It's That Wonderful Time Again.... FARM CHICKS!

A wonderful and happy package from the ever sweet Serena Thompson of the Farm Chicks!

Hello Everyone!

SO,

have you made your plans to head to

The Farm Chicks Antique Show in Spokane Washington?!

If you have never been to or heard of this wonderful

EXTRA LARGE SHOW

then you'd better read more about our experiences

OVER HERE.

We simply

LOVE

going to the show every year!

We load up on items for ourselves & even items for the shop too!

Frankly,

we wouldn't miss it.

SO,

if you love Grandiflora Style....

we pretty much advise you to

GO!

We are TEAM GRANDIFLORA!
Junking our way through the show with the happiest dispositions and keen eyes for junkalicious finds!
Hope to see you there!

P.S.

Can't make it?

Too bad...you will be missed.

But... be cheered, as the shop is always open here and full of

gorgeous finds that are still coming in daily.

Let our wonderful girls serve you with a smile....

we are proud to have some of the best employees and selection around!

Cheers!

The Grandiflora Girls

 



Moments at Market: We Had Fun BUT Worked Hard

Middle photo: Me (Trisha/Main Buyer/Partner) La Von (My Sister/Head Visual Display/Partner) & Kim (Our Floor Manager & Annie Sloan Instructor) in a Seahawks moment at market. They were playing only a few blocks away. We got razzed when they lost :(

Hello Everyone!

Just wanted to pop in here to show you what we've been up to at

Atlanta Market.

Let me fill you in on what Atlanta Market is:

 

1. HUGE! 3 buildings roughly 50-60 floors combined.

2. OVERWHELMING! Each floor has either multiple large showrooms or numerous booths.

3. OVERSTIMULATING! Each showroom decks itself out with a huge amount of product.

4. EXHAUSTING! You are on your feet for 12 hours at least 3 of the 7 days without sitting down,

& on them for 9 hours the other 4....no sitting!

5. CONFUSING! Are you in building 1 floor 3 or building 2 floor 3 or building 3 floor 1???

6. CALENDAR INAPPROPRIATE! Isn't Christmas over? Yes... 2012's Christmas is....

but everywhere you are ordering for Christmas 2013!!

7. POCKET BOOK SHOCKING! Always make sure you have wandered into the

moderately priced showrooms...Bill Gates does not shop at Grandiflora.

(At least we don't think so anyway ;)

&

Last but not least....

8. AWE INSPIRING!!

We enjoyed all the lovely displays we saw at market

(SOOOOO many more than what you see here,

as we were not allowed to take photos of certain showrooms....and didn't want to spoil

our buying surprises for you anyway!)

It is hard to walk away from market uninspired.

We came away from this market with SOOOOO many ideas

it is making my head spin to think about making them all happen!

The best part is....we are on fire for Grandiflora this year....

we are going to light a fire under ourselves and our customers this year.

It's time to celebrate this awesome shop we've all come to love and appreciate.

May Grandiflora see it's best year yet!

Not really talking financially....although that would be nice....

wink, wink.

LOL!

NO...no....no.....

I'm talking about finding the niche that we were all meant to find in

Grandiflora.

Now....

wouldn't that be nice!

We were flitting from booth to booth, showroom to showroom finding all sorts of great things with the power of caffeine! We were also really excited to meet Jo Packham of Where Women Create & Where Women Cook where she was signing books and magazines. What a great lady....and what an honor!

 

Well, it was a trip to remember & a trip to inspire.
As I said before we are on fire for what comes next....
THE BOXES OF PRODUCT!
Be visiting often for all the lovely items that will start arriving in a few weeks all the way through the end of the year.
It takes 7 days (72 hours of straight ordering) just to hit the tip of the iceberg in ordering.
I can honestly say this:
WE DID OUR BEST BUYING THIS YEAR!
You know what that equals?
YOU WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOPPING AT GRANDIFLORA THIS YEAR.
Happy US + Happy YOU!
Here's to Grandiflora & the fun she brings us all!
Cheers!
La Von, Kim & I



Another Market = More to Choose From at Grandiflora....

(Kim-Floor Manager, Trisha ((me)) Main Buyer & Partner, La Von Visual Manager & Partner)

 Helloooooo!!!

We are so excited to get back to you with some very exciting news

from the latest show we attended;

Las Vegas World Market!

We worked very hard every day to find all the best new lines and items to bring

home for you!

I am excited to announce the fact that we picked up

SEVEN NEW LINES

&

reordered from over 10 existing fabulous suppliers.

The items we have coming are truly

Grandiflora "worthy"

MEANING:

they are super cute items for you and your home....

but not just that....

they are also affordable!

