Have you ever seen the boxes for Corsage and Stephanotis stems and wondered what they were? I did a little digging and found out both the func...  Read more

In a pinch and need a glass vase to be a certain color? Spray paint it using a Design Master spray. Design Master makes a wide assortment of ...  Read more

Catherine and I made our first trip to the California State Floral Association's annual Top Ten design competition last weekend. Catherine is actu...  Read more

If you have tried to log into the site from about 8pm last night until just a bit ago and received an error message, you were not doing anything wr...  Read more

As we get closer to Christmas, birch branches, curly willow, manzanita, and sparkle curly ting ting are becoming more popular. Where are they ...  Read more

First time floral design students all learn how to wire their flowers. The wire can serve many purposes such as helping keep the stems straigh...  Read more

When people think of cellophane, they think of gift baskets and a plastic wrap. Did you know that cellophane is NOT a derivative of plastic? ...  Read more

Have you ever received a fresh flower table centerpiece and wondered how the stems were secured? If your centerpiece was well designed, the fl...  Read more

Halloween will be here before we know it (I can't believe it's October already!), so to help you get ready, we're taking 25% selected Halloween mer...  Read more

Since Lanterns and Candleabras are so often searched for on our site, I have separated them out into their own categories. To find them, go to...  Read more