Got the Winter Blues?

Sick of snow, snow and more snow? Feeling irritable and out of it, ready to hit the couch or slump at your computer by mid-afternoon? Sounds like a classic case of the winter blues!

Surround yourself with beauty... a trip to the sun-soaked Caribbean or Hawaii likely will boost your happiness quotient. That not an option?

Treat yourself to a bouquet of flowers and display them prominently on your work desk or in your living room. It's amazing how the sight and scents of a bright bouquet can lift your spirits and take you away!

And, it's all about you! Check out Bergeron's Customer's Choice. You pick the colors, container, and best of all, the price! We will make it with our freshest, most gorgeous flowers and send it when you want it.

Holiday Florals: Beyond the Poinsettia

Poinsettias are the traditional holiday favorite and usually the first to come to mind. But if you're looking for something different this holiday season, try one of these alternatives!

There are many beautiful varieties of blooms available during the winter. Often flower arrangements are filled with holiday colors like reds and whites. Wintery touches like holly, evergreen and pinecones are also a nice touch.

You don't have to confine yourself to the traditional red though. How about a glacial white design featuring sparkling pure gerbera daisies, roses, mums, and evergreens for a beautiful winter floral arrangement?

Greenery has been associated with holiday decorating with trees, boughs of holly and fir garlands. A fragrant evergreen wreath always adds a festive touch to the front door. Add colorful blooming bulbs and any greenery can be dressed up!

Don't forget that festive holiday aroma associated with the scent of evergreen. A miniature Christmas tree adorned with pine cones, ribbons and ornaments is perfect for the home or office.

Or how about a bountiful basket of fresh evergreens and faux fruit as a reminder of the blessings of the season!

As you can see, there are many....

NEW BLOG LOCATION

Hello All!
If you are coming to this blog, it's the old location. How about joining me on my new blog hosted directly on the Bergeron's Flowers website? It just makes sense. New website-new blog too!

Come and experience life with me here.

Jessica Rada and Alan Ness-A Summer Dream Wedding

Jessica and Alan wanted a great wedding at a friend's house in Marshall, VA. It was a wonderous day, despite the humidity and heat! Whew~ over 100 degrees (which day this Summer wasn't?)!

Jessica's hand-tied bouquet was a lush mix of cymbidium orchids, sweet peas, roses,
baby green hydrangea, and hypericum berries with the handle designed with
chocolate brown satin ribbon, bullion and rhinestones. 

The boutonnieres were fashioned out of a delightful mix of uluhe and hypericum berries. 

 

I had the pleasure of working with other Bliss Collection vendors: Priscilla of The Finer Points and David of David Madison Photography.  As always, it was a fun and entertaining. 

Jessica, you were a pleasure and a sheer beauty for your wedding day!

Celebrating 90 Years with Pink Feather Boas!

This summer I had the awesome opportunity to celebrate with family for my grandmother's 90th birthday! She looked fabulous and had a wonderful time.

On a hot summer Saturday night in July, 45 family and friends gathered at a yacht club in Virginia Beach to bring birthday wishes to her. The night was filled with a live jazz band, dancing and a sumptuous plated dinner.

For as long as I can remember, her favorite color is hot pink and she has a penchant for feathers. So, along with the feathers, I created clustered contempo garden bouquets for the tables. Individual place settings were marked with a napkin wrapped in short feather boas and a deep pink mokara orchid bloom.

Momma Kimel~we love you! Keep bringing light to us with your smile.

Garden Roses and Mokara Orchids

Exciting Grand Opening of Mason Inn

Tonight was the Grand Opening of the Mason Inn on the George Mason University Campus.  The beautiful building boasts a large ballroom as well as a junior ballroom, several meeting rooms along with conference rooms. Guest rooms are fabulously decorated with a Presidential Suite that is definitely sure to please, especially for preparing the bridal party!

A sleek yet natural setting is ready to welcome all who walk through it's doors. The Grand Opening festivities included fabulous eats, George Mason jazz musicians, and the who's who of event and corporate planning!

Bergerons sent a congratulations flower delivery to them earlier in the day in preparation.

