May the season's joy be in your home every day of the year!
To all our friends and clients… The season has arrived where we all take a deep breath and take the time to appreciate the little things that mean so much. We celebrate all those who are in our lives and help make the season special.
Throughout the year, you have all been a source of inspiration to us all. All of us at Starbright Floral Design are getting ready to go to our families and raise a glass and we wanted to take a moment to thank you for all the opportunities that you have given us to be of service.
All the fresh flower arrangements, all the fruit baskets, and all the gifts that you have asked us to deliver big and small; all year long; we will be forever grateful for. Thank you for all that you have done to help put Starbright on the map and to make this year (our 15th year) a truly special one!
By visiting our website at www.starflor.com and our e-portal at www.starbrightnyc.com, you will be able to see all that the new year and the seasons ahead have to offer.
It is now time to turn down the lights and go home…Let’s have a wonderful holiday season that is warm and joyous. We should continue to make memories with our friends and family that will last a lifetime. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Greetings of the Season and Good Cheer to all…
Thank you for all you have done to support us – May 2011 be the year of successful endeavors for us all….
My personal warmest regards and gratitude,
Nic Faitos, Senior Partner
Starbright Floral Design – The Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps…
150 West 28th Street, New York City – We are located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District.
Every so often we introduce a new composition on our e-commerce portal. When we do, we ask our followers on Facebook to participate by naming our newest arrangement. It is always loads of fun and the creativity that is unleashed is beyond imagination.
Our floral gifts have gotten names like “Corona“, “Relaxing Calla“, “Purpleberry Lady“, “Orchid Alleycat” , “Red Dawn“, “Apple Lime Ice“, and so many more. These are all names that have been given to our gift collection by our fans, our friends and our clients. I am not sure if it is more fun being a florist and coming up with the next item on our catalog, or if the process by which our arrangements are named.
It is really cool to put it out there and let everyone contribute to the naming process. We create something and we have no idea what we are going to call it! We just let the ideas pour in… It is really a lot of fun!
Lately we have been on a love and romance scribe-a-thon. We have added a few articles on how men should send flowers, why women should surprise their buds with blooms, and so on… To bring the conversation full circle we wanted to create something clean and modern that overflows with passion, devotion, love and to some even temptation. The orchid stem in the bud vase conveys just that. It is our interpretation of all things love. Love of the moment, love of the person and love of eternity.
The names that have poured in so far on our Facebook page run the extreme spectrum of all things love. I can’t wait to see what we are finally going to call this composition. Baptize this beauty and we invite you to become part of our growing Facebook Family.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of Romance” and we deliver flowers, love, passion and all emotions everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide. Give us a call, visit our website or pop on in! We would love to meet you….
Passionately yours,
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design
Located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District
Flowers make people happy and bring out smiles. Are you skeptical? Try it! Go to a local florist (Starbright Floral Design), call one (800.520.8999) or visit a floral website (www.starflor.com) and send someone something small and stylish. Sit back and wait for a reaction.
As I have stated in earlier columns, the best reason ever to send flowers is “just because”. Sure there are the standard occasions (birthdays maternity and the like) but those are almost expected (predictable I would say). It is the spontaneity of the moment that brightens a day. Flowers pack thunder in the world of positive feelings and emotions. Flowers on someone’s desk in the middle of the day (when it is a total surprise) is emotional firepower.
Think about this: You say to someone “have a good day” and more often than not they will say “thanks, I’ll try”. Then you think to yourself: “No I mean it! I want you to have a good day”. So off you are to your florist outlet and you send flowers. An hour later they arrive with an appropriately witty card. Question: how hard does that person have to try to have a good day after they see the bright colors, the vibrant varieties and the fragrance that brings them to life? Chances are that you did not just cause that person to have a good day, but more like a great week!
For the next seven days (or so), the person sees your flowers first thing in the morning or a soon as they arrive in the office and all they do is think of you. They think of the great friend that gifted them a smile! Imagine your friend ever so carefully changing the water every day, cutting the bottom of the stems and taking care of YOUR flowers! Why do they do this? They want the flowers to live longer, the feeling to last.
What’s more, you feel good too. The real bonus is how it made you feel. When we do something nice for someone else, we invariably feel good too. It is impossible to receive a smile and not smile back. When someone flat-out says “you made my day” or “you sure turned this one around for me”, you will defy gravity. You will walk on air. Your confidence will rise and you will feel like you can do anything. You are a champ.
