Seeking Donations to Help Winnipeg Arson Victims

Update:

The outpouring of support for the family we're told has been tremendous.  Thanks to everyone who donated.  If there are more specific items they require in the coming days, we'll be sure to let everyone know!
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On Saturday morning a fire caused by arson destroyed an apartment block in Winnipeg's down town core.  (Click here to read the article in the Winnipeg Sun)

We've been told that the family of five was without insurance and in need of some of the basic necessities, in particular clothing.  As parents ourselves, we can't even imagine how difficult this time must be for them. 

In hopes of using our social reach we've contacted a few other florists around Winnipeg and set up donation locations for those who have some of these items available to spare for this family.

Items They Are In Most Need Of:

Clothing:

3 year old boy – size 6 (shirts and pants)

10 year old girl – size 10 in pants, Medium shirts

12 year old boy – size 16 in pants, Large shirts

Female - size XL

Male - size medium, jeans 32-32, shoe size 11.5 

And toys for the kids.

If we get more information on their needs we'll update this blog post.

Drop off locations throughout Winnipeg:


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North:
Dragonfly Flowers
3-2230 McPhillips Street

South:
In Full Bloom
9-2077 Pembina Highway

East:
Grower Direct - Regent
1565 Regent Avenue West

West:
Grower Direct - West Portage
3393 Portage Avenue

Central:
Grower Direct aka The Flower Lady
939 Portage Avenue

Thanks everyone for your support!

November to Remember iPad 2 Winner Announced!

We'd like to congratulate our iPad 2 giveaway winner, Jonathan Barrocan!
We met Jonathon at our Winnipeg flower shop on December 2nd and gave him his brand new iPad 2.



We know that Jonathan will enjoy this early Christmas gift and wish him all the best for the holidays and in the new year.

(And thanks for being a good sport about the photo!)

Win an iPad2 from Dragonfly Flowers!

It's that time of year again, and we're running our 2nd Annual November to Remember promotion.  Last year we gave away $1,000.00 worth of free flowers and this year, it's an iPad2!



Just click on the image above and follow the instructions to enter!

We're also giving away $100 store credits each Wednesday until the final draw for the iPad2 on November 30th, 2011!

Best of luck to all who enter!

Free Flowers for a Deserving Winnipeger


We recently had the opportunity to have Winnipeg Culture Blogger Sarah Zaharia visit the store.  She wrote a really nice blog post that included our Winnipeg Flower Shop

As part of the fun, we offered to give away free flowers to Winnipegers who posted comments about why they deserved to win free flowers from Dragonfly.  Out of all the comments posted, the winner chosen was Tahl East, who as we found out after getting to know her on Twitter is a crazy big Winnipeg Blue Bombers fan, and now a big fan of Dragonfly Flowers!

Tahl was kind enough to take this awesome snapshot of the flowers she received and post it to Twitter thanking us for sending them.

Free Flowers for Winnipeg Blog Commenter

14 Commercials Featuring Flowers


Flowers are an everyday part of life and as such they are often featured in commercials.  I'm not talking about commercials for purchasing flowers, but commercials promoting other types of products.  I came across one of my old cheesy favorites the other day while searching for flowers on YouTube (I'll save that one for last).  These are just a few that I found and are in no way the definitive list on the subject.  

Just for fun, enjoy!

Communication Providers:

AT&T

While it's obvious that this commercial is not new.  (Because it doesn't a person doing something non-sensical like the Old Spice Guy), but AT&T used the "flowers" reference in this commercial to leverage the largest floral holiday of the year, Mother's Day. 



T-Mobile

 T-Mobile uses raining rose petals in this commercial that was released somewhere in Europe.  I didn't really feel much like translating the text, but I did notice that the song they used was in english; strange.  Nice of one of the commenters to state that they "would be so happy if it would rain rose petals". 

Dutchtone

This one is great!  Who doesn't like a Leslie Neilson sketch?  For anyone who hasn't seen a documentary or read about the Dutch Flower Market, it's an amazing mix of fresh flowers and fast technology.  It's housed in the 4th largest building in the world and around 20 million flowers are sold there every day of the year!  It's likely you've seen or possessed flowers from this market at some point in your life.



 

Political

Microsoft China

In this commercial, Microsoft China is using blooming flowers to help develop an image of nurturing and understanding in the Chinese culture.

Joe Pollack for Congress (Why Not?)

Well, in keeping with the Political theme...  In this commercial, Joe is leveraging a struggling local small business to help his campaign.  It just happens to be a florist!  At least at the end he gets a nice bouquet of flowers.



