Easy Floral Formulas for Budget Friendly Events

Many of the clients who hire us to do floral decor for their special events, often don't have specific designs in mind for their arrangements.  But almost everyone has a budget, and usually a color scheme. 

Listed below is an example of event flowers we did for Atlanta's East Lake Golf Course.  These designs are both impressive and affordable, and the floral formulas allow for several different color pallet options.  We've listed their ingredients, as well as the color availabilities, for you below.

Large Focal Arrangement- $250 ea

Great for Ceremony and/or Buffet decor

The Formula:

Tall Yellow Gladiolus

Yellow Fuji Mums

Fuschia and Orange Asiatic Lilies

Orange Roses

Myrtle and Salal greenery

Curly Willow

(see below for color options)

Table Centerpiece

(for 60" round tables)- $45 ea

The Formula:

Yellow Fuji Mums

Orange roses

Fuschia wax flower

Salal greenery

Glass container lined with Ti leaf

(see below for color options)

Flower Color Options:

Gladiolus- red, orange, purple, white, yellow, fuschia, lime green (some hybrid colors also available)

Fuji Mums- yellow, lavender, green, white

Roses- a wide variety of shades in: white, red, orange, pink, purple, yellow, fuschia, green, peach, terra cotta, etc.

Asiatic Lilies- white, pale or dark pink, orange, burgundy, yellow (some hybrid colors also available)

Waxflower: fuschia, white, pale pink, yellow

Planning an event?  Please contact us at 404-641-0590 or email flowerbar@gmail.com to discuss your special needs.

Book Your Own Flower Designing Party!!

Flower Bar is the only florist in Atlanta that offers flower designing events!  Hosting a flower arranging party, is a fun way for you and your guests to get creative together. A Flower Bar designer comes to your location with all the fresh flowers and supplies needed for a fun educational flower designing experience. Custom packages are also available. All participants get to keep their creations! Call 404-641-0590 to book your party’s floral design workshop.
**Minimum 5 participants required, plus $25/hr designer fee.

Cost for Complete Supplies Packages:

Novelty- $15/person
When it's more about the activity and fun, than the actual outcome of the participants’ arrangements.
Hidden Talent- $20/person
A colorful mix of seasonal flowers are used. Participants learn tips and techniques that help them make their own little masterpieces.

The Martha- $30/person
For the higher-brow craftster. Fancy flowers and artifacts are used in designs. Participants get all the tools and attention they need to make professional looking arrangements.

The Apprentice- $45/person
Participants get to choose from a variety of our highest quality supplies. Each participant makes two pieces as the designer guides them through their own creative experience.

(delivery fee may apply)

Visit the Flower Bar website

or call 404-641-0590 for more information.

Pumpkin Bouquets!

It's Fall again (finally) YAY!  And one of my favorite things about Fall is pumpkins!

For the last several years we've been combining pumpkins and flowers for Halloween and Thanksgiving celebrations, and once again this year, you have a chance to make your own pumpkin bouquets!

We are firming up our dates and locations, but our flower workshops are tons of fun! 

Flower Bar supplies everything you need to create these pretty fall arrangements.  You pick out your pumpkin and which flowers you want to use.  We set you up and show you how to do everything.

If you would like to receive our Pumpkin Bouquet Workshop schedule for October, please email us at flowerbar@gmail.com and we'll send you the info once everything is confirmed.  Or, check back here for details soon!

Host Your Own Flower Design Party- You can also host your own flower workshop at your home or office.  We've had workshops for offices, bridal showers, birthday parties, and holiday parties.  Everyone gets to make their own masterpieces, and you only need a minimum of six people to host a workshop event.  Call 404-641-0590 for more information!

Visit our website at http://www.atlantaflowerbar.com/

Indian Wedding Reception at Cafe Bombay

Thanks to Cathy at Bloom Floral Design, we had the pleasure of doing flowers for Sharda and Vic's wedding reception at Cafe Bombay.  The setting is so colorful, they only needed a few simple bud vases along the tables to add a fresh touch.

