Flying high

We are on a post valentine come down after two days of non stop flowers....
our hands are in need of a seriously intensive nourishment treatment...our bones are aching...and the shop is in the process of being re-stocked......
at home the dishes are piled up in the sink and one of us is on her second G&T!!!

What we loved........
.... big bunches of gorgeous tulips.......
.....dusky pink roses, ranunculus, helebore and lilac......
....orchid corsages....yes someone got married...how romantic....
...the man who wanted one of every flower in the shop (barring lilies & roses)...we raised our eyebrows but the bouquet looked like we had wandered into a spring flower border and snipped away gently...we salute you Sir..it just goes to show that in this world you are always learning.

We are now taking a deep breath.....
three weeks 'til Mothering Sunday!

Count down

 ...we now on count down for 14/2/13........this is our valentine bunting in the making.....

 ..at least this year we have managed to sort a valentines window out......we are predictable....its red...hey ho!!

and this is the shop after today's lovely delivery.......tulips are everywhere....

heres hoping that the snow stays away and you have a wonderful weekend!!

all go.....

........what a roller coaster life can be........we are bursting with exciting news but have to 'keep Mum' for another few days before we can tell you......I know we are mysterious at times...
....but for now we have divine flowers to tempt you into our lovely shop......did you know its only 9 days to Saint Valentines Day...ahhhh!!....we will have red roses but why not be different and have a gorgeous bunch of spring flowers in amazing colours and perfectly scented?
The photos are from some of last weeks bouquets..since we have a new camera we have been snapping away constantly...today even the homemade soup had its picture taken.....xx

white, the new red.....

well, we have finally surfaced from the blur that was valentines day....
a haze of spring flowers, hyacinth, tulips,rannunculus,narcissus, anemones....
red roses..both  Red Naomi and Black Baccarat 
 but the winner by far was the white rose......
Avalanche and the glorious blousey and scented  Norma Jean....
thank you to all our lovely customers, you romantic lot!!!

coronets and roses

Excuse me while I take off five layers of clothes before I write this......ok ....

The zinc  cup and saucer is this weeks best seller...we had thought if they didn't go we would keep them, minus the lovely muscari of course, for the Jubilee window..but there won't be any left....

 ...a vinatge sewing box lined with french paper...just for the moment filled with gorgeous pink patio roses..mmm...do you like our brilliant valentines stamp......many thanks to blade rubber for talking me into that one!!

and our door wreath this week is of course a heart...shabby chic vine heart with a rose and genista center....
hope you all have a lovely weekend
and
please can it warm up......soon!!!

countdown...

Today is so cold the dutchman has kept his hat on....he is happy because he's on his third coffee and there are bouquets to make...

10am....'its one week to valentines day and the window is still not sorted' he says.....

....note at 4pm today we decide to do the valentines window which means totally re-arranging the shop, which means as soon as you are in total chaos we have a constant stream of customers and we have to apologize a lot.......

..we have colour related different areas..this is the copper.brass and stoneware section.......by 5.30 we had to have wine.....the window has a bench, a birdbath and a hundred marble hearts..tomorrow i may get more pictures.....and more wine.. xx

Valentine's Madness

This was just a few of our roses for the madness that was Valentine's Day....Monday is not the best day for the most romantic day of the year. For us it stretched over 3 days, which made us very unromantic!!

We decided to mix up our colours and not to stick with red.....and it was a huge hit!

Our happy colourful spring bouquets where the stars of the show....a beautiful alternative to the traditional red roses.

 The lovely parrot tulips came wrapped in this fun paper.....I love the cheese, so did the Wonderful  Dutchman!! He misses his Dutch cheese A.L.O.T!

Ma Magpie creating a gorgeous Rose bouquet....the men of Hungerford went for 12 roses rather than 6...the old romantics!

The Wonderful Dutchman still thinking about cheese....look at that smile.....or maybe it just the fact that there are men to talk to in the shop!

Hot pink and orange...clashing colours....there is quite a few ladies of Hungerford rocking this look this Valentines Day and my personal favourite!

I hope your day was filled with swoon~ful kisses, gorgeous bouquets of flowers and delicious delights.

x