Design magic – fresher hand-tied bouquets

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Brides often wish for the natural look of a hand-tied bouquet with the flower freshness of a water-filled bouquet holder. With a little design magic, we can have both.                                                                                         … Read More >>>

Tears on a wedding day shouldn’t be for the bouquet!

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I love weddings. Sadly, as every florist knows and some brides learn, these events can be rough on fresh flower bouquets. We’ve all heard of bridal bouquets that have been mistakenly stored in a freezer, left in the sun, forgotten in a car, dropped on the floor or worse.  It isn’t pretty to watch ‘things fall apart’ for a bride on her wedding day. Imagine… Her bouquet gets a hard … Read More >>>

Send Valentine’s Day flowers you love!

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  5 Top Tips for ordering great Valentine’s Day flowers   Develop a good relationship with your local florist.             A professional florist, who knows you personally, is more likely to know your floral preferences. They can customize the flowers you send (and receive) to exceed your expectations.  As a bonus, there are less handling fees when working directly with your personal florist instead of third party transferred orders and … Read More >>>

10 Tips for Thanksgiving decorating.

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Impress your family and friends, at the Thanksgiving meal, with your holiday centerpiece. The color and fragrance of fresh flowers on the table makes them feel like special guests. Allow the colorful foliages, textures and forms of the autumn season to inspire you.            As I wind up my curving driveway in the Fall, I always feel as though I am entering a live postcard. We can use … Read More >>>

Inspired by the Space

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  Guests coming? To quickly add natural beauty to a room, simply add a few fresh flower faces to your favorite vases in special places. Enjoy impressing friends and family with your flower-savvy talents and celebrate life with flowers!    Follow these easy steps when arranging flowers for those special places in your home: Choose five eye-catching spaces –                                                  What are the special places in your home … Read More >>>

The Cascading Bridal bouquet returns as a wedding favorite

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Cascading bouquets are back as the favorite floral design of trendy brides. After years of choosing the simple, easily duplicated ’round-moundy’ hand-tied bouquets, brides are realizing how gracefully cascading bouquets flow from a bride’s hand. A more sophisticated look; these designs add a touch of elegance against the background of their beautiful gowns.     When in comes to trends, whatever we have been doing – we decide to do the very opposite … Read More >>>

Daffodils or Jonquils? What is the difference?

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Do you enjoy a springtime walk amidst sunny Daffodils …                                      or are those Jonquils?   Yes, I ‘m guilty, too.  I often use the names, daffodil and jonquil, interchangeably when referring to these happy-faced flowers of early spring.     As the first flowers to pop up beneath the brown branches of … Read More >>>

Design Tips for gluing fresh flowers with floral adhesive

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  Gluing flowers into a bracelet, ribbon, or other flower form makes fast, easy work of prom, wedding, or decorative designs. Using floral adhesive known as ‘cold glue’ is more time efficient than wiring and taping individual flower blooms. Using these quick design tips makes gluing an easy technique.     Upon opening a tube of floral adhesive (cold glue) dab Vaseline, lotion, or other oil-based product onto the tube cap … Read More >>>

‘Arts & Flowers’ at the Centre for Performing & Visual Arts

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If you enjoy being surrounded by beautiful flowers and talented people, look for an ‘Arts & Flowers’ or “Arts in Bloom’ event to attend in your area. It can be a fun outing that offers inspiring new ideas.               I recently enjoyed the opportunity to offer floral commentary for the creative works of local designers at the ‘Arts & Flowers’ event of the Centre for Performing Arts … Read More >>>

Experience ‘The Gilded Age’ of Mansion Row, RI

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Recently, we visited Rhode Island and fell in love with the gorgeous  ‘Ocean State’. A tour of the Newport Mansions had been on my ‘bucket list’ for a long time. We were not disappointed. A day spent on Mansion Row is like opening the gates of time and going backwards for a glimpse of privileged life at the dawn of the 20th century. The natural, autumn RI beauty was magnified … Read More >>>