Marigolds, calendula, dahlia, standard white mums, mint and safflower were the selected flowers....all varieties that should last throughout the week.  A benefit of using a collection of small bud vases instead of larger centerpieces, is that more of your guests get to take home something pretty from your special day!

Here are a few photos from their event.  Imagine the delicious aromas of Cafe Bombay's Indian food in the air....makes me want to host my own event there soon!

Glorious Indoor Gardens for Urban Living

Are you a garden lover, but live in an apartment, loft or condo, with no yard?  In Atlanta (as with many other cities) the popularity of Intown Loft and Condo living has been on the rise over the last decade. One of the things we sacrifice with Intown living is outdoor space—But you don’t need to sacrifice having the beauty of the outdoors brought in to your home! This book is a great resource for creating and maintaining your indoor garden.


Plants and flowers not only affect our emotional well being, they also promote physical well being by removing toxins and poisons from our environment. Glorious Indoor Gardens not only provides rich textual content about creating your own garden sanctuaries, it’s also loaded with tons of beautiful photos!


A great book to pick up for yourself—or give as a gift!

If you live in the Metro-Atlanta area, call Flower Bar @ 404-641-0590 for help with getting your indoor garden started!

Come On Spring! Hello Tulips!

It’s Tulips season! Actually, to be honest, tulips are available year round from your professional florist-- but Tulips are definitely a sign of Spring! Tulips offer one of the widest arrays of vibrant colors and varieties. So tis the season! Order your honey a fresh bouquet of tulips, or stop by your local florist or market to pick up a bunch for yourself. They will be sure to brighten your week!


We’ve listed some interesting tips about Tulips below:

- Did you know that tulips are one of the few flowers that continue to grow, up to an inch or more, after they are cut and put into an arrangement? If you are preparing floral centerpieces for a specific event, make sure to cut your tulips about an inch or so shorter than you would want them to be at the event.

- Did you know that tulips’ blooms will follow the light? While you should not place your tulips in direct sunlight, they will tend to follow light in the room. This is part of the beauty and movement of the flower.

- Are the stems of your tulips weak or rubbery when you get them home? Tulips take a lot of water. A tip to proper hydration is to gently wrap your tulips in a couple of pieces of newspaper. Hold the stems under water and cut (this prevents air from stopping up the flow of water. Transfer wrapped tulips in water and preservative and let stand for 1-2 hours. Then remove paper and re-cut stems. Your tulips should be hearty and happy for 7-10 days! Don’t forget to keep your eye on the water levels, and continue to cut stems as necessary.

Flower Bar offers floral design services for Weekly Accounts and Special Events in the Atlanta area. Call us at 404-641-0590 or visit our website at www.atlantaflowerbar.com for more information.

You can also email us at flowerbar@gmail.com

Secrets to Throwing a Fantastic Wedding on a Realistic Budget

We recommend this book!  Here's a powerful tool for working with a wedding budget.  Alan and Denise Fields offer great information about everything to think about when budgeting for a wedding. 

Where most wedding planning books coach on etiquette and design style, this handbook is the best tool for navigating through a great event on a realistic budget.  It's full of money saving tips, and things to watch out for when working with wedding vendors.

Wedding Flower Tips

The wedding rush is upon us again. We're meeting with new brides and planning our our 2010 events. Some brides we meet already have very detailed ideas about their flowers, whereas others haven't yet picked out their colors.

We enjoy planning wedding decor with every bride, at every stage...but it occurred to me that it might be a useful tool to post a few tips to think about when meeting with a florist for your wedding.

Color:
Most colors can be found year round-- if you really have to have them-- but it will be better on the budget if you stick to what's in season. White is always available and always makes for a beautiful wedding, but if you want to add color, here are some suggestions for each season.

