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On the first morning of the weddingest weekend of the weddingest year since 1984, Kari Shelton is calmly preparing to spin dreams into reality. She’s the owner and head florist of the Flower Girl, and she was voted Dripping Springs’ best florist of 2022. That might sound like a humble honor, but it’s a hotly contested title in the booming Wedding Capital of Texas. Shelton, who handles some 185 weddings per year, is a veritable floral fairy godmother. Today, though, she looks tired. “Well, the bride wants to be married in a field of daisies,” she says. I glance dubiously at the 50 stems in front of her, wondering if they’ll be enough to fill an entire meadow. Apparently, a supplier made a mistake (yet again),…

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