So you love your Mum….

Well then it’s time to prove it on your BLOG.

Yes, we want you to blog about how great your mum is on your blog or website.

We want reasons why she is so great. We want stories of wonderful things she has done for you, silly things you’ve done to annoy her and anything else about you Mum that you think people might enjoy reading on your blog.

Facebook Friends can join too! Simply add yourself as a friend of the Flowers Made Easy Fan Page here and post as a fan on the page.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Post about your Mum, Ma, Mother Mama or Ould’ One on your Blog

2.Create a LINK BACK to our blog (so we know that you have entered) http://blog.flowersmadeeasy.ie

The Perfect Prize  - A wonderfully massive Bouquet of Flowers Delivered and a superly tasty box of Lily O’Briens chocolates to your Mum on time for Mothers Day!

THE WINNER will be announced later next week.

Time to figure out who’s the biggest Mummies Boy or girl!

Please tell as many people as you can about this competition.

And if you don’t want to blog yourself, please feel free to write a post about the blog competition to see if any of your readers would be interested.

Best of luck to all!

Mothers Day Flowers is all we are talking about internally for the next 2 weeks in Flowers Made Easy. The first day of March has switched our focus to ensure we are ready for the rush of flower orders, for delivery anywhere in Ireland for Mothers Day which is on March 14th. In the coming days we will be launching our new collection of fresh flowers on our site www.flowersmadeeasy.ie

This year we have our new online florist website live and you can now select from our huge range of flowers and gifts online. We will also be launching 2 other sites in the next weeks so stay tuned to see what we have to offer.

You can also order chocolates, wines, teddy bears, plants, orchids and much much more on from our online flower shop. Our delivery network covers the whole Ireland from our base in Dublin, Ireland’s capital city. We pride ourselves on our quality of service and the quality of our product so if your looking for something to send to your Mum this Mothers Day, try www.flowersmadeeasy.ie and you won’t be disappointed.

We’ve been nominated for a Blog award for Best Irish Business blog this year! We are certainly honoured to be considered. We didn’t even realise we had been nominated, so thank you for the surprise.

Very tough competition in the space this year so we will certainly put in that extra effort to see if we can pick up an award .

Wonderfully greatful for the nomination!

Welcome to the brain of a Flowers Made Easy staff member. It’s all about to kick off in a big way for us this week with Valentine’s Day (Sunday, February 14th, 2010) only 7 days away.

So what will happen in the next seven days?

Job 1: Greenery -

We received delivery of what looks like a pallet full of Greenery last night, so Monday and Tuesday will be spent preparing all the greenery for the 12 Red Roses bouquets ordered for Valentines Day. Will it be fresh? Absolutely. It either comes from Irish Growers or in Vacum packs from our suppliers in Holland.

Job 2:  Sleeves, Ribbons and Bows:

Thankfully we have most of this done already. The perfect job to fill those quite moments in the snow in January!

Job 3: Order the Roses:

We placed our first order on Friday for Roses that won’t be cut until tomorrow and delivered to us on Wednesday and Thursday. Then it’s into the cold room for them where they will be recut, stripped, prepared, individually checked and placed ready for our florists to work their magic on them!

Job 4: Phones on the ready:

We are ready and waiting for your call. With our customer service team ramped up by 500% this week we hope to be able to handle all your orders queries and questions as fast as possible.

The Website:

We are working franctically on a whole new website so hopefully we will be be able to get it up and running before the order volumes go through the roof.

PR / Publicity / Marketing

This kicks in full steam ahead on Monday morning. With our Press Releases going out first thing, followed by (hopefully) radio interviews and phone interviews with the press in the run up to the big day..

It’s 2.30am so time for a few hours sleep to prepare for what will be a hectic week.

Stay Tuned for more updates…

It certainly has been. We have done photo shoots, prepared for Valentines Day, Re organised the Flowers HQ Warehouse in Sandyford, sent photos out to wedding magazines, Done a stock take, prepared for the Wedding Show this weekend in the RDS, launched the beta version of our new UK Flowers website www.FlowersMadeEasy.co.uk , Launched the dates for 2010 for www.theflowerschool.ie which is proving very popular indeed! 

So what’s going to happen now with all that done?

Well lots more. We are giving our blog a make over next week, we will launching a new version of www.flowersmadeeasy.ie hopefully before Valentines Day, followed by more International sites.

We are hoping to pull off a big publicity stunt before Valentines Day so hopefully you will see us!

More dedicated blogging for 2010.

We thought we would let you know about what we have available this Christmas. As always, we can provide you with everything you need, be in flowers for your home, flower arrangements for your Christmas Party or Flowers or Gift Baskets for your friends relatives or corporate clients as a wonderfully fresh present, this Christmas.

This year we have some fantastic offers on all our products.

Our full Christmas Range of Flowers is available here under Christmas Flowers

Our full Range of Plants is listed under our Christmas Plants Range .

Flowers are a wonderful gift, they provide a fantastic lift to any room in a home or an office.

Internationally based customers

Flowers are the perfect way to say “Wish I was There” at Christmas. No matter where in the world you are, be in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai or Abu Dhabi, Flowers ordered online on Flowers Made Easy, will be delivered fresh on a day choosen by you in advance. It’s the perfect gift because you can choose when it’s delivered and all our bouquets are hand made to order and delivered to the door you choose.

The Flower School

Following on from the incredibly successful launch of Ireland’s newest and freshest Floristry Training Course, you can now buy the gift of learning on the Flowers Made Easy website. We have courses to suit everybody, from 1 night seasonal courses to Module based commercial floristy, with Modules covering, Funeral and Sympathy flowers, Florist Bouquet Design and Wedding Floristry. 

Simply click here to buy a Flower School Voucher this Christmas. It is the perfect gift for someone you know who loves being creative or alternatively, for someone you know who may be involved in a wedding in 2010.

To Buy a Voucher Click here: www.flowersmadeeasy.ie/FlowerSchool

For more information go to: www.theflowerschool.ie

So why not give the gift of flowers this year and Dublin Florist, Flowers made Easy look after it for you.

Just to let you know our Christmas Courses at the Flower School have now sold out !

Due to the massive demand, we have added a new date for everyone who is still interested.

December 9th, 2009, 6.30pm to 9.30pm  

Cost: €65

All flowers used on the night included.

- Go to www.TheFlowerSchool.ie for more info.

One week on, Lisbon has been passed by Ireland and our flowers are still blooming marvelous! This mornings, Irish Independant clearly shows our flowers in the background in all there glory a week on. That’s good value for money!

Program for Government Flowers

It appears that Simon Cowell (or at least his interior designers who choose his black toilet tissue) likes Ornithogalum Arabicum, commonly know as little star of Behlihem.

Flowers Simon Cowell

It’s quite ironic really, Only last week we had 4 requests for Ornits from customers, which is quite rare, as they wouldn’t be that commonly known.

Then whilst watching X Factor on the weekend we see that Simon has a vase of them on his Patio Table during the Final Twelve Auditions. He also had big vases of white Caroline Tense lilies (Oriental Lilies) around the Patio in lovely vases.

Ornits could be the next big thing… watch this space…Ornits for the coolest flower this season award??

Onitholagum Arabicum

We did notice the amazing flowers in Danni and Kylies audition, but we are deliberatly passing over that for this week…. Watch this space… more to follow next week about flowers in Dubai.. Live from Dubai.

You will find Photos of our flowers and of our Wedding Fair stand and lots lots more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/flowersmadeeasy/sets/72157622159823365/

300,000 image views so far… That’s a lot of people interested in Wedding Flowers Photos, so thank you all for your interest.