was the florist for our wedding last summer at Kohl Mansion and I cannot begin to explain how great it was to work with her. Throughout the entire planning process she was incredibly flexible, a great listener and easy to work with. After just an hour long meeting she had a great vision of what I wanted for our wedding. She met with my mom and I a second time closer to our date to ensure we were okay with the final plans, which as a bride, was a very reassuring thing and relieved a lot of stress leading up to the wedding. We even made some last minute flower changes and Karen was really easy going about it.
On the day of our wedding I could not have been more thrilled with the way our flowers turned out. They looked like we paid a fortune, when really, Karen was very reasonably priced. This was the main reason we picked Karen in the first place since finding a reasonably priced wedding florist in the Bay Area is hard to do. I definitely recommend Huckleberry Karen Designs.
Thanks again to Karen at Huckleberry Karen Designs! She helped make our wedding day incredibly beautiful and we cannot thank her enough.

This was a stressful vendor to pin down for our wedding. We were coming up against proposals that were far from our set budget and vendors that were condescending nonetheless.
I was planning from a distance and relied solely on the reviews of past clients. All of these reviews sang the praises of Karen’s work so I inquired and I am so happy I did!
Karen’s professional, sweet, and has a great eye! I gave very limited direction and just said give me these colors and make it look soft and fluffy! I was so pleased with everything she provided! I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND her to anyone looking for an amazing florist!

My wedding was just this past June and I continue to get compliments on the flowers. I had an outdoor wedding and was concerned the flowers were not going to stand out as much as they would inside. I was also worried that the arrangements wouldn’t be what I had envisioned.
Well, Karen took the time in the months prior to the wedding to understand and then ultimately deliver my vision. I’d like to think I wasn’t too particular, but I did have preferences. I wanted softer colors and I wanted «fluffy.» With the use of rananculi, peonies, garden roses and other beautiful flowers, the vision was complete.
The moment I looked at the bouquets, my mouth dropped. It was like whatever I had in my mind was transplanted into my hands. I fell in love with the flowers and it completely embodied the romantic Victorian garden theme I was going for.
Thank you for all your hard work and attention to detail, Karen! You are supportive, sweet, and extremely professional. I will certainly recommend you to others and if I ever need a florist for another occasion, you will be my top choice!

I loved Karen’s blog and I’ve been following it even though I will not be using her for my wedding. Good communication with a vendor is very important to me since I do most of my wedding planning /​research /​inquiries online.
I need a vendor who:
1.) Is friendly (most important!)
2.) Responds to e-​mails in a timely fashion (within 2 business days)
3.) Responds to e-​mails efficiently
4.) Answers my questions thoroughly
4.) Let’s me know the status of my proposals (don’t leave me hanging)
5.) Is not condescending if my budget is low
Karen fits the criteria.
I contacted her and she sent me an information sheet, which I filled out. She sent me a proposal a week later. Her flower proposal was detailed and very easy to understand. She listed out all the flowers in every arrangement and the price. She had suggestions on how to make everything fit into my budget and we arranged a meeting but before we met up, another bride snatched her up for the same wedding date.
Karen was super friendly and seemed to be very easy to work with. Since I won’t be working with her for my wedding, I might go to her DIY class. Recommended!

Finding a florist took more time than I expected when planning our wedding. We met with 5 florists that I had researched ahead of time. I met Karen on my own and immediately felt comfortable. I gave her my budget and talked to her about what I envisioned. It was such a great partnership because she was bouncing ideas off of me and I was throwing some back… it really felt like a creative process.
I found that I have a thing for texture and I wanted to veer away from the more traditional options. I wanted spiky and that’s what I got. When we got the final invoice, I wanted to reduce the cost a little more and Karen was so helpful. She never made me feel like I was being cheap. We used succulents in my bouquet and for my husbands boutonnière. On my wedding day she was on time and delivered the personal flowers on time and setup the venue for the reception. Her suggestions were so in tuned with the type of event and environment that we wanted to create. It was perfect…
Everything exceeded my expectations and working with Karen was fun and comfortable. I can’t recommend Karen more highly. She made my wedding a dream come true and the flowers were amazing.

The fiancée took care of the flowers but after meeting Karen and seeing her work, we knew she was the one we wanted to work with. We wanted a clean/​classy look without destroying the budget and Karen was able to take the idea/​vision and run with it.
I don’t know any of these crazy flower names, but she would suggest cheaper options for expensive flowers, give feedback on what goes well with the linens/​lighting and be a quasi designer/​planner for us. After the 2^nd meeting with here, I felt completely at ease and just knew that she would deliver and she definitely did.
On the day of, she arrived on time and provided exactly what we asked for and more. There were extra flowers on our tables, billy button boutonnieres (yes, i learned the name of a flower!) were perfect and the bouquets looked great. Everything looked so fresh and so clean clean.
Bonus points to me for being the only guy to write a floral review

Karen is the creative friend everyone wish they had. I took Karen’s bridal flower workshop at Fort Mason last Sunday. She taught us how to process flowers before working with them, and how to make a bridal bouquet, boutonnieres, and corsages. She supplied the flowers that included gorgeous high end blooms, such as cymbidium orchids, roses, hydrangeas, and calla lillies. Karen and her work partner, Caroline were so approachable, patient, and full of crucial information that made us feel like we can do this!
I highly recommend her as a florist for your event. Check out her gorgeous work: