4 tips to organize your home for spring

With spring comes crisp air, blooming flowers, singing birds and of course, cleaning and reorganization after a long winter. This year, start the season off right, and bring the fresh vibes of spring into your home. It’s time to get rid of all those items that are collecting dust, and make some changes in your current organization methods.


Not sure where to begin? Don’t worry – Teleflora created an easy spring cleaning guide for you to have your home organized in no time. Here are four tips to get you started:

1. For notes, cards and important papers
If you find yourself at a garage sale or antique shop, be on the look out for wooden shutters – extra points if they’re distressed. Hang the piece in your entryway, kitchen or common room so the whole family has access to it. The shutter’s louvers are the perfect spot for invitations, lists, artwork, important messages, bills, etc. This is a great alternative to just piling up papers all throughout your home. Add a spring touch to the shutters and scatter foliage like airplants and succulents throughout the crevices.


2. For your broom closet
Are you sick of having a broom, feather duster or vacuum topple over or fall on you every time you open the closet door? Well, there’s an easy fix for that! Tidy up your closet by purchasing sturdy hooks from your local hardware store. Nail them onto the walls and door, and hang all your cleaning utensils and tools up on the hooks. Get even more organized, and tape a label about each item so you know exactly what to reach for and where to put it back when you’re done. Place all your cleaning supplies in a bucket and store that in the closet as well.


3. For your keys
Finding your keys in the morning may be a struggle, especially if you’re already running late. If you are the type of person who often forgets where you place your keys the second you put them down, a key organizer is a must have. If you’re feeling crafty, create a custom-made key rack. Purchase a large picture frame and place a piece of cork behind the frame. Insert thin hooks into the cork board, create labels and you’re done! The labels could be what the specific key is for or, if you have a large family, create a hook for each member. This will help declutter your counter space and significantly reduce the amount of time everyone spends searching for their keys.


If you have a couple of extra hooks, adorn the key organizer with blooms that are starting to deteriorate. Simply hang the flowers upside down and let them dry out. For your reference, hydrangeas dry beautifully. While their coloring does start to fade, the dry flowers can last between 9 months to a year.


4. For your bathroom toiletries
It’s hard keeping the bathroom organized, especially with all those hair tools and products, lotions and other essentials. It’s time to clear the windowsill, tackle the medicine cabinet, and rid the area around the sink of all those toothbrushes. Need more room for storage? Transform the unused wall space above the toilet and install shelving. Consider assigning a shelf for each member of the family so everyone has their own designated area in the bathroom. You could even hang some shelving on other unused wall space and place bucket or bins on top for everyone to store their bathroom necessities in.


Now that the extra space in the bathroom is free of random items, add some life by placing couple of potted arrangements like these Blooming Plants or Zen Florals & Plants onto the windowsill. This is a great way to brighten up the room for spring. Save 20% OFF Flowers for Every Occasion with code. Offer valid through 4/30!

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Easter Flowers – Sunday, March 27, 2016

Order a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers from Teleflora this Easter. Transform your home into a festive place for your family’s Easter gathering with one of our beautiful centerpieces, a basket full of seasonal flowers, or a traditional arrangement.

Celebrate the holiday with the soft colors of Spring this Easter

The spirit of Easter is hopeful and representative of a fresh and exciting beginning. Send the ones you love most an arrangement that is sure to brighten their day. Our sophisticated and creative bouquets feature the freshest Spring flowers and are perfect for every Easter holiday event. Decorate your holiday dinner table with a hand arranged centerpiece, adorn the little ones with one of our brightly designed basket arrangements or give thanks to those you love most with a traditional Easter Lily plant. No matter what the occasion, Teleflora offers it.

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Easter is right around the corner and things are ramping up here at City Line Florist in New Hyde Park, New York. We have been family-owned for three generations and have been in New Hyde Park for over 60 years, making us the oldest established florist in the area! We have also been a Teleflora member for more than 40 years.

        

As we prepare for the Easter holiday, we have brought in rows upon rows of bright and fresh spring blooms. Today we are preparing a number of Teleflora’s Easter Bouquets: the Happy Dots Bouquet andSpring Tulip Pitcher Bouquet. Like all Teleflora bouquets, these are prepared by a professional floral designer allowing us to place our unique, creative touch on each bouquet we hand-deliver to our customers. The bright Happy Dots Bouquet features pink roses, yellow daisy spray chrysanthemums, and lavender matsumoto asters arranged in a playful cube. Pictured here we have our floral designer Bill Lykos cutting each flower individually and beautifully arranging them into a stunning bouquet. The special attention dedicated to each bouquet not only makes for a lovely arrangement, but also helps the flowers last longer because they have been tended to properly.

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Teleflora’s Spring Tulip Pitcher features white daisies, pink roses, and purple alstroemeria arranged in a unique, tulip-shaped pitcher. The keepsake container is a great gift that can be used all year long. These bouquets are hand-delivered, so they are ready to enjoy and are sure to put a smile on your recipient’s face! Flowers instantly brighten up any room and these bouquets are definitely no exception.