Practicing random acts of kindness is something we all like to do. Finding the right random act is always the challenge. So whether it is your mom, your lover, a friend, your work subordinate (or boss) or even a client; find the right words for the card and let the flowers do the rest.
These thoughts are brought to you by Starbright Floral Design. We are located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District and we specialize in turning average days into great ones! Yes, we are in the mood altering business. We send flowers everywhere and to everyone.
Starbright will deliver bright, happy and smile-bringing flowers anywhere in New York City, anywhere in the USA or even worldwide. We invite you to visit our website (www.starflor.com), give us a call (1.800.520.8999) or visit us at (150 West 28th Street). We would love to meet you and help shock someone special!
Hope you have a great day!
The Official Florist
Starbright Floral Design is the most reviewed and highest rated florist on Citysearch.com.
It is amazing how you will be remembered by the flowers you send!
Well this is the second time I am writing on this subject as the first article that was written and met an overwhelmingly positive response. Ka-billions of folks read it. So without trying to rewrite the same article over again, I wanted to offer up a different perspective.
GUYS – your interest in a woman should be shown on many different levels. Women notice little things and they will catch not only your little mistakes but also the little things that you do right. So make your flower purchases part of what you do right. Blow her away with the unexpected!
Here are some ideas to think about (I called them “rules” and then changed to “ideas” because there really are no “rules”):
Don’t send flowers only on the typical flower holidays (birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s, etc.). If you limit your flower sending to just those types of days, you look predictable. You appear as though you only send flowers because you could not figure out what else to do. I am not saying NOT to send flowers on those occasions, but mix it up. “Just because” is the BEST reason to send flowers of all. If you do not have the budget to send flowers on the special days and on the non-special ones, then skip the birthday (do something else) and send flowers on one beautiful August morning with a note that says “I love you” or “Cannot stop thinking of you”! It will mean a lot more because it is so unexpected and who does not want to be surprised?
Secondly, FORGET the dozen roses! Again, roses make you look predictable (“ah just send her a dozen roses, all women love roses”… yada, yada). Be a flower connoisseur (or at least look like one). What is her favorite color? Purple? Then make her a bouquet of “everything purple” and so on. Spend time with your florist in person or on the phone. If your florist is unwilling to educate you and won’t spend time with you to share his love of flowers, then find a different florist. Certainly if you come to Starbright (www.starflor.com) we would love to share our passion with you and you will walk away with a Bachelor’s in Romance! Learn the names of flowers, learn how long they last, what is in season, and so on.
You want to keep things interesting. Imagine that if you send her peonies or hydrangea she will for the rest of her life remember only you when she sees this flower. If you send roses (I hate to say this) but how many men do you think will come to mind? Do you stand a chance of standing out? Send interesting and unusual flowers! There are enough varieties and colors for you to select from that you will never have to send the same flowers twice even if you send flowers ever week for an entire year. Invest a little bit of time and your education will more than pay off.
Lastly, all these e-romance websites can claim all they want about having the best track record for bringing people together, making the most compatible matches and so on… While I cannot statistically prove this, I will claim that the following is true:
Send flowers to someone you love and the scent of the flowers will remind them of you for a very long time. Flowers do keep romances alive, they make men sensitive and keep couples in love. Make flowers your secret weapon and the special person in your life will be there forever.
Falling in love, Starbright Style is a truly unique experience. We deliver fresh flowers daily anywhere in Manhattan or around the world. Starbright is a full service florist and flower delivery service located on 28th Street in New York City in the heart of “New York City’s Historic Flower District. Visit us at 150 West 28th Street (2nd floor), call us at 800.520.8999 or you can visit our website at www.starflor.com to gain a much broader perspective on the work that we do.
Starbright Floral Design is the most reviewed and highest rated florist in Manhattan (by Citysearch) and also was voted the Best Florist in our area for your wedding as voted by The Knot (dot com).
“The Official Florist of the City That Never Sleeps” is also “The Official Florist of Romance”.
There are many bright colors available year-round... These are just some of them!
Hello Friends!
After a long hiatus from our blog and as our scribes grew stale, we needed to jump-start our adventure all over again. I wanted to title this entry “Starbright is Back” but that would not have been accurate as we never went away. Our amazing flowers have been around all year-long and our decor has graced more venues than you can possibly imagine. We have really had a fun year so far.
So much fun in fact that while we did not forget to blog, the truth is that we lost our stride. Our fingers clamped up and the writing side of our brain stopped thinking (or writing what we thought!). Anyways, here we are and I almost would like to take a moment to reintroduce ourselves, who we are and what we do….
