Thursday, January 28, 2010

So many ways to win this Valentine's Day!

Hello everyone! As we are quickly approaching the end of January we are already thinking of February, and we all know what that brings - Valentine's Day!

Sarah's Flowers & Gifts is very excited this year to be taking part of 2 Valentine's promotions with other great, locally owned businesses in our area!

If you stop into the flower shop between now and Valentine's week you can register for a drawing by KMCH that will include these grand prizes: an overnight stay for two plus dinner at The Franklin Hotel in Strawberry Point, a box of Betty Jane Chocolates from Widner Drug, and flowers from Sarah's Flowers & Gifts!

That's not all! We've all been enjoying our newly "renovated" and community owned Castle Theatre in Manchester! It's been a great way to enjoy a night out and support the community!

Valentine's Day the Castle Theatre will be showing "It's Complicated" and the first 25 couples at the 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. showing will receive a free flower from Sarah's Flowers & Gifts!

So many great things to look forward to this Valentine's Day! Remember - it's not just a day for couples, show the love to everyone this Valentine's!

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Memorial and Sympathy Tributes

During the loss of a loved one or friend, it is sometimes difficult to express your feelings. Sarah's Flowers & Gifts is proud to offer a large, unique selection of memorial gifts and sympathy tributes to send as an expression of your sympathy.

We carry a very extensive collection of poems and verses on our stepping stones and benches as well as a unique selection of angels and statuary.

When the time arises, please allow us to be there for you! Sarah's Flowers & Gifts 563-927-8247 www.sarahsflowersandgifts.com

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Love is in the air!

Only one month left until Valentine's Day!

Does Valentine's Day sneak up on you every year and you dread the thought of fighting the crowds at the flower shop to find the perfect something special for your perfect someone special?

Well - Sarah's Flowers & Gifts can make it easy this year. We are now taking orders for Valentine's Day 2010! Call us today, tell us who it's for, where it's going, and what you'd like and we'll take it from there! You can then check that off your to-do list and score some major points this Valentine's Day!

We've all got too much in our in-box, so let us take a bit of the burden off your back!

Call us today to place your order! 563-927-8247 or check us out online www.sarahsflowersandgifts.com

Good morning! We're taking you all on a test run with us! We're learning as we go!

We hope this embedding of our YouTube video works, making it easier for you to access it directly here on our blog! :)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

We're "flipping" out!

Over our new Flip Video!!

If you haven't heard about these, check this out:

http://www.theflip.com/en-us/

They are super simple to use and we're excited to find more ways to use them in the flower shop to keep you, our customers, better connected and informed on what's new and happening!

We shot our first video yesterday, a tour of the flower shop, and successfully uploaded it to YouTube - which was done very easily with the software that comes right on the Flip Video camcorder!

See it here on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-lijBvPHY

We hope you enjoy this small tour of the flower shop, especially those of you that may not get a chance to get in to see the store. We're happy to welcome you to Sarah's Flowers & Gifts.

We've also recently updated our website www.sarahsflowersandgifts.om Please take a look around there too. You can also view our latest Flip Videos on our website as well.

Happy Wednesday everyone!!

Monday, January 11, 2010

It's a heatwave!

Happy Monday everyone!

When I came to work this morning it was 11 degrees outside! Heatwave!! Compard to what it has been, 11 degrees actually felt good!!

The forecast for this week looks even better!! Wednesday it is supposed to get up to 36 degrees!! Almost shorts weather :) Maybe a little too soon!

This is a great time to talk about the importance of taking care of your blooms! If you are so lucky as to have flowers sent to you at work or somewhere that they will need to be transported, be sure to take precautions to keep them looking their best.

If you do have to take fresh cut flowers outside for any period of time, make sure they are covered with a plastic bag and move them quickly from the cold into a warm spot.

During these cold winter months, never leave fresh cut flowers in the car for any amount of time. It only takes a few minutes for flowers to freeze and flower heads to turn black and droop in this cold weather.

This will help keep your flowers alive for a longer period of time for you to enjoy them!

If you ever have any questions on flower care please call us at 563-927-8247

Have you seen our website? We're in the process of re-formatting it, but we'd love to know what you think of it!!

www.sarahsflowersandgifts.com

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Happy 2010!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

We hope everyone is having a great start to a new year?

Are you like us and are having a terrible time writing 2010 on checks and paperwork?? We're only on our 2nd day of the new year and we have wrote 2009 on several things!!

We're so excited at Sarah's Flowers and Gifts about this new year!!

We are eagerly awaiting the arrival of our Flip Vid!! This will give us an amazing opportunity to bring you live streams of what si new in the flower shop and what we are working on!

Remember you can always visit us online at www.sarahsflowersandgifts.com

You can also find us on Facebook - Sarah's Flowers & Gifts and you can follow us on Twitter @flowersbysarah

Happy New Year!!