Make Your Own Valentine's Day Bouquet! Saturday, Feb 13th 1-4pm @ The Albert (Inman Park)

Join us this Saturday 1-4pm for a pre-Valentine's Day party at The Albert in Inman Park ! Make your own flower arrangements starting at $10 and up. We'll have all the supplies you need, or bring your own vase or container!

It's a DIY flower arranging party, where you can also eat, drink and be merry! If you're not sure you are up to being a floral designer, you can also ask us to create something for you, or help guide you when making your own (or even pre-order and just come pick it up).

Our flower workshops are fun! You get to decide what to create, and you'd be surprised at how talented some people are....men and women!!


Call 404-641-0590 or email us at flowerbar@gmail.com to RSVP.

Get Directions to The Albert here

Flower Arranging party is from 1-4pm....or until we run out of flowers. Come on guys...we know how this works...even if you are a "last minute" romantic, this is a fun and unique thing to do WITH and/or FOR your sweetheart!!

Valentine '09

2009

...And just like clockwork, our phone has started ringing (a lot!) just a few days before Valentine's Day.

This year, Vday falls on a Saturday. Instead of scheduling a delivery, you may want to pick up your flowers and hand deliver them to your honey. If this is your plan, we strongly encourage you to call in your order early. If you wait until the day of, you may have to wait a bit for us to prepare an arrangement for you....or worse, there may not be a lot of flowers from which to choose! We've sold out of flowers every year.

Having said that, Flower Bar will have a ton of inventory for walk in sales on Friday 2/13 and Saturday 2/14....just try to get here early if you can!

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Unique Valentine's Day Bouquets

Valentine's Day is coming up this Saturday, February 14th! Flower Bar will offer all kinds of beautiful arrangements to fit your particular romantic situation...and budget! We've done our research and we are going to be the lowest priced florist included in the Top Five Florists of Atlanta.

Order your flowers to be delivered to your honey's office earlier in the week, so that they can enjoy their blooms all week long. Or schedule your pick up here at our shop on Saturday.

TIPS: Order your Valentine's Day arrangement early....even if you are planning to your flowers up on Saturday. We've sold out of blooms for three Valetine's Days in a row!

Call us at 404-641-0590 for more info.

It's A Good Sign If the Media Calls US!!

For the second year in a row, Flower Bar has been lucky enough for a media outlet to call US asking to promote our business for Valentine's Day! Last year we had the pleasure of appearing on FOX's Good Day Atlanta, to show off our Valentine's Day specials and host an "Anchor Challenge" where each of the news anchors attempted a floral design of their own. It was great fun and we got a lot of attention for it.

THIS YEAR we are partnering with Atlanta's popular radio station 92.9 Dave FM (a CBS Radio station). Listen all week from Saturday Feb 7th to Saturday Feb 14th for our $50 gift certificate giveaways! Flower Bar will also be sponsoring the music played over the weekend!

We appreciate 92.9 Dave FM's recognition and invitation to participate in their Valentine's Week promotions.

To order your Valentine's Day flowers call 404-641-0590.

Free Cupcakes With Your Dozen Roses

Just to be different, this year we are offering two free cupcakes with your order of a dozen roses for Valentine's Day. Please order before Tuesday, February 10th to get your free cupcakes. The cupcakes come in a pretty little box with a bow.

Flower Bar will have several different versions of our dozen roses. Choose the contemporary version, as seen in this photo, or go for the more traditional arrangements-- long stemmed.

Valentine's Day is on a Saturday this year. We are encouraging our customers to send flowers earlier in the week so that your honey can enjoy their flowers all week long! We will also be delivering throughout the day on Saturday, February 14th.

Call 404-641-0590 to order the best Valentine's Day flowers in Atlanta!!

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.

Valentine's Day Reports

As a florist, I started to worry about a week after Valentine's Day because we had not heard back from any of our customers. "I guess no news is good news," I thought. At least we didn't get any complaints that our flowers died in two days, or that someone didn't think they were pretty....

But wait-- NOW we are hearing back. Sixteen Days later. My customers are reporting back that their flowers are just now expiring. And the compliments and thank yous are abundant.

Phew, and YAY!

Valentine's Day 2008

Whoowee! We've just now recovered from an incredible Valentine's Day. Thank you everyone for letting us be a part of your special day. We had three times the amount of orders as last year, and once again sold out of every bloom in the shop.

I want to send out Kudos to my team who did an amazing job keeping the orders organized and getting them out the door. Our shop and delivery teams kept their heads about them as they worked hard to please over 100 couples this year. To Laura, Jenny, Patches, Sully, Omar, and Jean. I couldn't have done it without you!

But wait, there's more.....Flower Bar is growing at an incredible rate, and I've not slowed down to thank the everyday people in our world, on our blog. To Jake, Sharon, Edith, Nancy, Lennie, Sally and all the other vendors at Irwin Street Market, and to Mark, Steve, Renee, Deborah and all the staff at Hall's- Thank you!!!!!