In addition to our holiday-centered bouquets, we also pride ourselves in creating themed floral displays fit for any occasion. While they take a bit more time to create, we love getting our creative juices flowing as they make each arrangement unique and leave a lasting impression.

        
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Creative ways to decorate Easter eggs with flowers

Easter is always an exciting time for families with young kids. Decorating and hiding eggs is interactive and a way for families to spend quality time together on this cherished holiday. If you’ve decorated Easter eggs before, you probably did so with the standard food coloring, yarn or colored sharpies. This spring, go out on a limb and let those creative juices flow with flowers and foliage. 20% OFF All Flowers Sitewide with Teleflora coupon code! Ends March 31.2016!

Here are some DIY tips on how to decorate Easter eggs using fresh flowers:

Easter basket
Begin by gathering all your materials: Mod Podge (or watered-down craft glue), a handful of hard-boiled eggs, a paint brush and, of course, your beautiful blooms and greenery. Gently pluck the leaves and petals off the stem – stems are thicker, so it’s hard to paste those on the eggs. Start by lathering the egg with glue, but only in the area where you want your flowers. Place your petals and delicate foliage onto the egg and seal the embellishments with another light layer of glue. Adorn the Easter baskets with your beautifully crafted eggs, or hide them around your yard for your kids to hunt!

Centerpieces
What’s an Easter brunch without an elegant centerpiece to decorate the table with? Paint a handful of hard-boiled eggs pastel colors like pink, purple, green and yellow. Feel free to add a bit of flair to the eggs by painting polka dots or stripes. While you wait for the eggs to dry, fill a thin vase with fresh water, and place it into a larger glass container. Next, gently disperse the painted eggs around the vase. Complete the centerpiece by adding spring flowers, like an array of colorful tulips, bright-eyed gerberas or pastel roses, into the vase.

Add some more cheer to your table and enhance that Easter aesthetic with Teleflora’s My Little Chickadee bouquet. This festive arrangement of white daisies, yellow roses and green button-spray chrysanthemums is presented in an adorable electric-yellow vase with a cute little chick attached to the side. You can reuse this vase for years to come – whether you fill it with Easter chocolates or beautiful blooms.

Place settings
In keeping with the natural spring tone, make placeholders or name cards for your guests.

With burlap twine, wrap tiny, delicate plants like sedum, forsythia, horse weed, wild rose or baby’s breath around brown hard-boiled eggs. Write the name of your guests on a small piece of paper, hole punch it and tie it to the end of the twine.

For a bohemian vibe, create a mini flower crown to adorn your Easter eggs. All you’ll need is baby’s breath, two 6-inch pieces of 28-gauge wire, scissors and, of course, hard-boiled eggs. Start by simply cutting small pieces of baby’s breath, leaving only a little bit of the stems. Next, take one piece of the wire and create a circle that fits on top of the egg. Secure the wire by twisting the ends. Place the cut pieces of baby’s breath around the circular wire, and secure by wrapping the second piece of wire around each stem as you go. Cut the remaining wire off and tuck in at the end. Using a thin sharpie, write the name of your guests on the eggs.

How to host an elegant St. Patrick’s Day party

Parades and bar crawls are one way to celebrate, but you don’t need the luck o’ the Irish to throw a successful St. Patrick’s Day party. Have your friends join you for some green beer, shamrock-shaped appetizers and a game of lucky bingo. Don’t forget to give a little pinch to your friends who don’t wear green!

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Get your St. Patty’s Day on with these DIY party tips that combine classic Irish traditions with a modern twist:

Shamrock wreath
Adorn your front door with a St. Patty’s-inspired wreath. First, purchase a grapevine wreath to use as the base. You can find this at your local art-supplies store. Next, fill the wreath with emerald-green flowers. Add in some Bells of Ireland, as this particular plant symbolizes luck. Simply thread the flowers through the vine until the wreath is completely filled. Voila! You just made your own wreath. Hang it on your door to welcome your guests to the party.

Floral centerpieces
Decorate your dining room table with an elegant bouquet of flowers. Teleflora’s St. Patrick’s Day Flowersare filled with vibrant green botanicals – and luck! Consider purchasing our Emerald Elegance Bouquetthat’s arranged with yellow roses, alstroemeria, green carnations and button spray chrysanthemums accented with oregonia and leatherleaf fern. These refreshing flowers are potted in an emerald, mirrored-glass cube. The green vase is the perfect touch to your St. Patrick’s theme and can be reused for next year’s celebration!

Irish cocktails
It’s not a St. Patrick’s Day bash unless Irish whiskey is involved. Wow your guests with a traditional Irish cocktail that dates back to 1927. This classic drink is a combination of Irish whiskey, maraschino, orange curate, and a dash of absinthe and Angostura for some extra oomph. Top it off with a garnish such as a lemon twist or couple of olives. This cocktail ends sweet, so it pairs well with salty appetizers.

