Gatherings Magazine, the White Issue

Hello all you lovely blog readers!

Just thought I'd drop in here to give you a bit of inspiration for living with white!

This is very fitting, as right now in our hometown of

Lynden, Washington USA...

we are surrounded by white

SNOW!

I am feeling warm and cozy at the moment with the heat on full blast drinking a cuppa hot cocoa & paging through

this amazing

E-zine

called:

Gatherings Magazine, the White Issue

by none other than my lovely online friend

Heather Spriggs Thompson

I highly suggest you head on over to check out the sweet vignettes and displays you'll find paging through the

White Issue of Gatherings Magazine.

Make sure while you're there you check out the wonderful past issues that

Heather has worked on.

We just love Gatherings here at Grandiflora...

and we think you will too!

Cheers my friends!

Trish

:)

P.S. we are operating on limited daytime hours due to the blizzard...but we havn't missed a day yet!

Just call ahead for details if you are wondering about our limited hours of operation.

Ring: 360.318.8854

Atlanta Georgia...America's Mart

 How about wading through 56 city block sized floors of product?

Remember, 90% of what you need to weed through isn't what you want to see....and the 10% of what you do...

 is sprinkled throughout.

Would you be up for it?

Imagine shopping from 9 am to 9pm, and then going to a hotel room and ordering from the computer/ catalogs until 2 AM....then getting up at 6 to start all over again for 6 days straight!

The strangest part?

You're not bringing home a single purchase...

only bags filled with paperwork and catalogs.

Would you be up for it?

 We were!

La Von, Kim & I were ready to shop the many floors of merchandise

at

America's Mart Atlanta, Georgia.

What a wonderful site to behold!

Boy oh Boy,

is it hard work!

Just wait until you see what we are finding here....you'll just have to be a little bit patient.

Missing our families, and co-workers....but excited to be finding all the best for our customers.

We love you guys!

See you in the store soon....

Trish

:)

XOXO -vs- Cupid is Stupid

Are you a hopeless romantic?

Or...

A cynic of "true love"?

 Let's face it....we've all been burned right?

 Sometimes we all feel a little bit jipped by Valentine's Day...

 ....even ripped off.

BUT

let's remember that LOVE is a choice you make.

Not something you fall into...so make it what you will!

Be positive, and remember...

Cupid isn't in charge!

YOU ARE!

:)

Choose Love & Joy!

....and put some sprinkles on top!

Swing in to Grandiflora to see what we've been up to....it's still a bit disheuveled here.

But hey, isn't everyone/thing after the Holidays?!?!?

We've been working hard and havin' fun

pricing new products and receiving new boxes filled with goodies.

It takes a bit to get it out, and uploaded....

please have patience with us as we wade through all that needs doin'.

We

LOVE

you

guys!

Happy New Year!

How Would You Like to Count an Entire Store?

 I'm judging by the look on Colleen's face....she'd really rather be displaying with this candle holder than counting it... wouldn't you?

:)

Oh YES, it's THAT time of the year again...

INVENTORY!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!

 One person sits and tallies, while the other gets on hands and knees....

or up on a ladder to count every little thing!

BELIEVE IT!

 Of course, that is why we have inventory reduction sales at the end of December...

the less there is, the less we have to count!

The good news?

We are way ahead of the game by having lots of lovely new items either here already, or on their way to redo the store!

Yippee!!!

:)

So, to recap:

We will be finishing off our inventory today.

Then we will spend the next week putting the store back together while doing maintenance etc.

Some of the girls will be doing nothing but open new products and get them priced and ready to go out on the floor.

Off to market to order even more to keep the flow of product coming too!

We are super excited about how this is all going, and are excited to see what the New Year will bring to

Grandiflora Home and Garden

&

Grandiflora HOME

online as well!

Speaking of which, we are also working diligently to find new products for the online shop.

REMEMBER,

there is often a different selection in the online shop as there is in the physical store.

If you are local, you can choose free in store local pick-up with a 2 day wait

(to allow time for funds transfer and the pulling of merchandise)

We are so excited to offer two ways to shop Grandiflora's Goodness!

Keep us in mind for all your new projects and home decor changes in 2012.

We are happy to serve you in any capacity that we can!

Cheers to the New Year,

may you be richly blessed by all that matters most!

:)

The Grandiflora Girls

20% OFF Your WHOLE Purchase, Including Sale Items!!!

Did you get a Gift Certificate

 for Christmas?

 Now's the time to stretch it further............. !!

*20% OFF STOREWIDE!

Starting Monday, December 26th - Monday, January 2nd

take 20% off* your entire purchase.

This also includes our Christmas Decor which is already 50% off! So, after the additional 20% discount it will be 70% off!

 And yes,

there are still some fun items to choose from to add to your decor for next year!

All everyday clearanced priced items are also an additional 20% off!

(*does not include gift certificates, chalk paints, consignments, Annie Sloan Chalk Paints, or previous purchases)

&

*20% OFF SITEWIDE TOO!

Starting Monday, December 26th - Monday, January 2nd

 take 20% off* your entire order at our online store

Grandiflora HOME

Just enter the code "inventory20" as a coupon.

Remember to choose local pickup if you want to pick up in the store after 2 business days at no additional charge.

( *discount does not apply to shipping charges)

Here's your chance to save BIG!

We only do this ONCE a year for inventory reduction....so now's the chance you've been waiting for!

Hope to see you in the store or online soon.

Happy New Year!

:)

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!

:)

Ten Terrific Tannenbaums & 3 Finalists!



Cheryl's Tree

Well it sure is fun to see all the lovely trees that you lovely folks can decorate!

What a treat it has been to judge all the pretty tree entries.

A huge thanks to everyone who participated by sending in a photo, what an overwhelming response!

We've included the photos of the

TOP TEN TANNENBAUMS

for your viewing pleasure!

If you see your tree here....that means you're a WINNER!

( Stay tuned for an email with official news on how to collect your $TEN$ Tannenbaum Bucks. )

Don't forget to take a very close look at the last three trees which remain nameless; only numbered.

Then PLEASE 

 head on over to our

FACEBOOK PAGE

to vote for your favorite tree!

Lisa's Tree

Chris' Tree

Ardi's Tree

Janet's Tree

Judy's Tree

Renee's Tree

Ok...here they are!

The top 3 Tannenbaums!

Tree #1 Traci's Tree

We were taken with the classic look of this red, white, and silver tree because the assortment of ornaments was so interesting and had a wonderful

"collected over time"

look.



Tree #2 Jenny's Tree

Although not everyone can pull this color way off...we fell instantly in love with the fun spirals of ribbon & the complete sense of joy this tree brings.

Tree #3 Risa's Tree



The final tree reminded us of the

White House Tree with all it's MANY+ MANY+ MANY ornaments!

Can you believe they are ALL VINTAGE???

Whoa!

Ok, now it's your job to decide...which of the last 3 trees is your favorite tree???

Head on over to

OUR FACEBOOK PAGE

to vote for

Number1: Classic Red + White

Number 2: Trendy Turquoise + Pink

Number 3: Vintage Showstopper

We hope you'll take the time to vote for one of these lovely ladies...much is at stake here:

Who will win

the

GOLD,

SILVER

 or

BRONZE

grand prize gift certificates!

Bronze = $20.00, Silver = $35.00, & Gold = $50.00!

Thanks in advance and good luck!

BLOG UPDATE:

Our Contest is now closed.

Bronze winner is Jenny with 63 votes.

Silver winner is Risa with 162 votes.

&

Gold winner is Traci with 172 votes!

Congratulations Ladies

&

Thanks Again!
We'd love to know if you would like us to do something like this again???