Merry Christmas & Happy 2013!

We'll be closing early today and all day tomorrow to spend time with our families over the holidays. We're planning to be back on December 26th, but we're also keeping a close eye on that weather storm!

And so you can preplan if needed, we will also be closed New Years Eve as well as New Years Day. Then we're back to our regular hours for your floral fix! :)

I know I can safely say everyone at Graves wishes you & yours the best & brightest in 2013. And that we hope you know how much we appreciate all your business, love & friendship throughout each & every year.

We hope everyone has a beautiful (and safe!) holiday season!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Aw, thanks guys!

Graves turned 104 yesterday! Can you believe it? Thanks for all the sweet birthday wishes!

We can't wait to celebrate it with our annual open house on 11-11-11! Here's another sneak peek for you....

We're going to have a 20% off ALL in-store items the day of the open house - even if they're already discounted! Several items will be already be discounted half off (plus that 20%), so you're looking at some awesome deals. And the prizes? And did we mention....Chicago St. Deli COOKIES!?

We're excited. Keep an eye out for further details!

Open House: The First Sneak Peek

Can you believe it? Our annual holiday open house is (gasp!) less than a MONTH AWAY?!

We're excited. We can't wait to show you all our pretties!

It'll all be taking place November 11 (11-11-11, indeed!) from 8:00 - 5:00. There will be massive sales: 20% off all in-store items, including those already marked down. Hourly door prizes. The grand prize. Cookies.

It's gonna be awesome.

Here's just the tiniiiest sneak peek for you. Keep an eye out here or on our Facebook for all the upcoming details!

Closing Early today: Last Chance!

We'll be closing early today to enjoy the holiday weekend, so right now is your last chance to order!

We'll be back on Monday! Enjoy your weekend everyone! May your holiday be merry & bright. :)

Merry Christmas everyone! See you Monday!

Holiday Hours

Time to give you our holiday hours for the week! We'll be closing early on Christmas Eve and completely closed on Christmas Day, but there's still time to get your orders in! You can drop by and pick something up or call ahead and let us we design something custom for you.

Party Centerpieces

We had the honor of creating centerpieces for a Christmas party this past Friday, and the main arrangement turned out so pretty I couldn't help but share:



Isn't it gorgeous? Lime greens, reds and just a touch of orange to bring out the ornaments in her tree. Amaryllis, orchids, alstromeria, roses, hypericum berries, poms...

Holiday Hours:
We will be closed Christmas Day (Saturday) and closing early on Christmas Eve (Friday). There's still time for orders! Stay warm and have a merry Christmas everyone!

Spirit of Christmas: Poinsettia Giveaway

We're in the spirit of Christmas and we've got a poinsettia giveaway lined up! Let us know about that special someone that's lifted your spirits this past year. Is there a worker at a local shop that makes you smile? The mailman bring mail to your door? Family member or friend carry you through the year? We want to help you honor them. Tell us about them on Facebook or here, either in a message or the comments. Friday's the deadline!

Aren't they just gorgeous?

Grave Blankets

As I mentioned in our last post, we're busy getting grave blankets out! While they boys have managed to run with all our fancier ones before I snapped a picture, I do have one of our standard ones:

I'll try to grab a snapshot of one before they take it next week and I'll definitely post it on here to show you!



We have a lot of people ask what grave blankets are and what they look like. Grave blankets are essentially Christmas greenery on a wire backing. They cover the graves for the winter months (most local cemeteries allow them for December and January). We build our standard ones with four smaller bows and one large bow in the center.

If you're interested in upgrading your blanket, we have several options for $10 each option. We offer silk poinsettias, Christmas ornaments, pinecones and velvet bows.

Another option is to place your order on a standing order here at the shop and we'll take care of it for you every year. You can cancel at any time and we send out confirmation cards each year before actually charging for the order.

But be sure to order quick if you haven't yet! Grave blankets move really fast at our shop, but we do have a few left after our standing orders. We'd love to hear from you!

What a lineup!

We've got quite a lineup going on right now! We've got grave blankets going out, holiday wreaths being made up, poinsettias shipped in....whew! We'll be showing you pics of all these in the coming weeks, but they're ready to go now if you want to call or come by!

In the meantime, I wanted to take a minute and show off these gorgeous Limbo roses we got in this week. They're a beautiful yellow-green. Aren't they lovely? And so unique!

Christmas Customization

Looking for something a little more on the wild side for Christmas? :)


From traditional wreaths...




...to something a little more exotic...



...we do it all.

