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Florist opens Nativity and Christmas Expo after recovering from major storm damage - WWAY NewsChannel 3

COLUMBUS COUNTY (WWAY) — A holiday tradition in our area is making a big comeback this year.It is called the Tabor City Nativity and Christmas Expo. Hurricanes Matthew and Florence caused $20,000 worth of damages to the store.- Advertisement - Now, it is back in business.From the outside looking in, you’d never think there could be so many depictions of the birth of Jesus Christ. Owner Rodney Gore says he is proud to show them off.“No matter how ugly or how pretty they are, they’re still Jesus,” Gore said.Gore is a florist by trade, but he’s also known around town as the man with the nativity scenes.“I also collect Madonnas, and I also collect the flight when they went into Egypt,” Gore expressed.He has thousands of pieces in his shop.“If it’s one that I don’t have then I buy it, and of course everything has a price tag on it, but here, everything is equal,” Gore said.Last year Gore was not able to display his treasures because of damage from the previous storms.However, this year, he’s back and now in a new store, ready to share the “reason for the season” with everyone who walks through his doors.“I just wonder how many people it has touched to know... https://www.wwaytv3.com/2019/11/27/florist-opens-nativity-and-christmas-expo-after-recovering-from-major-storm-damage/

Bloom & Plume's Maurice Harris Reimagines Black Art - Complex

POST CONTINUES BELOWWhile Harris is aware that the art he creates stands as a luxury and most of his clients are wealthy—he has designed floral installations for everyone from Ava DuVernay to Florence and the Machine to Vogue—he is clear on the power of beauty and has selected it as his weapon of choice. “I think that beautiful things allow us to dream, allow us to escape, allow us to hope and aspire towards other things,” Harris remarks. This belief prompted Harris to extend his brand to a community cafe, Bloom & Plume Coffee, which he owns and runs alongside his brother. Opened earlier this year, the coffee shop employs Black and Brown members of the queer community, and is thoughtfully decorated with Harris’s artwork and aesthetic. It falls in line with Harris’s mantra that “we are only what we see.” Hitting several marks, the shop not only brings awareness and visibility to LGBTQIA people, it provides Harris’s non-elite customers the affordable luxury of coffee in a beautiful space and an opportunity to experience his work.More recently, an even broader community has gotten to sample Harris’s creativity thanks to his current Microsoft Surface campaign, which showcases how technology helps enhance Harris’s vision. “As organic as I like to be, you have to stay organized,” he explains. "And as much as people want to trust your creativity, they want to see a mood board; they want to see a rendering; they want to see something that allows them to have an insight into what's in my brain." ComplexCon attendees got to witness Harris's creativity firsthand at his Microsoft activation, where he incorporated several beautifully-designed floral arrangements into the booth, providing the perfect backdrop for attendees to not only capture great photo moments but also utilize the Surface to enhance them live on the convention floor. The overall experience was a direct reflection of Harris’s core mission of providing people with the power of freedom. “When I think about my values and things that are important to me—and freedom being the thing that’s my vibe—I felt like this partnership really encouraged that. They’ve really been celebrating my creativity and aligning myself with a company that is about that is kind of cool,” he says. “The thing that bums me out is that we do such beautiful work and it's so rare that many people get to see it, but brands like [Microsoft and Complex] create platforms for so many people to be engaged with the magic of what flowers can do. And that’s really beautiful and exciting to me.”TO SEE HOW HARRIS’S COMPLEXCON ACTIVATION CAME IN TO FULL BLOOM, BE SURE TO WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND FOR MORE INSIGHT ON  HIS INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY, WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW.POST CONTINUES BELOWLet's block ads! (W... https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2019/11/maurice-harris-microsoft-surface-complexcon

Piney Rose Flower & Decor opens in The Woodlands - Houston Chronicle

Taylor and Cullen Handfelt of The Woodlands are blending the business of a traditional florist with some new twists. The Handfelts are the dynamic duo that created Piney Rose Flowers & Decor. A mixture of the feminine side, Rose, and the masculine side, Piney, they operate their newly opened business together much like everything else they do in life. “Cullen handles more of the business and corporate side of things, I’m the creative one,” Taylor said. Taylor says that while residents coming to a florist for occasions or commercial needs is not a new thing, she and her husband are working to bring something new to the trade. Piney Rose offers monthly, bi-weekly, and weekly subscriptions for a specially fashioned arrangement of blooms — fresh in a vase... https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/Piney-Rose-Flower-Decor-opens-in-The-Woodlands-14947966.php

