06/09/2025
✨💖💐Originality is lost when you claim another’s creativity as your own💐💖✨
As a woman-owned business, I’ve poured my heart into creating and building our Bloom Bar experience. Every detail, every interaction, every vibe has been thoughtfully crafted with love, intention and authenticity. We are on year three since launching the Bloom Bar and have created hundreds of bouquets with guests, and have proudly supported and inspired other florists along the way to create their own unique version of it.
We believe deeply in collaboration over competition, and in the power of women uplifting women. That’s why it’s incredibly disheartening to see another (woman owned) company - one that has recently purchased from us and raved about our beautiful set up - replicate not only our concept and name, but our aesthetic, our voice, and the very essence of what we’ve built (right down to our signature pink buckets). We believe in community over competition, but we also believe in protecting what we’ve worked so hard to create.
We are actively taking steps to address this situation with grace, professionalism, and strength. This isn’t just about flowers or branding - it’s about the integrity of creative work and respecting the hard work of fellow entrepreneurs - especially ones who you have sat in the same room with.
To our incredible community who have taken notice and are equally disappointed to see this: thank you. Thank you for supporting me and encouraging me to speak out about this. I’ve wrestled with how to share this and what to do in fear of being looked at as someone who’s not a “girls-girl”…..but I refuse to let that take over and not stand up for something that was blatantly copied (down to verbiage and website). Standing up for your work, vision, and values is not mean girl energy - it’s being a strong ass business owner.
Let this serve as a reminder: you can uplift others while fiercely protecting what you’ve created.
There is enough room for all of us to grow - just not by taking what isn’t yours 💐
So much love to you all! 💖💐
Xo - Maria