Seasonal Colors:
Spring: light pinks, purples, yellows. blues
Summer: dark pinks, dark purples, reds, peaches
Fall: oranges, greens, peaches, purples
Winter: reds, greens, yellows, browns

Roses vs. No Roses:
For Flower Bar, roses are one of the most economical ways to achieve a soft and petally look, if you like them. We've done plenty of weddings where there were no roses included, but still most brides want (or don't mind) roses within the mix. An all-rose bridal bouquet would cost probably half of what it would using most other flowers. The key is to use a good florist who will condition the rose over several days so that it is at a perfect full bloom. Rose buds are not as petally and romantic. One other tip about roses, is to use a color "pallet." Combine dark and light oranges with peaches, or a combination of three of four shades of pink!

Table Centerpieces:
One of the most important items on your list that will "make or break" your flower budget, will be your table centerpieces. Most Flower Bar table centerpieces range between $45-$85 per table for the "low" arrangements, and $85-$125+ for the "tall centerpieces." There are plenty of ways to substitute different containers or different flowers to get your look on a budget, just ask your florist for suggestions. Flower Bar also rents vases, and containers to lower your cost, but consider whether or not you want your guests to take home your arrangements.

Ceremony Arrangements:
Most couples have two or more large ceremony arrangements for the exchanging of vows. Re-purpose those pieces as buffet centerpieces, or entryway arrangements, or DJ decor at the reception. Flower Bar rents urns and columns, or candelabras for your ceremony flowers. We'll move them to your reception if it is in a different location than the ceremony.

Hopefully these couple of tips are useful to you. Stay tuned for more flower planning tips.....we have lot of them!



Email: flowerbar@gmail.com

or Call 404-641-0590 for more information.

Best Ideas for Valentine's Day

Flower Bar has picked out a few of our favorite bouquets to suggest for our loyal customers. Below you will find images of our recommendations. Click on any image below to order that arrangement for Valentine's Delivery...or pick up!

This is "Burgundy Blush" a unique mix of pinks and reds, including lilies, hydrangea, roses, spray roses, seeded eucalyptus and more!

This is "Contempo Rose Cube" a more modern twist to the dozen roses...updated and romantic!!

This is "Imagination Blooms" a unique display of lilies, orchids and orchids, artistically arranged with tropical greens.

This is "Garden of Grace" the perfectly refreshing mix of blooms when you want to be different this Valentine's Day. No traditional roses, no red, but still tons of love!

This is "Dozen Sweet Roses" the tried and true and traditional dozen red roses...with our favorite greenery: blupleurum!

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Flower Bar is Atlanta's favorite florist for unique, fresh, quality arrangements. We take pride in making every bouquet a work of art. Please place your Valentine's Day order early.

And don't forget....Valentine's Day is on a Saturday this year!! We will be doing Valentine's Day delivery throughout the Atlanta area.

Romantic Flowers for Valentine's Day!

Once again we're gearing up for a fabulous Valentine's Day. This year you can send extra goodies with your flower arrangements. Select from a variety of ice cream flavors, cupcakes, cookies, candles, and special beauty pampering gifts. Call now for more information, or stay tuned to our website for details.

VALENTINE'S DAY TIP: February 14th is the busiest day for any florist. Most florists wouldn't be able to guarantee a specific time of delivery without steep "rush" fees added to your order. You wouldn't want your honey to have to wait all day wondering if you sent her anything, would you? We suggest sending your flowers on the day BEFORE Valentine's Day. That way he or she has their gift to enjoy all day long. **You may even get brownie points for being the first bouquet delivered to your sweeties office....oohhhs and ahhhs from the co-workers are always fun! :)

Flower Bar will deliver Valentine's Day flowers throughout the metro Atlanta area. Call 404-641-0590 to place your special delivery.

Attn: Media and Production Companies

If you work in the media, production, or post-production world, chances are you received a phone call or email from us this week... We're after you, and we want to work your holiday parties!!

