Just a quick update to our endeavors into social media.  As we approached 300 followers on Twitter last week, we threw out a quick Tweet letting everyone on Twitter know that we were giving away a free gift to our 300th follower!

The lucky winner was @Brenelz of the Winnipeg Web Design Company Brenelz Web Solutions.  In a slight wrinkle, due to the contest only being open to Winnipeg residents, @Brenelz graciously offered his prize to the next lucky follower.

The 301st follower was @ChrisDca of the highly rated Winnipeg News Blog ChrisD.ca.

While we didn't tell anyone what the prize was at the time, but the next day we sent out a fantastic premium hand tied bouquet for the winner.  This is a quick on the fly shot of the arrangement.

From our Twitter Feed:

From Us:
Here's a quick snapshot of what we sent to our 300th Twitter follower last week! http://tweetphoto.com/10801460 @Chrisdca we hope you likey!

From @ChrisDca:
@WinnipegFlorist Thanks. The person I sent the flowers to absolutely loved them!

We're glad they loved them Chris!  Thanks to all of our Twitter and Blog followers!  We hope to year from you soon!

Oh, and by the way, in case you forgot...  We want to be your go to Winnipeg Florists for Valentine's Day this year!

        

You may not think there is anything interesting about delivering flowers on Valentine's Day, but there are some VERY INTERESTING things about the reactions we see when delivering flowers on this particular holiday.

Valentine's Week is a great time to bring her out of the doldrums and you have the opportunity to make her the envy of the office!

How often do we get the opportunity to surprise our loved one's at work?

I have been delivering flowers on Valentine's Day for over 10 years and I have to tell you, the most fantastic reaction we get is when we deliver flowers to a woman's place of work.  Have you ever heard of the term "Groundhogging"?

Groundhogging is the phenomenon that happens in an office environment when something out of the ordinary happens during the day.  It is identified by heads popping over the top of cubicles, or out of the doors of offices.  Flowers being delivered is often one of those occasions!

 
As florists, we always hope that the reaction of the recipient of our products is a positive one.  I have always enjoyed seeing the smiles and wonderful excited reactions of the recipient when we deliver flowers to the office environment.

Added to the positive reaction is the envy factor in the work environment.  While not one of our best emotions as human beings, it is still something we can use as men to work our way into the hearts of our loved ones.

This post is about being a Superhero, and Dragonfly Flowers can help you out in that regard!

So we are looking for a positive reaction.  With Valentine's Day on a Sunday this year, it makes it difficult to get the absolute most out of your flower delivery.  This is why we are suggesting and promoting Valentine's Day flower deliveries on Thursday and Friday before the long weekend. 

Order Early to Have a Chance to Win a $100 Gift Certificate from Adam and Eve Spa!

To sweeten the pot, we are offering entry into a draw for a $100 gift certificate to the Adam and Eve Spa at 1305 Leila Avenue for all orders placed prior to February 10th.  Your spa gift certificate with be delivered with your flower order free of charge, and will add an extra WOW factor to your Valentine's Day order!

While it's up to you to make the commitment, Dragonfly Flowers is here to help you BE A SUPER HERO this Valentine's Day.  We will be open extended hours on February 13th and 14th for last minute orders, but we encourage you to take advantage of the WOW at the OFFICE and place your orders to be delivered early in the week and get a chance to win the Adam and Eve spa package!




Valentines Discount Code: SUPERHERO will run from now until January 31st and will save you 15% off our best Valentine's Day prices in-store or online.  Order now to take advantage of this offer and opportunity to win from your City Wide Winnipeg Florists, Dragonfly Flowers on McPhillips.

        

Welcome to The Winnipeg Florist Blog for 2010!

First, we'd like to thank all of our local and out of town flower customers for making Dragonfly Flowers your preferred Winnipeg Florists.  2009 was a great year for us, and we were so happy to be able to provide the gift of flowers to so many people for all of your special occasions throughout the year.

We had some changes in the store during the year, including a much needed store-front makeover in the spring.  It's great that we have been able to provide more appealing environment for our walk in customers to enjoy.

We are going to try to blog a little more consistently in 2010.  Here are a few of the upcoming blog topics:

- New Flower Designer Profile: Deborah
- Watch for our New Flower Delivery Vehicle Around Winnipeg
- The New Dragonfly Points Program: Earn Points Towards Free Flowers with Every Purchase
- Valentine's Day in Winnipeg: Surprise Her Early with Flowers Sent to the Office

We look forward to seeing you in 2010!

        

We have just added an exciting new option to our online ordering site at www.dragonflyflowers.net! By finding Dragonfly Flowers online, you have already made a great choice in selecting a Winnipeg Florist, but what if you can't decide on what you want to send?



The new Designers Choice option on our site has been re-vamped to include some great features for ordering your flowers.  This popular option is one of the best ways to order flowers online or over the phone for a variety of reasons.  The arrangements are designed with your recipient in mind and only the best seasonal flowers are chosen for your customized order.  Here are a few screen shots of what you'll see on thenew page on the website.

Select Designers Choice

One of the things that was missing from our original designers choiceoption was the ability to provide us with some important recipientinformation during the ordering process.  When our designers talk toyou on the phone, they will typically ask a series of questionsregarding the occasion, who the order is for, and what type of stylethey would like. 

Select the Occasion

Above is the starting point for creating your custom Designers Choiceorder.  You can select from several options, starting with someinformation about the occasion, including Anniversary, Birthday,Graduation, Business Gift, Congratulations, Get Well, I'm Sorry, JustBecause, Romance, Baby, Sympathy, and Thank You,.  Of course if thatdoesn't meet your criteria, you can select other and tell us about theoccasion in the Special Instructions area.

