How to get The Deal of the Day

We have a lot of beautiful arrangements on our website. A lot of them have become favorites of our returning customers and all-around best sellers! We keep most of these flowers in stock all the time because we can anticipate the amount of orders we'll be getting for those items. But along with those specific flowers, we always have a wide variety of other types and colors of flowers that you may not see online.

So you might ask yourself, "well, how do I tap into this alleged cornucopia of amazing premium fresh flowers?" (or something to that effect) Well, the answer is simple: The Deal of the Day!

We have a special product on our site that allows you to place an order for a custom flower arrangement that is 100% unique, using our prettiest freshest flowers in stock that day. You can even request certain things like, color scheme, a specific type of flower, size, style, container. Just leave us a little note when you place your order to let us know!

Here's what the item looks like on our site: 

The icon is a close-up of a generic bouquet and doesn't necessarily reflect the types or colors of flowers that would appear in your unique arrangement.

The product appears in several occasion categories because it is always designed to suit your gifting needs. Even if you don't make any specific requests, our designers will always take the occasion into consideration. So it's important to select the proper occasion from the list when checking out. (If you don't we usually check the card message, but it's not always clear....or in English.)

Once you click on it you can select your price point.  We have our options set to our standard "Small", "Medium" and "Large" prices. You can also add some balloons here if you want. Again, they will be chosen based on the selected occasion.

Once you begin your check-out procedures, you will be able to add Special Instructions.

In this box, you may specify anything you want. Some things we've seen before are "No Carnations, please" or "include red roses" and even "No fragrant flowers due to allergies".

If you don't have any specific requests, you can leave this area blank, or include special delivery information like these real-life examples: "leave with neighbor, if not home" or " doorbell broken, please knock loudly".

Then, in the next section you will select your Gift Card Type (the occasion) from a drop-down menu. There's everything from "birthday" , "anniversary" and "new baby", to "business gift" and "sympathy". And for you mysterious types, "OTHER".

And that's all it really takes to get the Deal of the Day. Every one of these bouquets is  hand-arranged by one of our designers, using our freshest, prettiest flowers. And we can't guarantee you'll be able to guess what it looks like, but we CAN guarantee that the arrangement sent will be fresh, gorgeous, unique, and a great value.

On the other hand, if you're a fussy type (and we don't mind!) you can call us up instead. Find out exactly what's in stock and place your order over the phone. Our sales reps will give a detailed description to the designers so that we can fill your order just the way you want it.

Either way, you'll know you're getting a beautiful custom arrangement, made just for you. So check out the Deal of the Day online at flowercart.com/dealoftheday Or feel free to give us a call at 410-426-3545 or stop in to any one of our three Baltimore locations. We'd love to see you.

Our $100 Bouquet Giveaway Contest

For the past six or seven years, we have held an ongoing Bouquet Giveaway contest, where entrants are required only to fill out and submit a brief form on our website to win $100 worth of fresh flowers. It's extremely simple, and only takes about two minutes to enter.

On average we get about 24 entries per month. At the end of the month, one entry is randomly selected to receive the prize. After that, the entrant's name and the month for which they have been chosen Winner, is displayed on our contest page. Then it's up to you to claim the prize! If your name is selected, all you have to do is call or email us with your name saying "I am the monthly bouquet giveaway winner!" and then you'll receive the prize bouquet.

Each month, the bouquet features different flowers, and they are always stunning. Here's a photo of one of our past winners, enjoying her lovely prize.

and here's another, more recent bouquet on it's way to the winner's home:

If you'd like to enter, just visit our contest page here: Flower Cart $100 Bouquet Giveaway

GOOD LUCK!

Choosing the right wedding bouquet

Engagement season in upon us, so you ladies out there who are thinking about wedding flowers, we have some lovely tips for you to help you look like the rock star-super model you want to be on your wedding day. Let's begin:

Complementing your body type!

There is nothing worse than seeing a gorgeous bride with a gorgeous bouquet that is totally wrong for her shape. So we suggest following these three simple sizing tips:

1: your bouquet should never be larger than your head! Don't be fooled by "bigger is better". With super large bouquets, you might think it looks luxurious, but in reality it will look more like an over-sized novelty foam finger. (#1 Bride!)
2: a larger frame needs larger flowers - use big flowers like roses, peonies, lilies, cymbidium orchids, gerbera daisies, or hydrangea.
3: a smaller frame needs smaller flowers - get a more petite bouquet with smaller bloomed flowers like spray roses, mini carnations, dendrobium orchids, ranunculous, or freesia.

Of course, you can (and should) still mix and match, just be aware of how large or small the focal flowers in your bouquet will be.

Embracing your color family!

Too many brides seem to think they need their flowers to match the exact shade of purple,  pink or "eggshell", or what have you. But limiting your color choices will leave you with a boring, flat bouquet. Instead, using variations in tone and hue creates depth and will give you a more lush bouquet. And even if your "#17 blissful sunshine sakura pink" is not present, the combination of the darker and lighter colors will fool the eye into seeing all the shades in between. 

Balancing your bling!

When choosing your bouquet, always keep in mind the style of your gown. If your dress has a lot of embellishments (even if it's just lace), it's best to keep the bouquet simple. While on the other hand, if the dress is very simple, you might want to include some additional accents into the bouquet. You might consider adding beading, rhinestones or wire, or maybe just a couple more varieties of flowers to give it a little something extra.

and finally,

Trusting your florist!

You can do all the online research and read all the blogs you want, but the most important tip to know is that you need to find a florist that you can rely on. An experienced florist is going to ask you questions about your dress and your height, and will be honest with you when they think something may not work, and will steer you in the right direction by suggesting an alternative.

Designing beautiful wedding flowers requires a partnership and trust between you and your florist. Find someone you think understands your vision and will answer all your questions and listen to your concerns. The right team of professionals is out there for you. If you've met with a couple florists, and they didn't seem to "get" what you were saying, just keep looking!