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Announcing “Day with J” – Education Events that help YOU Bloom!

Register By August 18, 2014 and Save $50!
Class will be held in the Seasons Gallery at the Dallas Market Center
Please bring your tools…All other Flowers, Foliage and Supplies Provided
Lunch included … Strictly limited to 24 students!

With the overwhelming success of J’s  Wedding Boot Camp… we’ve decided to take a more exciting and advanced approach

By |August 7th, 2014|The Flower Stand - J's Blog|0 Comments

A Visit to Chicago…AIFD…Mary Poppins and Friends!!

The AIFD Symposium was held in Chicago this year… and it provided an opportunity to premiere my NEW “Fun with Flowers” Book in the Partners Expo and the Book Fair

It also provided a great opportunity to catch up with some of my favorite friends… flower folks and mentors…

And Catch a Disney Museum Exhibit… where

By |July 25th, 2014|The Flower Stand - J's Blog|0 Comments

NEW uBloom Wedding Classes- Professional Mechanics!

Join J for an Intimate Professional Wedding Mechanics Hands On Class!
I’ve had many flower friends that have been asking me to host a Professional Wedding and Event Class that focuses on Mechanics! It took a bit of research… and I was really pleased to find out how much interest this project is getting!

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Hands On Professional Wedding Class with J- July 29, 2014

I’ve had many flower friends that have been asking me to host a Professional Wedding and Event Class that focuses on Mechanics! It took a bit of research… and I was really pleased to find out how much interest this project is getting!

I’m pleased to announce our First Professional Wedding Mechanics Boot Camp… A

By |June 9th, 2014|The Flower Stand - J's Blog|0 Comments

Color Shift… it’s that Easy!

This week on Fun with Flowers and J… we’re sharing the secrets of “Shifting the Color” of flowers easily! So many of today’s Weddings and Events have themes with carefully selected color palettes…

And many of those color palettes are inspired by specific flowers! Many times these flowers may or may not match the color

Chicken Wire??… What’s Old is New again!

Photo courtesy of Songbirdblog.com! Chicken wire in Vintage Container!I’ve been in the flower industry my whole life… and I started out in a Family Flower and Greenhouse business… so I’ve seen and done a great deal of “flower related” things… and I’ve watched even more Trends, Fads and “old time” mechanics come and go…

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Coming to Epcot: Fun with Flowers and J… Thanks Debra!

Last year… I made my annual trek to Disney World to the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival… and got to see my Flower Friend Debra Prinzing presenting her “Slow Flowers” show at the Festival Pavilion…

I told Debra how much I would love to give a “Fun with Flowers” Presentation at the  Epcot Flower and

By |May 4th, 2014|The Flower Stand - J's Blog|0 Comments

Only “Bleeding Hearts” … uBloom is SAFE (NO “heartbleed”)

Heartbleed Security Update
As you may have heard, a security vulnerability called the “Heartbleed bug” surfaced this past week. The Heartbleed bug which became publicly known on April 7, 2014, is a serious vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic software library. The bug affected many well-known websites and could have exposed sensitive account information such as

By |April 13th, 2014|Business Solutions, Resources for Professionals|0 Comments

Ocean View Flowers Trend Collections!

This week on Fun with Flowers and J it’s time to visit the folks at Ocean View Flowers and share their new Trend Collections.

Ocean View Flowers is one of the Premium Sponsors of the uBloom Trend Synthesis… and through that partnership… they developed specific trend collections that coordinate with each of the 4 New