Testimonials & Press
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DAILY ADVERTISER
Something Borrowed Blooms has been chosen as Startup of the Year by Junior Achievement of Acadiana 21st Business Hall of Fame
Experts Weigh In on Your Most-Pressing Wedding Planning Dilemmas
"Your wedding flowers comprise a large chunk of your budget, which is why many modern couples are turning towards a faux alternative. Lauren Bercier and Laken Swan, co-founders of Something Borrowed Blooms, are catering to these duos by offering up high-quality, on-trend silk florals (like peonies!) that fall within your budget. "
Saying "I Do" To Silk Flowers
"Brides (or their family) spent an average of $2,534 on flowers. So, how do you get “Wow"-factor flowers without spending crazy money? A two-woman company in Lafayette is offering a unique solution to keep wedding flower costs low and still offering elegant arrangements that is capturing the attention of women across the country."
HHS Grads' Unique Flower Business Goes International
"With business growing and about to make a global leap, Bercier and Swan are glad they had the confidence to make that trip to New York that put them in motion with their own business."
(Real, True) Wedding Planning Advice From Everybody's Instagram BFF, Jessie Kuruc
"I worked with Something Borrowed Blooms, a company that rents silk flowers, and it was the best decision I made the entire wedding. Every quote I got from a florist made me break out in hives, so having an alternative that was affordable and just as beautiful was more than I could have asked for."3 Reasons You Should Consider Silk Flowers for Your Wedding
"If silk flowers haven't come up in your wedding planning discussions yet, don't worry. We hadn't considered them either until we were introduced to Something Borrowed Blooms, but it's safe to say we're completely obsessed! Bringing the Rent the Runway model of the quality you love for a fraction of the price to the wedding industry, Something Borrowed Blooms provides couples with an alternative to expensive wedding florals – and your budget isn't the only thing that's going to be happy about it!"Rent Your Wedding Flowers with Something Borrowed Blooms
"We understand that the decision to get married comes with a hefty price tag. Flowers for your wedding can be one of the most expensive items on your list. According to a survey conducted by theKnot.com in 2017, the national average cost of a wedding is now $33,391, and that doesn't include your honeymoon! Many couples are looking for ways to save money and we've found the perfect way to save on your wedding flowers, which is often a pricey item which the survey suggests can run you over $2,000! Introducing Something Borrowed Blooms, which offers premium silk wedding flowers for a fraction of the cost of a traditional florist, while offering the convenience of being able to select, order and pay for your flowers straight from your mobile device."
8 Chic Fall Floral Trends to Inspire Your Wedding Centerpieces
"We especially love using dark, moody succulents like red hen and chicks to add interest through texture."-Lauren and Laken, Something Borrowed Blooms."
NYC Tassels and Tastemakers Event
"Silk flowers?! Need we say more about the Something Borrowed Blooms booth!"
Something Borrowed Blooms is Changing the Wedding Flower Game with Gorgeous Silk Flowers for Rent
"We're always on the lookout for movers, shakers, and rule-breakers in the wedding world, so it's no surprise that we were immediately obsessed upon discovering Something Borrowed Blooms. The first Rent and Return Floral Boutique of its kind, Something Borrowed Blooms is here to help you balance wanting beautiful flowers on your wedding day with not breaking the bank in the process. Something Borrowed Blooms provides an alternative to traditional wedding flowers (and traditional wedding flower prices) with gorgeous silk flowers. At a fraction of the cost you'd spend on fresh blooms for your day, you can receive the highest quality silk floral arrangements with just a few clicks."
My Wedding Secret Weapon!
" Then, during some late night Facebook binge, I saw a post in a wedding group about something called Something Borrowed Blooms where you RENT your wedding flowers. I went through their website and fell in love. IN. LOVE."NYC Tassels & Tastemakers Event
"Can you believe these flowers are silk? We were in love with Something Borrowed Blooms booth!"
A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING FLOWER ALTERNATIVE
Something Borrowed Blooms, a beautiful alternative to wedding flowers, is introducing a gorgeous new vintage collection, The Taylor Collection. Full of peonies, roses, hydrangeas, and more the carefully crafted bouquet is sure to stun as you walk down the aisle. Have your dream wedding without breaking the budget by renting flowers that are eco-friendly and more sustainable than florals used for the day then thrown away.
Flower Delivery Reviews
Named one of the best Wedding Florists in the USAAs Seen on The Knot.com - January 01, 2018
GREEN WEDDING SHOES
You better believe it: you can rent your wedding flowers! Silk blossoms that look just like the real thing are on the rise. Check out Something Borrowed Blooms. (And if you'd rather have real blooms, don't worry! There are still ways to have eco-friendly wedding flowers....more on that in a bit.)
BANK OF AMERICA
Women entrepreneurs are looking forward to a strong 2020, according to the latest Business Owner Spotlight recently released by Bank of America. In honor of Women's History Month, which celebrates "women's contributions to America and the world," we asked several women business owners to share their stories and best tips.
