Archive for October, 2008

The First Snow & More Shop Fun

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

For some reason it’s hard to believe that the snow has waited this long to fall. But for some reason it still shocks me that it’s snowing. Didn’t winter just end? But it is pretty and it’s sticky which means it’s great fun for the kids to play in. Really I [...]

Wreath Pictures!

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Our website developer (my husband) just got the pictures of this years wreaths!  They are so pretty too!  I saw one of these displayed over at the shop (for the photo shoot) recently.  Gave me warm fuzzies just thinking about how festive live wreaths are.  They smell so amazing!  Lisa’s done a great job this [...]

The First Wreaths & Centerpieces

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Yesterday Lisa and Cindy were in the wreathroom starting to create this years fancy wreaths.  Each year we have different materials to decorate our wreaths and centerpieces with, so we have to come up with new ideas and designs.  Yesterdays work wasn’t to start mass production yet, but just to come up with the ideas [...]

Christmas Trees. Real or plastic?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

I found this on one of the sites we’re associated with. The Christmas Tree Farm Network and thought I would post it. I’ve actually found several articles recently that talks about real vs plastic. I’ll tell you, when I was growing up we had a plastic tree (my husband’s family are the [...]

Here Comes Christmas!

Monday, October 13th, 2008

That may sound crazy, as we haven’t even celebrated Halloween yet. But for the employees here, Christmas season has already started. Our manager, Lowell, is working on getting the fliers ready for the huge mailing we send out every year, and has already received a call from someone in New York wanting to [...]