Thanksgiving Table Top Arrangements

November 11, 2015 by Flower Shop Network Leave a Comment

As you and yours are celebrating Thanksgiving this year, surround yourself with lush floral arrangements full of autumn-hued flowers and luxurious fall elements. Check out these tabletop ideas for your Thanksgiving table!

Abundant Cornucopia

An icon of the holiday, a cornucopia filled with flowers and foliage is sure to be on many Thanksgiving tables come November 26. Autumn-hued saturn roses, pheasant feathers and myrtle will stand out in this arrangement.

Metallic Fall Elements

Give your table a little sparkle with gold accents like gold and silver vases for your arrangements and adding a bit of gold dust to your luxurious blooms.

A Fruitful Spread

While pumpkins will make their annual appearance at the Thanksgiving table, consider including a variety of fruits such as pears, apples and pomegranates, to give a more ‘bountiful’ look. Include a ‘just-picked’ arrangement with yellow daisies and wheat!

These Thanksgiving arrangements are perfect for anyone wanting to create a charming spread on their table. Call your favorite local florist before the holiday to secure your Thanksgiving florals!

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Fourth of July Flowers

June 26, 2015 by Tanya Giraldo Leave a Comment

This summer, the heat is on and there is no better time to get the friends together for some barbecue than on Independence Day Weekend! Here are some great ways to include some floral into your festivities!

Patriotic Blooms
Throwing a summer bash in the backyard? Consider making your picnic table centerpiece a Fourth of July bouquet with a combination of red, white and blue blooms.

Host Florals
Have a friend who is hosting a barbecue? Bring her the finishing touch! An arrangement with white lilies, red gerberas and blue delphinium.

Simple Card Messages
Wanting to add a note to a Fourth of July gift? Here are some ideas!

For a most patriotic host, Happy Fourth of July!

Hope this is one of many more summer parties! Happy Independence Day!

So happy we get to watch the fireworks with you! Thanks for the celebration!

Head to your local florist and get a patriotic arrangement! Independence Day is Saturday, July 4, 2015.

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Celebrate This Veterans Day with Flowers

November 6, 2014 by Ed Belly 1 Comment

Veterans Day is Tuesday November 11th, 2014!

This holiday is all about honoring each and every one of the men and women who serve or have served in any branch of the armed forces. Can there be any better reason to give the gift of flowers?

Honor Them With Flowers

Flowers are the perfect gift for any occasion, and they have a language all their own. Couple that with the talent and skill offered by your local florist and you have something personalized and beautiful that says exactly what you want to say exactly how you want to say it. Your local florist can create a themed arrangement, one featuring the veteran’s favorite flower or even one as a memorial to a fallen loved one.

Personalize with Local

When you buy local, you have the option of being as detailed in the process as you like. You can outline what you want down to the smallest detail or just tell them to make it beautiful. You can choose from what’s available or have a custom piece made just for you. When you shop local, you know you’ll get what you paid for and more!

We use Veterans Day to say ‘Thank You’ to those who fought and still fight for our daily freedoms. Shouldn’t you say it with flowers?

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Make Remembrance Day Special with Flowers

November 5, 2014 by Ed Belly Leave a Comment

Remembrance Day is Tuesday November 11th, 2014! Originally began as a tribute to those who fell in WWI, it has grown into a memorial for all those who have died in armed conflict, both military and civilian. What better way to make the day special than with flowers?

Floral Tradition

Flowers have long been a tradition in Canada’s Remembrance Day celebration, specifically the red poppy. This flower was adopted in 1921 as the “Remembrance Poppy”. And though artificial poppies are widely available, nothing beats the beauty and grace found in a fresh cut flower. You can walk into any flower shop in town and find a beautiful bloom to wear near your heart.

The poppy has also been incorporated into wreaths laid on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as part of the national Remembrance service, and recently spectators of the event have placed their own red poppies on the memorial after the service concludes.

