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Make Sure to use a Florist!!

02/11/2012 15:07:00

Dear Customers please order your flowers from a flower shop with an address in/or near the city you are having flowers delivered!! Let me tell you why.

There are order gatherers!! Sounds like a weird made up thing, I wish. These businesses make their money by being very convenient to find on the web for example, GiftTree and BloomsToday. These companies have large offices of people in some far away city who answer phones or take you order off the computer only to pass them on to a actual florist in the town you wish to have the flowers delivered. So far this doesn't sound so bad, but it gets worse.

These gatherers charge service fees. These "fees" are added at the end of you entering all your information. For Gifttree the service fee is over $19. These fees go to the order gatherer. Then they take another couple bucks off the top then they send the order though Teleflora to another shop. By sending it through Teleflora they get to keep about 20% of the money spent on the "order". So long story short this is what one of Gifttrees customers spent:

They bought a bouquet priced at $54.95 plus a service fee which totaled together= $74.90

Gifttree then called my shop and tried to get me to fill this customers order for $52.00.

If I had taken this order I would have minus an $8 delivery and filled the order to value ($44).

People mistakenly think the service charge is a delivery fee. If I were a customer I would be very disappointed to see a $41 arrangement when expecting closer to $55. So sad for this customer who spent $75.

Please helps us make you a happy floral customers and call us for you Madison area deliveries!! We will even help you place order for other states NO SERVICE FEES!!!

Valentine's Day 2012

02/11/2012 11:04:00

Busy busy busy!!Valentine's day is both loved and hated by florists. We have so many fun and interesting flowers to create with, and tons of red roses. Days get long but the sore feet pass quickly. Right now my favorite flowers in the store are oncidium orchids, green hydrangeas and deep purple stock. This is one of our bright alternatives to the traditional red and white Valentine's day mix.

HyCite Event 2-11-2011

02/12/2011 09:21:00

If your are looking for a great place to work HyCite must be the place. These employees always seem to have so much fun together and the corporate party looks like a party I wish I could attend! As we (Shannon, Diane and I) were setting up there MC was rehearsing how Star Wars music should start to play when he introduces the company president. Thankfully I already have a great job! Here are some pics of the centerpieces we set-up for them at the Monona Terrace. This is our third event for HyCite and hopefully they have us do the flowers again next year!

These arrangements have white callas in the base, white hydrangea poofs and quince branches on top. Love them!!! Nancy and Lauren have such great floral centerpiece ideas.

January Wedding Show 2011

02/09/2011 15:27:00

So many brides in just two days! For the first time Blooms participated in the Winter Wedding Planner and Guide Show. It was two days of fun. We met with hundreds of brides, ate incredible cake and had photos taken in the Cheekybooth. Hoping this makes our 2011-2012 wedding season full of creative brides. Love doing new and different things for wedding. These are some of our flower arrangements from the show. If you are looking to book a 2011 wedding give us a call we still have openings on lots of weekends.

February 2nd 2011 Snow Storm

02/09/2011 15:15:00

Welcome to Wisconsin Winter, I had to tunnel into the store on Wednesday and it still feels like and igloo inside! Glad this was last week Wednesday and not the week of Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day 2011!

02/09/2011 15:09:00

Getting ready for Valentine's Day 2011!! Looking forward to a busy week of flower deliveries. Got our first shipment of flowers in today. We got in beautiful cymbidium orchids and mini callas and of course red roses!! Love the bright and colorful mixes during this long cold winter! Don't forget your Valentine!