Sunday, March 16, 2014

Party Tym


Lanterns and tie streamers on lines across room
lanterns and streamers - better for children's birthday party
Party party. Use streamer idea with knotted paper or cloth. Plus big paper flowers
Cute party decorations, remember this for next bday
"Parti." No, not "party." It's short for "parti pris," French for "to make a decision." In archispeak it means the big idea behind the design of the project. While an architect may not verbalize the parti to you, rest assured that he or she has one. The next time you sit down with your architect
makes decorating a snap. If you want to make a big visual impact, try picking a color scheme early on and stick to it. Having everything coordinated creates a rich, cohesive look, even if you're using simple paper plates and cups. Paper lanterns, streamers and old-fashioned straws are cheap and cheerful

Vases All the Way


Vase - where did you buy the vase and what are the dimensions?
The vase and flowers for the bathtub shelf
Gives me an idea on what flowers to use in my new vase
I love Tulip's and this is a simple way to incorporate tulips into yourdecor.
The contrast of the two vases with flowers.
simple flower decor chang weekely
Metal decor collection
room wall decor...Love the decor...White vase...Vase w dlower...Wall Decor...Flower decoration...Beautiful decor...Sticks inside vase...vase and...my same vase...Wall decore...Nice decoration...wall decor

Affordable Home Decors


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Royal Wedding Decors


Flowers are special for every occasion but special mention should be made of weddings. You cannot imagine a wedding without floral decorations. The tradition of using flowers during wedding goes a long way. It has begun from the ancient times when herbs and spices were used for keeping the evil spirits at bay.

Flowers are intoxicating. William Wordsworth described flowers as 'a poet's darling'. It has been rightly said in the Koran that 'Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul'. Flowers are wonderful for any special occasion. They build a beautiful and glowing environment. In fact, flowers have a language of their own to express emotions and sentiments. 

Bring flowers to your wedding and it will surely teach you the lesson of life to move on. They are truly symbolic of freshness, vitality and good wishes. 

Magically, flowers transform an occasion. Orchids, lilies, roses, tulips visually distinguish any wedding they attend. Raj Palace Floral offers a spectacular variety of fresh seasonal flowers only comparable to the beauty of the blushing bride. 

Flower Wedding Decoration makes the solemn occasion more romantic and refreshing. They signify the true love shared by the bride and bridegroom, the purity and pureness of their love and relationship. In fact, the refreshing fragrance of flowers is similar to the true and innocent love of the couple.

While deciding upon the Wedding Flower Decoration, you must be very careful regarding the theme of your wedding. All the seasonal flowers or local and regional flowers can be used for decoration purposes. 

In fact, you can also appoint a floral designer or a wedding designer to make your floral decoration quite interesting and distinctive. Further, the Wedding Flower Decoration should echo the same theme throughout the decoration of wedding with the other wedding decorations like linen, lighting and the rest of the things. In fact, before finalizing the floral dcor, discuss the shape, color and size with your designer. Wedding Flower Decorations can be in the form of bouquets, boutonni res, corsages, wreaths and candelabra. Flower Arch in front of the entrance is also a common dcor for the wedding celebration.

Fresh flowers are preferable for its fragrance and intoxicating smell. 

Moreover, the fashion and style of the bride and bridegroom should be kept in mind while planning out the Wedding Flower Decoration. You can also add up balloons with blooms and also set statues and props combinations. With the floating candles you can also float flower petals. It would be a very romantic visual for all to admire. In fact, topiaries are also nice for wedding d cor. You can also invest in some of the commercial flower arrangements to put up on the grand wedding day.

After making the floral arrangement for the wedding you would find how an ordinary venue can turn into breathtakingly beautiful place.

Important points you need to remember some important points. These are:

You should be very particular that the flowers match the theme of the wedding. It is also preferable that you use the seasonal and regional flowers for the decoration purpose as they lower the cost.

