Colorado Retail Florists Association

Recently we posted a help-wanted ad and received a few inquiries of people asking how to get into the floral industry. I would say step #1 for Colorado residents is to check out:
Colorado Retail Florists Association
They offer a comprehensive listing of schools, shops, wholesalers, classes, classifieds, etc.

Book :: Paula Pryke, Table Flowers

Looks like my favorite London based floral designer has a new book out. You can click on this link and buy it from amazon, that's what I did.

Paula Pryke has been one of my favorite designers for years now. I've visited the shop in London a few times. I'll tell 'ya my mouth drops everytime I'm walking around that shop. It's a magical place. :)

Holiday arrangements available at Bella Fiori!

A large container is filled with three colors of Poinsettias and ivy plants:

Red Amaryllis stands upright with curly willow branches in a glass saucer bowl, surrounded by river rock. Cranberries can also surround the amaryllis.

A glass cube vase filled with cranberries. The arrangement is filled with cedar & seeded eucalyptus, red roses & red alstromeria.

A container is constructed out of candy canes and the arrangement contains seeded eucalyptus, cedar, red roses and red alstromeria.

A natural basket is filled with an amaryllis plant, ivy and green moss. A nice delivery option for the holidays.

One of my annual favorites - a cylinder vase is filled with cranberries and has an arrangement of gerber daisies, roses, stock, cedar and seeded eucalyptus. The stock and cedar give it a subtle scent.

It's snowing!

Why am I blogging this much this morning? The answer is easy - there's snow outside! And this California girl is never in a hurry to leave the house on a snowy morning. I prefer to wait for the roads to clear a bit.
That's good news for all of you that like to read the blog. I have decided to post more links from other informational sites or sites that have fabulous photos of floral design. Plus, I'm digging in the archives of the home computer to see what photos of our previous work I can find....
Guess I should post more of the holiday photos to give everyone ideas, it is November 28 afterall! ;)
Here's a photo from the past, it was from a Christmas/Swedish theme wedding:

Favorite Websites :: Denver Plants

Looking for a site full of information on growing plants in Colorado?
Check out Denver Plants
"Denver Plants is the only... totally free horticultural gardening reference site dedicated to home gardeners in the Denver Metro area... and along the Front Range of Colorado. There are no annoying popup ads, thanks to the sponsor support of... Colorado's leading green industry plant and floral retailers and growers..."

Fabulous Florists :: White Lilac - Irvine, CA

Recently I became aware of White Lilac in Irvine, California. They are a "comprehensive event design studio specializing in large-scale parties, exclusive weddings, unparalleled corporate functions, and intimate soirees."
They had contacted us to take care of some deliveries in Denver that they needed for their client. We enjoyed working with them and taking care of their orders. I enjoyed looking at their website - talk about eye-candy for a floral design lover!!
For any of you who love good design, or are planning an event in So. Cal. you are going to love this site!
Click here to see more of White Lilac

stuff from the studio

I'm definitely in a chatty mood today! Seems like there is just a lot going on right now - could be the holidays. ;)
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I flew home to northern California.

We had a pretty quiet weekend. The good news is that I was reunited with Johann. Thank you to everyone for their thoughts and prayers for the little guy. For those of you that don't know what happened - little Johann we think was bitten by a poisonous spider the beginning of November when I was in No. Cal. He spent 5 days in the emergency vet where he fought for his life. I had to return to Denver and leave him in the care of my parents. (pretty good place for his recovery!). I was so happy to see him! He flew back with me yesterday, his first flight. He did just fine and is small enough to ride in the cabin. He's now back to his normal self; taunting Matisse!

We have a pretty busy month ahead of us, quite a few holiday parties and some really cool weddings! I'm feeling jazzed up for all the fun arrangements we get to make. :) And one thing is for sure - I must have more time to blog this month! ;)