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HER | Local decorator helps get homes ready for holidays - Texarkana Gazette
Wednesday, December 11, 2019Atlanta Floral on Main Street in Atlanta, Texas. In the early 1980s she sold the store to Benita's Blossoms and moved her business to Texarkana.She went from florist to interior decorator and opened a store in McKnight Center until she outgrew it. For the past 25 years Marie's Interiors and Gifts, on the corner of McKnight and Pleasant Grove Road, has grown to fill every corner of every room with delightful seasonal finds and upscale home interior items.Besides the store, where she sells unique items, she also goes to homes and decorates for clients - even working with contractors on new homes from the ground up.Marie works with the clients on color schemes and patterns, and orders everything from carpet to furniture to custom drapes. Once the house, or room, is designed, she decorates it with items she finds at market in Dallas."The key to being a good decorator is to visit with the clients first," Marie said. "Once you get to know them well, then it's easy to make them happy."Each winter she and her team decorate 35-40 homes in the Texarkana area for Christmas. Her team consists of daughter, Dee Dee Wells, daughter-in-law Sherry Campbell; Julia Carpenter, Melissa Silvey, Glenda Jeauno, and Gwen Estill.Most o... https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/her/story/2019/dec/03/her-local-decorator-helps-get-homes-ready-holidays/806564/
The Way It Was: Florist lives in fear of attacks of the hiccups - Texarkana Gazette
Tuesday, September 24, 2019September 16, 1919:ERECTING OIL DERRICKFarmers from the Spring Bank neighborhood of Miller County, who are in Texarkana today, state that an oil derrick is being erected on the Miller-Lafayette county lines near Spring Bank.They say they do not know what company is preparing to operate for oil and gas there, but that they understand it is Louisiana parties.Sept. 17:INTEREST IS KEENThe gold tournament at the Country Club for the beautiful cup is progressing with a great deal of interest. The competition is keen all the way through and in the matches yesterday there was an enthusiastic group of followers. In yesterday's play T.L.L. Temple Jr. defeated Ben Anthony; W.J. Buchanan defeated J.K. Wadley: C.M. Blocker defeated Ed Kuhl; Eugene Sanders defeated Ollie Graham; E.W. Fronst won his match with E.W. Mead, and W.L. Wood won from C.H. Chenoweth.Sept. 18:TEXARKANA SENDS $1,000 FOR RELIEFToday's dispatches told of the increased need for financial and other assistance, the present supply of cash, food and clothing on hand being insufficient to meet the heavy demand being made by the storm victims ... http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/features/story/2019/sep/15/way-it-was-florist-lives-fear-attacks-hiccups/795313/
Woman opens North Walsham flower shop following redundancy - North Norfolk News
Sunday, July 05, 2020Cathryn Lloyd A woman has followed her dream of becoming a florist after deciding to start a new chapter when she was made redundant. Penney Spall will open Penney’s Flowers and Crafts Centre on the site of North Walsham garden centre on Wednesday, July 1, becoming a florist for the first time after training for the role more than 30 years ago.Ms Spall is planning to open the shop from 9am to 5pm week days with only two customers allowed in at a time to adhere to social distancing guidelines.She said the garden centre was seeing a steady stream of traffic even with the rules in place, making it the perfect spot to open despite the pandemic.She said: “I got made redundant about a month ago and I just decided that if I can’t get a job, might as well create one myself. Contextual Article Video Code - includes targetted ad option for RFC 3031 -- You may also want to watch: Contextual Article Video Code -- “I got qualified as a florist more than 30 years ago and I’ve always wanted my own shop but having kids and a full-time job just made me think ‘oh well that’s safe’, but no job is safe these days, so you might as well have your own which is obviously a little bit safer but you just don’t know.“When you get made redundant you just think ‘well I’m not getting any younger’ so you might as well follow your dreams and then at least you’ll have given it a go.”Ms Spall has partnered with many local crafters to offer their wa... https://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/penney-s-flowers-and-crafts-north-walsham-garden-centre-open-reopening-1-6722833
Business is blooming for florist Sarah just weeks after coronavirus redundancy - Stoke-on-Trent Live