Starbright Floral Design (www.starflor.com) was started in 1994 fifteen years ago as a premier floral provider to the special event and hospitality markets of New York City. Since then we have grown to offer world-wide delivery of flowers, plants, orchids and gifts of all sorts. We have won many awards and accolades (both local and national), but what we are the most proud of is the reviews that you will see about Starbright online.
If you go to Citysearch, Yelp or even Google, you will see that we are one of the most reviewed florists nationally and certainly the most reviewed in Manhattan.
Stay tuned for many great articles that are getting ready to come down the pike. In the meantime, if you would like to send someone amazing flowers give us a call at 1-800-520-8999. Or you can visit our website at www.starflor. com. We would love to hear from you and help in every way that we can.
Many thanks to all our friends and clients. We will always look forward to being of service.
Warm regards,
The Official Florist.
Starbright Floral Design – The Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps
We are located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District. On 28th Street, in Chelsea – between 6th and 7th Avenue.
Sunday May the 9th is Mother’s Day. While we stand ready to serve your every request and to send amazing flowers and gifts to every mom in Manhattan and the world over, we want to remind you to send your love and your gratitude in your own special way. This Sunday, let the phones ring, the “I love you’s” flow, the embraces warm and plenty and the flowers bloom! Every mom is special, every Mom is an MVP and we love them all.
For amazing flowers, designs that leave moms all over gasping for air… Give us a call (800-520-8999) or visit our website at www.starflor.com. Starbright Floral Design is the most reviewed florist on the web and we even have a streak of over 65 five star reviews! Worldwide delivery, based in Manhattan with our own store and incredible flowers. We promise to make mom smile!
It is the peak of the season for hydrangea! We have selected a few of the very interesting varieties and colors that are coming to us from Holland to showcase… Starbright Floral Design is showcasing these varieties of flowers for delivery anywhere in New York City over the course of the springtime. To order these amazing blooms, you may need to pre-order and keep in mind that they are in short supply and very high demand. For this reason we ask for your flexibility in delivery date, etc. For more great ideas, please visit our website at www.starflor.com or give us a call at 800-520-8999. Flower delivery worldwide. Starbright Floral Design is located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District (on 28th Street in Manhattan).
Scroll down and enjoy the hydrangea!
The Emerald Classic Hydrangea By Starbright Floral Design"Expression" a Springtime Favorite Hydrangea Variety - By Starbright Floral DesignThe Harlekijn Hydrangea - Dutch by name, Starbright by DesignVerena Rose - a hydrangea variety like no other. Delicate and Soft... Brought to you by Starbright Floral DesignThe Bela Hydrangea By Starbright Floral Design
A vase of mixed spring flowers with the right message, says it all...
It is impossible to count the number of calls we get where someone asks us to prepare a bouquet for a business associate, a loved one, a friend in need of a cheer and everything goes as planned, EXCEPT when we ask “and what would you like the card to say?”!
Dumbfounded by the thought of writing a card, our client will say something like: “I don’t know… Love, your husband Mark” (like the recipient is likely to have two husbands and the clarification by name will eliminate the confusion! Or we get – “You do this all the time, write something for me!!”. There are countless scenarios to the above vignettes that we encounter daily.
Dear Client: It is the message on the card your inscription that makes the gift all the more memorable. Even IF you are a terrible writer (I submit there is no such thing), you can still think of something clever to say. The problem is that we don’t plan the card. Flowers are a spur of the moment purchase or a MUST DO like Valentine’s or Mother’s Day and we place our order without putting thought into the card. Yes the flowers will perish; but a well said card, a clever card, will be saved forever. A well thought card will make the scent and the colors of your flowers last a lot longer in the person’s mind. Years from now, you will get one of these: “Honey, I remember back about five years ago when you sent me those really special flowers when I was feeling down…” She does not remember the flowers as much as she remembers your words that remind her of the flowers and the way they made her feel.
Your card can be something as simple as a date from the past that leaves the person wondering of the significance… until you tell them. It can be cleaver humor like “I love you but I am going to beat you!” sent the day before a competitive tennis date. Or if you are a hopeless romantic – go ahead and spill the beans. Let your card say what spoken words cannot.
It is far better to send a small token gift of flowers with a meaningful and memorable card than it is to send a big “over the top” bouquet signed “your husband”! So take some time think about your special moments, think about what is cleaver to say and then say it! A card without flowers does not say as much. Flowers with a mediocre card, will keep you out of the doghouse. Flowers with a really special message that is in words that are yours, will tidy up the whole package in a really nice bow and make the occasion super special! It is the stuff that heroes are made of.
