FlowerShopDeals Blog – Floral Mashup

Although still elegant and beautiful, flowers are just flowers if they aren’t assembled in a vase!

Flowers have always been a great way to celebrate a special occasion or holiday, but how much attention do you give to the vase you select. A decorative flower vase can, and will add personality to an ordinary set of blooms. Flowers in a vase is how most blooms are displayed anyway - so you can’t go without one.

Flower shops will sell you the just the flowers if that’s all your budget can afford, but the vase can outlive the flowers and add to the decor of your home or office  indefinetly and can be a keepsake to remind you of the flowers.

Calyx and Corrolla has a spectacular display of Vases & Cachepots that can turn any ordinary bouquet into a floral masterpiece with their decorative flower vases.

Here is sampling of vases from Calyx and Corrolla. Just click on the image for a larger view:

If its about decorating then a simple fish bowl clear vase will not due.

If you need additional inspriation check out the Julie Mulligen PictherPerfect collection of arragments in decorative flower vases. She usually has more than the normal vase as she incorporates everyday themes from movies to sports to make flowers unique and inspriring.

Calyx Flowers is renowned for the exquisite vases and cachepots which they find to complement there luxury floral gifts.

Send one of these lovely vessels as a special gift, or treat yourself to a grand display for your next handpicked bouquet.

Browse and find some great decorative vase for your flowers and see how they make a difference with your home decor.

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OrganicBouquet created plenty of online and television media buzz this past Valentines Day when their “World’s Tallest Roses” appeared on ABC’s “The View”.  

The roses which can measure any where from 4 to 6 feet in height engendered so much curiousity for the company  throughout the day Organic Bouquet was the #1 search on Google by the afternoon.  The Views  average audience size is 4.2 million viewers so it’s not hard to image.

OrganicBouquet is the nation’s leading supplier of eco-friendly flowers and gifts.  Your purchase of these  roses incidentally make a positive impact on the environment by removing harmful chemicals from our environment, in addition to helping farm workers in developing countries support their families.

“Each purchase helps provide education, medical care and jobs with livable wages for growers and artisans. In addition, certified sustainable farms employ over 60% female workers-providing job opportunities where there once was none.” according a release from the company.

Here is a video with the CEO Robert McLaughlin talking about OrganicBouquet’s eco-freindly gifts.  

What are your impression of the roses? Would you buy them?

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Roses are a very popular flower for celebrating Valentines Day. It’s a given that if you are going to give flowers, the choice you can not go wrong with are roses. Pick your size, color, vase shape, long stem or short stem, roses have and always will be the flowers for Valentine’s Day.

In recent years we’ve seen some unique escapes from the usuall rose with the genetically altered types including the rainbow rose and also the blue rose.  But don’t expect to find them at your local florist or at one of the online florists any time soon. These types of roses aren’t mass produced yet and will likely come at a hefty price if you can find them.

Yet if uniqueness is your aim you can still find some unique roses for Valetine’s Day  and do it organically – no mad scientist needed.

Introducing the Worlds Tallest Roses. These spectacular roses which measure as high as 5-6 feet in height are grown on an Ecuadorian farm nestled between two volcanoes at more than 9,600 feet. These amazing red roses grow naturally tall in their native soil – no genetic alteration involved. The roses reach their height due to days of prolonged sunlight and cool nights which allows them to flourish beyond expectation.

What’s even more incredible about these elegant roses, is each stem boasts a large head which opens to an astonishing 3-4 inches in diameter, creating a sea of lush red rose petals that stay fresher longer.  Now that’s a rose!

These roses are found at OrganicBouquet.comthe premier organic florist online offering eco-friendly bouquets and gifts. In addition to getting flowers that are probably taller than you,  Organic Bouquet will give you a free pair of professional shears to help care for your roses.

Check them out for yourself if you are looking for something unique this year for Valentine’s Day!

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New Years Flowers and Plants for the New Year

New Year’s day is an occasion for looking forward and wishing family and freinds the best in the new year to come.  People around the world will be celebrating and cheering as the clock strikes 12:00 am.  It’s also a time of reflection in looking back on goals accomplished and some never started.

In comes our new years resolutions. Resolutions are our own personal way of declaring new goals and finally addressing old ones.  Don’t just make a mental note of the things you would like to do and see, write them down and read them everyday – out loud even – and soon you will see yourself accomplishing those goals and more.

Make giving to others apart of your resolution as well. There is a saying “No man is an island, entire of itself…”, so as you give and help others you can expect others will do the same for you. It’s a guiding principle that has propelled many to reach their goals and accomplish great things.

Gift giving is not an essential piece to bringing in the New Year but a great way to mark it’s beginning. New Years Flowers and Plants are an excellent way to say Happy New Years. New Years Flowers will not only last for several days commemorating the day but also remind you how you started the year.

Here are some New Years flower ideas.

Bonsai Plants - Offer someone a great bonsai plant like the Juniper Bonsai for New Years. The Juniper is one of the most popular bonsais in the US since it is great for bonsai beginners or experts alike. The Juniper Bonsai features rapid growth and long, trailing branches that add beauty to any décor. Get a great looking bonsai plant to for the New Year for yourself or as a gift to someone else.

