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



Grandiflora This Weekend....

 

Hope to see you this weekend....

:)

The Grandiflora Girls

Special Craft & Antique Show Hours Thursday October 18th!

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.



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

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!

Farm Chicks or Bust!

Grandiflora Travels: Farm Chicks or Bust!

Oh are we exhausted!!!

My oh My.

We are truly Shoppers of the utmost kind....thank heavens we are used to spending all sorts of time tending a really great retail store....or I'm not sure if we would have survived such a wonderfully ridiculously wild adventure this past weekend at

The Farm Chicks Show

We will be back very soon with all the details....but first we must eat, sleep (in a real bed!), and gather our wits about us.

Good times were had by all...and now our poor bodies are trying to catch up with our adveturous spirits!

Back soon with lots of fun snaps and stories....well....most of them anyway.

As the saying goes:

" What happens at Farm Chicks....stays at Farm Chicks!"

Hee hee hee....

:D



Howdy & Happy Trails!

 Howdy Everyone!

Just checkin' in to see if anyone else is headed to

The Farm Chicks?

We, well some of us...

are heading out to Spokane Washington for our annual trip!

We're taking this:

 ....no....just kiddin'!!!  :)

Seriously...I wish we had something this big to take back all our treasures in!!!

We will be shopping, chatting, shooting photos (for your pleasure), and eating and drinking the whole weekend!

We are so looking forward to it!

We hope to have safe and happy trails the whole 800 miles!

What?

Can't make it 800 miles this weekend?

NO WORRIES!

Just head the few miles down the road to the store where there are all kinds of new displays to enjoy particularly on the main floor where things are looking rather different lately!

We are changing things up the whole month of June!

You know what that means....lots of sale markdowns....and lots of new products too!

SO

GET ON IN

to take advantage of all that's going on at

Grandiflora this month.

We will be back from our trip soon, with all the cutest ideas in photos for your viewing pleasure!

Happy Trails to YOU!

:D

2nd Saturdayz Double Booth: Part 2

 Oh doing booths is so much fun!

Don't get us wrong....it's sure alot of work too!

However...we love what we do...so this kind of work is always the best kind of work!

This is the 2nd part of our double booth at

2nd Saturdayz

last weekend in Snohomish Washington

for

the 2nd Saturdayz 1st anniversary Road Show!

 This booth had 2 distinct looks.

See the previous post for the "Granny Chic" look.

then...

we had this look

I'm not quite sure that there is a proper name for it...but I'd catagorize it as

"farmhouse chic" with a hint of "shabby chic" and a bit of "cottage" too!

Whatever you'd call it, it was lovely!

 It's always so much fun to hear the reactions of folks walking by and searching through the booth for goodies.

Some folks really like the POP of color from the Granny Chic...and others really liked the subdued pastels and creamy naturals of the "Farmhouse Chic".

I personally like to mix the two together!

But,

that's another blog post altogether!

:)

This booth was extremely full...but really fun to rummage throught as there were so many awesome treasures to find.

As I'm sure you can imagine, we didn't sell everything...and we couldn't take everything we had set aside in the first place for this show....

so....

we are slowly mixing the rest of these goodies into the shop in the next week or so.

If you get the chance to slip in to Grandiflora soon....you might be able to score some of these goodies too!

We hope to see you there soon...

you can take advantage of all the great daily specials we have going on right now!!!

Cheerio!

:D

The First Half of the Booth Story...

 Well, it was time for a little road trip.

2nd Saturdayz

Vintage Road Show

was

JUST

the

ticket!

Grandiflora was ready for some

COLOR

so

we splashed it up with a little bit of

Granny Chic Retro Goodness

on one half of the booth...

 .....it was so wonderfully cheerful!

 We had SO much fun setting this look up...I mean c'mon....how wouldn't you???

It's like being a little kid again!

So many fun memories wrapped up in this look, and all the young girls are lovin' it as it's all new to them!

The older crowd just stands around and giggles at all the items they used to have,

never dreaming that they'd be collectible someday!

This is just a little peek for you to enjoy today...

I'll be back soon with more from the show,

until then,

why don't you cozy up here in a bit of sunshine....

&

Don't forget....there are always new things arriving at the shop!

Right now we are doing daily specials on all sorts of things anywhere from

25% to 40%

OFF!

Whoo Hoo!

Swing in to see what's up, and I'll be back soon with more show fodder.

Cheers!

:D

Getting Ready for the 2nd Saturdayz Show...

 We've always known that we must really LOVE what we do. It requires great big HUGE amounts of work to accomplish the very branded look that is

"Grandiflora"

As we took our
"look"

on the road this past weekend, there were many obstacles.

However the end result was a hit....and we enjoyed ourselves too!

Loading in the rain....and unloading in the rain was a bit of a bummer....but the parts in between went really well.

Stay tuned for:

more details to come!

:)

The "Exhausted" Grandiflora Girls.



2nd Saturdayz Are You Ready for Grandiflora???

 Are these not the cutest vintage style bags you've ever seen???

We think so too!

How'd ya like to score one for free???

You would???

Well mark your calendar for this Saturday...yeah...the 2nd Saturday of the month!

Come to a flea market event that even:

 Flea Market Style Magazine

calls one of the best small flea markets around!

Whoo Hoo!

To win the bag, you must be one of the first 20 folks in line to get in to....

2nd Saturdayz!!!

Normally this show is held in Seattle Washington at Magnussen Park....but...

this Month's show is going to be held at

this building:

In Snohomish, Washington

for their 1st Anniversary Celebration!!!

There will be food and celebrating with lots of fabulous vendors galore!

Not to mention all that awesome shopping just down the block on First St.

Some of the Grandiflora Girls' Favorite shops are on First!!!

-Joyworks

-Faded Elegance

-Ruffles & Rust

-Annie's

I could go on and on....especially about the vintage and antique markets!!!

Anyway...

Grandiflora will be hosting a booth at the show, and we hope that all you lovely Grandiflora customers will stop in for a visit!

A trip to Snohomish is always a fun & full day!

Find all the info

here.