Always take the help of our floral designer. This is because the floral designer would arrange the flowers as well as the lights and the linens keeping the theme in mind.

When you talk to a florist about the floral decoration in the wedding, always keep the personal choices of the groom and the bride in mind. But always listen to the suggestion of the florist. After all they have the expertise and the talent too.

After you have decided the floral decoration according to the theme of the wedding, you need to decide what the places that need floral decoration are! Your list should include

The gate of the wedding venue where preferably an arch of flower should be made

The pathways,, lecterns and pulpits should also be decorated with petals colour and Rice Rangoli mixed

The kneeling bench where you can keep rose petals

The aisle can be decorated with wreaths or garlands

The bridal table, cake table and buffet table with Bouquets , petals or garlands.

It is preferable that you use fresh flowers because then you get both beauty and fragrance

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Flora Craft for a CAUSE

This project undertaken under the umbrella activities of Flora-Craft is an initiative to work with the tribal women of Sholayur, Kerala, India, to help sustain them economically and bring about better living conditions among them. These women are not able to do the hard work that working in the fields entails, due to some disability or ill health or old age, because of which they are not able to bring in income for their households. Their men folk either drink away the money, or the money they bring in is not enough. These women will be trained to work in pottery. They will then work on job work basis to earn a decent living. Anyone buying Flora-Craft products is in fact contributing toward the welfare of these tribals.

Further, we will be working with natural products like arecanut leaves and pods and fruits to make elegant vases and pots as home décor items. These will be hand made items again made by the tribals of Sholayur.

We are currently not accepting donations for this project as we do not have 80G exemption facilities, nor do we have the drive to raise such funding. We want to raise money for this initiative through sales of the products of Flora-Craft.

The project will cost us Rs. 15 to 17 Lakhs (Rs. 1.5 to 1.7 million). This is to build a 40x60 covered shed, a couple of washrooms, storage facilities and potter's wheels and kilns for firing on my 2 acre property. This is apart from the consumables cost.

75% of profit margins will go toward the fund allocated for this project and the remaining 25% towards the overhead costs of running Flora-Craft. We would like to get started on the construction and training within the next 12 months. We have a long, long way to go, as it is not easy to raise this kind of money within this short time.

Anybody buying Flora-Craft products will in actuality be contributing to the welfare of these poor people. Therefore I encourage all who read this post, to send in their requests for Flora-Craft products by email to sheila.mathews.09@gmail.com. The Flora-Craft Website will be up shortly which will then provide you an easy way to select your product and pay for the same.

Please don't just like my stuff; buy them!

Thank you in advance to all who wish to support this cause!

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Fun trivia – Birth Month Flowers

Month
Flower
January
February
Iris, Violet
March
April
Daisy, Peonies
May
June
July
August
Dahlia, Gladiolus
September
Aster, Forget-me-not
October
Calendula (aka Marigold)
November
December
Poinsettia, Holly, Narcissus, Paperwhite

Flowers and their Meaning

In Victorian times, certain flowers had specific meanings because the flower selection was limited and people used more symbols and gestures to communicate than words. But today, with so many flower choices, there are no rules - it's the sentiment that gives the gift its meaning. Many people assign their own personal meanings - a flower or color that might remind them of a special event or moment in their lives. As the saying goes, 'say it with flowers!' And indeed, people have been saying it with flowers since time immemorial, using the special meanings of flowers to express all kinds of emotions. Whether to woo somebody special on Valentine's Day, display affection on Father's Day or Mother's Day, or to express a 'get well soon' message for somebody ill, flowers have been used to say it all. In fact, the symbolic meaning of flowers has given birth to a language of its own, known as floriography.

