June Class Sign-Ups Going on NOW & Save the Date!

OK....

Now's your chance!

You've been asking for it.

We've been planning it...

and now....

IT'S HERE!

Sign up time for our first class (which is limited to 12 people)

starts Saturday June 16th at 11 am.

Come in and sign yourself and your girlfriends up for a night of fun!

CLASS SPECIFICS:

Date/Time: Thursday June 28th at 7pm

Craft: See Below... Learning how to stencil fabric with freezer paper.

What's included?

Our fabulous creative crafting knowledge, scrumptious light refreshments,

 two adorable tea towels made by adorable you and a mini swag bag with goodies and samples.

BUT the best part....

.......a generous store coupon good for the night of the class!

NOT TO MENTION LOADS OF FUN!

Price: a mere $12.00 (paid at time of ticket purchase)

We tested this class out for you, and had a blast doing it!

We think you'll enjoy every minute of it...

so make sure you're the first ones in the door to get signed up on Saturday morning

June 16th at 11am!

And don't forget to check your latest email for some wonderful sale news!

Also,

stay tuned for our July festivities.

We would like you to save the date:

Thursday Evening July 19th

(More details to come, but can we just say...whoo hooo!)

&

Our next class will be Thursday Evening July 26th

(Again, more details to follow...and they are some really cute details!)

Upcoming Feature In Souvenir Magazine

Hi!

:)

I'm Trisha Brink,

one of the owners here at Grandiflora

( with my mom Jan, and sister La Von).

I thought you might like to know about a fun upcoming feature that I'll be doing in a

really wonderful publication produced by

Heather Bullard

who happens to also be a contributing editor to

Country Living Magazine 

:)

Heather is such a talented designer, blogger & photographer.

You can imagine that I was humbled & delighted to be invited to share in her lovely

magazine called

Souvenir Magazine

Doesn't it look lovely???

:)

I thought that maybe you 'd like to have a heads up

on the issue I've been invited to share in.

The Summer issue (with my feature) will be coming out in July.

Until then,

you can view the

 Spring Issue

which is filled with gorgeous photography, decor and recipes

from some of the folks who truly set the standards in beautiful home life.

Let me just say, that if you like shopping the vignettes at

Grandiflora....

you'll love perusing the digital pages of

Souvenir!

I encourage you to keep your eyes and ears open for the

Summer issue coming soon...

We'll let you know when it comes out.

Trish

:)

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

Always Cute ((& Affordable )) Aprons at Grandiflora!

As you know, we love cute aprons at Grandiflora.

We carry locally handcrafted varieties....and also some from really hip companies.

Here is a sampling of some of the aprons that should be coming in soon......

We've had a few of these in before, and some will be totally new to us...like this one...

We've been waiting for a long time to get this pretty one in. The company says it should be here in mid June....ahhh the life of a buyer.

Trying to coordinate all the goodies to come in when we need them to be here for you.

We try our hardest....but it's much more "involved" than you could ever dream!

I eat, drink, sleep & live product.

Where can I source it, when can I get it and most importantly....how much will it cost?

Will you be happy with the price? ...if not....then we don't buy it...period.

It would be simple to buy for a shop on

Rodeo Drive...not so for Grover Street.

We are very cost conscious....on your behalf.

We want to find the cutest looks for the best prices...it's work alright....HARD work.

BUT

WE LOVE IT!!!

:)

So my little cupcakes....head in soon to see the newest selection in aprons from our craftspeople & also from our suppliers who believe in cute product at great prices just like we do.

TTFN

;)

Sunglass Readers & Paying it Forward!!!

 Oh Me Oh My!

I am so excited to tell you that our newest addition to the ever growing personal accessories area in the shop right now are the fab new

Sunglass Readers by Moraleyes.

That's

Moral + Eyes

The reason they call themselves

Moraleyes

is due to the fact that for every pair of glasses they sell, they give a pair of much needed glasses to the poor in developing nations!

How cool is that?!?!

We are also hosting a reading glass recycle box at the shop for you to recycle your slightly used glasses as well.

This company surely "gets it".

We are proud to sell their affordable product.

Did you know that you can get some really hot looking sunglass readers

( look like regular cool sunglasses with bi-focal insert in powers ranging from 1.5 to 2.5)

for the great low price of only $13.00???

YES...they are THAT affordable!!

Look how cute they are:

I mean seriously folks...where can you find a pair of sunglass readers for that low price where the company is going to donate a pair of readers on your behalf to a person in a 3rd world country who desperately needs to be able to see?

We just know that Moraleyes is going to be a hit with our customers.

Get into the shop soon to get the best selection....we'll be reordering soon....but they are going fast already.....

:)

Offices Work Better When They're Pretty!

 If there's one thing that we know....

it's that when you are happy in a space....you are more productive!

It's true!

If you take the time to make an office space clean, clear and uncluttered...

you'll get more done!

We can help you with that:

 With lovely and useful file folders...

 ...cute and helpful notepads...

 ...fun and whimsical....yet superbly practical Paper Washi Tape...

&

...even fashionable ways to help keep you organized!

SO...

what are you waiting for?

Get on in here and nab some of these super cute accessories for your home office.

What?

Can't make it to our shop in person?

You're in luck!

Many of the items shown here are also available to purchase online!!!

You can find us at

GrandifloraHOME.com

We look forward to helping you get that 

Classroom Details Coming Soon...

 If you were at our

Pink-a-Palooza Party

last week, you're probably wondering what in the world we were doing with a

Classroom Setting in the shop?!?!?

Well,

We've been asked so many times to hold classes on many different topics.

(Some of you have even attended classes we've held at local Churches...weren't they fun?)

So...

we decided to work hard opening up a space in our shop to do just that:

Offer classes!

What will the classes be you ask???

Well....
here are some of the ideas we've been presented with so far:

1. CRAFTS.

 Many people are following us on Pinterest these days,

if you've not had a chance to come on over and join the fun there then we invite you to!

We hope to have fun in groups of 8 or so creating some of the things we find there,

& some ideas we come up with all on our very own!

2. How To Decorate Your ______.

Ever wonder how to decorate your fireplace mantle with style?

Or are there other areas of your house that stump you?

 Well, the ladies in charge of decorating at the shop can help you out in one of these classes.

3. Ever had problems deciding whether you want to commit to purchasing

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint?

Chris Kenner of Fleur de lis Design, (our in house stockist)

 is already holding classes for those who are ready to learn....you can sign up NOW in the shop for full blown painting classes at her wonderful studio right here in

downtown Lynden.

But...for those of you who are undecided....she's toying with the idea of offering sample classes here at the shop.

Why don't you let her know if you're interested....

you can shoot her an email here:

4kenners@comcast.net

4. Are you part of a BUNKO group?

Isn't it fun? What? You love to go when it's at someone else's house....

but not when you have to host it at your place???

Hubby complains about having to find a place to "hide with the kids" while all the ladies are over?

Think about the possibility of hosting your Bunko group here at the shop!

Now wouldn't that be fun!?!?!?

WELL,

there's much to do to make all these dreams a reality.

So many kinks to work out, and supplies to purchase.

We'll let you know when we decide to release the final details of each "class" opportunity.

Until then,

if you have any questions, comments or suggestions...

PLEASE.....no really..... PLEASE

contact us via email at

info@grandiflorahome.com

We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas on classes, crafts, party ideas etc....

because after all....

we are nothing without you!

:)