It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! First, I must apologize for the lapse in blogs.

Thanksgiving seems a blur and Christmas is now officially less than 2 weeks away! Where is time going?

The flower shop is looking more and more like Santa's workshop! It's not uncommon to stop by and find us knee deep in pine boughs or covered in glitter!

We have been creating a lot of unique fresh cut and silk pieces, as well as holiday crafts. Looking for something unique this holiday season? We have it!

How many times have you gone in search of the perfect gift for Aunt Maggie, the woman who has everything, and end up settling for the bubble bath/loofah basket because you know it's something she can use. Something she can use, not necessarily something she'll love!

Isn't that the whole point of gift giving? To wait in anticipation as the recipient opens your thoughtful gift that you spent a great deal of time finding? You watch their face as they tear open the box and look at their new gift in excitement!

And then they see...bubble bath! Frumph! :(

Well it doesn't have to be that way , and you don't have to spend oodles of your limited time searching the busy, packed malls. You don't have to park five football fields away from your destination and brave -5 degree wind chills to fight a crowd of people in the same aisle, because you're all there trying to find the perfect "norm" gift!

Come see us at Sarah's Flowers & Gifts!! We promise you'll find a huge selection of gifts that you won't find anywhere else!

We have so many handmade items: handpainted holiday stones, handpainted holiday wine bottles ( a very popular item), hand designed silk arrangements, handmade ornaments, I could go on and on and on and on :)

This holiday season, be sure to give someone what they want -- something they don't have!! When someone asks you what you want for Christmas, do you say "Well, I'd sure love a few more bottles of lotion to add to the twenty I have in the cupboard that I don't use because I don't want to go out in public smelling like a gingerbread cookie!" ?

And for the record, I love lotions and bubble baths!! In fact I am on my way to the mall to purchase some as a gift because that is what they told me they want. But I will dress it up a bit with a basket from the flower shop or maybe an ornament.

See! There's another great idea! Isn't it more fun to give bubble bath (if that is in fact the gift you are happily giving) presented in a beautiful basket with a keepsake ornament or christmas greens?

Don't forget -- flower shops aren't just great places to buy gifts -- you can also stock up on permanent silk flowers to use as accents for gift wrapping. Because as we all know, it's all about the wrap! :)

Merry Christmas to everyone and we hope all your Christmas shopping is going well. Don't forget too - take a few moments a day and remember what Christmas is all about. Because you can't spell Christmas without the first 5 letters!