 

Cars

The Toyota Prius

This one's actually really cool because there are lots of videos to watch on YouTube if you are interested, but I'll only include 2 here.  The actual commercial tracks along the lines of being one with nature and humanity and this time features flower people.  The reason I included it, is that along with this ad campaign, they also created something unique by using roadside floral advertising.  A "making of" video is included below.

I'm using the news-brief video, because it's a little more interesting. (All the florists with greenhouse operations reading this blog can still drool over this one!)



Financial

HSBC

No matter what the event, your florist can help you avoid the pitfalls that can sometimes happen when choosing the right flowers, no matter where you live! 


Ameriprise

Who better to talk about flower power than Dennis Hopper?  Well he does say that "Flower Power was then" in this ad, but I really beg to differ.  I know he's talking about flower power in the 60's, but most don't know that there have been literally hundreds of studies on the power of flowers for health.  Emotional impact, workplace productivity and even the ability to change that grouchy morning mood!  You can read more about the the New Flower Power at the About Flowers blog that was developed by the Society of American Florists.



 

Household Items

Rice Krispies

Here we've got Drew Barrymore as a flower girl on her way to a wedding.  We don't really get to see much flowers until the end when she actually goes to the wedding, but I like her crown of flowers.
 


Tide

In this one we've got a bunch of women receiving flowers from their male counterparts.  it looks like the fresh scent of Tide is being compared to the scent of fresh flowers and the feeling you get when receiving flowers?  While I couldn't agree more that receiving flowers from your florist will definitely create feelings of joy and happiness, I'm not sure that sniffing your shirt will ever have the same effect...


Sprite

Well.  This one is from Sprite. 


FujiFilm

Flowers are often used for camera ads and in the past for ads promoting different types of film.  Flowers are used for both their beauty and contrast of colors in the scene. 



JC Penney

Of course, we had to include a Valentine's Day commercial!  And aren't those roses just beautiful!



Impulse Body Spray

I have to say that this one is my favorite.  It really annoyed me in my youth, but I felt that I just had to share it!  And one final note.  We strongly encourage the random giving of flowers when you have the IMPULSE! 




Thanks for watching.


Carnation Wedding Flowers - Why not?


We recently did an absolutely AWESOME Carnation Wedding in Winnipeg for one of our lovely couples.  Over the years I've heard it said many times that florists just won't do weddings with carnations.  Why Not?

The carnation is a flower that gets a bad rap in a lot of circles as being a cheap and somewhat insipid when put next to the other options available from your florist.  With flowers, it seems that beauty IS truly in the eye of the beholder. 

In fact, carnations are said to be born or the tears of the Virgin Mary, and symbolize a mother's undying love.  Probably why they are the official flower of Mother's Day!  (Note to self:  Add more Carnations to the Mother's Day Pages!)

Anyway, as with most flower arrangements I find that you will either love it or hate it.  What's really cool about this arrangement isn't the flowers that were used, more the overall contrast of colors and wonderful textures throughout.

Carnation Wedding FlowersCarnation Texture in Wedding Flowers

Free Flowers - Spot our delivery vehicle!


Reviving an old post about Free Winnipeg Flowers for all of our new followers:

Don't forget that if you see the Dragonfly Flowers delivery vehicle around Winnipeg, you can take a quick snapshot and post it to Facebook. 

We'll give you a $50 store credit to be used anytime you want!

Just let us know that you did it!

Winnipeg Flower Delivery VehicleWinnipeg Flower DeliveryMirror Shot of Dragonfly Flowers Delivery Vehicle


Grad 2011 is Approaching!

Congratulations to all those who are graduating in 2011!

We hope that everyone who is attending a graduation celebration this year will keep it a safe and happy event.  It's a great time of your lives and you really deserve all the best in this and the coming years as you move on.

We're offering all Grad 2011 customers a free Boutoniere with every corsage purchase this year, so please feel free to book early as our spots are limited and will book up quickly.

Grad 2011


Spring Has Sprung in Winnipeg

With the snow beginning to melt, it finally looks like Spring in Winnipeg. 

We've added some great new Spring Flower Arrangements to the website this week and wanted to share them with you.

Spring Blush BouquetSunny TulipsCherish Spring Flower ArrangementFloral Freshness Flower ArrangementEarly Spring Fling Flower Arrangement

Congratulations to our latest Random Office of the Month Winner!

Lori Johnson!

This Week's Random Office of the Month Winners!





With Valentine's Day coming up, we thought we'd do it up right with a Dozen Red Roses this week!  In fact we actually gave away 2 dozen!  April and her colleague Colleen both received a dozen roses because they both signed up for the Random Office of the Month !

 

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