The Fringe Candles arrived today!!

More good things arrived today. Two wonderful packages 
arrived containing beautiful Fringe Candles and some very unique Fringe Vases.

The candles are poured in beautiful glass containers that can be recycled into a really nice vase. We thought the print on the glass was very unique and something we hadn't seen anywhere. We have 6 different styles available.

The actual vases have a similar transfer botanical art and come in two different sizes. We have three different patterns available.

We hope you'll get a chance to stop in and see them. Don't forget, the Spring Fling Open House is scheduled for Saturday, April 4th.

Birdnests, Chics, and Baby Toes

Last night Jessica, Giselle and I went to a design show at our Floral Market.  We're always on the lookout for unique plants..the more unusual the better- at least for us. So I posted a couple of the nifty plants we now have in the shop.

The first is a very large and beautiful Birdnest Fern. We have another one in the shop- it's beautiful, but normal in size. This one is pretty, darn big. It's about 3 feet in diameter with lots of new leaves unfolding.

The second photo is a giant "Chic".  It's about the size of a dinner plate. We have patiently waited for quite a while to get our hands on one. And since they had two, we quickly snatched them up. Yay us!

And the last photo is Baby's Toes! We just love them. They're cute and little and green and when you rub them they really do feel like you're playing -Piggy went to market. Talk about cheap therapy to make you feel good. Stop in and you'll chill out- there's nothing better than feeling calm and happy..and the plants can definitely do that for you.

The pretty stuff has arrived!

Some of the "pretty things" have arrived for the 

Spring Fling scheduled for Saturday, April 4th.

We have some wonderful gift ideas for birthdays, Mother's Day, Administrative Professional's Day or just because. The lavender eye pillows smell wonderful. They are made with a beautiful soft fabric embroidered with pretty poppies and come in 3 colors.. pink, red, and orange. They're handmade and stuffed with organic lavender.

The Shea Butter and Lavender Shea Butter [shown in the silver tins] smells divine! It really hydrates your skin and is not greasy. Just a little goes a long way- no kidding.

And then the Archipelago candles.. ..they look great, and truly scent a room. All of the favorites are back in stock. The poured candles shown are $22. and the votives are $3.50 ea. 

We hope you'll get a chance to pop in for the Open House. We'll have lots of beautiful things to brighten your home, get you ready for Spring's upcoming 'local holidays'- Thunder and Derby, and just give you a chance to stop back in the historic district and visit the local businesses.

A Wedding from last Summer

Oh......so much to say about this wedding. The couple, the planning, the details, the end results.

Lots of work, many refined plans and Jessica's first wedding with me and Lavender Hill. It's time I posted the photos. The photographer was excellent..I just wish I had more of her photos.

Become our Friend on Facebook

We now have a correct official page on Facebook.   Lavender Hill Floral

We are hoping you will use both our blog and Facebook as a source to find out what's going on at the shop. Both of these great forms of communication will help us keep you up to date on what we're doing, what new products are available, sales, invitations to nifty events and more. 

We also plan to use Facebook as another place to feature photos of the weddings, events and great arrangements that we get to create. Although we do post some photos here, Facebook will allow more space and that means more photos in albums- for quick reference. So please, be our Friend.. you can never have too many.

Such a great day!!

Well, today was like Christmas for me. 

We have been doing a lot of planning for this new year. What we want to do for new products, deciding on new display pieces, searching for the best crop of dried lavender, new varieties of plants and more. One of the biggest 'mores' has been working on our new look for our business correspondence. This includes everything leaving our shop with our name on it, signage, logo, attire for employees- everything. 

I posted earlier in January regarding the new business cards and today they came!!!! This is probably not exciting for anyone but me and Jessica. But our business cards arrived late this afternoon- personally delivered to us by Tom from Allegra Printing in New Albany. They are beautiful!!! Jen designed them and he did an amazing job of getting them printed exactly as I'd hoped they'd be. So, now we have our new business cards and the rest of the paper items will be coming shortly.

Along with that, as of March 1st. we will no longer have our lavenderhillflorals.BIZ site. We have researched the traffic on the site and found that we'd rather have everything on one site. So, as of March 1st. lavenderhillflorals.com will be the site to go to and if you'd like to order flowers or look at some of the flower photo samples and other items available for purchasing.. you can also get there thru this blog. Just click on the area in the top right of the blog. That will get you to our Direct2Florist page.

