Check out the promo video done by Love Story Media of the Bling Boutique Bridal Show back in November 2011.
FloraHolland AuctionWe had an opportunity to visit the world’s largest flower auction in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands called FloraHolland . FloraHolland is a flower auction company located in Aalsmeer, Naaldwijk, Rijnsburg, Venlo, Bleiswijk and Eelde. Together, the auction houses are home to the largest flower auction in the world. More than 20 million flowers and plants are sold at FloraHolland every day and auction is on Monday to Friday. Auction started at 6am, but we were allowed to visit at 7am and you can see all the buyers were very busy with the fast moving auction clocks. As a florist, it was a great experience to see all the amazing selection of flowers and plants that are available. The freshness and variety of flowers are just unbelievable. It is hard to describe how large the auction warehouse was and photos below show how lively and timely the flower were sold and organized to be picked up either locally or to be flown off at the Schiphol Airport right next to the warehouse! Just Amazing! I would like to share some photos of the auction. Enjoy!
Entrance of Aalsmeer flower auction.
Flowers and plants waiting to be auctioned off.
Buying at one of the few auction rooms.
Quality testing centre with many different types of flowers.
Never seen so many boxes of Anthuriums
Cut phalaenopisis packaged nicely.
Lovely roses are perfect.
Love this beautiful orange color roses!
Beautiful callas!!!
My favorite black calla lilies!
These hydrangeas are perfect for garden wedding.
Hoyas! Perfect for Valentines. We have them at our store
Porcupine arrangement with baby tears plant.. so cute!
Airplants are so nice and healthy.
Happy New Year!2011 has been a fun-filled year personally… I promised myself I will be doing more traveling as possible in the new year. Starting at the beginning of year 2011 with an exciting trip to Tokyo Japan, few small trips to Portland , Seattle, wine trip to Kelowna during Spring time. At the end of the year, we did a three week long trip to Paris, Amsterdam, Singapore and Seoul. It was an inspiring and meaningful trip. It was just an awesome trip. Below is a preview of some pics from our trip. We will do an in depth blog in a later posting… stay tuned. I wish everyone a happy new year. On behalf of all staff from Balconi Floral Design Studio, we wish you an amazing 2012. We also would like to thank all our customers, family and friends who gave support and love to Balconi. We look forward to seeing you all soon!
Last wedding for 2011We just finished our last wedding of this year on December 30th. It was lovely and a relaxing wedding at Harthouse in Burnaby. We love this couple!!! Congratualtions to Huyn Jin and Dong hoon. You made our year 2011 complete and joyful. We were so happy that the bride absolutely loved her bridal bouquet that we designed for her. Cute and fun!
Christmas @ BalconiMerry Christmas! We wish you all a wonderful Christmas with your family and friends. We will be open today until 5:00pm if you have any last minute request! See you soon. Our regular store hours will resume on Dec 27.
Happy Holidays!
Balconi would like to take this opportunity to wish everybody a safe and wonderful holiday season. We had an amazing year and we look forward to another fun filled exciting year! Thank you to all of our friends, clients and vendors for your full support! Hope to see you soon! White Christmas floral DecorationHoliday Orchid planter Beautiful double stem orchid planter was decorated with large pine cones and delicate white branches to give a winter look. This will make a stunning decor for the living room at your home or your office reception desk. Long lasting blooms up to 3 months.
Holiday vase arrangement This will be a great conversation piece if you are looking for a gorgeous holiday party decor on your dining table or coffee table. More than ever people choose beautiful exotic tropical blooms like various cut orchids for their flower arrangements. It is simply because orchid blooms are gorgeous and also longer lasting than others.
Holiday bouquets for hostess Bouquets make great hostess gift for the holiday parties!
We can make white and lime green bouquet with pines and cedar, also beautiful Burnady and Crimson red arrangements that suits your interior. Imagine the beautiful fragrance of cedars that will make everyone get in the winter holiday mood. Woodland Inspired Grinch TreesJust want to introduce the new collection of Balconi’s version of Grinch trees. We see many unique Grinch trees at other flower shops during the Christmas. This year we want to do more woodland inspired arrangements and definitely we want that to reflect to our own version of Grinch tree. Take a look and adopt one for yourself. This Grinch tree can live throughout the holiday season with correct watering. It is a great corporate gift for holidays and simply for your loved ones to make them smile. And how about adopt one for yourself?
Tis the season with great holiday décor: Part 1It is hard to believe that Christmas is only a little more than a month away. Now is a great time to start thinking about creative ways of decorating your home for entertaining your guests during the holiday season or simply enjoying the season. Our feature container collections for this holiday season are made of birch and it is here to stay. As you will see in the photo below, the oversized round birch pots will be stunning with white waterfall orchids, curly willow branches and a few Christmas ornaments can be added for a festive look. The oversized birch containers are also great to give a rustic and warm look with long lasting blooms of white or red color of kalanchoes, cyclamens and azalea plants. My all-time favorite for Christmas season will be stunning and showy blooms of Amaryllis plants. The plant grows fast and then in few weeks open up the gorgeous and large blooms and stay for weeks. They come in green, red, white and red with white stripes. This will be great for any space of your home or office and even retail space. All of the above are nice plants that will last anywhere from 2 to 3 months with proper care. Ask one of our staff to get proper instructions and also tips for decorating the plants to become even more festive.  Our current window display. Please stay tuned for more transformation with holiday decor over the next few weeks.
 White kalanchoe in a birch pot perfect for your coffee table or work desk.  Stunning red lion amaryllis blooms
Behind the scenes at the Bling 2011 wedding showFinally we have some time to take a breather after the busy wedding season and I wanted to share with you some behind the scenes setup and install of our booth at the Bling show.   I was up on the ladder starting to arrange the all the hydrangeas and green dendrobium with a floral knife at 5 am in the morning. You should have seen my sleepy eyes! :) Took me longer than I anticipated and I thought I was going to falling a sleep on the ladder. At last, we were able to spend a bit of time in the Rosewood Hotel Georgia as we booked a room for us and our staff that were working with us at the late night. We also had weddings the night before that and required 1 am take down from nearby so I knew we won’t be able to go home that night.  The pictures will show you how beautiful the room at Georgia hotel was and the bathroom was breath taking! It would be great in the near future to stay there again! I think it is also a great room for bride to get ready on her wedding day since it has huge bathroom with two his and her vanities! Enjoy the photos!
3 am Debut event team finished our beautiful Chuppha structure! Thanks you Debut!!!
Arrived in 3:30 am ROSEWOOD HOTEL. Brought all the flowers for display through out the show and finally start working on our booth at 5am.
8 am completed our booth and decorating other vendors flower arrangements and then went up to room for quick shower and a cup of coffee.
Personalized greeting from the flat screen as we walked in.. nice touch!
Welcome wine… chilled and ready to go! Â How nice!
Our room was located on 4th floor. Decor in the room is chic and elegant.
Delicious cookies ready for the guests!
Most comfortable bath tub I have ever tried. Although I was in for only 5 mins.
So tempting to eat the goodies in the drawers and fridge….
His and her sink directly across from each other. I love this feature!
View from our room. Looking down on Georgia Street!
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