Wednesday 1 February 2012

Valentines Flowers - Flowers in the Morning

The sun comes up and it’s out of bed. OK, often it is out of bed before the sun comes up. Where is the coffee? Oh, no! It’s a bad hair day. Does this sound like you? Perk up your day with coffee and flowers. Yes, a little pot of flowers sitting next to the coffee pot is sure to start you off on a good day. I love this baby Oncydium orchid plant. It’s radiating stems exude the random chaos of the morning. Bed head for me and my valentines flowers! Add a bagel (toasted with cream cheese) and you know it will be great day.


Thursday 26 January 2012

Valentines Flowers - Florists in Somerset: Ten top ideas for ordering Valentine's Day flowers


Sometimes it's the small romantic gestures that can make all the difference on Valentine's Day, and nothing says romance like a surprise bouquet of flowers for a loved one.


No matter where you live in Somerset, you're never far from a local florists who will be more than happy to help you set the romantic mood on Febraury 14.

Whether you want to shop in advance and present valentines flowers to your loved one in person, or arrange a surprise mail delivery, Somerset florists are on hand.

If you're looking for a florists near you, why not consider one of our ten picks for Valentine's Day flowers?

1) Flowers International at Bridgwater has a range of Valentine's Day offers that can be ordered online for same-day delivery. These range from a single-kiss rose at £19.99 to the 'Ultimate 100' at £499.99.

Flowers International, 2 Eastover, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5EE. Tel: 01278 456038.

2) Judith Goss Florists in Taunton has a selection of romantic packages including gift-wrapped bouquets and floral gift baskets that include a bottle of wine. Prices range from £25 to £34.99.

Judith Goss Florists, 77 Station Road, Taunton, Somerset TA1 1PB. Tel: 01823 254646.

3) Reed & Russell Flowers in Wincanton can send flowers across the UK and worldwide by Interflora. Prices start at £25 for gift wrapped bouquets, and £30 for hand-tied bouquets, arrangements or baskets.

Reed & Russell Flowers, 11 Church Street, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 9AA. Tel: 0800 7812155.

4) Worle Florists at Weston-super-Mare has a love and romance range including roses, lilies and posies among many others. Orders and deliveries can be arranged over the phone.

Worle Florists, 120 High Street, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset BS22 6HD. Tel: 01934 516277.

5) Andrea's of Yeovil has same-day delivery options on many of its Valentine's Day offers, and have bouquets to suit all prices, starting with a single-kiss rose at £19.99.

Andrea's of Yeovil, 78 Middle Street, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1LT. Tel: 01935 706526.

6) Acacia Flowers in Wells has a range of romantically named floral delights on offer, including Pure Passion at £29.95 and Truly, Madly, Deeply at £34.95.

Acacia Flowers, 8 Broad Street Wells, Somerset BA5 2DN. Tel: 01749 670808.

7) Bramble & Wild Floral Emporium in Frome has arrangements and flat bouquets available from £20, hand-tied bouquets from £25, and container arrangements from £27.50 in its floral gift range.

Bramble & Wild Floral Emporium, 13 Catherine Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1B2. Tel: 01373 473788.

8) Holyrood Florists in Chard has a good choice of flowers for Valentine's Day, plus the option to add some Belgian chocolates to really get into your loved one's good books.

Holyrood Florists, 29 Fore Street, Chard, Somerset TA20 1PP. Tel: 01460 61502.

9) Enchanted Florals in Glastonbury says it offers friendly, imaginative, inspiring and professional floral gifts, but it doesn't stop there. Also available is a selection of enchanted gifts to help you make your Valentine's Day flowers really unique.

Enchanted Florals, 11 The Gauntlet, High Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9QL. Tel: 01458 835293.

10) Bouquet Florists in Cheddar offers a range of bouquets in its romance range, along with the option of extra romantic gifts such as chocolates or a Buddy Bear.

Friday 13 January 2012

Valentines Flowers - Valentine's Day Is A Day To Show Your Partner Your Appreciation And Love


