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November 2019 Wedding

“Candice and her team are AMAZING! First of all, the desserts are absolutely delicious. I’ve had many of her desserts and flowers from the local farmer’s market and when I found out she did weddings I knew we had to check her out. We wanted stacked cookie cakes as a tier on our wedding cake and she was the only bakery in town who was genuinely excited to try something new (everyone else seemed very nervous to do that). We also did cupcakes and mini cheesecakes and everyone raved about our desserts - how beautiful and delicious they were. Some people even asked our venue for to go boxes! As far as the flowers, we wanted all greenery (church decorations, bouquets and boutonnieres) with very few flowers and everything was so beautiful. I wanted a lot of texture and was up for something a little different. She combined all of my Pinterest pictures and put her own twist on them (a few little orange berries) to be exactly what we wanted. Candice has a great thing going here and I will choose her and her team over and over again. She was so easy to work with and open to our ideas. Her prices are competitive and it’s a bonus she’s local. Her 2-in-1 business is super convenient when planning a big event that already has many vendors involved. We highly recommend Pollen and Pastry and can’t explain how happy we are with her work!”

July 2019 Wedding

“We hired Candice as both our baker and florist for our wedding this past July. I cannot recommend her enough. Not only did I completely change the game plan a few weeks before the wedding, but I also had an outdoor wedding on a hot, raining July day. Candice had everything beautifully set up before our wedding and then a huge storm came and blew everything over. She stayed, worked her butt off behind the scenes to get everything perfect AGAIN. The flowers were beyond gorgeous, the desserts were delicious and the guests were none the wiser. THANK YOU, CANDICE!!!”

September 2019 Wedding

“Candice is nothing short of extraordinary. She was our florist and made/decorated our wedding cake and made the whole process seamless. We hired her 9 months prior to the wedding and she was involved and available to us from the moment we had our first meeting. As a couple planning a wedding in Bloomington from the East coast, Candice was a perfect vendor choice. She even sent us a care package to encourage us to enjoy our engagement and not get caught up in the “wedding-planning.” On top of encouraging my fiancé and I, Candice partnered with my Mom to execute a very nuanced and unique design for the reception. Over the course of multiple months, they implemented a vision that made our wedding a complete fairytale. Her arrangements were simply exquisite. We had multiple unique arrangements – bouquets, flower crowns, ceremony vases, centerpieces with different styles for each reception table, and greenery that draped along the Ewing Manor balcony. Each one was a work of artistic mastery. And the cake! Holy cow – it was elegant and super delicious. All said, I would recommend Candice a thousand times over.”

May 2019 Wedding

“We used Candice for our flowers and desserts for our wedding and all I can say is, “WOW!” Candice was by far the easiest vendor to work with and made planning our wedding stress-free! The online platform that Candice provided was super simple to use and made planning very simple. Candice is also very accommodating and provides quick responses to emails. We received endless compliments about the flowers and dessert selections all night long. I HIGHLY recommend using Pollen & Pastry for your wedding needs!”

October 2018 Wedding

“Candice was absolutely amazing to work with. I trusted her from the minute I met her and I just knew she would bring my vision come to life. She did that and more!! All of the flowers were absolutely breath taking and put together so beautifully. The desserts were unreal!! Candice is seriously SO talented and central Illinois is very lucky to have her!! (BTW, she's amazing at flower walls!!!)”