I went shopping with my mom at the wholesale florist this week. This is just a typical day in the life of a flower shop owner. It brought me back to my childhood…we took many trips into those cold refrigerators while both of my parents picked through the bundles of beautiful flowers finding the perfect ones for orders. I now understand where my attention to detail must come from… The colors and varieties are any flower lovers dream… In the flower business you have to be picky with what you buy as they are all very perishable…I love these exotic ones… When I was little I spent many hours in the flower shop making my own arrangements with the “throwaway” flowers. On a day to day basis my mom and I are very different yet in moments like these I am reminded how much we are alike. I may never go into the flower business but I definitely inherited a love for beauty and creativity. They also have a crafting section…go ahead and drool you crafters!Every size and shape you could need…now you know where I get all my stuff from… This is her thing…I have seen some really cute stuff with these birthday inspired plastic pieces…just you wait! It was a fun morning and I could appreciate the experience so much more as a crafty adult than as an impatient child… I could have taken it all home…How have your parents inspired your passions?
Just give me an hour,, only an hour to see how much I can fill a cart! I love the selection of flowers, it reminds me that only God could create all those colors and make each one so different and some so subtle. Great pictures Ashley, thanks for sharing!
That is something I would add to "My Bucket List". You would probably have to unthaw me after the shopping trip. I have never seen so many lovely flowers. Thank you for making my morning.
Beautiful pictures!!! I've never seen some of those flowers before. :) The crafting section would be hard to leave. Shopping with my mom is nervewracking. ;)
I used to go to my grandmother's backporch and pretend that it was a flower shop and I was the florist. All our friends were our customers and my sister and I would arrange picked flowers and "sale" them to our friends. It was lots of fun.
What a lovely post...those hydrangeas are my fave! It's great that you & your parents could share such special memories. My mom & I share a love for crafting and decorating, together we are a force to be reckoned with!
Oh My Goodness!!!! What a great day you must have had with her. It's so nice when you can finds things to bring you together. I think I am far more like my grandmothers than my Mom. That's where my crafty came from.
what absolutely gorgeous photos! wow. and the rows and rows of ribbon do have me drooling, for sure! i don't know that my mom passed much on to me but she is always making stuff and so am i, so maybe she did!!
Just give me an hour,, only an hour to see how much I can fill a cart! I love the selection of flowers, it reminds me that only God could create all those colors and make each one so different and some so subtle. Great pictures Ashley, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat is something I would add to "My Bucket List". You would probably have to unthaw me after the shopping trip. I have never seen so many lovely flowers. Thank you for making my morning.
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Beautiful pictures!!! I've never seen some of those flowers before. :) The crafting section would be hard to leave. Shopping with my mom is nervewracking. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think I understand - my mom owned a fabric store that I got so bored at. Now, it would be so inspiring to sit and touch and stare at everything!
ReplyDeleteOh wow!!! Those flowers and plants are amazing. That store looks awesome. I wish we had something like that here. You are one lucky girl!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to go to my grandmother's backporch and pretend that it was a flower shop and I was the florist. All our friends were our customers and my sister and I would arrange picked flowers and "sale" them to our friends. It was lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteHow very cool! It's neat to know where you're talent is from, too☺
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post...those hydrangeas are my fave! It's great that you & your parents could share such special memories. My mom & I share a love for crafting and decorating, together we are a force to be reckoned with!
ReplyDeleteOh My Goodness!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day you must have had with her. It's so nice when you can finds things to bring you together. I think I am far more like my grandmothers than my Mom. That's where my crafty came from.
what absolutely gorgeous photos! wow. and the rows and rows of ribbon do have me drooling, for sure! i don't know that my mom passed much on to me but she is always making stuff and so am i, so maybe she did!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun job! I bet it smells wonderful in there. Oh my what a fun trip you must have had!
ReplyDeleteBeeeeautiful flowers!! LOVE looking at all of them, especially all those beautiful hydrangeas, peonies & roses!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
Great post! I LOVEd looking at all those flowers. My favorite flower is those southern hydrengia's!
ReplyDeleteWonderful post! God, how I would love to be there too! lol...
ReplyDeleteWHat an amazing place!
Whoa, God is good!
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