Local Care

There are many ways to use the red poppy to commemorate the fallen, and your local florist knows them all. Whether making them the centerpiece of a gorgeous arrangement to decorate the home or as part of a bouquet to lay on a tomb, your local florist will make exactly what you want.

Is there someone special you want to honor? They can put together an arrangement specifically personalized to meet your needs.

Walk in the door of your local flower shop and see what your florist can do for you!

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A Floral 4th of July

June 25, 2014 by Ed Belly Leave a Comment

Friday July 4, 2014 marks 238 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It’s a day of celebration for all Americans that normally involves a grill, some delicious food and a whole passel of fireworks. But however you celebrate, there’s one thing without which no party is complete, flowers!

Making It Patriotic

The best and most versatile of decorations has to be an arrangement of flowers from your local florist. Because flowers come in all colors, (and any they don’t can easily be dyed) they can be used to match any style or theme. And what’s more, your florist can create a design worthy of your Independence Day celebration. These local flower artists have the talent and desire to put something together you are sure to love!

So don’t let this Fourth of July pass without stopping by your local florist shop. They’ve got everything you need to make your decorations POP!

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Express Your Gratitude with Flowers this Memorial Day

May 21, 2014 by Ed Belly Leave a Comment

Memorial Day is an especially important time of year for the families of those men and women who died in military service. It is a time when the entire nation honors its fallen heroes, and that deceased family member gets some of the recognition he or she so richly deserves. What better gift can you offer these proud families who exist on this day in a state of mourning and pride than gorgeous flowers?

Flowers for Memorial Day

Flowers have traditionally been laid at the graveside of deceased loved ones, and Memorial Day is no different. Many of those whose loved ones have died in service to this country choose to visit their graves on this last Monday in May to honor the ones they lost and leave a lovely floral bouquet. This gives the survivors an opportunity to remember the deceased as well as leave behind a living symbol of their loved one’s vibrant and beautiful life.

Flowers are also acceptable as gifts in memoriam to the surviving family of a deceased service man or woman. It makes the perfect offering to honor the memory of the one they lost.

The Shop Around the Corner

When you buy flowers this Memorial Day, don’t forget that shop around the corner. Your local florist will have everything you need on-hand, and they can prepare something truly special for this important day. They are also there if you need to make any last minute purchases, and even those put together in a rush will be gorgeous and fresh.

So take a moment to remember those who fell in battle this Memorial Day, and give flowers purchased from your local florist!

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Get Your Flowers for Kwanzaa

December 18, 2013 by Ed Belly Leave a Comment

Kwanzaa celebrates African heritage in African-American culture and is based on the year-end harvest celebrations which have taken place throughout Africa for thousands of years. Decorations contain the traditional colors of red, black and green and hearken back to those African roots. If you want your decorations to focus on nature and all its wondrous bounty, there’s no better place to start than your local florist!

Creative Arrangements in Kwanzaa Colors

Contacting your local florist opens up a vast world of creative options. Flowers come in all shapes, sizes and colors, so there are few limitations to what can be done when someone talented is doing the designing. Do you have a specific idea you want to see brought to life, perhaps a theme you want the designer to illustrate? All this and more is possible when working with your local florist. They can create something unique and amazing made especially for you!

Preparing for the Feast

The Feast is the grand finale of Kwanzaa, a culmination of the seven day celebration and an opportunity to gather loved ones together for food, family, community and fun. Just as local florists decorate homes and businesses for Christmas, they can help decorate your gathering for the Kwanzaa Feast! Just let them know what you need, in advance of course, and they can create something gorgeous that perfectly illustrates the principles of Kwanzaa in dramatic fashion.

When you use your local florist, the options are unlimited! Joyous Kwanzaa!

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A Halloween without Flowers? Spooky!

October 10, 2013 by Ed Belly Leave a Comment

Halloween is the best time of year for scares, but trying to celebrate this annual homage to fright without mood-setting florals? That’s downright spooky! Flowers should be an integral part of any Halloween celebration, and I’m going to give you three exciting reasons to head out to your local florist right now!