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Lauren Bercier and Laken Swan — Something Borrowed Blooms, a Rent and Return Floral Company specializing in premium silk flowers. "We create on-trend wedding flower collections and rent them to couples saving them up to 70%!" Started 2015
PERFETE
#9 You deserve it.
"We are recommending all of our spring Brides to reschedule rather than cancel. Life will {hopefully soon} go back to normal and you deserve to experience and enjoy all the special details you originally planned for your wedding day! Be sure to understand the rescheduling terms of each of your vendors and select a future date that will allow you to transfer your deposits. At Something Borrowed Blooms, we offer our Brides stress-free wedding flower reschedules with NO limitations, restrictions or fees. Our premium rent and return florals arrive directly to Brides three days before the event date and can be ordered in as little as 10 business days in advance!" – Lauren Bercier, Co-Founder, Something Borrowed Blooms
Style me Pretty
With the grace of fast WiFi, expedited shipping, the best bakery still being open, and the support from our family and friends - We had a small intimate ceremony at my husband's parents house while my parents and sister attended through a Zoom call and our friends and family watched on Facebook Live.
Wedding Day Magazine
"It might have rained on the morning of Nadia and Josh's elopement, but it didn't ruin their fun! The couple originally planned on saying "I do" in a nature preserve but pivoted to a small studio ceremony instead. The couple used false flowers (Something Borrowed Blooms) for their bouquets and boutonnieres, giving total flexibility for photos while still looking drop-dead gorgeous!"
Wedding Wire
Congratulations to this year's winners! The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards recognize local wedding professionals who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Winners are determined by the reviews from more than one million WeddingWire couples.
Wedding Wire
Something Borrowed Blooms was announced as a winner of the 2021 WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire, a leader in the $200 billion global wedding planning industry.
Forbes
A company called Something Borrowed Blooms will rent you centerpieces and bouquets made of silk. Instead of buying them, you rent them and send them back when the reception is over. In a world where consumers don't want to own, they are gaining traction and have just raised a Series A of $1.5 million from investors.
Biz New Orleans
At the finale of the week-long festival of innovation, three startup finalists pitched their businesses in front of a live audience – and a global virtual audience – for an investment prize from the Idea Village. Lauren Bercier and Laken Swan, co-founders of wedding flower rental business Something Borrowed Blooms, walked away with the grand prize of $50,000.
Rent My Wedding Magazine
A fall wedding wouldn't be complete without pops of bold and moody colors. This season we're loving deep terracotta as a bold, but earthy, color to introduce to your wedding. Pull this trending color into your design scheme with your bridesmaid dresses, reception linens, or decor accents throughout your reception and ceremony space.
Bridal Musings
We may not be wedding florists ourselves. But, we're certainly lusting for all things wedding florals these days. Following our favorite wedding florists on Instagram & taking advice from our favorite floral friends, it's exciting to see new trends in wedding flowers. If 2022 is the year of the garden wedding, then we want to know what that's going to look like. Online-based rent & return flower company Something Borrowed Blooms is spilling the tea on what colors, flowers & wedding floral trends we can expect to see in 2022.
BRIDES
Wedding flowers infuse color, texture, and personality into so many aspects of your big day. From choosing your bridal bouquet to table arrangements, the choices can be seemingly endless. But one option you may not be considering yet? Silk flowers.
Silk flowers are a stunning choice for the couple looking for a more sustainable option. While they are artificial versions of natural flowers, silk flowers look entirely real. "You can find just about any flower variety in the silk or artificial form," says Lauren Bercier and Laken Swan, founders of Something Borrowed Blooms. "The key to choosing the best silk flowers is ensuring the silk version closely mimics what would be found in nature." Another bonus? You'll have the option to keep your bouquet or a table centerpiece from your wedding as a memento for years to come.
NEW YORK POST
Instead of your grandmother's earrings, consider making the wedding flowers your "something borrowed."
Nationwide, the average cost for wedding florals hovers around $3,500, but with rented artificial flowers, that price drops to just $500, said Lauren Bercier, 36, co-founder and owner of SomethingBorrowedBlooms.com, a rent-and-return premium silk flower rental service based in Lafayette, LA.
NEW YORK TIMES
Amid it all, florists are finding creative ways to provide clients with their dream wedding flowers. The keys are flexibility and creativity.
Lauren Bercier started her silk-flower rental company, Something Borrowed Blooms, in Lafayette, La., six years ago. In 2021, she provided flowers for thousands of weddings, she said, up from 12 a month when she opened her business. On average, silk flowers cost about 70 percent less than fresh flowers, she said.
