Mother's Day is This Sunday: How It All Started
Mother's Day is this Sunday, May 8th. " It's early this year", says Ken Summerville, C.E.O. of 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Flowers and Gifts. "This year Mother's Day most popular bouquet for us has been the Lena Liu product from Teleflora and the Galway Irish Crystal bouquet also from Teleflora." In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, "I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother's day.
There are many days for men, but none for mothers." Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna's mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother's favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother's Day. In 1914 Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday.Today, mom's everywhere expect flowers from their sons and daughters and husbands to celebrate Mother's Day.1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Flowers and Gifts will be working 24 hours a day processing orders for Mothers everywhere, most orders coming in via their web site at http://www.800iloveyou.com Founded in 1934, Teleflora is the world's leading floral wire service, providing products, services and programs to member florists in the U.S. and Canada.
Online florist, 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Flowers and Gifts is one of the larger wire services in the Teleflora network. The bouquets are delivered by a local Teleflora florist and there is never a wire fee or service fee when ordered online at http://www.800iloveyou.com or by calling 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU..
Sending My Father Flowers? Not My Dad
(ContentDesk) June 7, 2005 -- Fathers Day is June 19th and soon all of us will be trying to find that special something for Fathers Day for dad.
I never considered flowers for dad until last year when the Classic Hot Rod came out from Teleflora. Dad loved it and a still talk about it today, there is a growing trend, as flowers are no just for women anymore.
Even guys like to receive flowers and enjoy a bouquet now and then and have a keepsake for later.
This year Teleflora is introducing the 1944 Ford Truck bouquet.
"My dad had an old blue Ford, when I was a kid so guess what he is getting for Fathers Day", says Ken Summerville, C.E.O. of 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Flowers and Gifts.
There is a trend growing for fathers to receive flowers on their special days, in fact every year we see more and more floral bouquets being ordered for dads and grads during the month of June.
Teleflora has come out with some very special bouquets for dads over...
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Experienced Independent Florist Shares 15 Tips on Ordering Flowers and Gifts
(ContentDesk) October 15, 2005 -- "In the not-too-distant past," says the owner of Nations Florist, "people ordered their floral arrangements and gifts from a neighborhood florist someone they knew and trusted. Now they often call a toll-free number or order online. They don't really know what they're getting."Although they may think they got a bargain, consumers may end up being disappointed in the quality they receive. Or worse, if they send a floral gift, they spend a lot of money to give a high-quality gift, and they never know that the recipient got something far different from what the sender intended.Alan Gurinsky has answered many questions and helped many customers in his three decades as an independent florist. Recently he put together a list of 15 tips to help consumers get the best value and receive the most benefits from the florist's creative talents when ordering from a flower and gift shop.1.
Always call a floral shop directly. Avoid using generic 800 numbers...
Experienced Independent Florist Shares 15 Tips on Ordering Flowers and Gifts
Florists > Experienced Independent Florist Shares 15 Tips on Ordering Flowers and Gifts