......Looks like all that lovey stuff rubbed off on us for Valentine's Day :-)

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

Flower Bar on Good Day Atlanta

I hope this link lasts for a while. Click here to watch our bit on Good Day Atlanta.

Thanks to Mark and Blaze for doing the piece.

Thanks to Amanda Leesburg, Meagan and Sally B. for getting the piece!

Breaking the Ice with Cocktails!

Cocktail Bouquets™ are to Flower Bar, like men are to single women...when it rains, it pours! This week was a BIG cocktail bouquet™ ordering week. What inspired this blog entry is--that we keep finding that our cocktail bouquets™ are absolutely perfect for a guy who wants to impress a new love interest.....especially if they met out somewhere while drinking cocktails.

Guys often come to us wanting to send something to someone they just met. They want to make a good impression, but they don't want to over do it. Sending a "single" serving size Cocktail Bouquet™, themed after her favorite beverage, is a perfect way to be different and make an impression, without overwhelming her too early in the relationship.

Hint: On your card- put "Cheers!," "You intoxicate me," "You're refreshing," or something of the like to go in theme with your bouquet. Love responsibly!

- Flower Bar

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Send Treats and Gifts with Your Bouquets

Great Valentine's Day Gift Ideas- Order Early

Anyone who's visited the Flower Bar location in Inman Park/Old Fourth Ward, knows our shop is nestled in a fun urban market called Irwin Street Market. With us are several other locally owned businesses including Jake's Ice Cream & Sorbets, Sweet Pockets cupcakes, Sally B's Skin Yummies beauty line, Grass Roots Institute's gifts, The Gardener's Table gift baskets, and more! If you haven't been to our shop, come hungry- you can enjoy your lunch from Delectables restaurant while you watch us work our magic with flowers.

All this is to say...our neighbors are extremely talented. Please enjoy their products with your flower delivery. Just tell us what you want to order and we'll coordinate it all! This is a great idea for Valentine's Day when you're looking for a gift that comes with a lot of thought to it. Please call ahead for Valentine's Day orders.

SEND....
CUPCAKES AND FLOWERS!
ICE CREAM AND FLOWERS!
LIP GLOSS, SUGAR SCRUB AND FLOWERS!
CANDLES, SOAPS AND FLOWERS!

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Attention Men: Valentine's Day Is On The Way

Ok, so we're a fairly new florist (est. 2006) and last year we weren't quite sure what to expect for Valentine's Day. Being the optimist that I am, I decided to prepare for the best, and some how, some way, we'd sell all the roses I purchased.....1300 stems!! Some men placed their orders about week in advance, but not nearly as many as I had thought. The nights leading up to Valentine's Day I fell asleep full of anxiety, with visions of that American Beauty scene where rose petals are falling all over the Mena Suvari.

Much to my surprise (and relief!) 85% of our flower sales were made on Valentine's Day! There was a line out our door at one point, and the phone rang off the hook. In fact we sold out of every one of those 1300 stems I ordered...and that was just the roses. Really??! Come on guys! That's a big risk to wait until the very last moment. We were getting calls from men who said the florist they originally ordered from called them back and said they couldn't get their orders delivered, so they called Flower Bar to save them! Also, we did our research and most Atlanta florists were charging $125 or more per dozen....which to be honest, isn't all that unreasonable considering our Grower's prices spike dramatically during this holiday.

Our point is that this year we want to help men out. Let us give you incentive to think about what you will send to your honey BEFORE Thursday, February 14, 2008. Here are some tips, tricks and special offers to help you become a better Valentine.

1) Place your Valentine's Day order before February 2nd, and receive 20% off our "day of" pricing. (e.g. Doz gorgeous long stemmed roses with unique greens and vase: $76.00 before Feb 2nd, $95.00 after. Or a cocktail bouquet for $39.95 pre-ordered, $59.95 "day of").

2) Place your Valentine's Day order before February 9th and include Sweet Pocket's Cupcakes, Jake's Ice Cream, or Sally B's skin yummies with your delivery for no additional delivery fees!

3) Have your flowers delivered towards the end of the Day on the 13th. This is the best way to ensure your honey has their flowers in time to enjoy them all day long on Valentine's Day.

4) Pick up your bouquet from us that morning (or the day before) and hand deliver them yourself on Valentine's Day....surprise your honey at work, or greet them with flowers in-hand when you get home.

5) Get creative with what you give. Try an exclusive Cocktail Themed Bouquet™, or a short contemporary bouquet in a square glass vase, or order a bunch of rose petals to place along a dinner table, bubble bath, and/or bedroom.

6) Planning to propose on Valentine's Day? Call us! We'd love to be a part of your creativity! Plus we're suckers for that mushy gushy stuff, so we'll do just about anything to help you make it memorable.

Call Flower Bar at 404-525-2244 to discuss your Valentine's Day plans.

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