Flower Bar specializes in custom floral centerpieces, and holiday decor, specifically geared towards your needs and budget. No job is too large or too small. Some of our past clients in the media/production industry include: TNT, TBS Superstation, Tyler Perry Studios, Magick Lantern, PlanetJam Media Group, WZGC (Dave fm), CBS Radio, and more! Please call Flower Bar at 404-525-2244 and ask for Amber for more information.

Got client's you need to check off your holiday gift list? We have several gift baskets to choose from...OR have us custom design a gift basket just for your company-- logos and all!

Visit the holiday section of our main website for more info.

Or visit our online ordering website to pre-order gift baskets and flower centerpieces now!

Flower Bar: 404-525-2244

Holiday Decor for Your Home or Business

Tis the season to start planning your holiday celebrations! Let Flower Bar help you plan your decor. Whether you need table centerpieces for a party, or longer term holiday decorations for the home or office, Flower Bar will custom design your decor specific to your needs and budget.

Holiday wreaths, like this one featured on TNT's "The Closer" can be put together to compliment the existing decor in your home or office.

Call early to book the best rates on volume gifts and decorations such as table centerpieces, home or office holiday staging, or corporate gift baskets.

Flower Bar is a full service florist in Atlanta, GA, specializing in daily delivery service, weddings and special events, and holiday decorating services.

Call 404-525-2244 for more information

Visit our website

Vase Recycle Program

Flower Bar was the first in Atlanta to announce our Vase Recycle Program for our "regulars." Since our opening in 2006, Flower Bar offers cash back, or a discount on your next purchase, for bringing in the old vases that are collecting in your cupboard.

You can also bring in your own vase and have us design an arrangement custom to your needs and budget.

Flower Bar is a full service florist for any occasion, any time. We offer traditional and contemporary designs...or try one of our exclusive Cocktail-Themed Bouquets™. Delivery service available. Ask us about our Holiday Event services!

Flower Bar is a Citysearch "Best Of Atlanta Florists" winner for 2008. Look for our upcoming video on Comcast's On Demand "Best of the City" channel in October!

Visit our website

Call 404-525-2244 for more information

Blackberries...and we don't mean your phones

This week we have wonderful wild blackberry branches for your bouquets! Include blackberries in your next flower arrangement, to add a very unique touch...something you've probably never seen before.

Flower Bar has also been carrying a variety of wild basil. This basil is VERY hearty, smells great, and acts as a beautiful greenery to just about any arrangement. In fact we used our locally grown basil as the primary greenery in a recent wedding, and had rave reviews!

Call Flower Bar at 404-525-2244 for more information, or visit our website at www.flowerbar.org.

Tips Planning Your Wedding Flowers

Photo by Tiffany Schoepp Photography

The wedding rush is upon us again. We're meeting with lots of new brides and planning out our 2009 events. Some brides we meet already have very detailed ideas about their flowers, whereas others haven't yet picked out their colors. We enjoy planning wedding decor with every bride, at every stage...but it occurred to me that it might be a useful tool to post a few tips to think about when meeting with a florist for your wedding.



Color- Most colors can be found year round-- if you really have to have them-- but it will be better on the budget if you stick to what's in season. White is always available and always makes for a beautiful wedding, but if you want to add color, here are some suggestions for each season.



Seasonal Colors:
Spring: light pinks, purples, yellows. blues
Summer: dark pinks, dark purples, reds, peaches
Fall: oranges, greens, peaches, purples
Winter: reds, greens, yellows, browns



Roses vs. No Roses- For Flower Bar, roses are one of the most economical ways to achieve a soft and petally look, if you like them. We've done plenty of weddings where there were no roses included, but still most brides want (or don't mind) roses within the mix. An all-rose bridal bouquet would cost probably half of what it would using most other flowers. The key is to use a good florist who will condition the rose over several days so that it is at a perfect full bloom. Rose buds are not as petally and romantic. One other tip about roses, is to use a color "pallet." Combine dark and light oranges with peaches, or a combination of three of four shades of pink!


