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Top tips to choose the best flowers for birthdays

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  Birthdays mark the celebration of life. They are a day filled with joy, laughter, and cherished memories. One of the most timeless and heartfelt means to express love and appreciation on this special occasion is through the gift of flowers. Flowers, with their lively colors and enchanting fragrances, have the ability to convey emotions and bring a smile to the recipient's face. However, with the vast array of floral options available, selecting the perfect type of flowers for birthdays can be overwhelming. How do you choose flowers that are not only beautiful but also meaningful and fitting for the celebrant? This article offers you top tips and expert guidance to help you navigate through the selection process and choose the best flowers for birthdays, making them truly memorable.   6 Tips to Help You Select the Best Flowers for Birthdays Here are some pieces of advice that will help you expedite the birthday flower selection process. 1. Consider the Recipient's Prefer

Discover Floral Therapy with Amber's Floral Subscription Program

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    In today's fast-paced world, finding moments of tranquility and joy is crucial for our overall wellbeing. One of the simplest and most effective ways to enhance your mental health is through the practice of floral therapy. The healing power of flowers has been celebrated for centuries, and their ability to uplift our spirits and soothe our souls is truly remarkable. Floral Subscription Program  The Science Behind Floral Therapy    Research has shown that flowers and plants have a profound impact on our emotional and mental wellbeing. The vibrant colors, intricate shapes, and delicate scents of flowers can engage our senses and evoke feelings of happiness, tranquility, and peace. By simply immersing yourself in a bouquet of fresh flowers, you can trigger the release of endorphins, the brain's natural "feel-good" chemicals, which can help reduce stress and anxiety.  Benefits of Floral Therapy for Wellbeing:  Floral therapy offers a multitude of benefits for our ment

Wedding Flower Checklist, Must haves and options for every couple to think about.

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 Our comprehensive list of flower arrangements you may want to consider, so your ready to chat flowers with your local floral designers.  When it comes to wedding flowers, websites like The Knot, Wedding Wire, Style Me Pretty, and even Pinterest, can overwhelm a wedding couple just starting out. Over the top luxurious florals can be a bit overwhelming with so many options and designs. It can be tough to get a clear direction with so much stimuli. That is why we have come up with a checklist to  help you get started and give some ideas you may not have thought about specific to the Southcoast area.  First before we get too far into that, wedding clients should think ahead and plan out a budget. This helps with the must haves and additional want items to prioritize where your money is being spent. Wedding professionals agree it's best to defer to the experts, your florist, especially when it comes to budget.  It's often suggested to allow 10% of an overall budget for flowers, but

Why Give flowers on Mother's Day?

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  Why give flowers on Mother's day? Of all the gift giving trends that have come and gone each year, a bouquet of fresh flowers is the traditional and most popular way to wish Mom a happy Mother's day. There is good reason, giving the gift of flowers is a simple and unpretentious way to instantly brighten her day. So when your celebrating your own Mother, your Grandma, the Mother of your children, or just about any Mom worthy of being celebrated for the wonderful jobs she is doing, we have our top choices for the perfect Mother's Day Flowers. Roses: Classic and Classy Roses are hard to beat when it comes to the ideal flower to express love for your Mother. A universal symbol of love, roses are a simply stunning gift to show your gratitude.   A classic vase of Pink roses can mean affection, care, appreciation, gentleness, and admiration. Mom's are all that and more. So maybe get her a vase of Mixed color Roses, the numerous colors mean happiness and zeal and are a gre

Wedding Flower Trends

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  Wedding Flower Trends   With our 25+ combined years of experience in the wedding flower business Amber Rose Floral Design in Westport, MA is all about creating and researching the newest flower trends for weddings. In this article we will explore our thoughts on wedding flower trends as well as what we are seeing in the wedding flower industry.    Classics that never go out of style   What you may ask a classic wedding style? White florals with greenery. We have seen this combination year in and year out and it's always a stunning way to go. Classic roses and ranunculus, or peonies and tulips are great focal flowers. You can add touches of textures like waxflower, Queen ann's lace, or babies breath, or gorgeous linear flowers like snapdragons and stock. Any way you like it, white florals and greenery will forever be a wedding trend staple.    Eco-Friendly wedding trends  As the world has become more environmentally conscious, our wedding couple are too. Some of the be

