60 degrees & mostly sunny on February 1st… I’ll take it. I couldn’t resist making a simple, bright, fresh arrangement that’s all about spring. The store is full this week with bright fresh flowers to cheer up your day or some you care about.Of course the weather will get cold again & Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Check out our Valentine’s Day flower ideas on our web site.

Consider yourself reminded. Valentine’s Day is 3 weeks away and yes, we are getting orders already. We’ve got some beautiful ideas for you on the Valentine’s Day Page and of course you can always just say – “Do something wonderful with <name of their favorite flower or color>” And we will make with the magic.

If you’ve ever wanted to be a Super Hero we can help. This year for Valentines day give her a flower arrangement every month for a year. We’ll start with the first delivery on Valentines day and then send a beautiful arrangement at the beginning of each month thru next January. We can send it to the house or get more points & have it sent to the office where all her co-workers will be jealous. As a special deal this year, you buy the first eleven & we’ll pay for the last one. Monthly orders of $75 or more get free delivery, and if you really want to go all out, spend $100 a month or more and we’ll also send your Anniversary flowers for free.  You can pay up front or have us charge your purchase each month when we send the flowers. Hero status made easy. A pretty good deal when you consider that you where going to give her flowers at least once a month anyway…right?

Here we are in January. Hopefully you’ve had time to take down your Christmas decorations and recover from that New Year’s party. But the passing of the holidays doesn’t mean you have to an empty home bereft of decoration.

To match the cold winter days of January, we have a wonderful assortment of beautiful, elegant flowers in crisp shades of white. These include Amaryllis, Hydrangea, a variety of Lilies and Tulips, Lysmachia, and Freesia. We have used some of these beautiful flowers to create this sharp arrangement.

Don’t let your home stand empty just because the holidays have passed. Make everyday a celebration with a beautiful fresh arrangement made just for you.

A simple internet search easily turns up many studies that show how flowers “make people happy, and lead to a more positive mood”. On these cold, short winter days we could all use more of that. Give some flowers to someone else or bring them home for yourself & let those warm smiles brighten the day.

Here is a tiny piece of a Rutgers University study on the effects of flowers.

An Environmental Approach to Positive Emotion: Flowers: Rutgers University

For more than 5000 years, people have cultivated flowers although there is no known reward for this costly behavior. In three different studies we show that flowers are a powerful positive emotion “inducer”. In Study 1, flowers, upon presentation to women, always elicited the Duchenne or true smile. Women who received flowers reported more positive moods 3 days later. In Study 2, a flower given to men or women in an elevator elicited more positive social behavior than other stimuli. In Study 3, flowers presented to elderly participants (55+ age) elicited positive mood reports and improved episodic memory. Flowers have immediate and long-term effects on emotional reactions, mood, social behaviors and even memory for both males and females.

I’m excited because I just ordered 300 Dahlias to plant this spring which will produce thousands of beautiful blooms to sell in the store and use in your flower arrangements.

It’s Christmas time and a time for celebration. If you’d like a fresh table arrangement for the holidays, or something special to brighten your home, we have a wonderful selection of fresh cut greens, wreaths, and floral arrangements perfect for the season.

Among this week’s flowers are some antiqued-red Calla Lilies, white Kale, Amaryllis, Lilies, fresh evergreens, twigs, berries, and many more fresh flowers that are just perfect for the holidays.

Please note that Jephry Floral Studio will be open on Christmas Eve (Saturday the 24th) from 10 AM to 2 PM. We will be closed on both Christmas Day (Sunday the 25th) and Monday the 26th. We will re-open on Tuesday at our regular hours.

Best wishes to all our customers and friends for a very merry Christmas, and a joyous new year.

If your Holiday table is long a classic long, low centerpiece may strike just the right note, or for a more contemporary look scatter several smaller arrangements down the length of the table. Cheers!

Dreaming of a white Christmas

Holiday warmth

If your tired of all the glitter & bright lights of the season we have some beautiful centerpieces for a more elegant table.