New Year Floral Bouqets – Just adding a celebratory bouquet of New Years flowers to your home decor to celebrate the occasion or sending them as a gift to someone far away is also a great way to bring in the New Year.  The Toast of the Town  bouquet is a mix of fresh white flowers such as roses, miniature gerberas and cushion spray chrysanthemums – accented with greenery, plus a silvery mask and stars, delivered in a silver-toned urn.

If one single plant or bouquet will not due then New Years Gift baskets provide plenty of opportunity to share and revel in the celebration. The Taittinger® Champagne & Truffles Gift Set looks to be an elegant way to bring in the New Year. If you know someone who would enjoy a little bubbly then  this gift set that comes with a sophisticated, keepsake box that’s perfect for preserving New Year’s souvenirs.

Happy New Years!

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FloraFlora.com a newly launched floral and gifts site offers customers free flower delivery and no hidden fees. 

Started by Shoebuy.com one of the largest retailers of bags, footwear and related apparel, floraflora.com aimes to redefine how the business of online floral shopping is done.

The online floral sector is a crowded space, and it’s a space dominated by a handful of well recognized brands in the industry. You can’t make an instrance in this crowded market and be heard without offering consumers something new and different.

While floraflora.com may not provide much difference when comes to well designed floral arrangments they will get the consumers attention where it matters most – the wallet!

Many startup businesses find great success and longevity when they are able to address consumer demand and provide a service not offered anywhere else. You’d be hard pressesd to find a online florist offering free flower delivery as a standard offering.

There are hundreds of flower and gifts sites online today and there is one thing that you can be certain of is delvery fees. Online florist may have the occasional offer here and there, but as whole free flower delivery is really not common among online florists.

A large number of online flower shops operate as wire services, where they take bouquet orders online charge a number of fees and have a local florist complete the delivery. The fees are usually in addition to the flower price – so a bouquet that’s $29.99 can easily cost $59.99 when the additional fees are added in, such as delivery fees and handling fees.

Now with the lauch of FloraFlora.com many online floral shops will have to re-evaluate their order and fullfillment process if the FloraFlora.com business model proves popular with consumers. Free flower delivery from FloraFlora.com may be the biggest development in the online floral market.

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You don’t have to wait on long lines this coming Black Friday to get great deals on the items you want. Amazon.com is rolling out daily deals as early as Monday November 23, 2009.

Black Friday is easily the biggest shopping day of the year. Masses of people will gather at department store doors, across the country in the early hours of the morning eager to grab the limited supply of supper discount deals.

Some people may find a certain alure in getting up the day after Thanksgiving at the crack of dawn to possibly grab that coveted deal that only comes around once a year.  It’s also a chance to get a jump start on the Christmas holiday shopping.

Yet Black Friday hasn’t been without it’s list of horror stories though, with of out-of-control mobs trampling people in a heated rush to get an advantage over other zealous shoppers. Some might even suggest Black Friday shopping has gotten completely out of hand in recent years because of the lack of security and order.

There’s probably no better security than shopping in the comfort of your own home. Amazon.com is hoping shoppers take the safe route this year by starting their Black Friday shopping early by visiting their site.

You can check out the Amazon.com Black Friday Page here @ www.amazon.com/blackfriday. The everyday deals starts Monday, November 23, 2009.

5 Tips on How to make the best out of Black friday?

1) Don’t spend more money then you have. Buy only things you really need.
2) Use cash if possible. You will not be getting a deal if you use credit cards. Think of the interest you will pay evey month.
3) Make sure the store has plenty of security. Just in case someone tries to snatch the last blue-ray player out of your hand.
4) Just don’t buy something because it’s cheap. Go for quality merchandise that will last and keep your receipt.
5) You can always shop online.

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If you happen to travel often and enjoy racking up frequent flyer mile points as well send the occasional bouquet of flowers then this sweepstakes is for you.

FTD.com has teamed up with United Airlines to offer five prizes of one million miles each in the “Win a Million Miles Sweepstakes”.

To enter the contest is easy. All you have to do is visit www.ftd.com during the Sweepstakes Entry Period now through December 20, 2009, and sign-up for FTD Reminders.

To qualify for one sweepstakes entry, new participants registering for FTD Reminders for the first time must provide three “reminder” dates.

Exisiting  FTD Reminder customers must add three new “reminder” dates to their account to be eligable. No purchase is necessary to enter to win, and a purchase will not improve your chance of winning.

Each of the five Grand Prize winners will receive 1, 000, 000 United Mileage Plus® Redeemable Miles from United Airlines in the form of a frequent flyer miles award. Approximate Retail Value of each Grand Prize is US $20, 000.

Five Grand Prize winners will be selected in a random drawing on or about December 21, 2009 from among all eligible entries received.  The odds of winning depends on the total number of eligible entries received. You must be a U.S. resident 18 years or older to enter and you can only enter the sweepstakes once.

Entry Page: http://reminders.ftd.com/sweepstakes.asp

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Every now then you come across some strange yet amazing pictures on the web.  What these pictures do, is illustrate the vast creativity of the human mind and how if we challenge our thinking we can take the normal and mundane and make it much more. 

Imagine applying the same principle to your own life or business and how you can reinvigerate excitement to what ordinarily would not get as much as a second glance.  Images like this must reawaken something inside you, stir your sensibilities to the idea of limitless possibilities.

Here is the work of both nature and scientist:

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