Elite Daily
Wedding season is fast approaching, and 2022 is set to be a big year for saying "I do." Considering all the weddings that were pushed back from 2020 and 2021, you know this year is going to be jam-packed with celebrations. If you want your wedding day to stand out among the crowd, you can make sure your celebration is picture-perfect by staying on top of the biggest wedding trends for 2022.
Sustainability can also be a theme with your flowers. WeddingWire is seeing an increase in dried flowers as wedding decor for 2022. You could even get some Forever Roses from Roseshire that will last one to two years, or rent silk blooms from Something Borrowed Blooms. The best part? You can put the money you save towards your honeymoon fund.
Destination I Do
Each year, Pantone comes out with the color of the year, and this year it's "Very Peri," a relaxing shade of purple. This couldn't be a better choice for the year 2022 because of the psychology of the color, meaning: wisdom, bravery, and spirituality. I think we can all agree that these virtues are most desirable at the moment, so why not incorporate some of that energy into your destination wedding?
To help inspire you, we're sharing floral arrangements and bridal fashion along with the backstory being each design from the designers themselves!
Destination I Do
You may have noticed textured elements of pampas grass and dried floral elements starting to be more relevant than ever in the wedding space. There is actually a reason this style is gaining more traction as of late, however, and that is because of the worldwide flower shortage. There is actually a reason this style is gaining more traction as of late, however, and that is because of the worldwide flower shortage. We spoke with our friends at Something Borrowed Blooms to get their take on why choosing faux/dried floral elements might save you a pretty penny and a planning headache.
Tini Lux
Tis the season. Wedding season that is and if you didn't already know 2022 is on track to be the biggest year for weddings since 1984. A major wedding decision is deciding on florals. What color flowers? What types of flowers? How many flowers? The questions are endless. To ease all of your wedding floral worries, our team got the opportunity to chat with Lauren Bercier, Co-Founder and CEO of Something Borrowed Blooms.
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Digital Commerce 360
Something Borrowed Blooms takes the term reuse to a whole new level as brides find value in renting silk bridal flowers over fresh. The company is currently on track to grow 120% in 2022.
People Magazine
The pair exchanged vows at The Olana, a sprawling mansion estate built as an homage to the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in Paris.
"It's like a castle," says Simianer. "Since the moment I saw it, it was engraved in my mind. When you get the butterfly feeling of it's meant to be. I was like, "Yes, this is it."
Decor for the "timeless" affair included lush, fall white roses and greenery accents in gold pots from Something Borrowed Blooms. "Just an elegant, clean vibe," she says.
The Style Bouquet
Premium silk flowers have established themselves as a go-to choice, offering timeless beauty and versatility for special events. While weddings often take center stage for Something Borrowed Blooms, there are also several other occasions their florals can create a cozy and celebratory atmosphere.
Wedding Style Match
When you're planning a wedding, flowers can literally make or break your budget. THey are costly and, unfortunately, not on the top of couples' lists when prioritizing what's important to them for their wedding. That's why were drooling when we heard the idea of renting your wedding florals. Therefore, we went to Laken Swan and Lauren Bercier, Co-Founders of Something Borrowed Blooms to ring you an up to date on the ingenious concept of renting your wedding florals.
The Hustle
Co-founders Laken Swan and Lauren Bercier say that cost savings is the biggest driver for customers choosing to rent silk flowers versus buying traditional arrangements. Fresh florals are not only more expensive but also less reliable as the industry is controlled entirely by quick-moving supply and demand.
"We're still in the early stages of the rental revolution. Years from now, we'll questions why we ever purchased fast fashion or one-time-use items. It will be the norm." they say.
Loverly
Welcome to the cutting edge of the wedding industry, where innovation meets celebration! As you plan your wedding day, consider incorporating something truly unique with helpfrom our list of the best wedding vendor innovators. While largely traditional, these Southern wedding vendors are changing it up with new trends, modern tech, and cultural adaptations.
Zola
The annual "Best of Zola" award is a mark of excellence earned by wedding professionals that have proven themselves as best-in-class across the couples' planning experience, from inquiry to final send-off. These wedding pros are vouched for by clients, peers, and Zola across a set of criteria and can be counted on to deliver the same exceptional experience to future couples.
Loverly
The Loverly List is a prestigious recognition program designed to celebrate the top wedding professionals in the country and internationally. It honors those who excel in trust, professionalism, creativity, dependability, and quality of service in the wedding industry.
We've curated the best wedding florists across the United States for 2025–2026, each known for their creativity, attention to detail, and ability to design florals that perfectly reflect your style and setting. From lush garden-inspired installations to sleek and modern arrangements, these floral artists know how to make every petal count.
The Best of Zola 2025
The annual “Best of Zola” award is a mark of excellence earned by wedding professionals that have proven themselves as best-in-class across the couples' planning experience, from inquiry to final send-off. These wedding pros are vouched for by clients, peers, and Zola across a set of criteria and can be counted on to deliver the same exceptional experience to future couples.