3 Reasons to Find a Florist for Halloween

The ‘Mum’kin – That’s right folks, a living pumpkin filled with mums. Or, for the slightly more daring florist, a living pumpkin covered with mums!

Once you’ve seen it, you’ll realize that no Halloween party can be complete without one of these floral masterpieces. And if you’re attending a Halloween party, the mumkin makes the perfect hostess gift!

Set the Dark and Scary Mood – Flowers are not only capable of providing that spooky visual decoration we all crave on Halloween, they can also provide a distinctive scent to titillate the nostrils!

Your local florist will know exactly what flowers to provide for the look and smell you’re trying to achieve. Want flowers that look dark and brooding? Can do! Need some blossoms that smell musty or dry to set off your haunted house? With enough notice, even that is possible! There is no end to the exciting effects you can achieve with a little desire, creativity and a phone call to your local florist!

Halloween Themed Fairy Garden – For those of you who only use florists on Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter, you may be unaware of your local florists ability to create artistic and amazing arrangements unconnected to those holidays. One of those creative arrangements is called a fairy garden.

This can be achieved in a variety of ways, but the most common is to use a potted plant and arrange small furniture and other items under the leaves so that it appears fairies use the plant for a garden. Think of it as a type of diorama. Now imagine using tiny tombstones, wispy, cotton ghosts and a miniature iron rail. Oh yeah, Halloween party gold!

Halloween is full of candy, laughs and all-around fun. And if there’s one thing that florists know, it’s how to help their clients have fun! So when going over your Halloween party list, don’t forget to contact your local florist. They will have some spooktacular ideas to ensure you have the best decorations in town!

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5 Floral Gift Ideas for 5 Different Boss Types

October 7, 2013 by Ed Belly 1 Comment

Boss’s Day has really gained traction in recent years. If there was ever a time when this holiday could be ignored or set aside in favor of more important things, that time is long passed. So if you have a boss, and let’s be honest most of us have a boss, here are a few floral gift ideas to make your boss’s Boss’s Day a roaring success!

The Sports Fan

If you’ve ever seen your boss sporting their favorite football team’s mascot on his tie, he may be a sports fan. Your local florist is more than aware of any local or regional sports teams and probably carries a plethora of items they could use to put together a wonderful sports-themed arrangement. If nothing else, an arrangement using flowers in your boss’s favorite team’s colors can provide that “Wow” factor! If your boss loves golf, a sport where there are no teams, or is a fan of a team across the country, do not fret! Your local florist will have what they need to put together something impressive!

The Workaholic

Does your boss spend long hours at the office? Is she there when you arrive and there when you leave? Then she may be a workaholic. The best gift for these dedicated employers is a potted plant! The plant will inject some much-needed nature into their world while offering fresh oxygen that hasn’t been run through the building’s filters and HVAC unit. A plant is also very low maintenance. It will be a benefit without distracting this hard worker from her daily duties.

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Make the 4th Of July Sparkle with Flowers!

July 3, 2013 by Mandy Maxwell Leave a Comment

The 4th of July is America’s favorite times to celebrate, and for good reason. It’s basically America’s birthday; who wouldn’t want to celebrate that?

How do we celebrate the 4th of July?

Fireworks and flying flags; grilling, pool parties, watermelon and trips to the lake, but it goes further than that. The Fourth is about sending time with family and friends; taking a break from the hustle and bustle of the real world to focus on what’s important in your life. The 4th of July is a renewing time to refresh our relationships with family, friends and loved ones.

Fourth Flowers For Hard-working Hostess’

This 4th of July when you are visiting family and friends, take them a simple gift of affection with flowers. Red, white and blue flowers make the perfect hostess gift for any Fourth celebration. Your hard-working hostess will feel appreciated and can use the flowers to decorate for the celebration.

If you are looking for 4th of July flowers, always always always use a local florist.

Buying local is so important, but also connecting directly with your hometown flower shop guarantees you avoid deceptive middlemen and receive the full value of your order. If you need to find a flower shop in your area, use FSN’s handy Florist Finder.

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