Open House Preview

November 4th, 2010

Mark your calendars! Our Open House is Friday, November 12th! Here's a sneak peek:



Are you excited? We can't wait to see you! We'll be here all day (8:00 - 5:00) with cookies and punch just for you as well as special sales (20% OFF all in-store purchases!).

Come see us!

Christmas Creations Part 3

October 20, 2010
Whew! Final segment of our evening at Christmas Creations hosted by Oklahoma Flower Market! Prepared for a picture onslaught?

Let's open with this beauty. So lovely! This technique is called sheltering and can really create a pretty show.


These trees also featured prominently in the show:


The major event piece from the show:

Gorgeous! I love those red decobeads in the center.

And can you see all that wirework? Here's a closeup:

This piece just proves how huge wirework is in the industry right now. And I'm drooling over that flat wire!

We'll end with our personal favorite from the show:


Love. Love the graceful movement of those aspidistra leaves. Love the flowers tucked together. Love that its all green. A perfect, contemporary centerpiece for Christmas.

Psst...we're preparing for our own annual open house! Come have a ball with us November 12th and watch for details here and on our Facebook!

Christmas Creations Part 2

October 18, 2010

This Christmas lovely is completed on a new option in the floral world: Stackables! We're hoping to have them in soon since they are perfect for memorial work, but it's nice to see it used on everyday arrangements as well. Great for event work.


Pomanders are featured in this arrangement and I think they're super cute. Also of note is that tree fern topiary!


Closeup of their pomander:


Another arrangement with pomanders. See what I mean? I love it.


What's special about this one? The snow! Can you see it underneath that ornament? So pretty and clean. Another option this Christmas.


Our final segment, Part 3, will be up soon! See that lovely green centerpiece in the background of that last photo? I can't wait to feature it. It was our favorite.

Christmas Creations: Part 1

October 7, 2010

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

My boss Pam & I recently had the opportunity to attend Christmas Creations, which is Oklahoma Flower Market's 2010 holiday open house. It was lovely to be inspired for the upcoming season, especially since it's still the beginning of fall and we're trying to mentally think snow! But we're ready!

Here's a few shots of displays around the warehouse and in Part 2 will check out all those awesome fresh designs.

Check out all this green! (Of course...our favorite color is green mutually, so we were quite enthusiastic!)





Mark Erikson, our showman for the evening:



I loooove wirework so I snatch pictures of designs and ideas whenever I find wonderful uses of it.


Pam & I enjoying the evening out. Can't wait to show you all the fresh beauties in part 2!

Christmas Creations

October 6, 2010

Wow! We had a wonderful time at the Oklahoma Flower Market Christmas show last night! We've got to get started on today's orders, but pictures will be coming soon!

Christmas in June

June 7, 2010

Whew! Has it really been since March since we've updated? I'm so sorry. What a wild ride between Mothers Day, Memorial Day, weddings and all the everyday work in between. Right now we're already thinking Christmas-- can you believe it's time to order? We're looking at some pretty cool stuff to make this year's holiday extra special. At least it keeps up cool during this already sultry summer! :)

I misspoke (typed) the other day. It has not slowed down. Which we're glad for!

Dropping in real fast to remind you today is the last until after Christmas for you to pick up your free bouquets with the certificate!

Okay! Back to centerpieces!

Catching Up with Christmas

Whew! We know it's been awhile since we've posted. That's because well, Thanksgiving happened and then the grave blankets came in and then we were overwhelmed with daily orders...wow. What a crazy few weeks!

In the meantime, Pam had a beautiful wedding:


Soft pink hydrangeas, with white roses, pink spray roses and pink hypericum berries and touches of silver wire wrapped throughout the flowers and around the stems. Gorgeous.

Are you guys ready for Christmas? We can't wait! Our poinsettias are quickly leaving the shop and the days are dwindling down. We're featuring three Teleflora bouquets this year: the Candy Cane Present,
Have a Ball & their way too cute Mixing Bowl Bouquet embellished with gingerbread men.

The first part of Christmas is part of our busiest season, so the blog should be back more frequently now. Now I've got to get back to designing!

A Taste of Christmas

Christmas has started arriving and the elves of Graves are working. Come in and get some sneak peeks of our Christmas open house!

Fall has arrived....

...and we have beautiful fall flowers in. Ranging from fall mums to cattails to hypericum berries, we have it all. Be sure to spruce up your home with all these brilliant colors!

We've started re-arranging and sprucing up our front! It's time to tear down all the summer and bring in fall and (psst...dare we say it?) Christmas! Our pretty Christmas silks will be sneaking their way up soon!