My Florist

Jae and his partner did a wonderful job on our wedding last year October. he listened to my vision and made i come true. it turned out beyond beautiful. highly recommend them :)

For our wedding my wife and I chose My Florist from a word of mouth recommendation. First off we planned our wedding from the mainland and did not have an opportunity to meet Jae until the wedding day. All our communication was done through phone or emails. Jae was easy to communicate with and and accessible throughout the process. The day of our wedding Jae was on time and brought floral arrangements that were beyond our expectations. My wife provided the ideas and Jae elevated them to another level. For a professional and friendly floral experience I highly recommend My Florist Jae.
Thanks Jay for providing flowers that made our wedding feel elegant and extra special.

Jae went over and beyond our expectation! We shared with him the type of flowers and arrangements we liked and left everything up to him that was within our budget. The day of our wedding I almost cried at how everything turned out. My bouquet had the flower I loved and it looked perfect!
I would highly recommend him to anyone. He answers emails and texts quickly and is very patient! The flowers helped tie everything together and our wedding day turned out perfect!

Jae did my wedding at Moanalua Gardens. We met with him at the wedding café twice for the initial meet and the final meet. He was quick with his response and got back to us immediately. He was in constant contact with me until the wedding. He educated me about what kind of flowers I could use.
Other florist just asked me what I wanted like I knew anything about flowers. He give tips like getting f 2 boutineers which we needed cause my husband hugged a lot of people that day which was expected.
Jae also dropped off bouquets early and went to the wedding g site early to set up. He deconstructed the flowers from the ceremony site to the reception site.
He is totally reliable and I would recommend him to anyone getting married. Everyone took the centerpieces home and all the girls fought for my beautiful bouquet! It smelled so good too!
You would think regret going with him.

Jae did an amazing job with the flowers for my wedding. He was easy to work with and did wonders with the small floral budget that I had. The bouquets, the centerpieces, and flowers for the ceremony came out better than what I had imagined and hoped for. During the entire planning process, Jae really understood the look that I wanted to achieve for the ceremony and the reception just by looking at a few of the pictures that I had pinned on my Pinterest board. It was also a sign of his talent and experience that, when I showed him pictures of various centerpieces that I liked and did not like, he was able to articulate exactly what I did not like about it, when I could not.
Jae was really patient with me, even when I had a freak out moment and I drastically changed the flowers and look for the ceremony. After my panicked call, he met with me that weekend to go over the new floral design that I wanted. He was calming and understanding while we discussed the drastically different floral design. He implemented the changes without any problems or complaints. During the meeting I also told Jae that I wanted to change the color of the bridesmaids’ bouquets. However when I showed him the dresses, he recommended keeping the original color and explained his reasons why. I am so glad that I trusted him and did what he recommended. I loved the bouquets — they looked great next to the bridesmaid dress and they looked great in the pictures.
I am really glad I chose My Florist and I will definitely be calling Jae for my floral needs for future events.

Jae did an amazing job with our wedding! He was fun and easy to work with throughout the planning stages, gave us good suggestions, helped us save money, and delivered an amazing product! We got so many compliments on our wedding day about the flowers and I couldn’t be happier with the way everything turned out. The flowers he used were very fresh and decorated my parents house for a week after the wedding. I’m really glad I went with My Florist and would highly recommend them!

Jae did a wonderful job of working with me and helping me stay within my budget. I tell everyone that one of my favorite parts of the wedding was my bouquet. It was amazing. I sent Jae a picture of it and when I received it, it was more beautiful than I expected. I hated to bear with it since we were traveling back home and I couldn’t take it with me. We called Jae literally, 2 hours before he was supposed to deliver our flowers and added two wreaths as I had forgotten to order them. He was able to add them with no problem. What a life saver. Super easy to work with and responsive to all of my needs. Thank you!

Jae did an amazing job at our wedding! After negotiations with another florist fell through we met Jae @ MyFlorist three weeks before our wedding. After discussing our budget and theme Jae agreed to provide flowers for our wedding. The main reason we left our previous florist was because after a 30 minute meeting they barely helped us envision our needs, rushed us through every step, was late on timelines and completely ignored our budget. Jae on the other hand, after an almost 2 hour meeting gave a detailed vision, kept our budget in mind and even suggested ways we could save money. This was an analogy that Jae used. «If you only have one bucket of paint to paint a house, you wouldn’t spread it thin across the entire house. You should instead, create a focal point and make one room nice to draw your eyes in.» We made the head table our focal point. Because of our circumstances Jae was nice enough not to charge us expedited shipping fees or services. The one fear I had was showing up at our ceremony and reception sites and seeing tiny center pieces and cheap looking isle pieces. Quite the contrary. Keep in mind I’m speaking from a guy’s perspective. We had our wedding at the Hyatt in Waikiki and Jae did a beautiful job at decorating the gazebo. The flowers were arranged nicely and the piece was full and not «stretched thin.» Our center pieces were a perfect size compared to the table dimensions. They weren’t huge but definitely not tiny. Artistically Jae was able to re-​create the ideas we presented and make them a reality. The day of the wedding Jae had the brides maids bouquets available exactly on time. We crossed paths as he was setting up our reception site and he mentioned because he was a little early he would wait to setup our ceremony site since it was very hot and he wanted the flowers to look as fresh as possible and not wilted due to the sun. These are the details that made Jae worth every penny. During the cocktail hour Jae transported all of the ceremony flowers to the ballroom and created an amazing focal point. Our photos from the photographer are still being edited and they should be posted on Jae’s website sometime after December 2011. Please see for yourself. If you’re choosing a florist I highly recommend Jae @ MyFlorist!

For a company that was so concerned about a previously poor Unilocal review they really do have sub-​par customer service. I met with Jay and we had a very nice meeting. It was a 2 hour, very intensive meeting. On multiple occasions he reminded me that they were artists hence the disarray the shop was in. No big deal. I don’t care how your storefront looks. If your product is beautiful that is all that matters. Sadly, I wouldn’t know because I didn’t use them. Why? Because he NEVER got back to me. I spent 2 hours of my time communicating and collaborating and then… the big NOTHING. No follow-​up email. No follow-​up phone call. No smoke signals. No carrier pigeons. The big fat nothing!!! I was so disappointed. If you are a bride– to– be you know the one thing you don’t have is time. If Jay didn’t want to take on a project as small as mine I would have understood but seriously just tell me that. Don’t waste my time. Don’t waste your time. What a serious disappointment!

I had floral needs for a non-​wedding but didn’t know if Jae would do it, so I figured the worst I could do is ask and turned out, he was willing to do the event. He had a wedding the prior day but still was able to design our flowers. It was great working with him for my wedding that I was happy that he would be able to do this one.
It was a much smaller scale event and much simpler but he still provided a simply elegant set of floral arrangements. As it was with my wedding, I didn’t know exactly what to expect but had described the event and our needs and he came through with some ideas and on the day of, the flowers were fresh and the arrangements were perfect.
As an update to my previous review on the wedding, as well, the wedding flowers lasted quite well. Guests were commenting that some of the flowers held up over a week and that they loved taking home the centerpieces!
I don’t know what my next event is, but if I have floral design needs, Jae will be the first person I call.

My Florist did a great job on my wedding. They were on time and put everything out for us. Everything was so beautiful. I would recommend My Florist to all of my friends. Thanks for everything you made our wedding so special.