Blog

Weekly Roundup

It’s been a good week around here at B Floral, Monday we brought flowers over to Carolines on Broadway for an OCRF event and today we brought flowers to New York Weddings Magazine to be shot for their upcoming Winter Issue. It’s now Friday so that means a roundup for you all. Enjoy the weather today and I hope all the mothers out there have an amazing Mother’s Day!

1. Gorgeous floral Mother’s Day cards and other pretty paper gifts can be found at Rifle Paper Co. 

Card

2. This Raspberry Rose Fizz cocktail from Joy the Baker would be perfect for a Mother’s Day brunch.

Raspberry Rose Fizz

3. Going to a housewarming party and stumped on what to bring? I love the idea of this housewarming jar from Oh Happy Day.

Housewarming Jar

4. 5 Minute DIY: Gilded patter votives and bud vases from Creature Comforts. These would be great for party decor or as gifts!

Gilded Votives Bud Vase s

5. Looking for something to bring to a Mother’s Day brunch, try this Orange and Almond Biscotti recipe from Camille Styles.

Biscotti

 

Weekly Roundup

Happy Friday! I cannot handle how nice the weather has been lately and am very excited to enjoy a warm, sunny weekend! This week we explored the flower market, had a OCRF event at City Bakery and finished up some planning for an awesome upcoming event at the D&D Building.

With it being Cinco De Mayo this weekend, we figured we would do a Cinco De Mayo themed roundup so you can get your friends together and celebrate the beautiful, warm weather. Enjoy!

1. Coconut Creamsicle Margaritas from How Sweet Eats look mouthwatering.

Coconut Creamsicle Margaritas

2. Pinata history and a roundup of Design Sponge’s favorite pinatas.

Piñata

3. Or if you’re feeling crafty, Oh Happy Day has tons of tutorials for different DIY pinatas. Like icecream cones and adorable mini pinatas.

Ice Cream Piñata Mini Piñata

4. I know I would be disappointed if a Cinco De Mayo party was missing these…churros.

churros

5. And lots of recipes can be found here for flautas, quesadillas, nachos, tacos and more.

Flautas

 

Happy May Day!

May 1st is a traditional spring holiday celebrated in many cultures, May Day. The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers. A common May Day practice is leaving flowers on your neighbor’s doors as a Springtime greeting. A simple way to leave flowers is to place them in a paper cone or mason jar and tie it to the door knob. You can find a tutorial on how to make a paper cone here.

May Day Flowers

Weekly Roundup

Sorry for the delay in last week’s roundup! Last week had us very busy over here at B Floral! We celebrated Earth Day by providing sustainable flowers and decor for Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance Summit, we got to meet with some very talented interior designers who we’re working with for an upcoming event at the D&D Building next month (stay tuned for more details) and we had a meeting with our charity partner OCRF for an auction event that they’re having next week at City Bakery. If you’ve never been to City Bakery, drop what you’re doing, go there, and order a chocolate croissant right now…seriously, and please get me one too! Here’s the roundup…

1. Great tips on making your flowers last longer from Style Me Pretty Living.

Flowers

2. An adorable picnic basket from Kate Spade to pack up with this menu and enjoy the warm weather with friends.

Picnic Basket

3. A pretty shell inspired color palette perfect for Spring from Design Seeds.

ShelledTones

4. For the brave…a jalapeno vodka lemonade from Camille Styles.

Jalapeno Vodka Lemonade

5. Spring/Summer 2o14 wedding dress trends from last weekend’s Bridal Market shown by the Huffington Post.

Wedding Dress Trends

The NYC Flower District

This morning like most mornings, we found ourselves in the Flower District. For those of you who have never been, it’s on 28th street between 6th and 7th avenue and is made up of a a bunch of supply stores, vase stores, and wholesalers. You can walk down the street and see flowers everywhere you look, it’s kind of awesome. We were out buying flowers and supplies for an Ovarian Cancer Research Fund auction event tonight at City Bakery but I wanted to share with you some of the stuff we saw.