Also some new things available for delivery will be Celebration Cakes or Cupcakes. These can accompany a simple arrangement or anything else coming from our shop. If you would like to send Cake or Cupcakes for any occasion, we would like a 24hour notice. We will have more info on flavors, cake/serving sizes and hopefully photos on the next blog post. 

We are excited for all of the new things  arriving before the Spring Fling in April. Saturday, April 4th to be exact, from 10 am 'til 3pm. Well, that's all for now. Check back again for another post. Thanks for stopping by.

Something for March....

Our small token of appreciation... if you purchase your Valentine's Day flowers with us this week-you will receive a "Love Note" good for one free rose during the month of March. 

We know you can go anywhere to purchase flowers. When you come to Lavender Hill.. we know that means you expect excellent flowers and excellent service. So with that, we want to continue our good relationship with you.

Come back in March..if not sooner, and present the "Love Note" and continue the love with another rose. 

Join us on Facebook!

Just another way to find out what's going on at Lavender Hill. We now have a Facebook page. Sign on and add us to your  Friend's list. You can never have too many friends.. at least we don't think so.

Did you know ??

Did you know, when you place an order we can email you a photo of what we sent? Yes, that's right.

Why are we doing this? Well, because we know many times the floral sender never gets a chance to see what's been sent. We do get many calls from people not in the local area. They may be calling for a delivery for a special occasion they may not be able to attend-- perhaps a birthday, anniversary or funeral. So, if you give us your email address we'll send you a photo of your floral gift. 

The only time we may not be able to do this would be for a super busy holiday like Valentine's Day- and that is only because of the volume of orders coming in and the time frame for delivery would be a little prohibitive.

We've chosen to do this because we want you to be confident with what is being sent out with your name one it. But remember, it has our name on it too.  So, if you look good, we look good. It's as simple as that.

Enjoy the weekend.. and don't forget Valentine's Day is next Saturday the 14th. For a longer romantic weekend, send your flowers on Friday.

What happened??

Sooo.. over the ice and snow didn't make it onto the blog... Hmmm? Why? because I am not proficient in uploading things from other sites-- no, really I'm not even a little bit knowledgeable. 

I was going to post about how I am truly over the snow and ice -just like everyone else. Then I found this nifty 14 minute or so-movie on YouTube- titled Validation. Totally precious and it made me smile and I wanted to share it and of course my lack of internet knowledge didn't allow me to upload the link-- so now I have something new to learn.. Anyway, the movie was just what I needed after all of this snow and ice.

So... now on to more fun things... Today, UPS came with one of our purchases from Chicago. That's right! Today we received some amazing Shea Butter Hand Cream. Wonderful, Lavender scented and plain Shear Butter. I tried a little of the sample tin and it's really nice. It's not a heavy scent which is good. What really surprised me - it is not greasy. We tried the product while at the market so I already knew it wouldn't be- but trying it again-I was very impressed. Our hands get very dried with damaged cuticles and this should do the trick for us and you. 

Hopefully, we can get it on the floor tomorrow. You can try it for yourself and let us know what you think. There will be samples and even some little ones available for purchase to keep in your purse. 

Thanks for reading and have a good weekend!

Sooo.. over the ice and snow!

A lot of ice...

Today was interesting.. most people were home due to the overnight snow and impending ice showers. I did make it to the shop for two reasons, I had funeral work to be delivered and better than that, I had flowers coming from Florida.

After shoveling and chatting with the Schimpff's of Schimpff's Confectionery.. I got the funeral work out. But no flowers from Florida.. where were they?? It's cold out and they need to be in the shop-being told how beautiful they are. I know that sounds weird but it's like Christmas when the flowers arrive. We want to see how pretty they are, how fluffy, how fragrant. We just enjoy it.

So, by 10 til 5- the flowers came- finally. I felt bad for the Fed Ex guy-- he still had a long night ahead of him.  So I sent him on his way and ripped the box open. What did I find?? Beautiful pink kangaroo paw, lavender roses, pink cymbidium orchids, purple campanula, gorgeous fragrant white hyacinth- which I might use for my wedding this weekend- There are purple dendrobium orchids, pink, white and purple lisianthus, sunny yellow gerbera daisy and more.

Unfortunately, because of the crazy weather, we will not be open tomorrow. Typically, this is not something I do. But considering most places we would have to drive to may not be easy to access- this is just the safe thing to do. So back to work on Thursday.

So, in the mean time, I have lots to do on the computer to keep busy. So stay warm!

