Introducing….Spring Samplers!

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m going to lose it if spring doesn’t get here right away!!!  To chase away my winter blues I have been trying my best to keep a few bunches of fresh flowers at the studio (despite having no weddings for a few more weeks),  and my mood has improved tremendously!  Which got me to thinking, I’m sure we could ALL use some spring in our lives right now!  So for a limited time, we are offering sampler vases for $20 all spring long!

Yellow Tulip Sampler 2

This week’s Sampler is New York State Grown Tulips, Florida State Grown Fragrant Myrtle, and Bupleurem!  Over the next few weeks we will offer samplers in the following categories: Tulips, Anemones, Forsythia, Daffodils, Lilacs and more, depending on weekly availability.

The studio will be open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10a.m.- 4 p.m., feel free to stop by for your spring fix!  And for a very limited time, we will offer delivery (for an additional $10) if you call the studio during business hours.  Delivery areas will include Kingston, Saugerties, Woodstock, New Paltz, Rhinebeck, and Red Hook.

We hope to help you all spread a little spring 🙂

Way Back Wednesday- The Glamelia

The Glamelia! A beautiful floral creation that was big in our Grandmothers’ day,  is making a come-back with modern brides, especially those who love the vintage look!  What exactly is a Glamelia, you ask? This gorgeous variety of “flowers” is nothing you will find in nature.  The birth of Glamelias came from the Victorians adoration of Camellias.  While beautiful, Camellias flower early in the year and only for a short time.  They are also very expensive.


camellias

In the 1940s, the method was developed by florists, who used Gladiolas to produce a composite flower.  The process of creating a Glamelia flower is very tedious and involves detailed, intricate work.  Each petal of a Gladiola is stripped and reconstructed, petal by petal, to form a perfectly symmetrical new floral creation.  Each petal must be wired and secured in order to stay in place.  Although these days many floral designers use cold glue to achieve the final effect.  It is a long, difficult process, but the final result is truly exquisite.

Here are some examples of the modern day Glamelia:

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martha stewart composite bouquet

Glamelias can be made using Gladiolas, Calla Lillies, Lilllies, and Orchids just to name a few. These beautiful designs are 100% customizable, so they can easily be created to fit your style and the theme of your wedding.

Happy planning!

~Nadine

That’s Fabulous Friday!- The Return of the Bloomie Awards and Free Flower Fridays!

I know, we have been really bad about following up with the Bloomie Awards.  http://blog.anightinbloom.com/?p=3444 These awards are usually held every December to honor everyone’s favorite wedding of the year.  The winning couple receives $100 and $100 to the charity of their choice.  However due to our winter orders, the flu that just wouldn’t quit, and then the influx of newly engaged couples; this season’s scheduling just got really wacky.   But we are finally caught up and ready to go again!  For those of you not familiar with how this works: to cast your vote please “like” your favorite wedding on our Facebook page.  Our voting deadline will be Tuesday April 2nd at 12:00 a.m.  Thank you all for being so patient this year!!!

And to show you how much we appreciate your patience and support, we are announcing the kick off of our FREE FLOWER FRIDAYS! once again.  Each Friday look for our Facebook post announcing, “It’s FREE FLOWER FRIDAY!!!”  When you see that post, please leave a comment below the post in order to be entered to win a beautiful fresh flower arrangement sent your your door, (or someone else’s door if you wish).  The winner will be selected at random.  Participants must live in the local areas of Kingston, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Red Hook, or Woodstock.

peach and white garden rose arrangement

 That’s all for now from flower land for now,  have a wonderful weekend everyone!

~Heather

 

Mompreneur Monday- Put Those Kiddos to Work!

Whether you are a Mompreneur or just a busy working parent, there is no possible way that you can find time to do everything yourself.  Or if you can, please tell me what your secret is!!!  I was so naive when I first began my business.  I thought that by being self-employed, I would have so much more flexibility to get it all done. Boy was I wrong!  I’m actually laughing as I type this!  In addition to all of my work related responsibilities; I still have all of the house work to deal with, and two little ones who will tear everything apart as soon as I have it just right.  I tried creating a few of  those Super Nanny charts, in hopes of getting my little ones to help out by picking up their toys, and doing a few things on their own, but they never seemed to work.  Until I stumbled across a website called My Job Chart. http://www.myjobchart.com

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If your kids are anything like mine, they know how to use all of your mobile devices and computers. This website is a very simple solution, you create jobs for them and they get points for each completed task.  The children even get to “login” which my two absolutely love doing!  They have a lot of different options for using their points.  Points may be saved, donated to charities,  used to purchase toys, or you can even create your own custom prizes like stay up late coupons, go out for ice cream, movie night, etc.

For working parents I highly recommend jobs such as “keeping quiet during Mom’s phone calls,” and “being respectful of the studio”.  For at home tasks you can create whatever jobs you like such as getting dressed, brushing teeth, etc.  After one week, I didn’t have to nag my oldest to do everything in the morning, he began doing it himself!  A miracle!!!

mom on work call cartoon

I really can’t recommend this site enough!  It has saved this working mom’s sanity!!!

~Heather

That’s Fabulous Friday- “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood….”

Tired of all the negativity out there?  So are we!!  That’s Fabulous Fridays are back!

As many of you already know, we work in a building teaming with all kinds of amazing artistic and small business professionals!  And we recently added even more event related talent to the building!  We would love to welcome Wishbone Letter Press to the neighborhood!!!  http://wishboneletterpress.com/

For those of you unfamiliar with this unique business, they print all of their beautiful creations on vintage Letterpresses!! Wedding clients, vendors, and friends take note; they will print out invitations, save the dates, birth announcements, business cards, any just about any other type of creative idea one can think to put on paper!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!!!

Wishbone Letterpress

And in related news, we would love to congratulate our down the hall neighbors on some very happy news as well!!!

Keith Ferris and his wife Bianca welcomed baby Bevin Jean Ferris on 1/20/13!  She is just beautiful, congratulations you two!!!

Photo: Bevin Jean Ferris 1/20/2013 2:33am 6lb 5oz @highfallsmama is recovering from surgery and doing well.

http://www.keithferrisphoto.com

And congratulations to our friend Peter Demuth and his long term sweetie, Peg on their engagement!!!  Although it is a holiday one, I still love this pic 🙂

http://www.peterdemuthphotography.com

And although this news is not quite related to the neighborhood, we are still ecstatic for our former couple Nina and Shawn, on Shawn’s Oscar win this past Sunday!  http://curfewfilm.com/This is the most exciting piece of news we have ever heard from one of our couples, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer pairing 🙂

Photo: The best thing I've ever seen on television Photo: The lovely Nina Isabella in Ruffian at last night's Academy Awards. Congrats to her husband, Shawn Christensen, on his win for Best Live Action Short Film!

We have plenty more fabulous news to report about in the next few weeks; stay tuned! Have a great weekend everyone!

~Heather