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!

Back open!

We're back open! Did everyone have a great holiday!

Now that the Labor Day holiday is over, we'll begin our preparations for (shh, do we dare say it?)...CHRISTMAS! We know, we know...it's only September! But we'll prepare now so you can have the best of the best later.

So keep an eye out! We'll be announcing our dates for our annual open house soon! :)

The People Behind The Open House

Jan, who came in and helped all throughout our open house and Bob:



We don't have a picture of us taken very often, so here we are, the people you talk to all the time! Left to right: Sherri (myself), the owners Bob & Pam, Carla & our Teleflora representative Suzi.


And of course YOU GUYS! You've always been so supportive of our open house, even coming out in that afternoon downpour. Thank you so much! You are the best customers and we love you! Thanks for always being the kind people you are.

Open House: More to See

November 12, 2010

A few more shots of areas around the shop this morning... Christmas is just around the corner, but fall is still in the air!




Home elegance...

Open House: The Prizes

November 12, 2010

Whew! Things are going great at our open house! The weather's not stopping us! Be sure to get in here to enter our drawing. Here's a glimpse at just a few of the prizes in store....

Fresh giveaways...




Absolutely stunning plants...


And our grand prize....



Check out this detail work. Gorgeous.


Be sure to get your entry in! You can't miss this!

Open House: The Morning Of

November 12, 2010

While it's still quiet I wanted to sneak some pictures up of our open house! We'll be busy soon and I'll be keeping you updated, but here's some snapshots to get your mouth watering going:

And speaking of mouth watering...Chicago St. Deli cookies and Daylight Donuts will be served throughout the day!

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!

Open House: The Winners

Hey guys! You made our open house awesome. Thanks for coming out! Were you one of our lucky winners? I hope so!

Check out the list!

Our winners of...
The Fresh Arrangements:
LaDonna Boatman, Janell Cullison & Nancy Wingo

The Silk Arrangements:
Janie Hall (Thanksgiving silk centerpiece)
Vesta Morton (Christmas silk)

The Poinsettias:
Tammy Baird, Naomi Compton, Ruth Walker, Karen Bauman, Debbie Bourbonnais, Brenda Leister, Aline Smith, Diane Willis, Audrey McRorey, Mamie Aber, Lysa Walkingstick.

And as for those grand prizes...

Tammy Gonzalez! (Gary Allan autographed Guitar)
Rita Buford! (Arrangement Every Month for a Year)
Charles Gorman! (One Night Stay for 2 at the Renaissance Hotel)



Congratulations to all our winners! We had a great time and hope we got you all revved up for the Christmas season!

Open House: The Morning Setup

Opening pictures from this morning, before everything got started...

Oo...our home setup in beautiful brick reds & chocolates. Yum.





Next up is our Platinum & Gold tree, complete with the natural elements of pinecones and maple leaves.





And everyone is raving about our autographed guitar! Signed by Gary Allan, singer of "Watching Airplanes," "Nothing On But the Radio" and "Life Ain't Always Beautiful." Check it out:

Open House

Whew! It's our Christmas Open House today and we've spent our morning greeting guests and giving away lots of prizes! So far we've already had several poinsettias go out as well as some fresh & silk arrangements-- and it's only 11:30!

We're looking forward to giving away our grand prizes later today. I'll be posting pictures soon!

Be sure to drop by and mention you saw this on our blog for an additional 10% off already storewide discounts.

Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow!

This is it! Our Christmas Open House is tomorrow!

We've got hourly prizes, we've got discounts, we've got beautiful fresh cut flowers, we've got it all! Come see us for a 10% storewide discount, not to mention an EXTRA 10% if you mention you saw the ad on our blog. That's a potential 20% on top of already marked down items.

Awesome.

Be sure to be here at 8:00 to register and have chances all day to win, but if you can't make it then, stop by anytime! We'd love to see you!

It's the most wonderful time....

It's Open House time!

This Friday, November 13th, be sure to be here as we give away fantastic hourly prizes, share Chicago St. Deli cookies & some peppermint punch & rock out the beginning of our Christmas. Discounts galore: 10% off all in-store purchases all day and an ADDITIONAL 10% off if you mention you saw this on our blog or website!

But we know what you're really thinking: Did you say....prizes?

Hourly prizes including beautiful fresh arrangements, lovely silk arrangements & some Oklahoma-grown poinsettias. And we haven't even mentioned the autographed guitar by one of the bands featured at the ZooAmp this past summer!

Wait...an autographed guitar? (...Alan Jackson? Montgomery Gentry??)

And then there's the Grand Prizes (drumroll please):

The First: A fresh floral bouquet from us to you every month for a year!

The Second: A one night stay for two at the Renaissance Hotel in OKC!


How can you afford to miss it? We'll also have a live radio remote by Pure Country 105.9 hanging out with us all day. We'll be open our regular hours, from 8 to 5 and you can drop by anytime.

We can't wait to see your faces!

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!

The Redecorating Bug....

While the buildings have stood still for 100 years, we can't. We're constantly working to keep up with the trends and latest floral and design ideas to keep ourselves fresh.
That's why we've decided to start redecorating. The changes will start small at first-- mostly behind the scenes work to ensure our efficiency. But as that dust clears the changes will go forward and be more visible. Come in and check out our progress! We hope to have a lot done by the open house in November, so that would be a perfect time to stop in and visit. Have any ideas or anything you would like to see? Tell us in the comments! And keep an eye out here for continued updates on our latest endeavor.

Our special on dahlias & gerber daisies is over for now, but stay tuned for what exciting things we have in store next week.

Preparations

We all have our thinking caps on for our (drumroll please) annual Open House! We've already started preparations, so you should plan on being here in November. We'll leak out further details as we go along...

Wow, those gerbers & dahlias are going fast this week! Get in on the fun, stop by soon!