Tulips

Tulips that scream spring in G. Page

Peonies

I don’t know anyone that doesn’t love peonies

Flowers

An assortment of flowers line the shelves at G. Page

US Evergreen

Lots of flowering branches outside of US Evergreen

 

Vendor Spotlight: Green Mansions Catering

New York is filled with tons of venues and caterers to chose from, so selecting one for your event can sometimes be a bit overwhelming. Allow us to introduce you to Green Mansions Catering, one of the longest running and most respected event venue caterers in Manhattan. Offering off-premise catering and with two venues that not only provide clients with exceptional customer service but also bright, clean, loft-like spaces and amazing views of the city.

Manhattan Penthouse Manhattan Penthouse

Green Mansions Catering operates two remarkable Event Venues in NYC, Manhattan Penthouse on Fifth Avenue and Alger House in the Village. Our beautiful loft-like Banquet Hall Reception Spaces embody our creativity about Party Spaces, the same creativity that influences our culinary productions. Put simply as a recipe, we combine beautiful foods with beautiful Reception Venues, adding dashes everywhere of dashing waiters and stirring the mix with executives whose charm and professionalism are nonpareil.

Graduate of the Hotel and Restaurant School in Nice, France, Chef Andriani and his outstanding team of sous chefs have perfected the culinary art of combining the classic and the modern, the trendy and the original, into creative and generous signature dishes, matched with outstanding staff services.

Alger House

Happy Earth Day

Today is Earth Day and also the start of Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance Summit which discusses the future of energy at the Grand Hyatt. We had the opportunity to decorate Bank of America’s conference and reception rooms for the Summit and decided to keep with the sustainable, green theme of the conference. Events can easily be made environmentally conscious by simply taking a few steps. One major way is to not purchase cut flowers to decorate, instead choose potted ones that can be used to well after the event or even planted outdoors. For today’s event we chose to repot white orchids in modern silver vases and place wheat grass in small silver square vases. The end look was clean, modern and best of all, sustainable.

Grand Hyatt Lobby

Orchid grass

photo[7] photo[6] Conference Table

 

 

 

An Evening of Laughter

Looking for a fun night out celebrating a great cause? Our exclusive charity partner, Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, is hold their 12th Annual Evening of Laughter in Tribute to Madeline Kahn at Carolines on May 6th.

Carolines Invite

Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) is the largest charity in the United States funding ovarian cancer research. Our mission is to fund scientific research that leads to more effective identification, treatment, and ultimately a cure for ovarian cancer.

Each year there will be approximately 22,000 new cases of ovarian cancer in the United States, and about 15,500 women will die of the disease. Currently there is no effective means of early detection. Since 1998, OCRF has given over $50 million for ovarian cancer research. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, OCRF-sponsored researchers are developing innovative strategies for early detection; exploring the genetics that increase risk for ovarian cancer; understanding the underlying molecular biology of the disease; identifying new and better targets for treatment; and deciphering how and why ovarian cancer spreads, and how to stop it.

So Join OCRF for an evening of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, a live auction, and stand-up performances from some of the best talent in the industry. This year’s lineup features Jim Gaffigan, Nikki Glaser, Phil Hanley, Robert Klein, Lisa Lampanelli, Kevin Meaney, and more. Stay tuned for updates on additional talent!

To purchase tickets, please call 212-268-1002, email kdillon@ocrf.org, or click here. 

Weekly Roundup

We finally had some amazing Spring weather this week and we certainly took advantage of it. We explored the flower market, made up some sweet posy bouquets, and took a trip to the Doughnut Plant. Hope everyone enjoyed the weather and has a nice weekend planned!

Now for the roundup…

1. A unique oyster and coral garland from Once Wed

Centerpiece

2. How to frost a cake and the The Perfect Vanilla Buttercream Recipe from Style Me Pretty Living

Cake

3. Blueberry Mint Juleps from How Sweet It Is…yes please!

Blueberry Mint Juleps

4. Always important! How to set a table properly.

Table Setting

5. Indoor Herb Garden DIY from Design Sponge. A perfect Spring weekend project.

Herb Garden