Floral Buzz 2011 @ Steve's Flowers and Gifts

The Stockings are down and the tree put away. Time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day!

Christmas is now just a distant memory and Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. It is time again to surprise the one you love with flowers and chocolates to start off the New Year right! Steve's Flowers & Gift's has the ingredients to make this Valentine’s Day one you will always remember.

Planning is the key to making any special event go off without a hitch! We are now taking orders for the Valentine’s Day festivities. Whether you are the traditionalist who loves a ‘Dozen Red Roses’ or someone that likes to ‘shake things up a little more’, this is the best time to show that someone special what is in your heart. Creativity is key but the old faithful is sure to re-ignite!

If you are not a pre-planner, DON’T WORRY! We will be here right until the holiday to take care of those last minute orders. No one should be left out of Valentine’s Day!

Valentine’s Day Fun Facts

• 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
• 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
• About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged each year. That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
• About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
• Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an "Improvement in Telegraphy", on Valentine's Day, 1876.
• California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
• Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
• Hallmark has over 1,330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
• Only the U.S., Canada, Mexico, France, Australia and the U.K. celebrate Valentine's Day.
• Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.
• Teachers will receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10 exchange more than 650 million Valentine's cards with teachers, classmates, and family members.
• Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40 percent of the world's almonds and 20 percent of the world's peanuts.
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Do you know what your Birth Flower is?
January - White Carnation

The carnation has many contradictory meanings. According to the legend, King Louis IX discovered it in Africa and used it as a medication against the plague. In the middle ages it symbolized fertility. Later the flower became the flower of the ‘working class’ in England while the Catholic Church adopted it as the symbol of the Virgin Mary, and the crucifixion of Christ.

Thank you so much for your patronage in 2010 and best wishes to you in 2011! Steve's Flowers & Gift's