Select the Recipient

After selecting the appropriate occasion, you can then move on to therecipient information, where you can input who it's for.  This fieldincludes, Female, Male, Child, Family or Couple.

Add Special Instructions

You can then move on to any special instructions you may have for us. This area could include further occasion and recipient information, oranything you might like to add to create the perfect flowerarrangement.  You can also specify that we include certain types offlowers, greens, or the type of vase you would prefer.




We hope that our online customers will find this new tool useful for sending flowers in Winnipeg!

        

Just sending out a quick note to all our blog subscribers and Winnipeg flower buyers. 

Dragonfly is offering a 10% discount on all online flower arrangements between now and Thanksgiving. 

Please feel free to check out our wonderful selection of flowers for Thanksgiving online.



As always, same day flower delivery is available!  We look forward to hearing from you.
Have a great Thanksgiving weekend!

        

HI All!  I called the store today, and after dialing the number 3 or 4 times and getting an "out of service" message 3 or 4 times, I started to get worried.  It turns out that we had been waiting for our new phone service provider to come in for several months, and they finally made it today. 

Unfortunately, the communication between the old service and the new service was sorely lacking, and before we were up and running on the new service, ALL OF OUR SERVICES were canceled by the old service!  This included not only the phones, but our internet connection, credit card and debit processing as well.

Thankfully we are back up and running, and it is business as usual.  Scratch that, business is better than ever!  This change includes a new phone system that will allow us to serve all our customers better overall, and we are excited that we were finally able to get this change made.

Anyway, this reminded me of the move Clerks where, when the guy couldn't open the front door, because someone jammed gum in the lock, he used a sheet and shoe polish to create the sign pictured above.  Well, we don't have gum in the locks, and we are still Winnipeg Florists for All Occasions and are open to serve!

        

Dragonfly Flowers is proud to support Twestival Winnipeg on September 12th, 2009.  As part of Twestival Local 2009, the Winnipeg Twestival is a way to bring Winnipeg Tweeters together and support a local charity. 

Proceeds from the event will go to the Siloam Mission, which provides many needed services to Winnipeg's homeless community.

"Siloam Mission is the connecting point between the compassionate and Winnipeg's less fortunate."

This years event looks like it will be a really great time, and we hope to  see a lot of Winnipeg Twitter folk out and about on Saturday!

Come on out to the event!  (You may just win some flowers!)

Follow us on Twitter: @WinnipegFlorist

        

Dragonfly Flowers has been providing Winnipeg and the surrounding areas with fresh cut flowers for over 5 years.  During this time, we have sent thoughts and feelings through flowers to thousands of Winnipeg families.  More often than not, those flowers are delivered in a glass vase.  Many of our customers are repeat customers who visit us or order online many times throughout the year, and the question is often asked of us:

What should I do with all these flower vases?

We have the solution! 

September marks the beginning of Dragonfly Flowers on McPhillips  Vase Recycling Program. 



We decided to provide a recycling outlet for those vases, and while we help the environment, we can also help you reduce your clutter!  This program is part of our ongoing efforts to become a Green Florist, and do our part for the community and the environment on a daily basis.

How it Works:

Very simply, just bring in your unwanted vases, and we will do one of the following with them:

-  Quality vases that meet our standard for re-use will be re-used in the store.

-  Ones that we can't re-use will be donated to the Salvation Army or Canadian Diabetes

-  Damaged vases will be sent to the appropriate recycling centers.


There are a lot of great reasons to recycle glass products:

• Glass recycling is good for the environment..

• Glass recycling is sustainable

• Glass recycling is efficient..

• Glass recycling conserves natural resources.

• Glass recycling saves energy.

• Recycled glass is useful. 

Here are a few more resources we found about Glass Recycling that you might be interested in:

• Glass Recycling on Wikipedia
• Glass Recycling from the Recycling Guide

We also found a bunch of other florists who are also providing their customers with Vase Recycling Program:

• Flowers from the Rainforest, Ft. Lauderdale
• Dr. Delphinium Designs and Events, Dallas
  
• Humphrey's Flowers, Chattanooga
• Heaven Scent, Saratoga Springs
• MyFlorist, McLean
• Smiths Flowers, Midland
• Coleman Florist, Syracuse

What's Next?

We will keep you updated through The Winnipeg Florist Blog about how the program is going and about some upcoming events we have planned to go along with this new initiative.

Keep an eye out as we develop this program into something really special as we will be running a few programs throughout the next year, including "Flowers for Vases" and "Vases for Charity".

        

It’s August, and we are well into Wedding season at Dragonfly Flowers.  We’d like to send out a warm Thank-You to all of our summer brides, and we hope that the weather man was good to you on your special day!

Those of you who live here will be all too familiar with the weather picture here in Winnipeg over the last couple of months.  It’s been bleak to say the least!

When is our summer going to get here!

Perhaps it is about to arrive.  The Winnipeg forecast for this next week looks just about as good as it can get for us, so I hope everyone gets out there to enjoy it, because it may be fleeting.

We still have some wedding dates available for the fall and into 2010, so please don’t hesitate to give us a call and book an appointment for all your wedding flower needs.

Here's hoping that the rest of the summer in Winnipeg is sunny and warm.

(We deserve it!)

        

Hi Everyone!  Today's post has nothing to do with flowers, but I thought I would share some awesome videos that a couple of florists recently posted on a florists forum we frequent.

I hope you enjoy them as much as we did!