December 2008 Archives

Well, I'm writing this just a couple days before New Year's Eve! Belvedere Flowers is very excited about what's new in 2009.

First we wanted to say that the Fresh Flower Cupcakes have been a huge success so far for us in December of  2008, and we plan to carry that into 2009 with a few more styles of the fresh flower cupcakes! I'm glad I jumped on the cupcake bandwagon inspired by another great florist in Butler PA.

OK, enough about cupcakes :)

So what else is new in 2009?

Create Your Own Bouquet is one new item added to our website. This gives the customer a chance to tell us what they want. They pick a price range, a style, colors, types of flowers, etc. We also will email a picture of the finished design to the customer, and may even add it to our best sellers page one day with your name on it!

Flower Club Special is another new addition to our now 5 month old website launched in early August of 2008! Flower Club Special is an opportunity to send flowers to yourself or someone else for a whole year! The best part is you can save anywhere from $50 to $230 in delivery charges alone! 

Finally "Buy The Bunch" is a new feature that allows DIY brides, or party planners, garden clubs, or just plain old flower lovers who want to arrange their own flowers, to be able to order them by the bunch through email from our Flower Menu Page.

Along with that we have expanded our singing balloon bouquets, plush animals, and quality chocolates & truffles all available for same day delivery to Philadelphia & over 125 surrounding suburbs!

 Belvedere Flowers is proud to be one of the preferred florists for all of the Haverford Township Elementary Schools including Manoa. They came to me, and asked me to create a beautiful large arrangement for the main entrance to the brand new Manoa Elementary School located on the corner of Manoa, & S. Eagle Rds. in Havertown PA.

I'm glad that school district employees truck was there, he was fixing the front door, otherwise I would have been locked out in the cold holding this heavy vase of fresh flowers! Yes, I delivered these personally to get a peek at the inside of the new school that I pass everyday on my way home. My wife, son & I have watched them build this school in about a years time. All the construction vehicles were a great treat for my son!

This tall cylinder vase  consists of dark blue delphinium, white mountain lilies, white "escimo" roses, silver seeded eucalyptus, mixed seasonal evergreens, and accented with pine cones, blue & silver balls, and glittery silver ting ting to go with the new silver speckled tile floors!

it just so happens that these colors are also a best seller for Hanukah centerpieces this year.

Happy Holidays to everybody from Belvedere Flowers.

 Inspired by the great florist, www.thebloomery.com, I am experimenting with fresh flower cupcakes to add to our Belvedere Flowers website. The Bloomery was kind enough to share their idea with their fellow florist friends across the country and we were happy and excited to take advantage of their offer to steal their cupcake :)

We plan on creating a whole line of our own version of these flower cupcakes, great for any occasion, such as, birthday, for kids, congratulations, Christmas, & many more. I still have to play around with the designs a little more to find the flowers and colors that work best for us. Carnations seem to be the best option for the flower cupcake, as they do give the look of a nice smooth icing and blend nice, however we will be experimenting with roses , and other flowers too. Stay tuned as we will be updating this cupcake flower blog monthly with more cupcake designs!

Ok, below is a few samples of our new Peppermint Candy Cane Carnation Flower Cupcake now on sale this month atBelvedere Flowers.

OK, Here are a few more to add to the cupcake collection!

Pink carnations in one, and white daisies in another one, along with the rose cupcake as seen above...

These photos below were taken by my driver Debbie, who delivered these beautiful holiday cube vases to a Christmas party off of Lancaster Ave. in Wayne PA 19087. Belvedere Flowers delivers to all Philadelphia suburbs for any party occasion at any time of year. feel free to CONTACT US for a free estimate or consultation. 

 Belvedere Flowers has been going to homes for years to help people decorate for holiday parties using fresh seasonal greens such as port orford cedar, white pine, boxwood& holly. Accented with pretty wired Christmas ribbon, pine cones, and many more festive decorations including poinsettia plants. Here is a few pictures taken from a home in Ardmore PA 19003 that we just did work at the other day.

Decorate the stairs with fresh cedar, pine, & holly!

Feel free to contact us or call us at (610)449-3880 to get a free quote on your holiday party centerpieces or package deals on house decorating for Christmas.