 

A New Look and some New Products

In May, we will officially be in Jeffersonville for 7 years!  Although the 'Birthday' is not for another 4 months or so...we're already giving ourselves presents. Typical girls- we just can't wait.

Our first present is new business cards. We love our signature purple- but my fabulous graphics girl-and wonderful daughter Jen, created a totally fresh look for us. She took a wonderful Cassis Clematis and worked it with lime- our new color in the shop. I think it looks perfect. It's current, a great color combination and just the beginning of some new changes we're making this year.

Another change is a new look on our website- lavenderhillflorals.com  This won't take place until after Valentine's Day. Our goal is to combine all of our information onto one site rather than two as we currently do. Currently, our .com site mainly focuses on the wedding and event side of the business. Our .biz site features arrangements available for delivery.  We will be reworking the site so you will be able to easily find what you're looking for. We want you to get a better glimpse of what we do in the shop. We want you to have better visuals for all of the options available to you when your need to place and order for a delivery.

Our biggest change is eliminating generic arrangements. These are the ones you currently see on the .biz site. These are provided to us by the wire services. Unfortunately, these photos are not a really good representation of what we do. Our regular clients know that. So, away with them. We always prefer to create our arrangements with the least restrictions possible. We want to create with the flowers dictating where they are to be placed. We want to place as many premium flowers in your arrangement as possible. We feel that these generic arrangements don't reflect that mindset. We know our clients have great taste and prefer the focus on the flowers...creatively arranged, chic, and natural in appearance.  So, ask and you shall receive.

Shortly, we will be receiving some of the new products we have searched for. They include great gifts for gardeners, beautiful vases, clever gifts for co-workers and corporate giving. We'll have some new greeting cards, beautiful silk florals and more.

We've been asked to instruct some floral design classes in spring. So stay tuned for more info on that. We're very excited to be teaching again and it should be fun for everyone.

That's a snippet of some of the good things to come. We hope you enjoy the new things as they are revealed. We're looking forward to an exciting new year. We hope you enjoy it with us. Thanks for visiting.

Just another reminder for ordering online..

Just a reminder that you can always click here on our blog to place an order too. Just to the right of the screen is says- click here to order flowers- and you can do just that. That one click will link you with the new direct2florist site and our personal page.

So, bookmark our blog, catch up on what's going on in the shop, look for any specials here on the blog- most promotions will only be posted on our blog- and shop for flowers.

If you have any questions just email us or give us a call at 812-288-2388.

Order Our Flowers for Delivery Here!!

We're very excited to announce that we have a new source for you to use to order our flowers online. It is direct2florist.com Our actual link is -http://us.direct2florist.com/florists/lavender-hill-jeffersonville-106970.html

We are always looking for the best most cost effective way for you to order our flowers online. Our current website is through a traditional wire service. You place an order, they take a percentage of the amount you've paid for flowers and we get reimbursed the difference plus a delivery fee. And lately we've been thinking Hmmm?? We can do better~

We found direct2florist.com This company started in Europe and is now available in the US. It's very simple- to place your order online or just view some photos and call us direct with your order. If you place the order online, the price shown includes the tax and delivery and a flat $6. service fee. This covers the direct2florist link. Plain and simple. 100% of the money you spend on the order for flowers goes to the flowers.

We have always filled our web orders an incoming orders from another state to us for full value. We do know that there are many shops that don't fill to value and that's not fair to you. So we're making some changes in 2009 and this is one of them.

We will continue to add photos because we've just gotten this site up. If you want to call us direct for the order you're welcome to do that. Just know the site is there should you need to order in your jammies after hours. If you forget to copy the link just go to direct2florist.com and type in the zip code 47130 and click on our shop- it's very easy!

We will keep the original site of lavenderhillflorals.biz up until after Valentine's Day. But it will eventually be taken down. We will also have an area on our lavenderhillflorals.com site that will allow you to link into the direct2florist.com site. We're hoping to have that officially up and functioning by March.

We truly appreciate your support of our business. Please let us know if ever there is a suggestion, compliment or complaint. We're here for you. Thanks and have a great day.

Look for us at the Special Occasions Wedding Show

We will be at the Special Occasions Wedding Show tomorrow! Join us at the Expo  Center in the West Hall. The expo is scheduled from 11am until 4pm.

There are over 100 vendors scheduled to exhibit. We have not done this show in quite a while. Because it is not the typical set-up we're accustomed to, we will not have as much on display. We will have some beautiful florals to display, but as always, for our undivided attention scheduling an appointment is best.

