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Valentines Day 2008
Thursday is the day, Valentines Day that is and Smith's is fully stocked and ready to deliver your emotions to your Valentine. The traditional gift of red roses is always in style, and once again this year Smith's has been able to hold our regular everyday Read More...
Proflowers
Amazing, some people never realize, that ProFlowers is a direct shipper, using United Parcel and Federal Express to deliver their flowers. Too bad they do not realize that they simply leave the flowers on the porch if no one is home, and in Michigan's Read More...
Santa's by Barbara Buck
A new addition this season is the hand made, one-of-a-kind museum quality Santa's by Barbara Buck, from Pearl City IL. Barbara has been making Santa's for friends and family for many years, and for retail for the last ten. Each Santa is a one-of-a-kind Read More...
Kathy Frost joins the Smith's Design Team!
Smith's would like to welcome Kathy Frost back to our design staff. Kathy has many years in the industry, having worked at Smith's many years ago, and then in various other Tri-City floral operations. Kathy comes to us after several successful years at Read More...
Labor Day Sale
It's under way again... Smiths annual Pre-Labor Day Sale... 50% OFF "almost" everything in the store. Some new items excluded. We have tons of new merchandise arriving for the Fall and Christmas season and we need to make some room. Sale runs from Monday Read More...
Prom Time is coming, Midland/Dow Prom is May 5th
Well Springs not quite in the air yet, but it is only March, and in Michigan it can change over night as we all know. Nows a great time to start looking around at corsages for the girls and bouts for the guys. As shown above, bright color combinations Read More...
Fountains make great additions both indoors and out.
Enjoy the soothing sounds of moving water with one of these wonderful self contained concrete fountains. Suitable for both indoor (if you have the space) and outdoor use they are designed and built to last a lifetime. The large square base fountain with Read More...
Permanent Botanicals for Spring!
New permanent botanicals have been arriving daily at Smith's, and Spring is a great time to freshen up your home or office with a new permanent design that will bring color and style to your space. Smith's sells single stems of the highest quality permanents Read More...
FTD meltdown, leaves florists and consumers alike in the dog house!
From http://realflorists.flowerchat.com/2...ry-valentines/ Word of an FTD Tech melt-down started brewing on florist message boards on Friday, February 9, when flower shop owners started reporting orders sent through FTD's proprietary Mercury Network as Read More...
Frozen Roses? Say it's not so!
We know it will happen, it does every Valentine's Day, roses arrive frozen. The usual reason, consumers are fooled into ordering from companies like ProFlowers who drop ship their products in a box via UPS and FedEx in unheated, uninsulated delivery trucks. Read More...
Valentines Roses, We only use the Freedom Rose
With Valentines fast approaching it's time to get in gear and place your orders. Smith's Flowers only uses Freedom Roses for all their red rose needs. The Freedom Rose offers exceptional vase life, often attaining 14 days once in the recipients home. Read More...
Limited Edition Lampe Bergers for Valentine's Day
Just in time for Valentines, Lampe Berger released this years two Limited Edition collectible lamps. The Red Heart is perfect to show her that your heart is always with her. This lamp is a Limited Edition, and will no longer be available once sold out. Read More...
Esperance Rose
The Esperance Rose is a new addition to the coolers at Smith's Flowers just this past summer and has already created a stir with both customers and our staff. The bloom pictured above is a full 5.5" across, basically an average Esperance as we Read More...
October fragrance of the month: Apple Orchard 20% off
Colonial Candle's fragrance of the month, Apple Orchard. A crisp fresh scent for fall, Apple Orchard gives the aroma of fresh cut apples, and fills any room with a crisp clean scent. Available in votives, 3" and 9" pillars, and 8oz and 22oz Read More...
Tis the Season, Deck the Halls!
As the Christmas season approaches, we're working on getting all the new items on display. This past July, Cherie, Dad and I went to Chicgao for a week and attended the Home and Gift Show bringing back many new wonderful things for the season. The Read More...
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