Would you like to know how hard we work to find the best prices for you???

I think the photo of La Von (above) pretty much sums it up.

We spend hours and hours walking through 3 rather large buildings with numerous floors,

& we negotiate as low a prices as we can possibly find for you.

It takes LOADS of COFFEE!!!

This all makes for a stressful 5 days at market.

HONESTLY?

Anyone could walk through this high design market and find

beautiful home decor and gifts....

HOWEVER

...I'm not sure if they could do it with the sort of budget that we work with for you,

our loyal customers.

Whenever you shop through Grandiflora and wonder why something is

REALLY INEXPENSIVE

you can rest assured we did our job well!

ON THE FLIP SIDE...

whenever you find something that you consider to be

EXPENSIVE

you can also rest assured that we did our job well....

meaning....

we found the most quality/cutting edge items for you at the lowest prices available to us.

Sure....

it may have been cheaper somewhere else...

but,

we are pretty picky about product quality.

Although we've had items come in from time to time with some issues....

we pride ourselves on selling quality, affordable & lovely items.

We hope you would agree.

SO...

after all that hard work we spent a few well deserved hours at the pool....

....it was 106 degrees....

but that's ok

it matched our attitude....

because,

we are always

"on fire"

for our great shop

Grandiflora!

:)

T.



Girls Day Out at Warehouse Beautiful

Kim (our floor manager) and La Von (my sister and partner) enjoying a Saturday morning out shopping.

On a recent Saturday we decided to head out for a little fun.

Kim, La Von and I wanted to go check out the cute new shop we've been hearing about called

Warehouse Beautiful in Ferndale, Washington.

We enjoyed it very much, and highly suggest that if you like lots of

vintage, antique & shabby items in your home...

you can't go wrong here!

If you go....

make sure you tell them the

Grandiflora Girls sent you!

:)

Farm Chicks Spokane Washington 2012 Trip-a-Palooza!

 It's official.

We had a

BLAST!

The Farm Chicks Show in Spokane, Washington

was simply put: wonderful.

We started out early to get a jump on all the shoppers heading that way.

It was pretty doggone smart of us to book a U-haul trailer ahead of time since we have a tendancy to junk along the way to the show.....

We enjoy finding new places and things all along the way. It's also great fun to hit those spots where you know you'll find all the best food and finds.

Our fave food stop whilst in Spokane is

Chaps Coffee Company

which has the deadliest drinks, delicious dinners....and most decadant desserts.

Another new find is

Pink

a great destination shopping experience in Spokane.

( Some crazy Instagram photos of our stops to and from the show.)

 After toodling around for a few days on the way to the show, we headed out from the hotel bright and early to wait in the early buy ticket line.

(Our lovely Mother was kind enough to buy our tickets online way back in September of 2011 for our birthday gifts! Yay Mom!!! It was an awesome gift! )

Sadly,

it was raining buckets when the line was forming, but again...mom saved the day with umbrellas!

 This is the tiny 300 person line....the 5,000+ line was elsewhere, and I was happy NOT to be in it!

(L-R. Carrie our sister, Jan our mom & partner, La Von sister partner, Kim manager.)

 Yes, we were hoping for sunshine...but instead tried not to drown in the deluge of rain &.....

 ....not to drown in the fun deluge of

J U N K!!!

I had to nab this hilarious striped flotation device for the shop soon after entering the show.

I might've been able to use it out in that line....oh well.

It's a good thing I grabbed it when I did, I was attacked

 (I won't name names...you know who you are ;)

by one woman in particular and many others who loved its charm and character.

It looks smashing in our beach display right now!

:D

 The booth displays were chock full and fabulous as always!

Our lovely friend Deb's Booth at Garden Party.

 Happy Customers were everywhere!

 There are just too many booths to list....this one was pretty fab however!

Straight From The Farm

Oh yes....& this one too....

 Funky Junk!!

Honestly....the coolest display in the whole show.

I mean who THINKS to turn an old truck bed into a shelf for ironstone???

Freakin' awesome!

;D

 After we had

WAY TOO MUCH FUN BUYING JUNK

we got the dirty job of not only hauling the stuff out to the parking lot....but unloading the stuff we had already purchased along the way, & then reloading the new stuff too!

It was quite a load! 

( La Von ponders the crazyness of our decisions.....)

 I had faith however and kept saying:

" I know it's all gonna fit....I just know it!"

BUT,
there came a moment when I was doubting......

Yes, it's true....

you'll never believe what happened.....

We cleared the parking lot....were left there alone while everyone went off and partied the night away.

We eventually got the sink into the Escalade....and headed off to Chaps for dinner and drinks.

