Oh Baby.... Our Blog/Facebook Contest

Did you know that The Plant Shoppe's family is about to get a little bit bigger? To celebrate Betsy and Terry's newest addition that is due this week, we are having a Blog/Facebook contest.

Can you guess Baby Andrew's actual birthday, actual weight, or actual time of birth?
All week long, you can either comment on this blog post or our Facebook page for a chance to win. The closest person to guess each category will win a $20 gift certificate to The Plant Shoppe.

Here's our contest rules:
1. One entry per person per category
2. A date, weight, or time can only be guessed once. Ex: If someone guesses he will arrive Friday, May 13, that day is no longer available for an entry. If a date/weight/time is entered twice, the entry will go to the person who submitted first.
3. Each person can win one category. If you guess all three correctly, you will win one gift certificate, the other two will go to the next closest guess.
4. Have fun and be creative!

Here's our only hint.... Betsy's actual due date is May 14.



We look forward to seeing your entries and hope you are as excited about this week as we are. Once Baby Andrew is here, we'll announce our winners (probably a day or two after).


GOOD LUCK!


Shower Cake: Ms. Debbie
Photo by Yume Photography

Erin and Luke, Part II

Okay, so we are a bit behind in the blogging world... but, that's because we have so many exciting things going on around the shop! After all, we have Easter, Mother's Day, Administrative Professional's Day all coming up....and of course weddings.

As you might remember, Erin and Luke were married March 19. This Part II in of their wedding, starting off with an awesome cake by Ms. Debbie!

That's right folks, this is a WATERMELON cake! How creative! We were able to add hydrangea accents to the cake, but just looking at this makes me hungry!


Up next is a peek at the groom's boutonniere, which is mainly made of cotton.

Here's another example of where mason jars were a part of the ceremony decor.




Here's a candid shot we were able to get of the bride with her bridesmaids and their bouquets! I love how the bride's bouquet matches the bridesmaid's dresses.

And finally, another one of our favorites, Erin's wedding favors: a variety of homemade jams in mason jars. Erin and Luke's engagement pictures are also on the tag of the jars!



Congratulations Erin and Luke and thank you for letting The Plant Shoppe be a part of your special day! We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness!

Stay tuned... more wedding and holiday blogs to come in the next few days :)

Ceremony: Private Location
Reception: Private Location
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Cake: Ms. Debbie

Erin and Luke: Part I

Erin and Luke were married on March 19, 2011 at their private home in Newberry, Florida. We were so excited to not only provide bouquets, boutonnieres and table centerpieces, but also outdoor floral accents on her cake, wreaths, and chairmarkers!!

Below is a picture of the bride and bridesmaid bouquets before leaving shop. The bouquets are made up made up of roses and hydrangeas. Yes, that's real cotton in those bouquets! The bouquets are also hand-tied with burlap.




The guestbook table contained arrangements made up of half gallon mason jars filled with a mix of coral and yellow flowers. Erin made the guest book table banner, which is made out of burlap triangles.

The barn and gates were accented with grape vine wreaths.

And finally, pint-size mason jars filled with flowers served as chair markers.

Check back soon for part two, including another awesome cake by Ms. Debbie! Congratulations Erin and Luke! Thank you for letting us be a part of your special day!

Cake: Ms. Debbie
Florist: The Plant Shoppe

Lisa and John: A March Wedding

Have you been missing our wedding updates? Well... there's lots of them coming this week... so here's our first!

Lisa and John were married at The Baughman Center on March 5, 2011. They had a beautiful reception at Sweetwater Branch Inn. Their colors, teal and lime green, were accented with beautiful hydrangeas, tulips, and green hypericum. Check out a few pictures below:





And finally, check out this gorgeous cake by Ms. Debbie. We added the hydrangeas, as a topper and an accent on the side. Look at that beautiful detailing!





Congratulations Lisa and John! We wish you a lifetime of love and happiness! Thank you for letting us be a part of your big day! Check back again this week, because we have LOTS of wedding updates coming your way. If you are a bride, be sure and contact us on how we can fulfill your vision for your special day!

Ceremony: The Baughman Center
Reception: Sweetwater Branch Inn
Florist: The Plant Shoppe
Cake: Ms. Debbie's Sugar Art

Other Expo Booths

Just a few of the other vendors at the show. Thought you might like to see what they were up to.

50 YEARS & Counting

The Carlson's celebrated their 50th Anniversary at Plantation Hall in Haile Plantation over the weekend. Ms. Debbie provided the cake and the music was provided by Eric Redmond on the piano. A'vie suggested that their daughter Terri contact us about the flowers. When we spoke she liked some of the items she had seen on our blog. So, we created garden inspired flowers in cream, green, pink & red. We provided two different styles. We used Hypericum, stock, hydrangea, cushion mums, spray roses, roses, alstromeria, mini green hydrangea, bells of ireland and assorted greenery.The sign in table featured a picture of the bride on her wedding day.The bar got a gorgeous arrangement, made of larkspur, hydrangea, bells of Ireland, alstromeria, spray roses & assorted greenery.Here is Erin from Celebrations Catering handling some last minute details.A few days before the party, we got a call from some of their friends who were not able to attend the party, so Theresa created this gold, cream & green arrangement to deliver to their home.Best Wishes for many more years of wedded bliss.

Brittany & Ross

Brittany & Ross were wed a few weeks ago. Pink & Ivory were the colors of the day. I decided to do a picture collage, with a little help from Sarah. I love the cakes that Ms. Debbie created, and they smelled SOOOO good. I guess we are lucky that Abbey wasn't there to take a bite. I received this nice note from Brittany's Mom the day after the wedding.....
Betsy ----- The flowers for Brittany's wedding were incredible!!! The church was lovely, the girls' bouquets were exquisite and there aren't enough adjectives to describe the reception flowers!! Thank you for making Brittany's wedding flowers the picture of perfection!! ---Cindy

Ceremony: 1st United Methodist of Gainesville
Reception: Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club
Photographer: Jamie Smith
Florist: Us
Caterer: Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club
Cake: Ms. Debbie

Say It Sweetly

Thursday night Ms. Debbie's Sugar Art hosted a "SWEET EVENT". Ms. Debbie filled Plantation Hall with every cake flavor & filling available. I was there to provide flowers & of course to taste a few treats. Thank you for letting me accent your sweets with a few flowers. Here are over 15 flavors of cakes available to try.

Ms. Debbie was working with white & black linens, which left an open pallet for the flowers. I decided to go green. This piece includes Bells of Ireland, Fuji & Button mums, Hanging Amaranthus, Hyperiucm, Curly Willow & assorted greenery. It towers over the table holding the different cake filings and molded candies.

A close up on the cake filings.

Catering for all Occasions was there to provide some other bites to eat. This arrangement sat on the food table.

For our listening pleasure, Eric Redmond serenaded us during the evening. A'vie was there to discuss event planning and Footstone Photography was there to capture photos of the evening. Ms. Debbie, thank you for inviting me to join you for the evening, and Terry thanks you for the goodies you sent home with me.