Roses, chocolates, gourmet baskets and mixed flower arrangements by Starbright in NYC and throughout the world will clearly deliver the desired message to a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Flowers in concert with Godiva or Baci chocolate is a safe bet. Even better, for the person who believes “one day is not enough to display my love for you”, is a blooming orchid plant guaranteed to excite for weeks to come. For the person who believes “one day is not enough and I missed my chance to declare my love by jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch”, is a standing order of flowers to be delivered weekly or monthly (contact us for more details).
Tips on what not to do; the no-nos of valentine’s day gift giving. Do not send a gift containing a thinly veiled message of “you’re fat”. Examples of these are edible arrangements, gym membership or gift certificate to diet centers. Do not send a gift of flowers that travel in a box across the country. Imagine how you would look and feel after a long airplane ride followed by a holdover in a warehouse, followed by handling by a freight operator working a double shift on a holiday somewhere. The same holds true for those flowers. Instead of delivering a smile and message of love, they deliver a lesson in mortality. The number one no-no for Valentine’s day is to forget about it all together. Avoid this tragic mistake by ordering your gifts from Starbright early and painlessly.
This public service memo is brought to you by Starbright Floral Design, voted “The Best Florist of New York City”. Along the way we try to find and write about the fun side of flowers. Starbright delivers flowers all over the world for the endless romantics everywhere.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of Romance” and most of the time we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide. Sometimes we deliver yellow carnations.
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
It’s that time of year again. Time for introspection and goal setting for self-improvement. Time for our New Year’s resolutions destined to fail. All of us at Starbright are here to help. Here are a list of the Top 9 New Year’s resolutions and our guidance in successfully accomplishing them. Think of it as public service announcement…
1. Lose Weight and Get in Better Physical Shape
Everyone knows the benefit of physical activity to one’s health. A suggestion to help accomplish this very important, perhaps lifesaving, goal. When ordering your flowers and/or gift baskets think about coming by in person rather than telephonically or via internet. Centrally located in the flower district we are walking distance to Times Square. For an added benefit try using the stairs as we are located on the second floor.
2. Find My Soul Mate
Romance is alive and well as more and more people are looking for that special someone, their soul mate who lights their fire, the ONE whom they love unequivocally and who shares their worldview. This one is easy. What’s better received by a romantic interest than a beautiful bouquet of flowers by Starbright (with an added benefit-zero calories)?
3. Find a Better Job
A new year provides a sense of getting a free do-over, so you can try again and get it right. Many people resolve to find better jobs or to take a new approach to the jobs they’ve already got. What better way to help a friend take the leap of faith than with delivery of flowers and/or gift baskets with an encouraging message attached. Disregard this resolution if your friend is a concierge at one of the many hotels who choose Starbright for their needs.
4. Stick to a Budget
Many people find it very difficult to stick to a budget. It does take hard work and a lot of self-discipline, at least in the beginning. Again we are here to help with a helpful suggestion. Come the New Year send yourself a regularly scheduled weekly arrangement with a motivational reminder on the message card such as “STICK TO YOUR BUDGET BUT DON’T FORGET TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES”.
5. Get Organized
Resolve this year to plan your days, reduce interruptions, and clean off your desk. The benefits of getting more organized include being able to save time, as you no longer look for the same things over and over again or need to replace things you can’t find at all. Starbright is here to motivate. Just think how beautiful any of our wide array of floral arrangements would look on your freshly organized desk or clutter free home.
6. Enjoy More Quality Time with Family & Friends
Resolve to spend more quality time with family and friends this year. This one is easy as well. Starbright offers quick and courteous delivery with the purchase of any of our products allowing you to spend quality time with loved ones.
7. Go Green
More and more people are resolving to “Go Green”. Starbright is all over it. As one of the largest retailers in NYC we have a large collection of green flowers. Including Hydrangea, Jade Roses, Bells of Ireland, Spider Mums and Cymbidium Orchids. However, our designers would urge you to accent these green flowers with others such as red/yellow/pink Roses, Tulips, Lilies, Carnations etc.
8. Passion
Resolve to become more passionate. No doubt an amiable goal in life is to attack every day with love and youthful enthusiasm. What leisurely pursuit can be more rewarding than creating a thing of beauty such as a bouquet of flowers. Starbright is open to the public seven days a week. Come tour our facility and pick out the flowers that light that passionate fire within you. Along the way our designers will happily give you suggestions and/or assistance as you need it. Come choose from a multitude of roses, lilies, orchids, tulips, peonies. Anything your passionate heart desires we have it.
9. Decrease Stress
Resolve to lower your stress and the stress of the people around you. It is impractical to send people you love fish tanks filled with fish. According to a recent MSNBC article flowers are the new fish tank. Fish have been shown to lower stress levels in people who don’t fear being confined in small places. Getting lost in the beauty of colorful floral arrangement has been shown to lower the stress level in all. Send more flowers to those you love and encourage them to send you flowers. Your health depends upon it! Starbright Floral Design (800) 520-8999 (the 911 for stress relief).
Just jump on Facebook and give us some of your New Year’s Resolutions and our team of floral designers (humanitarians) will endeavor to suggest ways on how Starbright can help.
Starbright Floral Design is the “Official Florist of Romance” and we deliver flowers, love, passion and hope everywhere in Manhattan and worldwide. Now we deliver on New Year’s resolutions too!
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
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”.
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