Happy 20th Anniversary City of Laguna Niguel!

The city of Laguna Niguel is 20 years old! Happy Anniversary! We made the centerpieces for the celebration at El Niguel Country Club (yep, same place as the last wedding). They wanted the same colors but all different arrangements for the 10 tables. We think they turned out really unique and fun!

Another Upcoming Wedding Event!

Just wanted to give you a "heads up" on another upcoming Bridal Show. The South Orange County Bridal Fair By the Sea will be April 11th at the Laguna Cliffs Marriot in Dana Point
http://www.bridalfairbythesea.com/toattend.html. Ohhhh! They will be serving champagne and hors d'oeuvres and giving away a $25,000 Dream Wedding!!! Ouuu! Can't miss this one! They also have a Facebook Fan Page

Dana Point Yacht Club's Wedding Show

We had a blast meeting the great brides to be at the Dana Point Yacht Club's wedding show "Romance on the Water" this Sunday. Lots of excitement surrounding the location too! They actually closed the island that the Yacht Club is located on on Saturday because of the tsunami warning! But it all worked out and everything was good to go on Sunday. (Thank you Rod at Rod Foster Photography for the photo above)

With over 50 vendors, there was quite a bit for the brides to see and do! We were right at the entrance and had a chance to chat with almost all of them! What fun to meet such great people!

The hanging parasols with orchids was the hit of this wedding show! They were truly stunning! Another big wower was our Manzanita tree with orchids and hanging votives. It would make a great centerpiece or show stopper for a sign in table or buffet table! The hanging crystals with the orchid leis was another show stopper! These look great hanging behind the bride and groom at the alter, but there are lots of other creative ways to use them.

Dawn and Charles~ Wedding at El Niguel Country Club wedding

The El Niguel Country Club in Laguna Niguel is such a beautiful place for a wedding! Unfortunately, because of the rain we had all day, the wedding ceremony had to take place indoors. Of course our beautiful arrangements/alter pieces were stunning! Tall and elegant!The centerpieces were sweet and simple with white hydrangia, white stock and white roses surrounded by candles.
Thank you to Carrie James Photography for sharing some of their photos with us.

The toss bouquet with the wedding cake behind. The table was adorned with rose petals, candles and small vases with with roses, but no flowers on the cake this time. It was very pretty and simple.

St. Regis Monarch Beach Pacific Ballroom

Aren't these centerpieces just stunning! There were for a convention's awards night at the St. Regis in Monarch Beach. They were beautiful bugundy dendrobium orchid with cymbidium orchids at the base. They looked so beautiful in the St. Regis's Pacific Ballroom! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get photos of the event with the tables completely dressed.

We also did small vases with matching cymbidium orchids for the high-tops in the entry way. So simple yet so classy!

The Best of Dana Point!

Yeah!! We were voted the "Best place to buy flowers" by the Dana Point Times in their Best of Dana Point article!! Thank you to all our customers for choosing us! (We were runner up last year). That's our Cathy McCool right there on the front cover!

You can read more about the Best of Dana Point 2009 at the Dana Point Times

Bridal Show February 28, 2010

Just wanted to let you know- we will be at the Dana Point Yacht Club for their Romance on the Water bridal event on Sunday, February 28th from 11:00-4:00.

You can order tickets here- or you can read more about it at Romanceonthewater.com

Free!

Our Valentine's Day special includes something FREE!

Get one FREE mylar balloon (while supplies last) with any Valentine's Day floral order you PICK UP at the store (on 2/11/10-2/14/10).

Sorry! Offer does not apply to Valentine's flowers that are delivered. Balloons are available for delivery orders too, just not for free.

About delivery- did you know we can deliver your floral arrangements to Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, Capo Beach, Laguna Beach (the south part), San Clemente- including Talega, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo and Aliso Viejo? And if you have someone special you want to send to out of the area, we can help you with that too! We send all over the country- and yes, we have sent all over the world!