It was an amazing day to say the least.

One we want to repeat again next year if possible!

We're gathering people to join our team of wild women junkers....

....maybe you'll wanna join in on the fun next year???

Hooo-rahhhhh!

;)

Trish

&

The Grandiflora Girls

xx

Grandiflora Girl Night with Annie Sloan Chalk Paints

Had a really fun night last night with

Chris Kenner at

Fleur de Lis Design

playing with

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!

We would love to share a bit more about this paint with you

HERE

So head on over and take a look.

We are all just a bit more educated on how to use this

wonderful product.

Watch for Chris' booth at the upcoming
Lynden Craft & Antique Show
in mid March.
And, as always you can find all the lovely paints and accessories right here at the shop!
:)



Merry Christmas from the Grandiflora Girls Part 2

 Just wanted to swing in here before the blessed day arrives to wish you all a

VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

:)

 If you recall, a few blog posts ago....

we showed you the first half of our

Progressive Christmas Party.

We had just visited Karen and Abby, and so on we went to lovely Judy's home!

What a treat!

We enjoyed seeing all the lovely and elegant decor at Judy's place!

Judy has such a knack for decorating...c'mon Judy....you know you want to come & work at

Grandiflora right???

:)

It was such a Joy to see the lovely items she had used from the store, mixed with decor from other shops, and vintage as well.

Let's put it this way; Judy "gets" it! :)

Just get a load of this gorgeous room!

The photo La Von & Kim will be smacking me for as soon as they read this post.
( Insert raspberry blowing sound here: Neiner, Neiner, Neiner! :P )

 We had so much fun discussing all the wonderful pieces Judy had used.

Just check out the awesome job she did with this gorgeous arrangement below...

If you look close, you can see me in the Christmas Ball.
"Hi there!"
:)

Judy entered her tree in our recent contest,

 and was picked as one of the Top Ten Tree Finalists!

Yay Judy!

It was even more lovely in person!

 She was SO sweet to set this gorgeous table scape for us....love all the fresh greens on the table!

 Again, sweet Christmas Balls in the kitchen sink window...

must try this trick next year!

Judy is pictured in the right back corner next to Owner La Von;  Janice our evenings inventor is to her right in red.

We all had SO much fun together at our

Progressive Party.

After Judy's home we ventured over to Janice's home for dessert and a long grueling hour of

judging for the

Top Ten Tannenbaums!

Oh how difficult it was to pick from all the lovely trees!

But we had fun nonetheless because Janice is a mastermind with the sweets!

Thanks again Janice for organinzing such a fun night, and double extra thanks to you

Judy for a stunning evening at your beautiful home!

We appreciate you!

:)

Merry Christmas to each and every one of you....remember to keep the

Main thing...the Main thing this Christmas...and Blessings to you and your loved ones this

Holy Season.

Cheers!

Jan, La Von, and Trish

&

the Grandiflora Girls too!

:)

Our Progressive Christmas Party Fun

Pictured from left back row: Val (Accounting), Renate (Associate), Kim (Floor Manager), La Von (Partner/Visual Display), Trisha (Partner/Buyer), Jan (Partner), Janice (Office Manager).
Front Row: Abby (Associate), Colleen (Visuals).
A really great crew!

Well it's official...we've already partied for Christmas!

What a wonderful time we had!

First we headed out to Karen's and Abby's adorable homes for appetizers!

(Both Karen and Abby are treasured Grandiflora Shoppers!)

Karen & friend Janice.

Karen has a sweet and cozy home. Don't you just love the tree in the bedroom?

We were also in love with this sweet lighted tree in the bathroom....love those birdies!

Then we tip toed over to her daughter Abby's home for more adorable decor ideas.

We thought the branch over the kitchen sink with ornaments was great!

I love the combination of the vintage windows (below) with the wreaths.

Simple + Cute!

They had the absolute best spiral staircase...I've always dreamed of having one of those!



Colleen is such a cutie pie huh?

We ADORED the Oh Holy Night wording in sparkly letters....

....what a fun night we had there!

They were so gracious to share their homes with us.

But Wait....there's MORE!

From there, we ventured off to Judy's beautiful home!

Stay tuned for more to come.....

Evining Magazine and Farm Chicks!!!

Just thought you might enjoy watching a little ditty about the

 Farm Chicks Show we attended in Spokane, Wa

earlier this June.

Enjoy the

Show on KING 5's EVENING MAGAZINE NBC Seattle, WA

Maybe you'll spot some store owners you might know???

Some local shoppers??

Local Vendors???

Hmmmm.....

Thanks to Serena Thompson  for putting on such a great show to attend!