Rays Florist Blog

New Tutorial added - How to get a nice pointed corner using box pleated ribbon.

We’ve had a few wedding enquiries lately about Cain Manor in Headley, Hampshire so we thought we would show you a few pictures of a wedding we created the flowers for and decorated in December 2007. It’s a lovely venue, secluded, private and deep in the Hampshire countryside. Just perfect.

New Tutorial added - How to pin on pleated ribbon securely onto an Oasis funeral frame.

New Tutorial added - How to box pleat ribbon ready to add to an Oasis funeral frame.

We’ve added 16 new lines to our fresh flower range on raysflorist.co.uk.

We’ve added 4 extra rose colours (white,yellow,red or orange) to the pink rose bouquet called ‘Carosa‘ in our Handtied bouquet range.

We’ve also added 4 extra rose colours (white, yellow, pink or orange) to the red rose bouquets ‘Seduction‘ and ‘Temptation‘ in our With Love range as well as extra rose colours in the single red rose vase arrangement ‘Una Rosa‘.
More choice is never a bad thing for our customers, but inevitably time consuming for us as it takes about 15 minutes per new line to update not only the website, but price lists and Google Base listings. Ah well, better to be busy than twiddling our thumbs!

Thanks for reading.

Gareth.

New Tutorial added - How to make a floristry ribbon bow.

We now stock all ten colours of Oasis crystal accents.

OASIS® Crystal Accents are non-toxic water storing crystals, which are available in a range of colours that can be used to add interest and colour to lots of projects. Use a single colour to compliment fresh flowers or layer different colours into a glass vase to hold candles or mix colours to create new shades. Great for holding flower stems in place and providing water and colour, or to brighten up a room as part of a colour theme.

Available in ten different colours: Aquamarine, black onyx, bright ruby red, crystal rose (pink), diamond white (clear), emerald green, royal amethyst, sapphire blue, topaz yellow and turquoise sea. Add water to these crystals to create a versatile base for many flower arrangements and candle decorations. Very popular for wedding vase arrangements and for creating colour themed decor.

For more information on Crystal accents and their uses please visit the maufacturers website.

New Tutorial added - How to prepare a posy arrangement

Nothing to do with the football! Just a lucky coincidence that they’re doing so well in the European football championships! We created this yesterday for a funeral going out today. The design is quite easy, google images provided the centre emblem which again we laminated (it would be difficult to get the detail on this size of designer sheet using flowers alone). The 2ft x 1ft designer sheet is covered in white double chrysanthemums (we do the top and bottom bands first and spray them using Oasis spray paint). The centre, pure white band is done last so that there is no chance of the paint leaking into the white and we get a cleaner line.  The laminated emblem is then glued on using our Oasis glue gun. Perfect!