Read a great story about using flowers to "Say I'm Sorry" from the Bloomin Blog at FlowershopNetwork.com.  Just thought we'd share it.

"Anyone can say they are sorry, but when you say it with flowers it means so much more. Everyone makes mistakes. Just remember when you make a mistake and need to say you are sorry,  flowers will make them smile and forget all about it."

Check it out here:  http://www.flowershopnetwork.com/blog/flowers-im-sorry/

        

Some of our customers may have noticed that Buffie was strangely missing from the flower shop in the days approaching and throughout Mother's Day week.  It was because we were in the process of having our very own special delivery to our family and to the store!

















Ava Marie was born on Monday, May 17th at 6:43AM!

We would like to send a warm heart-felt shout out to our great staff, family and friends who helped us get through one of the busiest times of the year with flying colors, while providing the same great service to a record number of Dragonfly Flowers customers!

You all rock, and we are so glad that we have you all as part of our family, which just got about 7 pounds bigger! 

        

Just a quick reminder if you haven't yet heard about the Dragonfly Flowers Points Program. 

For all of our valued customers, we have decided to get rid of our old punch cards that we kept on file, and now track our repeat visitors through our Point of Sale terminals.  Points are tabulated every time you order online or walk into the store and make a purchase.  This is one of the best points programs available!  While most points programs offer you 1-3% back on your orders, Dragonfly Points are calculated at a full 5%, meaning you get 5 points for every dollar spent.

Your current points total is printed at the bottom of your receipt, so you can always see how far along you are in the system.

Get started right away! Earn points with your Mother's Day flower order!

*Sorry, points may not be used for partial payments.

        

You all may have already seen our new delivery vehicle around town.  A little while back, we finally got our decals done on our main delivery vehicle.  This quick little car, while not your typical flower delivery vehicle, is the second generation of Pontiac Vibes we have had at the flower shop.  We loved the first one for deliveries so much, that we just had to get another one!  We are able to deliver just about any arrangement or event in this great vehicle, and we very pleased with the way our decals worked out! 

Thanks to Extreme Graphics for doing such a great job on our decals!

Free Flowers With Facebook!

These shots were taken quickly with my iPhone.  We will be running a continuous promotion for any and all Facebook users.  Take a quick shot of our delivery vehicle around town using your camera or smart phone, post it to your Facebook profile and let us know on our Winnipeg Florists Facebook Page .  Just for doing that, we'll send you free flowers!  ($50.00 value including delivery, one per Facebook account)

Don't forget, Mother's Day is fast approaching!  Be sure to order your flowers early to beat the rush!

See you around town!

        

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!