Valentine's Day is a day to show your partner your appreciation and love. The symbol of Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day is the traditional women receive flowers. On February 14 each year to express their love for each other a couple of creative activities and gifts. Many marriages are also available on Valentine's Day. This shows that day, in many people's lives in importance. Old and young, as long as they are together, they want one way or another in this celebration. Valentine's Day flowers are not limited to women; some people are very happy, very touched, cravat. In Japan, a unique way to celebrate Valentine's Day. February 14, the ladies that they are willing, chocolate gift, March 14 is the man, the man re-chocolate Valentine's Day gifts and flowers, if they wish, lady.
Valentine's Day flowers are always in service delivery or staff. Love a romantic man who openly expresses their love for your lover friends to display their work. Later, the man single lady to spend a romantic dinner. valentines flowers come in different forms. A single flower, flower arrangements, gift baskets, live plants is a common gift choice. Personality can help in the choice of floral design. Some ladies like to arrange some of my favorite bold colors, such as some of the exotic plants, but most women prefer red roses.
In addition to roses, chrysanthemums, lilies, orchids, lilies, tulips and sunflowers are some examples of Valentine's Day flowers. Can a person who wants to be creative, you find any unusual or buy a bouquet of exotic flowers. For women, that is a waste of money to buy flowers, potted plants that people can choose to buy the ladies, to maintain and improve, and how they want to increase their relationship. valentines flowers colors have different meanings, and most online stores and retail customer’s expert advice before buying.
Valentine's Day is a day to show your partner your appreciation and love. The symbol of Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day is the traditional women receive flowers. On February 14 each year to express their love for each other a couple of creative activities and gifts. Many marriages are also available on Valentine's Day. This shows that day, in many people's lives in importance. Old and young, as long as they are together, they want one way or another in this celebration. Valentine's Day flowers are not limited to women; some people are very happy, very touched, cravat.

Wednesday 11 January 2012

valentines flowers - Stumped Over Valentine's Day Gifts? Consult Smartbox!

Smartbox, the premiere gift experience company in the U.S., will help you out if you are stumped regarding what to get your loved one for Valentine's Day. If chocolates and valentines flowers hold little interest for your or your beloved, then perk up and pay attention.

Smartbox has rolled out a new line of NYC gift experiences in advance of Valentine's Day. Simply, the gift recipient receives a Smartbox which includes a color guidebook with the activities offered and a redemption card which can be brought to the activity location to redeem. The gift experience provides the recipient choice and great memories from the experience.

The experiential themes offered in NYC include:

- NYC SPA & WELLNESS (Recipient chooses from over 85 well-being spa packages) - $99
- NYC ZAGAT DINING EXPERIENCE (Recipient chooses from over 50 Zagat-rated restaurants and receives three-course dinner for two) - $99
- NYC ADVENTURE (Recipient chooses from over 60 adventure activities including sailing, horseback riding, introductory plane flight, etc) - $69
- NYC FUN FOR ALL (Recipient chooses from over 50 activities for him/her and a guest including cooking classes, dance lessons, pottery painting, etc) - $49
- NYC CHARMING GETAWAY (Recipient chooses from over 40 one-night stays with breakfast included) - $129
- NYC GOURMET RETREAT - (Recipient chooses from over 35 one-night stays with dinner and breakfast included) - $369
What sounds most appealing to you, valentines flowers?

Monday 9 January 2012

valentines flowers - Valentines Day Wedding Theme


Love is a feeling shared by two souls and wedding puts this feeling into a strong institution based on mutual trust. Every person wants to marry the person he/she truly loves, but only a few fortunate ones get their lovers as marriage partners. But the fortunate ones who marry the person they love spend a life of happiness and joy. What can be a better occasion than Valentine's Day to tie the knot with the special person in your life? Valentine's Day is the special day dedicated to lovers when they express their true feelings for each other. The idea of marrying on Valentine's Day is considered very romantic and brings a fairy tale ending to your love story. That is the reason why it is the most sought after date when couples decide to get married. A Valentine's Day wedding involves lot of style and arrangements. Even if you are not marrying on Valentine's Day, you can use it as theme for your wedding. Read further to know the things required to plan a perfect Valentine's Day wedding.

Valentine's Day Wedding

Location
Since there are thousand other couples planning for a Valentine's Day wedding, it will be better if you do an advance booking of the wedding location. You can choose a church or country hotel where you can have valentines flowers, candles, music and a late night ceremony. It is advisable to select a hotel as you can use it for the ceremony and reception.

Invitation
While choosing the invitation for a Valentine's Day wedding, you should use red and white colors. These colors are traditionally associated with Valentine's Day and are the true representatives of this special day. Keeping these two as the base of the Valentine's Day invite, you can experiment with the content and design of the card.

Decorations
While taking care of decorations, you can put your pictures on love hearts and paste them on tables. Continuing with the theme colors of Valentine's Day, place red and white candles on the table and throw heart shaped candies around them. Also, while numbering the tables, use the names of famous love couples.

Book Your Vendors
Due to peak season, there are high chances that all the vendors will be extremely busy; so contact all the individuals and service providers in advance. It is the only way to secure the best professionals as your caterer, florists, DJ, photographer or make-up artist. These arrangements can cost you a bit more, but remember that wedding is a single time affair to be cherished for the lifetime.

