Feels Like Spring

Have a case of the winter blues? For $10 you can enjoy a little bit of spring in your home. With this quick and easy project  anyone can afford to enjoy the beauty of fresh flowers in their home/office.

Materials needed:

- Bud vases in any shape or color (these ones were from my great aunt)

- A bunch of fresh flowers from your local florist. $10 or so will be enough to do a grouping of 3 seasonal flowers

- Sharp knife or scissors

Instructions:

- Fill each vase with warm water and floral food packet provided by florist.

- Cut the bottom of each flower and place in to vases.  There is really no wrong way.
 Above I did a little grouping of heather, iris and daffodil - I could have put one flower in each vase and used the heather as fill in all the vases. The sky is the limit and

- Place in grouping and enjoy or use individually throughout your home/office

Winter wedding

Winter Wedding 

I love winter weddings. We started the 2011 wedding season with 2 winter weddings. Both very different and both very beautiful. The second wedding was of  Stephanie and Tom and  was held at the beautiful  ST. Clements Castle. The night before Connecticut received 10" of snow making the setting for  their winter wedding perfect. Below is her bouquet and her sweet review.  I truly love what I do and I just love every thing about her  bouquet! 

Stephanies Bouquet of white mini calla lilies, 

crystal accented Stephanotis, Silver berries, and white feathers

Wrapped in white fur.

Stephaine's Review - 

"The flowers provided for our winter wedding were exactly what I asked for & she was able to stay within the budget I requested. Melissa was working till the last minute to find an accent flower I really wanted & picked it up that morning. Meeting her was easy (we chose a starbucks), pymnts were also easy (paypal on her site), and she carries a ton of decor with her to help design your wedding theme. Would def recommend her." Stephanie and Tom 1.08.11 




Visit our weddingwire account to read all our reviews

~ February / March Special ~

Book your wedding/event* (over $1000) between now and March 31st and we will 

decorate, up to 6 of our candy buffet containers, to match your event colors and theme.

This Special includes, Rental of containers, design,  Colored table overlay,  set up/break down & candy scoops (if needed). Simply provide the candy and packaging and we will do the rest.  

* Limited to available dates and venues in Connecticut,

Flower total must be over $1000 before tax  | Has no cash value

Contact us for availability and any other questions you might have 

www.stylishblooms.com

860.392.8045 

Stock Photos

Time and time again I see the use of stock photos  being used to promote flowers. This makes my skin crawl. In a profession that is driven by creativity why would anyone want to use an image that isn't their work to promote themselves? I often wonder if prospective clients realize these images are stock photos and are not the work of the business.

 You would never want your caterer have you do a taste testing with food they didn't prepare or a photographer to show you a portfolio of images they didn't capture. So why has it become acceptable among florist to show images of bouquets they didn't make? 

I always try and show a prospective client my work and if I can't, I tell them this is an idea that I found that I think you might like. I  would never try to pass it off as my own designs.  Photos are a great way to convey to your florist your  likes and dislikes, but always  remember to ask to see pictures of the designers  most current work to make sure you like what you see.   Every designer is different and so should the images they use to promote their work.  

First wedding of 2011

2011 wedding season is here! Our first wedding of the New Year took us to The Society Room in Hartford, CT.  It turned out to be a beautiful snowy day! I received a call from the brides mother today thanking me for the flowers! I truly love what I do. Our second wedding of the season took us to ST. Clements castle, Stay tuned for that blog!

Happy New Year!!

I can't believe tomorrow is the end of 2010. This year has been such a whirlwind filled with so many amazing couples, vendors and beautiful flowers! 

 So many things changed for me this past year that I am still trying to take most of it in. 

I was able to quit my part time job and just focus only on Stylish Blooms. I bought a floral cooler,  adopted a mascot, and lastly the biggest change of 2010 is I traded my 2000 Grand am in for a van.  I  had the pleasure of being a part over 45 weddings and events in CT & NY. Many of these couples have become my friends and I consider all of them my family. I truly feel blessed on how amazing 2010 turned out. I already have more weddings booked for next year than I did this year and that is the best feeling in the world.  I have to say thank you to all of my past clients who entrusted me with there wedding flowers, for all those who left reviews, sent cards and referred Stylish Blooms to friends and family and lastly I need to thank my family and friends for all the support, help and love they gave to help me get this far!!!!! 

Happy New Year!!

~ Melissa ~

photo by:www.jasonhenriques.com

What if?

What if you get sick? What if you have an emergency? These are 2 of the most frequently asked questions I hear from prospective clients. 

It is  no secret that at times I am a one women show,  but when it comes to designing and setting up for weddings I would be insane to attempt it alone. I am lucky enough to  have wonderful crew to help me with flower processing, prep work, as well as delivery and set up. If I need design help for an event I have a wonderful set of trained designers who can copy samples and follow my direction.  Nothing leaves the studio without my approval. I am a control freak when it comes to my work and I am the only one who makes bouquets (those are mine). I have hand picked and trained an amazing crew to help with set up and deliver. They can deliver  bouquets, set up centerpieces and decorate cakes just as well as I can, after all they learned from the very best. 

One of  the best part about my job (besides the best clients) is most of the planning and designing is done behind the scenes giving me a very flexible schedule. Photographers, Planners, MUA, and DJ's work the day of a wedding and some work the whole day giving them a strict schedule to follow.  I do have a delivery schedule and set up schedule to follow, however,  its what leads up to that delivery that makes it different for me. The flowers and designs are planned out Months in advance and  the flowers and supplies needed for each wedding are ordered weeks in advance. I can design any time of day or night and because I work from home I can take my time . If it takes me 10 hours longer to design a wedding because I am sick, the bride will never know and it will not effect the final product or cost them any more.  If in the rare instance I have an emergency or end up in the hospital  I have complete faith in my crew that they will step up to the plate and be able to follow my directions and design the flowers needed for each event as well as execute the set up and delivery with the same care as I would.  I am amazed at how much Stylish Blooms as grown over the past year. I can't wait to see what is in store in our future!