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I'm no floral expert, but that seems really weird...also, what does water have to do w/ it? Is she planning on making your bouquet days ahead and then plonking it into a vase of water to keep it fresh? That's not so good, IMO.
I didn't ask for the stem wrap -- I never even thought about it, silly me -- and my florist did it as a matter of course. She didn't use satin ribbon, tho' -- it was more like the nicer kinds of ribbon you see on gifts...not quite cloth, but certainly not that slick shiny stuff...it is actually woven together, of what, I dunno. But, essentially, what I'm saying is: I don't get your florist either.
I'm pretty sure if you do a Google search, you should be able to find some instructions on how to wrap a ribbon of your own around the stems, if she's just too stubborn. (The one thing I have noticed is that as I've dried my bouquet, the wrap has come a little loose -- the stems lose all their moisture and get skinny as they dry. But it's no biggie since I don't really touch it.)
I read that you have to pretty much do the wrap last minute and then store it in a fridge - but even if this is the case, why coulnd't she just do mine that day and put it in the fridge?
I think she's lazy - but as my future MIL has worked with her 2 times before, she knows if I ask she will do it. And thinks maybe she was simply trying to save us money.
Ohhhh...yeah, but I still don't get the water thing. 
Our flowers (bouquets, etc.) came packed in boxes w/ a layer of damp newspaper under this cotton-y filling stuff, and the boxes had all obviously been in the fridge until right before we got them...kept our flowers all nice and pretty.
I think that's a bit weird of your florist...can you bring in a roll of satin ribbon and request that she use it? That way she is more inclined to use the ribbon since you brought one in?
Yeah, your florist sounds a bit off, but I'm sure it's nothing. The ribbon thing works fine because I did that with a chiffon layer on top of the satin, and nothing got wet and everything was fine.
Just an idea for your bouquet wrap: if you're getting your dress hemmed, you can use the fabric from your dress on your bouquet to match. I was originally going to do that, but I was too lazy to bring it to the florist. :)
I just realized, that I misspelled everything in that post...lol. I need to pay more attention to what my figners are doing...LOL. SORRY!
As for Green Tea's post, she said she will do it if it's really important - but just really gave me this air of "It's stupid and why would you want to - also made me feel like she just didn't want to have to do it...so I dunno.
My florist put each bouquet in a vase of water when she brought it to the church. Needless to say, the satin stem wraps were soaking wet and we had to do some serious drying to prevent any drips from staining our dresses. I thought it was a strange way to do things.... but I guess that's just the way she prefers to deliver them. If that's how your florist is planning on doing it (putting it in a vase), then yes, I would recommend using a lighter or more sheer ribbon so you don't run into the same problems I did!
Do you have to wrap the whole stem in ribbon? You can leave at least an inch or so of stem showing and that can be left in water...
Sweeney - that is irritating of your florist, but I would say just ignore her attitude about it and tell her "yes that is the way I want it done, thank you" if she said she'd do it with the satin wrap. You don't owe her an explanation for why you like that look.
err, tell her to take the flowers out of water at least 30 mins before the ceremony. also, you can have her wrap just the main part, leaving an inch or 2 for the stems to soak in water. but still, have her take it out long before she gives it to you and your gals. i think it's quite odd that she thinks it's odd to wrap the bouquets in satin. everyone and their momma's done it. you might wanna show her some pictures of bridal mags. :\ good luck!
When my florist arrived at the site, with the flowers, we (she) wrapped a new (imported, french) ribbon that I had purchased around the (cheaper) one she'd already wrapped it in. Consider doing this--it's really not as complicated as I would have thought.
My florist used satin ribbon, that I chose and provided, for my stem wrap. I didn't have any problems with water at all, but I was very careful only to keep the very tips in water (I picked my bouquet up and transported it myself, because all the other flowers were DIY and I didn't need her to make the trip).
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So I have this vision of my boqute being hand tied with a beautifl wrap of satin ribbon - like you see in just about every wedding photo these days. - SO I'm not original...big deal..lol -
Anyway I went to the florist yesterday to take care of my flowers for the wedding and all the boquets she had photos of had this sheer ribbon, kinda sloppy like wrapped around the boquet. Not amazing, not beautiful, not even a half heard..."nice".
She explained to em that the sheer mesh drys better and that the thicker ribbon may not dry well .
Here's my question:
I see them all the time, obviously they are easy or at least a common occurance. WHy is my florist being such s dink about this - she really made it seem like I was choosing the stupidest thing and said "No one is going to see it" but they will, especially when it's photographed (I'm doing a real photo journalist approach to my wedding pics) and I just don't get that "Yippie" feeling - and flat out I really want it.
SO how do you do it? Is there a tip I should be giving her? WHat about water....won't it water stain my ribbon? HELP!