Early Sunday morning I will be boarding a Vegas bound plane heading to the Event Solutions Idea Factory (ESIF) event!  Like the last event I attended, The Special Event (TSE), I will be squeezing in as many seminars as possible that I will use for future blog posts, and our team will be running around capturing videos and pictures to share with you.  Now that I have my feet wet with this whole show thing, I feel more organized and confident.  I hope that you have been enjoying all my TSE recaps and I can’t wait to share with you all that I see at ESIF!

Not only will Mayesh have a booth (#463) at the event, but Mayesh’s wholesale flowers will be seen at several venues within the event:

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We were lucky enough to chat with a few of our current customers who buy their wholesale flowers from us at The Special Event. Find out what they have to say about Mayesh Wholesale Florist.

About a week and a half ago, I blogged about the four season event scenes that Barb Oehlerking of Artistry Designs Group created for The Wedding Galleries at The Special Event show.  If you didn’t get a chance to check out that post, click here.  I thought it would be a nice compliment to follow-up with an interview so that you could get to know Barb a little more.  Enjoy!

Connect with Barb & Artistry Designs Group: www.artistrydesignsgroup.com Facebook Twitter

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During The Special Event 2012, Gretchen Sell, Director of Education at Design Master, reveals 2 new colors for their COLORTOOLS Sprays line available this Spring - Turquoise and Tangerine!  COLORTOOLS Sprays can be used on everything from concrete to fresh flowers and everything in between.  Get your first look here!

Mayesh will be at the Michigan Floral Association’s 2012 Great Lakes Floral Expo March 2-4.  Visit us at booth 216!  Below is the press release from Michigan Floral Association:

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MICHIGAN FLORAL ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2012 GREAT LAKES FLORAL EXPO (GLFE)

It’s a Sell-O-Bration at the Michigan Floral Association’s 2012 Great Lakes Floral Expo, ...

During The Special Event 2012, Smither Oasis gave us a tour of their booth and some of their new products - giant spheres and garden stakes (round and rectangular).  Plus we received an inside scoop on their upcoming floating wreath forms that will come in 3 different sizes - look for those this Spring!

Enjoy!

I decided to mix it up a bit and take a session at the 2012 Special Event show that didn’t have anything to do with flowers and more with what I do for Mayesh Wholesale Florist – marketing!  The session was called “Top 5 Marketing Design Secrets That Help Get You Noticed” and was given by Laura Cave, the Director of Partner Promotions at theknot.com.  

I wasn’t sure if I would learn anything new and in the beginning, it wasn’t looking too promising, but in the end I did learn a few new things and was reminded of some knowledge that I already knew, but haven’t thought about in a while … so for me, it is a win!

I’m not really sure where the “top 5” part of the session title came from because I didn’t detect a top 5 per se so instead of trying to figure it out I've outlined what we reviewed:

Photos Only use pro shots – you can often barter with a professional photographer as long as you give credit and link to their site....

I wanted to share with you the latest “Fresh Focus” article found in February’s issue of Flowers&.  This month’s article is all about Anemones and you will be able to read what our very own, Tricia Tang (Mayesh Miami General Manager), has contributed, among others.  Here’s a quote from the article: 

At Mayesh, Tricia notes that demand rises during the most popular wedding months, such as October and June. That’s when she’s more likely to reach out to Holland or Chile to meet the needs of her customers.

Flowers& was kind enough to create a .pdf so that I can share the entire article with you:   http://www.mayesh.com/Portals/0/Content/PDFs/Flowers&FreshFocusFeb2012.pdf   

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During the TSE 2012 show, we were involved with The Special Event’s Wedding Galleries as we sponsored Barb Oehlerking of Artistry Designs Group by providing her with wholesale flowers.  Again, as The Special Event was my first show, I had no idea what to expect.  I was BLOWN away!  The creativity of all the galleries was amazing and I will share some pictures in the near future, but think of everything from Buddha to chicken...

Author:  David Dahlson

Last night I checked the last Valentine’s shipment destined for the United States for Mayesh Wholesale. It was a modest load, comprised substantially of Freedom and Forever Young as well as a large amount of pinks and hot pinks, and many special requests of rarer varieties. Roses are fairly scarce in Ecuador at this moment, with the exception of short-stemmed colors. Most reds have been harvested, but those farms whose crop came late decided to not even bother trying to cut tight flowers to ship for the holiday, and have decided instead to leave them in the field and will harvest starting the week following Valentine’s Day for the Russian Women’s Day holiday.

This morning around 5:30 am local time (9:30 GMT) I was awakened by an almost imperceptible movement of my bed, but having lived in Los Angeles for many years, I knew right away that this was an earthquake. I lay there as it barely trembled and after about 20 seconds it gathered strength and gave a few good jolts. I was...