Flower pics and a giveaway!!

HAPPY SNOWY SATURDAY YALL~
I thought I would post some pics of some of the flower arrangements we did up and sold yesterday.  I love the sunday glasses done up they are fun to make and we seem to sell a couple each year for valentines. 
CUTE CUTE CUTE!
FOR MY SPECIAL GIVEAWAY READ AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST!!

WE do alot of teddy bears with flowers from the sm ty bears to the big talking ones and they just are so adorable!! Who wouldnt want to recieve one? 

I hope yall have a great day, we are expecting snow but not too much accumulation this weekend. 

OK in the spirit of the OWOH I have decided to do a quickie giveaway that will ship out tues!!  Leave me a comment of what is your greatest LOVE here on this post and hubby will draw a name tomorrow!! IT IS A SURPRISE LITTE SOMETHING FROM ME FOR VALENTINES DAY!! 

BE sure though you leave a comment here before midnight tonight to get your name in!

NOW LETS see those comments!!

My answer would be my family!~! of cource I love all my extended family too but in this world nothing means more to me than my wonderful family!!

Have a great day!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Valentines Day Cakes

Here's a couple of cakes I made this am for the shop.   And a few of the cupcakes that I just did a quick decor on complete with polka dots! LOL
LOVE them polka dots on everything! cant u tell!LOL
So we have a great selection of cookies, my top favos and then blueberry lemon buttermilk muffins, some of the lemon cakes with raspberries or blueberries, some zucchini walnut bread, lemon pecan bread, cranberry orange scones and cookie pops which I forgot to take pics of them.  The cooler is about bull of arrangements and lots of teddy bears holding flowers so we are READY!!  LOL
Hope yall have a great night!
If anyone wants to order please call FLORAL TOUCH FLORIST 269-543-4658 or 543-4815 Thanks!!
HUGS
Darlene  ~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Asparagus and plants

THIS IS MY FIRST MARKET WEEK!! SOUTH HAVEN MICHIGAN FARMERS MARKET DOWNTOWN SAT 8 am to 2 pm~~stop on by~~ there are alot of great booths and yummy goodies for ya!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this bluish purple lobelia plant!! This has to be one of my favo colors of flowers!!

One of the gardens that goes along our front bean garden. A dear friend gave me this old bike and I found the back double basket at an estate sale last summer and it was made for this bike!! so this year all the wire baskets will be planted. I have to be patient in planting as last spring we lost several flats of flowers and veggies I planted too early in may and BAM!! DoubLE BAMO!! we got snow in may!!! lost em all ,so I promised myself NO early planting this year!! LOL at least I can plant in the greenhouse though!! LOL

Hubby found this old horse drawn plow at an estate sale too and so here she is in my little garden next to my greenhouse.

One of the first cosmos flats to bloom!! LOVE these guys and they grow and spread each summer!! Last summer my plants were huge at almost 5 feet tall and bushy!!

Some of the tomatoes coming along nicely. Purple cherokee heirlooms, orange sunburst heirlooms.

2 of the blue lobelia plants!! GORGEOUS!!

a few of the girls came out to visit a customer this afternoon. You just have to say "COME HERE GIRLS or OH GIRLS" and they come a runnin on over!!

A few goodies for sale in the farmstand. The stones are made by a very dear friend and are all natural HYPERTOOFA spelling may not be right?? anyway there are pondscapes with a hole in them for a fountain and also deep ones for butterfly or bird baths. The best thing is they were out all winter and they do not freeze and crack on you. They expand with the weather.

Front of farmstand gettin ready for another season!!

Ok that is it for pics today!! I do hope yall had a very very happy MOTHERS DAY!! I sure did spent the first part of the day with my mom at the flower shop and then went to my great mother in laws and then to Grandmas house, my hubbys grandma Jan so we had a fun filled blessed day!! and then came home to spend the rest of it relaxin with my "boys" Buster, Bubba and Barney. My dear precious kids and Hubby of cource!!

OH AND BY THE WAY WE ARE PICKING ASPARAGUS TO SELL!!! IT is in the farmstand and I will bring it to market on sat in south haven. WHICH by the way will be my first market day!! We will have a great selection of our baked goods too!! STOP ON BY!!