All of us at Starbright will always stand ready to help you with your gift selection and even to help you write the card. The more information you give us about what you want to say and the more thought you have put into the occasion, the more can help. It is all about how enthusiastic the WOW or the Thank You are after the flowers get there and how long the mood lasts!
A bit about Starbright: We are a full service florist and floral delivery service. We occupy a loft space in the wholesale flower district on 28th Street in Manhattan. Within our own delivery area we create all our own arrangements by our master designers. In other locales throughout the US, we have partnered with selected florists that stand by the same code that we have. It has taken us fifteen years to build our list of partners and we stand by each and every one. This gives us the ability to bring you custom made floral creations in Manhattan and beyond. We can be reached at 800.520.8999 or on the web at www.starflor.com.
Citysearch selected us as the #1 florist in Manhattan for 2009 and The Knot recommends us as the top selected shop to have for your wedding in New York City. What makes us particularly proud of these accolades is that we live and work in a town that has many really-really good florists! Of course, our work is only as good as the next bouquet we send for YOU! We hope to hear from you soon and we will help you write the card!).
On the 5th of November we are proudly involved in the making of history at New York Harbor.
The USS New York is coming to town and is being commissioned on the West Side of Manhattan. The newest ship of the United States Navy has its bow stern made of over seven tons of steel from the World Trade Center. For all of us at Starbright Floral Design it is a very special moment. We will see the the ship rise and sail the waters of the world from what once was.
This is a special time for all of us At Starbright. On the 12th of September in 2001 we were at the Red Cross Relief Center in Lower Manhattan and we helped provide comfort to all the volunteers who worked at Ground Zero from the very first day. Our work there ended during the December holiday season when we decorated all of the areas that were affected. Together with the Port Authority we did everything we possibly could to bring seasonal spirit and joy early on.
We witnessed the steel leaving the site knowing that it was going far away and never to be seen again. Now almost a decade later, the memory has come full circle and we are all very proud of what has become now of what was then. Starbright Floral Design has been designated an official “Friend” of the USS New York Commissioning Committee and we will be providing the decor (balloons, flowers) for the festivities that will be taking place at the top floor of Seven World Trade on the 5th of November.
There are many interesting, fun and historical events that are taking place over a ten day period in New York City. We highly recommend that you join the fun and be a part of this history making event.
To learn more about the USS New York and the calendar of events surrounding the commissioning of the ship, please visit the website at www.ussny.org. It is really interesting.
To order great flowers, or to learn more about Starbright Floral Design, well we have a website too! www.starflor.com
Fifteen years ago today… That is when it all started. September 15th 1994. One room, no flower shop and a dream to do things differently!
If we are to stand judging ourselves and with the confidence of our clients – then the verdict is in. Our little entrepreneurial experiment worked. An astounding success!
The premise of our very existence was based on honesty and the highest standard for quality and service. Starbright Floral Design was born on the simple idea that every time we say “yes” to a client, it is a promise – and promises are made to be kept. We believed then (as we believe now) that with a superior product, impeccable design and excellent service; the Starbright Experience would be a refreshing change in the “sea of similarities” that exist in the marketplace.
Our slogan today is “The Official Florist of the City that Never Sleeps”. When we started it was a lot simpler, a whole lot less creative and the words said it all: “At Your Service”. We were “At Your Service” then and we are “At Your Service” today.
In the fifteen years that have passed, we have accomplished much and we have learned a great deal too. Most of all in the road we traveled we met you, our clients. This has been our highlight and what we are most proud of. For it is you that have molded us. You have taught us all that we know. You have shown us what you like. You have shown us how to evolve our styles into the times that we are in. You have created an experience that is the true essence of Starbright… Flowers, Festivals and Celebrations!
We have fun, you get great flowers and at the end of the day the smiles are amazing!
Indeed today is a very happy day for us. We are thrilled to be embarking on the next fifteen years and to journey with you. We look forward to the times ahead as it is not possible to imagine the highlights that are yet to come!
We wish you warmth, health, happiness and success in all that you achieve.
Thank you – nf
Starbright Floral Design is a corporate, institutional and retail florist that is located in the heart of New York City’s Historic Flower District. We deliver flowers (and other gifts) anywhere in Manhattan, out-of-town or around the world. Many Hotel Concierge call upon us for the requests of their guests. Event Planners call us regularly for their trade presentations and Human Resource Departments use us for in-house corporate gift giving. To learn more about us and the work that we do, please visit our website at starflor.com.
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