Embracing Pantone's Color of the year

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  As we step into a new year, the world of floral design eagerly anticipates the unveiling of Pantone's Color of the Year, a trend-setting hue that influences design, fashion, and of course, floral arrangements.   At Amber Rose, we are thrilled to embrace Pantone's 2024 Color of the Year, Peach Fuzz, and explorer the endless possibilies this soft and inviting hue offers in the realm of floral artistry. Peach Fuzz , a delicate and warm shade of peach with subtle undertones of apricot, evokes a sense of tranquility, optimism, and understated elegance.  It's color that effortlessly complements a wide range of palettes and styles, making it verstile choice for creating floral arrangements that exude charm and sophistication. Incorporating Peach Fuzz into our floral designs opens up a world of creative opportunities: 1. Bridal Bouquets: For brides seeking a romantic and timeless aesthetic, Peach Fuzz can serve as the perfect focal color for their bouquets. 2. Centerpieces and T

Wedding Planning Tips

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                                                                                                                               (Photo credit Eleven Sixteen Co)   Your date is fast approaching, but don't panic! Here are a couple tips to get organize when planning your floral selections. 1. Get a Pinterest page - if you already have one, great! It makes it much easier for us to get a feel for your vision for your wedding.  Try to stay with a particular color scheme, it gets confusing for us when you come in with ten different styles. Really delve deep and envison what you want for your special day. 2. Be flexible about your flower selections - Its not always possible to get in exactly what you want, higher end flowers like peonies tend to come from over seas like Holland if it is not the immediate season for them. Peony season is usually very short in the Northeast and can range from April-June. So unless your wedding is within those months, you may be paying higher prices for them. 

Boho meets a ton of Pampas Grass!

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                                                                                                 Boho meets a ton of Pampas grass! I've never even heard of Pampas grass before in all my years in the industry. So my first exposure to it was when my bride requested it for her Newport Vineyard wedding.  I looked at some pins on it and I'll admit, I was quite excited.  It's soft feathery texture exuded a boho style and was the perfect color match to her vision of Burgundy and blush. I instantly fell in love. Pampas grass I found out is pretty seasonal, and my bride was able to nail down the perfect season for it to come in fresh.  Turns out you can get it throughout the year but it's dried and it tends sheds a lot. It looks stunning though. Anyway, it was even more exciting to see the Pampas grass come it, it has these great huge stalks on them and a feathery softy silky texture. It was quite enjoyable to work with! It's the little things. Among all this excitement we

Saphire Estate

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  Sapphire Estate November 18, 2016 Sapphire Estate was a beautiful venue nestled in a rural area of Sharon, Ma. There it overlooked a large lake and looked much like a bed and breakfast. Here is the link:  Saphire Estate The venue itself exuded romance, and the flowers themselves, well, they speak for themselves.  My bride had impeccable taste and allowed me to create a collection based on her color scheme. With November weddings, it is a fine line of a fall creation versus a winter creation. This I felt was a beautiful collection of roses and hydrangeas that had a sophisticated fall feel versus a classic fall style. Lets talk about the fireplace mantle:  We had debated about putting a swag arrangement across the mantle with some tea light candles. But I think coming up with the mercury votive with clustered flowers really added some dimension along with all those pillar candles. I just had too much fun with those rose petals! As you can see, absolutely gorgeous setting for an intimat

Rosecliff Newport

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  Rosecliff Newport Rhode Island My bride was from New Jersey and contacted me from Wedding Wire.  Her taste was impeccable and the job itself grand. Her request was one that gave us a challenge as it was our first wedding at Rosecliff, a mansion in Newport, RI.  A gorgeous site, a gorgeous selection, and work that was a welcome challenge. Our client provided a number of ideas with pictures, we narrowed it down to a few. Her sweetheart table consisted of a waterfall arrangement, a cascading piece of roses and hydrangeas that swept all the way to the floor.  A beautiful love seat sat behind the rose gold linen with this extravagant piece. Among the sweetheart table sat an additional 15 tables. We provided rental pilsner vases with varying cylinders to provide dimension throughout the reception room.  The flowers that topped these pieces were a gorgeous selection of secret rose selection, a blush color along with pink spray roses white hydrangeas and white stock tucked in.  There was con