And one last note- yes, Costco and Trader Joes sell flowers for less. But one, they don't deliver (it always makes for big "brownie points" when a dozen roses show up at her office or the house (and no- you bringing them in plastic wrap- dripping from the bottom does not count- sorry!)). And two, their flowers will not last as long as ours! Be sure to read about all the work we put into our flowers in the post below. We don't torchure our roses (or flowers) with regular water! Ours are pampered from the time they arrive at the store until they are in your (or your sweetheart's) hands!

Valentine's Day! It's Almost Here!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! We have lots of cute bears, albums, cards, balloons, frames and of course FLOWERS!

Red roses are always a favorite! Did you know the red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love? The color red stands for strong romantic feelings making the red rose the flower of love.

Another favorite for Valentine's Day- Tulips!
How about some other Valentines Day flower facts?

• 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.


• 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day!


• 189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.

• California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the greater number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.


• Approximately 110 million roses, mostly red, will be sold and delivered within the three-day Valentine's Day time period!

Red roses are not your only option! We have roses in other colors as well, plus other arrangements.

One last tid bit of information. Did you know the cost of roses for florists from the growers increases almost 100% the week before Valentine's Day!? So when you notice that roses are a bit more expensive on Valentine's Day, it's not because we think we can make some fast money! It's because the roses actually cost us more to get.

XOXO

Getting Ready for Winter Formals!

Winter Formals are coming up this week and we are getting ready! Dana Hills High School has theirs on Thursday, San Juan Hills High School and San Clemente High School have theirs on Saturday and St Margaret's High School and Laguna Beach High School have theirs on Saturday!

Whewwwww! We've been busy busy busy taking order! And the girls are busy preping the corsage bands and getting boxes ready!

Just the very beginning of the stack! I'll post again when we get them organized and in the other cooler later this week!


The crew hard at work preping the bands and getting some of them done the night before.

The boys- trying to figure out what they want to order!

Our idea area and bow picking area!

Bodega Chocolates!

Did you know McCool Flowers carries Bodega Chocolates? We are proud to be one of only a handful of stores chosen to carry their award winning chocolate!

Bodega Chocolates? What is that, you ask? Oh, they were only called the best chocolate in the world (yes the WORLD!)by Bon Appetit Magazine and voted #2 in the world by National Geographic! Plus they are the chocolatier to The Academy Awards, The Latin Grammys, The Emmys, The Country Music Awards, TV Land, The Grammys, The Golden Globes, The Image Awards and Dancing with the Stars! Wow!

We offer the English Toffee, Sugar Free fudge, two sizes of assorted chocolates, a sampler platter and individual snack sized pieces. We also offer their chocolates as wedding favors. These come in adorable little boxes for your guests!

You can add a box to any flower delivery order or swing in and grab a box for yourself :0) They are perfect for Valentine's Day!!

Ocean Institute's Jazz in January

We made the centerpieces for the Ocean Institute's Jazz in January concert this weekend at the institute in Dana Point Harbor. The colors turned out perfect for the gold table clothes! The event promises to be a spectacular evening of Jazz. And the money raised helps the Ocean Institute to offer educational programs to the schools!

The Ocean Institute all ready for the concert




During the afternoon- the flowers look a little alone on the tables- but just wait!


They look great with the room all set up and ready for the fun to begin!

Upcoming Wedding Event!

We will be at the Dana Point Yacht Club on Feb 28th for their Brial Boutique "Romance on the Water". Check out their website at http://events.dpyc.org/. We will be sure to add photos just as soon as we have them. We will have a large display area! So it should be exciting! If you follow our blog and attend, be sure to stop by and say "hi" to Cathy or Kristine!

Marbella Country Club Wedding Show

We were thrilled to be at the beautiful Marbella Country Club in San Juan Capistrano for their wedding show this weekend. We met some wonderful brides to be- and even a few grooms to be (poor guys- but they seemed to be handling it well!) and we made some good wedding coordinator connections. Our next Wedding Show will be after Valentine's Day at the Dana Point Yacht Club- more details to come.

The hot trend- Manzanita trees draped with votives or crystals, or both.


The hot topic of the show! This little anemone flower got more comments than anything. Yes it's real and it is another hot trendy flower right now. We put them together with some crystals for simple inexpensive centerpieces for the reception table.


Another great inexpensive centerpiece that is very popular.