Wordless Wednesday: New GATOR Ornaments Arrived!

Wordless Wednesday: Gators Edition

Andrew visits The SWAMP

When Abbey was a baby we found all kinds of cute places/ways to take pictures. So that Andrew doesn't become the typical "second child" I came up with a fabulous idea for a fun picture. So we loaded up the family and headed up to the stadium.

Andrew at 10 weeks & 2 days took his first trip to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Going up there we looked like the typical family visiting where mom & dad went to college and hanging out at the stadium to take pictures. Little did all the people staring at us know, that we live 1.5 miles from the stadium.

The Seventh Day of Christmas...

On the seventh day of Christmas The Plant Shoppe shared with me...

GATOR ITEMS

Stop by or call to find out about some of the great Gator items we have for sale! Items range from ornaments, the Florida Goal-Liner cookbook, tailgating supplies, flags and more! There is definitely something for every Gator fan--especially if you are heading to the Outback Bowl to watch the Gators play on New Years :)

Gators + Food = Best Present EVER!

Hello! It's Black Friday... one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Are you stumped about what to get that special Gator fan in your life? Do they already own every orange and blue item there is? Well.... we have the solution for you!

The Florida Goal-Liners are currently selling their amazing cookbook, Gator Championship Recipes. This is the perfect gift for the Gator cook in your life. All procceds from the book will go support Gator Athletics. The book even contains Gator stories too! What a great gift! The book is $19.95 plus tax and can be shipped too!!

Please contact The Plant Shoppe for more details or the Florida Goal-Liners website!

Happy shopping and GO GATORS! :)

Florida Goal-Liners 31st Birthday

Last week the Florida Goal-Liners celebrated their 31st birthday at the Best Western Gateway Grand. The Florida Goal-Liners is an organization that promotes and supports the University of Florida Intercollegiate Football Program and the University of Florida Fightin' Gator Football team. You might remember a few weeks ago, we featured a post about their annual fashion show.

The Florida Goal-Liners were started back in 1979, and to help celebrate their birthday, Ward Pell, one of the founding birth mothers attended the celebration along with eight other original members. Ward Pell first came to UF with her husband, Charley Pell.

To celebrate the event The Plant Shoppe provided centerpieces and 80's styled corsages. The corsages pictured below are made up of orange carnations, blue curling ribbon, and accented with gold footballs.



The centerpieces were made up of a floating orange gerbera Daisy in a lotus bowl, accented with blue marbles.




And finally, pictured below is Ward Pell, founding birth mother, wearing one of our corsages.



To find out more about the Florida Goal-Liners, click here. Congratulations, Florida Goal-Liners on 31 years, we wish you many, many more.

Location: Best Western Gateway Grand
Flowers: The Plant Shoppe

The Florida Goal-Liner Fashion Show 2010, Part II: Fashion

Hopefully you enjoyed the decor photos from the fashion show! Were you able to guess who the the show's special model was?

The one and only.... ABBEY! Here is Abbey looking oh so cute in Gator fashion courtesy of Miracles Maternity Boutique. And... of course, with each fashion show, you must have...


an outfit change! Here's Abbey in another cute Gator outfit.

Other special guests at the show included both Alberta, and the First Lady of Gator Football herself, Shelley Meyer!!


Remember, you can find out more about the Florida Goal-Liners by clicking here
Go Gators!


Location: The Atrium
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Fashion: Miracles Maternity Boutique

Florida Goal Liner Fashion Show 2010, Part I: Decorations

Hi Everyone! My name is Whitney and I'm so excited to be bringing you my first post via Betsy's blog! So, here it goes:

On September 29, The Plant Shoppe participated in the Florida Goal-Liner Fashion Show. This awesome orange and blue event took place at the Atrium. During this event, club members and local celebrities were able to strut their stuff, looking fabulous in some awesome Gator gear. We provided the decor and flowers. Check back at our next post (Goal-Liner fashion)!





For more information on the Florida Goal -Liner club, click here to visit their website.

Can you guess who modeled for the event? Check back to find out! :) Until next time, Go Gators!

Location: The Atrium
Florist: The Plant Shoppe

Pink Alligator Pad

This is just about the cutest "GATOR" item I have found in a while. It is a stack of 150 sheets of notepaper. The pages can be personalized, and are stored in a clear acrylic holder. There is a special graduate who will be receiving one this weekend.

University of Florida Graduation Spring 2010

With Spring 2010 Graduation from the University of Florida just around the corner, we wanted to highlight a few items we offer. Of course we can do Orange & Blue Arrangements, here are some of our specialties....
The Later Gator Balloon, is a recent find, he is 47" tall. Use him alone or add him to a group of our other balloons to create a balloon bouquet.

CONGRADS to the class of 2010!!!

Atlanta or Bust!!