Catering
Being a Valentine's Day wedding, arrange a white cake with red hearts and pink valentines flowers. To give a romantic presentation, you can instruct the baker to form a heart shape by joining two puff swans in the middle. Some of the popular snacks for this occasion can be heart-shaped sandwiches and chocolate covered strawberries.

Favors
When it comes to choosing favors for guests, you can have little gift boxes filled with heart-shaped cookies and a love quote written on the back of a heart-shaped card.

Thursday 5 January 2012

valentines flowers - The Symphony League invites you to its Valentine Ball to benefit the SC Philharmonic

Symphony league, a proud benefactor of the South Carolina Philharmonic, contributes over $30,000 each year to support the South Carolina Philharmonic and to increase awareness of the performing arts in the community.

This year’s major fundraising event will be the 7th Annual Valentine Ball on Sunday, February 12, 2012. In the words of Helen Keller, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” “ Hearts on a String” is the theme of this year’s ball. Always a festive affair, this event will be no exception. The celebration will feature an open bar, gourmet dinner, dancing, and live music provided by Dick Goodwin’s Big Band. There will be special entertainment during the evening with a highlight being the crowning of the Queen of the Ball.

Honored guests will be Mayor Stephen Benjamin and Judge DeAndrea Benjamin, USC President Dr. Harris Pastides and Ms. Patricia Moore Pastides, and Maestro Morihiko Nakahara, conductor of the South Carolina Philharmonic.

Nakahara, honored attendee for the past four years, said, “The Symphony League’s valentines flowers is one of the liveliest evenings of the year. It has everything you want in an evening out. And while you’re enjoying the food, music, and dancing, you’re also helping support the South Carolina Philharmonic. I’m not sure there’s a more fun way to do that.”

The valentines flowers will be held from 6:00 to 11:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Columbia. The cost is $125 per person. The Symphony League is a 501 ( c) ( 3) organization for the benefit of the South Carolina Philharmonic. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. For more information, contact Doris Clevenger at 803.213.9981, Emmala Barnett at 803.788- 4160

Tuesday 3 January 2012

valentines flowers - Crafting out family time together



ONE OF the many ­activities parents can do together with their ­children is making crafts.
The pleasure children can derive from creating ­something of their own can be equally ­fulfilling for the parents, as the ­process ­allows them to bond with their children and create beautiful memories.valentines flowers
This is made even more meaningful if the projects result in crafts that can be put up on display for others to ­admire. Both parents and children can then look back on them with pride.
There are many craft books that can be found on the shelves of ­bookstores for the uninitiated and the more professional craft-maker. One of them is Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts(published by Potter Craft).
Prepared by the editors of the Martha Stewart Living magazine, this 365-page hardcover tome, as stated in its preface, is dedicated “to the celebration of holidays and to the crafts enthusiasts who create and do all the things that make the occasions so special and meaningful”.
Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts offers “225 inspired projects for year-round celebrations”, and indeed, there are enough ideas in this book to cover all the major American celebrations like New Year, Valentine, Easter, Mother’s and ­Father’s Day, Fourth of July, Halloween, ­Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and ­Christmas.
Many of these ideas are a result of years of planning by the team of crafts editors of the Martha Stewart Living ­magazine.
The craft projects ­include making cards, ­decorative items, gifts and gift wrapping, table centrepieces and party favours – all with step-by-step instructions on how to create them as well as the items needed.
Some of the items are as commonplace as eggs, fruits, candies (sweets) and ribbons, and the tools – scissors, tweezers, pencil, ruler, glue and wire. But there are certain items you will need to get from a craft shop or a good stationery shop.
While we might not celebrate all the festivals mentioned in the book, the ideas for the gifts and decorations can be tweaked to suit our culture and traditions, ­substituting appropriate designs to suit our needs.
For example, there is a whole section on decorating eggs for Easter but check out the lovely egg-cherry blossom tree (pg89) that will not look out of place for Chinese New Year.
Not all the crafts in the book are suitable for children but with their parents doing the hard part, they are doable.
Some innovative ideas suitable for children to tackle are cooker cutter ­ornaments (pg 281), heart-and-lollipop valentines flowers (pg47), custom canvas bag (pg137), folded shirt cards (pg155), pop-up bouquet card (pg120), fingerprint stamps (pg57) and candy cane mice (pg328).
There are also love-knot bracelets (pg38), glittered balloons (pg21), money and gift card wrappers (pg331), glittered paper ornaments (pg291) and hand-y valentines (pg44) to make.
There is a useful basic techniques section at the back which lists the essential tools and supplies needed for the crafts and teaches the correct way to use some them; as well as thumbnail images of all the clip art and templates ­included in the book.
You are advised to download the originals from the ­www.marthastewart.com ­website.
Martha Stewart’s Handmade Holiday Crafts is one book that will keep the family crafting – and ­bonding – together for many years to come.