First give-away on Facebook

We had a give-away for the month of October on Facebook. The winner is getting one of our popular pipberry garlands. It was an interesting experiment and we are going to do another one. There is a difference between Facebook and the blog. For us, the blog seems like you are sending your message out to whom ever stops in to read it, and Facebook has defined people your message reaches. The opportunity with Facebook, is friends of friends, may come across your message also. Whether it is the blog or Facebook it's fun trying to build interest in Robin's Floral Design.

Busy day today finishing (hopefully) Robin's inside set-up. She is doing a show this weekend at St. Mary's in Glens Falls. She has done this show in the past and it will be an opportunity to try out the new set-up before Plattsburg next weekend.

Country star garlands

Pipberry garlands are a very popular item. They can be hung vertical like this.....

Horizontally they can be used on a shelf like this or used above a doorway, or above a window as a valance.

Robin decorates the garlands with tile stars like this one, or rusty stars.

Here is a closeup shot, the garlands come in many different color combinations.


Robin also uses pipberries in other creations like this metal container. Yesterday I talked about floral designs and how their space had been decreased by other items. Pipberry designs such as this one, and the garlands, are extremely popular and provide the customer with a variety of choices to decorate their home. With that said, Robin is very gifted when it comes to arrangements, so she has taken the pipberries to that level. The container above is an example of that. A couple of years ago, this would have remained metal in color and then a floral arrangement added. Now the container is painted, decoupage added, then an arrangement of pipberries and stars or whatever else she has in mind to come up with an original design. Businesses, like people, have to evolve. This is part of that evolution.