Funeral Is Monday For Ooltewah Man Who Was Killed In His Front Yard - The Chattanoogan

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at www.stjude.org. Arrangements are by the East Brainerd Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 8214 East Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, Tn. 37421. ... https://www.chattanoogan.com/2020/1/10/402247/Funeral-Is-Monday-For-Ooltewah-Man-Who.aspx

Forget Me Not Flowers downsizes to single location in Somerville - Fauquier Times

From the beginning, people have seen our sign and stopped on their way home to pick up flowers. That first Valentine’s Day, I was really busy.”Menefee has closed her full-service florist shop in downtown Remington to centralize the business in its original location in Somerville.Menefee said the transition means she can devote more of her time and talents to her customers, in one location, with improved service and delivery.  Menefee started working at Generations Florist in Bealeton in 2005 while she was still in high school. In 2009, she graduated from Ferrum College with a bachelor’s degree in general agriculture. Throughout college, she continued to work for Generations and a flower shop in Warrenton, learning about the flower industry. By 2011, she knew she wanted to be her own boss and own a small business. She opened Forget Me Not Flowers, in Grove’s Store in Somerville.In 2012, Menefee also took over Archer’s House of Flowers in Remington, making floral deliveries in southern Fauquier -- Remington, Catlett, Sumerduck, Midland, Bealeton and Jeffersonton. Now she’s devoting all her time to the flower shop in the historic building that houses Grove's Store, which her family has owned and operated since 1908. This building, besides containing a florist shop, also contains the original 1914 Somerville Post Office and a small convenience business; it is adorned with small antiques and collectibles on the building's original high wooden shelving. The florist business still serves the entire southern Fauquier area, as well as customers in Warrenton and Culpeper. Menefee said her flowers are reasonably priced and professionally arranged for weddings, get-wells, sympathies, anniversaries, birthdays and special occasions such as Valentine's and Mother's Day. Forget Me Not Flowers' reputation has grown mostly through word of mouth – neighbors telling neighbors, Menefee said. Forget Me Not Flowers’ can be reached at 540-439-4629 or 540-788-3535; the website is at forgetmenotva.net; email Menefee at forgetmenotva@gmail.com.  ... https://www.fauquier.com/news/forget-me-not-flowers-downsizes-to-single-location-in-somerville/article_f7a6ef3e-46ab-11ea-98d0-33ff18f18cd4.html

Barronelle Stutzman, Christian florist, again appeals to Supreme Court over same-sex wedding refusal - Washington Times

A Christian florist who refused to participate in a same-sex wedding has again requested that the Supreme Court take her case, filing a new petition Wednesday. Washington state’s Supreme Court ruled against Barronelle Stutzman in June after the high court previously remanded her case for further review following its decision in a 2018 case, ruling for a Christian baker that had also refused to create a cake for a same-sex wedding. In the baker’s case, the justices said the state’s civil rights commission showed religious hostility towards the cake maker, but the high court punted on squarely settling the First Amendment conflict. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/11/barronelle-stutzman-christian-florist-again-appeal/

Norwich florist to open new business in high street | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk Business News - Eastern Daily Press

Libby Peryer who is running Niche. Pic: submitted A florist who sold her business to focus on being a mum is about to open a new shop in Norwich. Angela Lloret, who is Libby Peryer's business partner at Niche. Pic: submittedLibby Peryer, who sold Libby Ferris Flowers in 2015 to take a break to look after her four children, has secured a lease on a shop in Timber Hill for her new floristry called Niche.And she could not have hoped for a better way to promote the new enterprise because she's opening a pop-up shop just a few doors away in Hairsmiths hair salon where owner Deb Dominic has been offering retail space. MORE: See inside this home for sale in one of the prettiest streets in NorfolkNiche will open in Hairsmiths on February 1 where they will be for a fortnight during florists' busiest time of the year Valentine's Day. Niche is opening in a pop-up space in Hairsmiths hair salon, Timber Hill. Pic: ArchantMrs Peryer, who's currently running Niche from her home in Bracondale, has teamed up with another florist, business partner Angela Lloret, and is hoping to employ three members of staff.She has just secured a lease on a little period shop unit - 10 Timber Hill - next to the Murderers pub and owned by the Castle Quarter. After decorating it as a little "flower cave" Mrs Peryer hopes to be open by Easter, and possib... https://www.edp24.co.uk/business/florist-libby-peryer-of-libby-ferris-to-open-new-business-in-norwich-1-6486442

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