pretty and profitable: 20th Annual Flowers& Design Contest

摘要

Are "vase arrangements," with the stems in clear flower-food solution, popular in your market? Here's a way to give customers something they've been asking for—and more. Our first-place winner, Marisa Perring, proves that vase arrangements can incorporate the line interest and sophisticated touches that are more often associated with foam-based designs. "This is very typical of the work that we send out," says Marisa, who had been designing for only about two years when she created her contest entry. In that short time customers at Avante Gardens - Florals Unique have come to recognize her work and request it. One reason they can identify it so easily is the rolled ti leaf that goes into nearly every design she creates. "It's like a signature," says Marisa. The leaf tip is simply stapled to the stem.