Table centerpieces- One of the most important items on your list that will "make or break" your flower budget, will be your table centerpieces. Most Flower Bar table centerpieces range between $45-$85 per table for the "low" arrangements, and $85-$125+ for the "tall centerpieces." There are plenty of ways to substitute different containers or different flowers to get your look on a budget, just ask your florist for suggestions. Flower Bar also rents vases, and containers to lower your cost, but consider whether or not you want your guests to take home your arrangements.



Ceremony Arrangements- Most couples have two or more large ceremony arrangements for the exchanging of vows. Re-purpose those pieces as buffet centerpieces, or entryway arrangements, or DJ decor at the reception. Flower Bar rents urns and columns, or candelabras for your ceremony flowers. We'll move them to your reception if it is in a different location than the ceremony.



Hopefully these couple of tips are useful to you. Stay tuned for more flower planning tips.....I have lot of them!




Visit our website
Email: amber@flowerbar.org
or call 404-525- for more information

Brides: Save the Date! June 26th Paisley Party

Please join us for a very special event catered to the creative bride! The designers at Paisley Umbrella are pleased to present our next Boutique Party on Thursday, June 26th, from 6pm-9pm.

Enjoy food, drink, music and tons of creative ideas for planning the perfect wedding. We'll be displaying and talking about four themes for your big day, including:

The Classic Bride- Colors in baby blue, chocolate, grey (polished)

The Romantic Bride- Pinks, blush, corals, fuchsia (sweet)

The Modern Bride - black and white (clean)

The Whimsical Bride- marigolds, orange, olive (a little retro)

Come to check out our gorgeous collaborations in these themes, including dresses, invitations, desserts, flower centerpieces and bridal bouquets (from Flower Bar!), hair and makeup, jewelry, accessories, guest favors, and so much more!

For more information on this event, or to RSVP, please click here

To visit the Flower Bar wedding page, click here. Or you can call 404-525-2244 for your free wedding flower consultation.

Kid's Flower Basket Workshop

Today Flower Bar hosted a flower basket workshop with several children on Spring Break. The kids were part of a program a wonderful woman named Ms. Aida's directs. She owns and operates Grass Roots Institute, a non-profit for children in the area. Ms. Aida and her huge loyal following, volunteer their time to help teach these children life skills through arts and culture.

Grass Roots Institute is one of the many vendors that shares Market space with Flower Bar at the Irwin Street Market. If you'd like to sponsor a children's flower arranging workshop, or help support Ms. Aida in any other way, please feel free to come visit us at 660 Irwin Street, Atlanta GA 30312.

Watch our YouTube Video- Paisley Umbrella

Check out our new Video on YouTube. This short 2-minute video introduces all the bridal experts featured at Paisley Umbrella, a "Design Showroom for the Creative Bride," located in Buckhead.

Flower Bar is proud to be the chosen florist for the Paisley Umbrella team.

Watch Our Video

**A very special thank you goes to the great Peter Eckes who filmed and produced our Paisley Umbrella video. (Hint: Mr. Eckes also offers wedding video services! petereckes@gmail.com.)

Good Day Atlanta...in the studio this time

Flower Bar supplied the flowers for Good Day Atlanta's anchor challenge on February 13th. Mark, Sachita, Cheryl and Jeff each created their own arrangements on set, demonstrating designs for Valentine's Day, other than roses.

At the end of the show, we came in to critique their work and show our versions of the tulip, lily, tropicals and candied carnation bouquets. The anchors did a great job, and proved once again that everyone has fun arranging flowers (see info on our workshops!).

Thank you again to the amazing Amanda Leesburg for getting us the coverage. We truly appreciate you! Thanks also to Jan, Toren and the GDA anchors....we had a blast!

Click here to see the clip.

Flower Bar at Atlanta Garden Show this weekend

DIY Flowers for Valentine’s Day – Join Amber Schoepp of Flower Bar as she teaches easy arrangements for your sweetie.

Thursday Feb 7, 3pm

Saturday Feb 9, 2pm

We hope to see you there!

Garden & Patio Show info