Congratulations Mason Inn! Bergerons wishes you much success~

50th Wedding Anniversary-Wedding Bouquet

It's not often that I get to work with people for their 50th wedding anniversary. A lady from Pennsylvania called the shop and said that she would like to re-create her mother's wedding bouquet for her parent's wedding anniversary. She sent us a photo of it via email and we discussed the possibilities. Well, it was a small, blurry photo, but from what I could see, it had one gorgeous cattleya orchid surrounded by stephanotis blooms and some smaller white flowers we couldn't make out.  Mrs Haon needed it by Saturday morning and she was calling on Tuesday! Flowers like these are generally special order since they are quite fragile and so specific.

Mom and I quickly worked on finding the orchids, which we knew might be difficult. Turns out that they were available, but cost prohibitive since they were only available by the stem instead of by the bloom. Mrs Haon and I agreed on using cymbidium orchids and the stephanotis with freesia. I had a wonderful time designing the bouquet and it was such fun to know that it was for such a special occasion.

Bergerons is happy to congratulate Dan & Kathy Clark on their 50th Wedding Anniversary! May you have many, many more to come.

Thanks, Mrs. Haon for giving us the opportunity to fulfill your floral needs.

Inspiring Work from a NY Florist

I was on Flower Magazine's blog and came across their blog about a florist in NY, Little Pheasant.
To say I was taken aback at the fabulous design is to say the least.

What gorgeous work. You'll have to read her blog to see the rest. You'll love it!

What a Day!

Okay, the life of a florist is by far NOT glamorous! I do agree that I get to enjoy the beauty of flowers, talking with brides about their fabulous weddings, customers who are excited to send flowers in celebration of someone or something, and employees that are too wonderful for words!

But there are some days where no matter what you do, you just feel like throwing your hands up and closing the office door and taking a nap!

Today, driving into the parking lot, I parked and got out of the car. Low and behold, someone had driven into the back of one of our delivery vehicles, cracking the taillight, scrapping the paint and evidently feeling no good sense of common decency to leave a note for their mishap. Obviously, it wasn't on purpose, so why not leave your number and be a nice person....come on, right?

Next hours were dealing with a whirlwind flurry of calls, returning emails, and planning take up the day along with countless drop-ins of advertising companies expecting your immediate sign-up with their "can't go wrong with our company" accounts.

Later on in the day one our a best corporate customers called only to inform us that the head boss had decided to cut back on expenses and the weekly flowers had to go. Understandable, but still a bummer! I know it will be okay, but it just put some icing on the proverbial cake. This economy has been very difficult for even the best companies.

At the end of the day, it always comes back to faith. My faith comes into play and I realize that this day is just a day and not the whole of my life. Thankfully, God is bigger than the crushed taillight and a cut-back on an account~ Whew! Bring on the morning....

Aahhhh.......beautiful flowers can be a respite. I needed that!

Flowers for a recent wedding centerpiece I loved!

Bergerons Flowers will be releasing a new website!

Well, after several years of our current website, Bergerons Flowers decided it was time for our online store make-over! We are in the transition period of creating the website with Strider, Inc. and are quite happy with the results so far......just wait and see! Not only will you be able to see our latest daily delivery options for Springfield, Fairfax County and Washington DC area, but our events website will be on the same pages as well as our blog....no more searching for everywhere Bergeron's is on the web.

Along with this, those of you who are signed up to receive emails from us, will start to see more information coming to you including specials and what's going on at the shop!

We can't wait so keep your eyes peeled or look at Bergerons Flowers & Events facebook page to find out when....

Have a blessed day!

MidAtlantic Florists Association-Bergerons Participates

This weekend Bergerons will be participating in the Middle Atlantic Florists Association (MAFA) Annual Convention. Representing Maryland, District of Columbia, West Virginia, parts of Delaware, and Virginia, MAFA provides education to florists in the industry.

I will be leading a demonstration on photography for websites as well as performing my duties at Vice President. It's always exciting to see and hear all that is going on in this fabulous industry. Dedication to education is key to surviving and thriving in today's economic climate.

Teleflora is sponsoring internationally known designer, John Hosek AIFD, CAFA,  MCF as he shows us his designs for The Eco-Party. Some of his designs were featured earlier this year in the international floral magazine, Fusion Flowers.

I hope to have some photos from the event, maybe even a video....we'll see.
Cheers everyone!