The Blush Rose Study
Which rose appeals to you the most? My two favorites are Menta and Sweet Escimo. Menta opened to a nice shape and had such a light greyish-lavender color. Sweet Escimo was the palest of the pink colors, just a sweet and light hint of blush pink. The roses for today’s study were provided by Harvest […]
Make More Money Doing What You Love by Alison Ellis
The quickest way to make more money in your floral business is to do more of what you love and less of what you don’t love. There is always going to be some aspect of running our business that we don’t love…some things we simply MUST do (either because it’s the law or because someone […]
Visiting Flower People in Oregon..
I cannot adequately express how much I love Oregon and all that it has to offer. If I weren’t so happy to be home in California, I’d head up to my northern neighbors and move in! This state is beautiful and full of kind people – who love flowers and nature. In addition to spending […]
Visiting with Francoise Weeks, Portland, Oregon
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking a three day Woodland Design Workshop with the one and only Francoise Weeks! Tomorrow I will post the designs that I got to create in her class, today I just want to tell you a bit about Francoise and why I wanted to take her […]
How to Sell a Wedding by Alison Ellis
Years ago I attended an educational seminar for florists where we were taught “how to price a wedding”. It wasn’t a tutorial on how to multiple by 3 and add labor to determine the cost of an arrangement, rather it was about how to sell the wedding to the customer. I was so eager to […]
Visiting Flower Farms with Florabundance
Our story of the time spent in Santa Barbara, California is not quite over. In addition to a fabulous time at Florabundance Inspirational Design Days, I had the opportunity to visit some flower farms and meet more awesome people in the floral industry. Joost took Rebecca, Sunny Brooks Floral of Seattle and me to visit […]