Earlier this week, I got an email from the UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA Alumni Association, and this was the header. I am a proud gator fan. While in college I had the opportunity to got to a few SEC Championship games.

As Grady says.....Good Times, Good Times.

GO GATORS!!!

Larry meets Aaron Hernandez

Larry, our flower guy sent me this over the weekend. He was able to go to the Florida/Florida State game on Saturday. Thought I'd share....

Well it was a day for the ages. I was lucky to get a ticket, we had the best tailgate ever and got to go see Tebow and the rest of the seniors play there final game at home. 30 minutes after the game was over, the stands were still full, nobody, including the players wanted it to end. We finally left and went back to our tailgate spot for a snack before hitting the road. Two guys who were parked next to us came over and joined us the said they were going to meet up with Aaron Hernandez and go to dinner. Aaron scored two touchdowns during the game and is one of their star players. We said ya right. We were packing up to leave and they came over and said Aaron was on his way. Sure enough a few minutes later he showed up. They hung a round for a while let us take a bunch of pictures and made our day complete. Go Gators.
Larry

By the way, Larry is the second from the right, with sunglasses on his cap. For those of you who don't know Aaron Hernandez is 4th from the right. GO GATORS!!!

Gator Stationery - Palm Tree Paperie

This weeks invitation feature is Palm Tree Paperie. From them we get a large selection of Gator invitations, note pads, thank you notes & correspondence cards. Many of the items can be personalized.
This is from their web site...
About Us
We have a love for stationery and a passion for football - college football that is! Constantly on the lookout for stylish stationery representing our favorite team, we continuously came up empty handed. So, we decided to create our own and share the excitement with you! Our love for classic design and desire to stand out from the crowd is reflected in the designs you see here.
We are continuously expanding our product lines, and encourage you to check back often for new additions. We hope these cards inspire you to stay connected with others in a fun, meaningful way.

To familiarize you with who we are, we have listed some things we absolutely love:
The beach
Twirly skirts
Ice cream
Sunsets
Tennis
Bows and pearls
Rainy afternoons
Time well spent with family and friends
Cookouts
A good movie
Our Mom
...and things we believe in:
Staying in touch with friends, new and old
Celebrating birthdays (we are BIG believers in this)
Chocolate therapy
Giving Back
Palm Tree Paperie is a socially conscious business that believes giving back to society is a cornerstone of business practice. We donate to environmental and hunger causes. We will always strive to impact the lives of our customers and community in a positive fashion.
In addition, we make every effort to lighten our carbon footprint. All of our products are proudly made in the USA with premium quality post-consumer recycled paper and soy-based inks using wind-generated power. We package shipments in boxes made of 100% recycled material and our studio uses fluorescent light bulbs.

This is part of why we love this company. Please contact us about other items available.

Football Mums & Weddings: do they go together?

They do, when you are huge Gator Fans and are you getting married before the Florida Gator - Miami Hurricane Football game. A few weeks ago, I got a call from Erin, who was coming to town to marry Derek, before the game. With a casual ceremony on campus, surrounded by good friend & family. Orange, blue & white are the colors of the day.
Corsages of white football mums for the moms, orange spray rose for a friend and orange rose bouts for the guys.

Erin bouquet was a hand tied of orange roses, with a smaller one for her attendant.

Being a Gator fan, myself.....I added a Gator pin to the blue ribbon holding the bouquet together. A nice surprise for the bride.

Best wishes to Erin & Derek and GOOOOO GATORS!!!!!!

Baby Boy!

The last few days we have had quite a few orders for baby arrangements. I thought I'd share a few with you. The first has a before and after. A florist called up and wanted us to send The Crystal Baby Block from Teleflora. However, they didn't want it to look anything like the picture in the Teleflora book. Their customer wanted a little orange and blue, because the proud parents are GATORS. But they also wanted pink spray roses (always a nice touch to do something for mom, since the baby doesn't know where it's fingers are, mush less the fact that there are flowers around). Well, we didn't have any pink spray roses, but I came up with an idea for the florist to give the sender.
Here is the empty container. It spells out BABY as you turn the sides. Always a nice gift, as it is made of crystal, and can be used in the nursery.

The concept I came up with, was Orange, Blue & White, with an extra special gift added. A pair of Gator Baby Booties. The sender thought it was a great idea. So here is what we sent.....

The Gator Baby Booties are dear to me, as Terry brought a pair to me in the hospital when Abbey was born. In true Terry style he proudly announce that he had shoplifted them, much to the astonishment of the nursing staff in the room. I then had to explain that he had "stolen" them from my store, so it was not really shoplifting.

Another arrangement I did was also for a baby boy. This one is in a blue ceramic container, which can also be used in the nursery. I used dark blue Delphinium, green Carnations, yellow Daisies, with a touch of Caspia.