Downtown South Haven MI 8am to 2pm

Have a great night!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

Cupcakes and Flowers Friday

Ok so been busy workin some at the shop this week gettin ready for Mothers Day!! This is such a fun holiday since most folks like deliveries any time of the week not just on sunday. We will be delivering on Mothers Day though!! So here are some pics for you to enjoy!!
Some of the carnation corsages for a local church above.

Here is one cooler filled for walk in customers

I love how this basket turned out and I love the colors!! A special order for mothers day.

One of the whip cream cakes we make, this one features a white chocolate cream filling and a cluster of pink sweet peas.

Another whip cream cake we made with pink sweet peas around one edge. I love the whip cream frosting, it is not as sweet or sugary as buttercream.

Some quick cupcakes. These are the jumbo size and look so darn yummy!! Plain yellow butter cake with whip cream frosting and a couple little embellishments!! LOL

This was a special order called to the shop, they were looking for something to give a friend that loves gardening so it had to have a garden tool with it. SOOOOO we found this great little tote bag, added a pair of gloves, a shovel inside bag and then tied a little garden fork to the handle with ribbon. TOO STINKIN CUTE I THINK!!

Well hope yall have a great friday!! and will talk to ya tomorrow with a special mothers day post!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

TGIF!!!

Counter redo, Flowers and a sign!!

Ok so here is a sign that will hang from the top part of my canopy at one of the markets I am attending this season. This is the same green color that my old cabinet at the shop is and I love it. I did paint a couple of cute cupcakes and some treats. I think it will get attention. Hopefully the right kind of attention I want!! LOL

Gosh what a perfectly beautiful monday!~!! It was 72 degrees and just lovely outside!! Ok so lots to share with yall today!!


Here is a pic of the before front counter at the flowershop. Well we already took the trim pieces off but you get the idea. White and White!! NOW so far this is what we did to the top. We did buy some fancy trim to go along the edges just havent gotten that finished yet. We are making the counter into one long one instead of 2 so I have to get a top piece cut for the smaller one and then add it on to make one. I love this black marble tile, we did our kitchen pantry and shelves with it and I want to buy enough to redo our floor when we have time!!LOL right!! and can find some!! We went to 7 different stores and finally at the last one hubby found the marble on burried under other boxes and they only had 2 boxes!! MINE MINE MINE! we grabbed them both up!! Will share pics of the cabinet done up as soon as i get the shelves done.

Also I thought I would share some pics of some of our flower order that came in for mothers day!! They are all so pretty and so fresh cant wait to start making arrangements with them!! Well that is about it for today hope yall had a glorious monday and will talk to yall soon!!

Have a great week now!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

Productive wed!!

Here are a few pieces of scraps I had laying around, an old bannister piece, some wire coat hangers (hubby gets em with his uniforms and I refuse to let them be among the good plastic ones in the closet so we have tons) and a piece of pine board. PUT EM ALL TOGETHER AND WHAT DO YOU GET YOU MIGHT ASK????? A new holder to hang my pendants on for at the shop!! What do yall think?? I think it turned out very cool and once I get the for sale ones hanging on it i will take another pic!!

Just sanded the wood, cleaned it up and painted the whole thing white with some black drybrushed on for depth. Hubby wants to put some kind of finial on the very top to hide all the holes for the ends of the wire hangers so guess its not quite done yet!!

I did work in my studio this am a bit and made this layout for a dear friend. I am gonna frame it for her as a surprise. It is a pic of her new grandbaby! ISNT he too stinkin cute!!

WOW what a BEEEEEEEEEEATUIFUL day outside!! It is almost noon and already 65degrees here!! YEAH!! YIPPEE!! My mom and I made up these sample wrist corsages last week since 2 local proms are this sat thought we better get some made up for them to see. I love the red mini carnations and white alstromeria together and that one is what they have been ordering.

This one is just white alstromeria and a few light pink mini carnations along with some caspia filler and some bling!@! glass beads!! Gotta have the BLING!! They all get a shot of some glitter spray before leaving the shop too.

This is one that I used some older white mini carnations on (that is why they dont look too good plus sittin in the cooler since last week) with a bit of blue ribbons and baby breath. I am so happy since it is callin to be near 80 degrees this weekend!! YEAH!! so glad they will have nice weather for this special and memorable occassion!!! Keeping fingers crossed it does stay that way too!! Well that is about all I got for right now so I am off to sit on the deck outside with my boys and read thru a few scrappin books!!

HAVE A HAPPY HAPPY THURSDAY!!

~~HUGS~~

Darlene

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