We hope you'll stop by. Happy wedding planning. 

A New Year with New Hopes

A New Year is...another chance, another opportunity, a do-over, and most of all a Fresh Start.

Everyone experienced many things in 2008-good and bad. I think most people are glad to say-

Good bye.

So, out with the old and in with the new! What are you looking forward to??

As for me?.. my list includes in no particular order-

Figure out how to work my Apple more efficiently and learn how to use photoshop.  For those of you that know how to photoshop- stop laughing. Yes, I am that incompetent.

I look forward to the opportunity to work with many new clients, both corporate and private. I'm looking forward to some wonderful weddings and party work. I can't wait for the amazing fresh flowers that are getting ready to grow- just for me to play with.

I am looking forward to celebrating my twenty-fourth wedding anniversary. I think twenty -nine years with the same person is pretty cool. Yes, do the math -we dated for five years. And better yet, is the fact that he still makes me melt.

I will enjoy redecorating my home [since it didn't sell- it's now new again- to me!]

I am looking forward to SPRING!! Beautiful blooming plants, beautiful, colorful window boxes, and warm weather once again.

I am excited to test for AIFD.. and I hope to have an amazingly creative day when I step into that testing room in Kansas City. Because I plan to leave Kansas City with the confidence of knowing I will get a letter in August that says I can put the four letters A I F D after my name.

And, as if I'm not planning for enough.. I hope for continued health, inner peace and happiness for myself, family, friends and clients. Because  without those three things the rest is a little less likely to happen.

Have a wonderful New Year- 2009 should be quite interesting, to say the least.

All the Best!

Carolyn

Guess who can sing.. and who can't??

I am beyond thrilled that my Christmas shopping is nearly complete. Seeing that it's only a couple of days away you'd think I'd be finished. Well, heck no. Only a few special people are left on the list for a few little things. Anyway...

I need to back up a bit.. earlier in the month, I had a birthday. My darling hubby and kids thought I should grow up and get an Apple.. I think secretly my hubby wanted my current laptop to surf Ebay and of course I was right. It worked in my favor regardless..I got a laptop. Now, I am in the progress of figuring out all of the nuances of an Apple..it's definitely different than my other laptop. So I feel like I'm having to learn a new language.

So what did I learn today??? Well, I learned that the ear plugs from my Ipod work on my laptop. It sounds great! And what else did I learn?? My hubby told me that I cannot sing??? What?? I sound great! At least I do in my head. But he insists I'm wrong. All I can say is I am sooo glad my daughter introduced me to Pandora.com  Now I can listen to all of the George Michael I want and sing as badly as I can-- because I cannot hear myself. This is GREAT !!

Oh, and who can sing??? Well, that would be Jessica.. yep- she has the voice of an angel. And she has friend that sing too, and they're talented as musicians too. Gosh, some people.   

We're getting NOTHING for Christmas!!

We're getting nothing for Christmas.. and we know it. We were very bad. We took advantage of Santa's chair being at the shop and took naughty photos in it. We will probably get coal-- which could be a good thing considering the economy- at least that could provide heat. But, none the less- we were overcome with silliness. We figured 'what the heck, the Big Guy isn't coming back any time soon.'

So, like Goldilocks, we frolicked in the giant chair. We tried to figure out when he'd gone to Egypt to snag this ugly specimen. Egyptian chair- Santa...?? it didn't make sense to us, but we played anyway.

We didn't know it, but Santa Came back today, Saturday. He informed us he'll be back to our shop every Saturday until Christmas. Great!! now we really do have to behave.

Calling all Marthas..Class is in Session Tuesday, December 16

If you've ever wondered--'what nifty things could I come up with for a last minute hostess gift, inexpensive decor gift or quick gift wrap idea?'-- then you should take our fun class- Holiday Ideas 101

We will be holding our class at Lavender Hill on Tuesday, December 16 at 7pm. We have room for 12 people for our first class. We promise to make if fun and keep things on course to end by 8:30.

The class will be $20. per person. Our class will cover quick gift wrapping ideas, you'll make a simple centerpiece and learn how to create additional quick centerpieces from things you may already have in your home.  We also want your input on things you want to learn how to do.

If you're interested call the shop at 288-2388 or email us and let us know your coming. Martha said she would come - but we said 'No'-that's a Good Thing- she would just be too distracting...