Apart from each of the names of flowers being imbued with symbolism such as romance or sympathy or affection, all flowers express specific phrases as well. As a matter of fact, the Victorians were the ones who used flower symbolism most profusely to communicate subtly what they wanted to say, but could not speak aloud since decorum would not allow it. With flowers, and their symbolic meanings, they could verbalize communication without saying anything or evince a feeling. Thus, the Victorians would often make a bouquet that they could use as an expression of an unvoiced message to the person receiving it, using various kinds of symbolism like the number, the arrangement, the color, and of course the type of flower. For those interested in the historic meanings of flowers, the Society of American Florists has compiled this list from a variety of different sources:


Flowers for Life

Flowers are quintessential elements when it comes to expressing a multitude of emotions and feelings,be it - joy,warmth,excitement,love,happiness…every single one of them can be just expressed without words by just using flowers and floral arrangements.How wonderful would it be then to have these eternal elements of joy as a part of the décor whatever be the occasion? This is just what we at flora-craft aim for…to deliver these bundle of beauties to make your décor look extra special.What’s more these beautiful floral arrangements stay intact for years  without the need for you to worry about the flowers spoiling or retaining their freshness,the extremely real-like flowers have the benefits of being aesthetically pleasing forever-that too wit no maintainance required.  Whether they're traditional or artistic, flowers bring a certain charm to any space making it look so much more classier and elegant,so come experience the flower power @ flora-craft.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Flowers vs Gifts

Whether it’s for a special occasions or regular days, it’s really great to receive some presents from your loved ones. Sending gifts or flowers let someone discern that you think and care for them in times of grief and despair, happiness and love or sympathy.
Giving Gifts as Presents
Women love flowers and gifts. It makes them smile which makes the sender feel really good about himself. But nowadays, a lot is expected for something valuable, something that lasts longer than a week, unlike flowers. Some women don’t like cut flowers as they enjoy looking at them outdoors where they grow, while others are too used with receiving flowers and want other gift options.
Giving jewelries is a great gift idea that many women want. Whether it is for your mom, wife, girlfriend or best friend, you would always love to see them wear it all the time. Giving jewelry doesn’t have to be the most expensive. Bracelets and necklaces are usually the safest choice.
Try to create a gift-giving ritual, so for every special occasion or holiday; she’ll be expecting this type of present from you. Giving fairy and angel figurine is a great idea to give and the best part, it’s inexpensive yet lasts long.
Perfumes can be quite tricky so always familiarize what your loved ones prefer. There are scents that convey meaning such as floral scents denoting womanly character, fruity for casual and sweet. Fresh scent for clean, youthful and energetic vide or oriental for warm vibe.
Giving Flowers as Present
Flowers are a more conventional form of present than gifts. Many people still prefer flowers as they are great presents for any type of occasion like an anniversary, job promotion, retirement, hospital visit, apart from birthday flowers.
With the wide array of flowers available for you to choose, you have so many options to find the kind of flower ideal for the person you wanted to give. It will really help if you know what their favorite flower is, yet you will never go wrong sending bright and impressive bouquet, whether its
sophisticated roses or simple daisies or tulips.
It’s better to design the flowers relevant to the kind of relationship. A dozen red roses will not be appropriate for a co-worker, but it is appropriate for a spouse or girlfriend. If you intend to send roses to a friend, better opt for a non-romantic colors like coral, gold or yellow and stay away from pink or red, because you might be mistaken for a completely wrong intention.
Whichever option you choose is up to you. In any case, sending flowers is still the better option because of its many symbols. It always coveys the meaning the sender wants to convey. When sorry, it shows how sincerely apologetic you are. When you’re far away from your loved one, it offers a temporary substitute as something she can hold and cry on to. It shows how you want to be with her and love her even when she’s not with you.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The Place

Flora Craft is a boutique that offers some of the most beautiful options you can think of when you would wanna gift a loved one. In a world fast catching up with the digital greeting cards and floral vases, here's a shop which adds more humanness to our relationship with the true colors and fragrances.

Embrace them at Fun Cinemas, Coimbatore. You're one stop shop for a beautiful world, full of beautiful people.