Tasty green snacks
In keeping with the green theme, serve appetizers that are all shades of this festive color. Put out some guacamole and spinach-artichoke dip with broccoli, snap peas, celery and green-tined chips. Go out on a limb and try making cilantro edamame hummus. Don’t forget to serve cabbage and corned beef for your main meal. After all, it’s a traditional Irish dish!

Boozy shakes
Transform that traditional Irish coffee into a milkshake and serve an Irish cream shake with all of your dessert goodies. All you need is coffee-flavored ice cream and Bailey’s Irish Cream. Blend it together, and this tasty drink is ready to be served! Top it off with some whipped cream, chocolate chips and, of course, a green straw.

Lucky treats
Our apologies to traditional Rice Krispies Treats, but this holiday recipe calls for Lucky Charms! These St. Patrick’s Day-themed Lucky Charms treats are quick and easy to make. They’re magically delicious, too! All you need is a box of Lucky Charms, a bag of jumbo marshmallows, butter, vanilla almond bark, shortening and green food coloring. Your kids can help you make these, too! Keep an eye on the treats though – we all know how tasty those Lucky Charm marshmallows are. You wouldn’t want them disappearing before the party starts now, would you?

Pot-of-gold party favors
Bestow luck upon your guests, and present them with a pot of gold at the end of the party. Fill a mason jar with green, gold and white candies. Tie a ribbon around each jar with the name of your guests written on a shamrock made of green construction paper. Just be sure the leprechauns don’t get to the candy jars before your guests do!

Celebrate a March birthday with aquamarine flowers

With its fresh, watery hue, the cool blue tone of aquamarine brings hope, love, health and longevity. According to legend, all those March babies out there who wear this gentle stone have the power to strengthen courage, increase joy and rekindle a marriage.

Instead of the typical gift card, movie ticket or one-day pass to the spa, celebrate the birth of your loved ones with a symbolic gift and send them a dreamy bouquet of aquamarine flowers.

Here are four bouquets with a touch of this enchanting color plus one extra arrangement special for March:

1. Everything’s Beachy by Teleflora
Aquamarine is a mixed bluish-green gem that is derived from a mineral called beryl. This mineral descended from the Greek word “beryllos”, which literally translates to a precious blue-green color-of-sea-water stone.

In keeping with the beachy, exotic vibe that the color aquamarine is associated with, send your loved one an Everything’s Beachy Bouquet by Teleflora. Brilliant blue hydrangeas, white asiatic lilies, freesia and Queen Anne’s lace come beautifully arranged in an acrylic vase with an invisible panel that holds a plethora of delicate seashells. This arrangement will make the special birthday boy or girl feel like he or she just took a stroll down a sandy beach! 20% OFF All Flowers Sitewide with Teleflora coupon code! Ends March 31.2016!

2. Teleflora’s Seaside Centerpiece
Another arrangement that yields a similar beachy aesthetic is Teleflora’s Seaside Centerpiece. Shades of icy blue hydrangea and delphinium are surrounded by creme roses, white lilies and Queen Anne’s lace. For extra depth and emphasis, pitta negra and eucalyptus cascade around the arrangement, which rests in an antique mercury glass vase. Your loved ones will be happy to share this gorgeous arrangement with their family. Or, they might keep it to themselves and place it on bedroom nightstand. Either way, you will win them over with these tropical blooms!

3. Beautiful in Blue
Blue is a whimsical color that brings peace and serenity to the mind and body. Help your friends and loved ones celebrate a March birthday with this feeling by sending them the Beautiful in Blue bouquet. Sky blue hydrangeas, cream roses, white oriental lilies, alstroemeria, a disbud mum, purple statice and lavender limonium are surrounded with seeded eucalyptus and salal that complement the hues of the petals. The arrangement is hand-delivered in a vibrant cobalt blue glass vase that can be repurposed in the future.

4. Happy Hydrangea
Keep it simple while still showing some March symbolism by sending that special birthday someone theHappy Hydrangea arrangement. This heavenly bouquet of blue hydrangeas is potted in a 6-inch, white ceramic planter. These pompom-shaped blooms are sure to brighten anyone’s day with their cheery vibe and sweet fragrance. In addition to its grace and beauty, this plush flower symbolizes the relationship between two people, making it the perfect arrangement to send to someone you love on his or her birthday!

5. Teleflora’s Daffodil Dreams
If you’re a bigger fan of March’s birth flower than the stone, don’t worry – Teleflora has just the arrangement you can send to your loved one. The Daffodil Dreams bouquet screams happiness and represents a new beginning – the perfect gift for celebrating another year of life. Fresh-cut yellow and bicolored daffodils are adorned with crisp green bupleurum and arranged in a clear cube vase.

Before you make your final decision, be sure to check out all of Teleflora’s birthday flowers. No matter which arrangement you choose to send, your loved one will open the door with a huge smile on his or her face, as there is no greater gift than a hand-delivered bouquet of flowers on your birthday. Don’t forget to include a card, too!