Happy New Year
2013 already; where does the time go?
We hope you all had a wonderful, happy and healthy Christmas
and that 2013 brings you much joy and all you could wish for.
Now the New Year for many is a time to make changes (out
with the old; in with the new) but we have decided to pretty much leave things
as they are. As they say “if it aint broke, don’t fix it”. This seems to work
as far as we are concerned. Last year was the best year we have had since we
first began trading back in 2006; to us this is amazing with the economy being
what it is, so the last thing we would to do would be to change what appears to
be a winning formula. That doesn’t mean we will be sitting back and resting on
our laurels though. Oh no. We do have many new ideas that we feel will only aid
and add to the service we are already supplying, and take pride in. We are also planning on a special one off item
later in the year, but I will wait until nearer the time to share that with you
all.
For the past year (I can officially say that now as I put
the wheels in motion in 2012) I have been working on new selection guides for
the shop (for all occasions – there will be General Floral Gifts, Weddings and
Sympathy). Normally these have to be
bought from either the relay service you belong to (a bit difficult when we
don’t belong to one) or from specialist florist wholesalers (that will sell to
anyone). While these have done us proud and been more than useful for the past
few years, they are generic for every florist in the country. None of the
photos in the guides are of our work (and some of them are pretty hideous –
I’ve no idea how anyone would allow them in a guide) so I have been working on
guides that are purely of our work; there will be nothing in them that hasn’t
been made by one of us in the shop. Not only will this be more personal for us
when we are going through ideas with you, it will also show you what we are
capable of. So many times I’ve had people in the shop that have been elsewhere
and ordered an item from the guide they’ve been shown, only to receive
something that looks nothing like they have ordered. This is because anyone can
buy the guides they are using; but just because they can show you the pictures,
doesn’t mean they are capable of making the items. By personalising ours you will know that we
can make anything in the guides, as we have already had to make them to
photograph them in the first place. It’s
a sad fact of life that ANYONE can buy the guides, open a shop and take your
money from you, without them having the first clue what they are doing. Just as
you get cowboy builders that haven’t a clue, sadly you also get cowboy
florists.
Those of you that have visited the website will know already
that there is nothing on the site that hasn’t been made by one of us; the
guides we will be using in the shop will be exactly the same.
The website will be getting a bit of an overhaul too
(although Clive doesn’t know this yet). The set up will stay the same but I’d
like to try and make it a bit more interactive if that’s possible. If any of you have any ideas of bits you’d
like to see on there, then don’t hesitate in letting us know. As I’ve said many times before (and will no
doubt say many times again) without we would have nothing, so your input is
always greatly appreciated.
For now can I thank you again for your continued support and
wish you all a very Happy 2013.
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