Sunday, July 05, 2020Sarah Jackson was made redundant just a few weeks ago and she's already set up a business that's blossoming.The 45-year-old florist was working at a flower wholesaler in Manchester before the pandemic forced flower shops to close their doors. Now she's creating floral arrangements from the living room of her Congleton home and has more than 1,000 followers for the Facebook page she set up in mid-May. "It's just gone absolutely bonkers," she said. "I've got so many orders coming in that it can be hard to keep up with them all. I'm working out of my living room at the moment, but I've got a shed arriving next week to work from." Sarah, who says she has been arranging flowers since the age of 10, decided to step in to help after she heard about people unable to buy funeral flowers during lockdown. One of Sarah's floral creations. Word soon spread and by early June she was self-employed and buying flowers from a branch of the wholesaler where she used to work. "A lot of people want to send thank you flowers at the moment or to send flowers as a pick-me-up. I could also see that people were panicking about funer... https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/business-blooming-florist-sarah-just-4237049
Florists create special bouquet with toilet paper - Valley News Live
Sunday, July 05, 2020When you order a bouquet for that special someone in your life, what comes to mind? Roses? Lilies? How about toilet paper?The owners of Blossom Events and Florist say they’re not your typical flower shop. David and Bart Faulkner say they’re coupon-cutters and were already stocked up on toilet paper when stores started selling out.They created the special edition toilet paper bouquet and posted a photo of it online last week. The picture solicited hundreds of comments and calls from across the nation.“Same concept. It has greenery, it has water, it has a vase, it has a ribbon. Lots of mechanics on the inside,” Faulkner said. “It took a lot of labor. You just can’t make tissue paper look pretty. You just can’t.”David and Bart say they’ve only sold a couple of the bouquets so far.??Work Flow .... Show ?? to Someone Special with this Unique and Fabulous Bouquet ?? ???????Why Be Ordinary when You can...Posted by Blossom Events & Florist on Friday, March 13, 2020... https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/Florists-create-special-bouquet-with-toilet-paper-568889751.html
Cambridge florist’s truck broken into after delivering meals to frontline coronavirus medical workers - Boston Herald
Sunday, July 05, 2020The owners of a fourth-generation florist shop in Cambridge woke up to disturbing news Wednesday when they learned someone had broken into a truck they’ve been using to delivering thousands of meals to frontline healthcare workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.The passenger side window of Central Square Florist’s truck got smashed overnight inside the Green Street Garage in Cambridge.The family-owned business since 1929 has been shuttered since the coronavirus shutdown, and instead they’ve been volunteering their vehicles to deliver food to frontline healthcare workers.“It’s just very frustrating,” Jackie Levine of Central Square Florist said of the truck break-in. “It’s bad regardless when people do this, but it’s even worse now.“It just hits harder because we’re already stressed out that we’re not open,” she said. “We don’t need this kind of frustration.”They’re on pace to deliver about 4,000 meals to medical workers this week. They’ve been working with the group Off Their Plate to deliver meals to Boston Medical Cen... https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/04/15/cambridge-florists-truck-broken-into-overnight-theyve-been-delivering-meals-to-medical-workers/
The 4 best florists in Orlando - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
Sunday, July 05, 2020Wondering where to find the best florists near you?Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top florists in Orlando, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of the best spots to venture next time you're in the market for florists.March is the top month of the year for consumer spending at retail and wholesale businesses across the Orlando area, according to data on local business transactions from Womply, a software provider that helps small businesses manage online reviews. Daily transactions at Orlando-area retail and wholesale businesses surged to 3,295 for the metro area in March of last year, 10% higher than the average for the rest of the year.[embedded content]Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions.1. Flower No 5Photo: Flower No 5/YelpFirst on the list is Flower No 5. Located at 1807 E. Winter Park Road, Suite A, in Audubon Park, the florist is the... https://www.clickorlando.com/features/2020/03/13/the-4-best-florists-in-orlando/
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