Bloomin Crazy Floral

06/29/2025

Happy Sunday!
Greenery isn’t always the support team, sometimes they are the leading lady.

06/25/2025

Why is Finland the happiest nation? I believe it’s their connection to nature. I have been to visit family over there many times. My soul craves the slower pace of life, the baked in culture of summer “loma” and taking significant time off to escape to a cabin in the woods. Finn’s are culturally very connected to nature all year round and it shows. Nature heals the soul.
We could also talk about how culturally Finns are basically accepted autistic and don’t need to mask…….but that’s a conversation for another day. 😄

06/01/2025

I’m going to get a bit vulnerable in this post. I don’t get political with this platform because as soon as you do it alienates a huge swath of our community. I want the shop to be a healing space for everyone, no matter what your beliefs or lifestyles, etc.

As humans we are as diverse as the flowers and plants so when we judge others and try to put them in our box instead of trying to understand their perspective and life experience we are trying to force a flower to be a different color which causes it to die faster.

I was raised in a very fundamentalist environment but the last 4 years I’ve been on the most intense, stretching and growing experience of my life. The most important lesson I’ve been learning is how I have had so many dehumanizing views. Life, politics, religion are all so confusing to navigate. How do you know who is right, how do we interpret the info we are given, are we in a cult and can we trust anything? The one conclusion I know I can anchor myself to and should align with everyone’s belief system is loving our neighbors. To love others does not mean forcing our beliefs on others and telling them they are wrong. That is a narcissistic view.

As humans we do not thrive from abandonment and judgement. We thrive from being cheered on and supported.

05/31/2025

50% off all loose stems! Can’t beat that! Come in and find some affordable serotonin boosters or try your hand at some zen design moments. 😉💐

05/29/2025

We are so honored to be a part of this community’s big life moments. I can’t tell you how much that privilege drives us every day. We don’t make much money at this but we keep going because we get paid with knowing how much our flowers help our community and instantly boost well being.

Shop small, shop local. We’ve heard this mantra all over social media the last several years. To be honest I feel we’ve been desensitized to this message. The problem is, our local downtown is in a desperate place right now. Every business I’ve talked to lately is struggling big time. Many are not going to survive much longer. Business owners are not thriving, we are barely surviving. I’ve had two people close to me in our community loose their jobs this week.

Here’s the thing, I believe in this community. I believe we need to survive. As a rare brick and mortar floral shop I still believe that we should exist and our community needs us. The numbers aren’t there but I want to believe that someday we can turn it around and actually make a livable profit.

I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer, though. I’m writing this because we need to know how bad it is before we can be called to change things. Big businesses get help and have buffers in an economy like we have right now but small businesses do not. We depend on our community. We need your support now more than ever.

What if, instead of grabbing a cheap bunch of poor quality flowers from the grocery store we just buy a couple of stems of high quality and unique flowers grown by local farmers. Instead of gifting an Amazon gift card what if we bought gift cards to local businesses. Let’s show some big love to our little community, lift each other up and not just survive but thrive!
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05/23/2025

Lots of beautiful flowers went to Astor Place today to cheer up some residents! We don’t always have left over flowers past their selling point but when we do we love spreading joy to those in our community who need it. It’s also an opportunity for newer designers in our staff to get extra practice. A win, win for all! Shey’s joy in delivering the flowers is an added bonus. ☺️

05/05/2025

It’s Mother’s Day week. Thoughts I had today while I took some time to recenter myself. The quote “stop and smell the roses” is a cliche quote but really shouldn’t be. Stopping for moments in the midst of busy life is so important for our health. Smelling flowers is grounding. It recenters us and helps calm our nervous system. Flowers also inspire.
There’s a message I’ve seen in advertising and other places making flowers a cliche and saying we should not do the cliche thing and give our mothers flowers for Mother’s Day. Why not!?! As mothers, we are constantly juggling so much that it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and maxed out. Why not gift mothers something that helps them feel centered, calm and special.
Art also helps us destress, boost serotonin and enhance brain function. Our flowers may be more expensive than grocery stores but you are paying not just for flowers, you are paying for art and flowers. And that, I think, is a good deal worth paying for.

04/23/2025

04/15/2025

Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts. -Dobinsky