Nook Flowers: May 2011

Stumped for Words?

Fancy someone special? Stumped for words? Pen this quote in the card:

"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."

"When you are in love, you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

"I love you, not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you." - Roy Croft

"If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my arms forever." - Mandy Hampton

"In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing." - Mignon McLaughlin

"True love begins when nothing is looked for in return." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"To love someone deeply, gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply, gives you courage." - Lao-Tzu

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever." - Alfred Lord Tennyson

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle

"I believe love produces a certain flowering of the whole personality which nothing else can achieve." - Ivan Sergeevich

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of of another person is essential to you own." - Robert Heinlein

"The rose speaks silently in a language known only to the heart." - anonymous

Sunday

Blooming News!

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Saturday

Flowery Thursdays at Mang Tha Centre

Once a week, armed with armfuls of flowers we make our way from Bangsar South to a less popular part of Pudu for

an afternoon with the Myanmar Refugee women of Mang Tha project – the last few weeks they have been learning flower arranging skills from Brenda, our principal florista.

A few months ago, we got wind that they had been hoping for such training for a long time to use for special events in their communities and when we heard about it, we got in touch with Ariane De, the manager for the centre who promptly sent word to the ladies. Class 1 started with 15 women but every week the numbers are growing. Ariane said that these little moments of happiness matter a great deal to them as their living conditions as hard. As for us, we’re just happy that they are happy! Classes are lots of fun and every week their confidence level improves a tad bit more! Here are scenes from the classes:

Scene from Day 1 when together we learnt the basic steps of handling the tools of the trade

By Class2 we were making significant progress.

The ladies going about the paces of putting the arrangement together

A group of the ladies with their creation. Smiles all around at this class.

Voila! Close-up of the Christmas centerpiece as made by the ladies in Class#3

If you'd like to support this organisation, check out their online store at www.elevyn.com/shop/mangtha.

Monday

We're hiring

Nook Flowers, a fresh floral retail & event design firm based in Bangsar South, KL is looking to hire one full-time Assistant Florista.

Duties include greeting customers, providing info about flowers for special occasions; type, quality & quantity of flowers for purchase; prepare work orders, arrange for deliveries & process payments. Assistants will also take direction for tasks such as conditioning flowers, keeping work areas clean, re-stocking display units, preparing containers & ensuring supplies are adequate. Florist assistants who have good customer service skills, can work quickly & efficiently & have artistic flair can do very well in this job.

Please call 014 368 1044 or email info@nookflowers.com

Tuesday

Blessed Wesak Day

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."- Buddha -

To those travelling to be with family and loved ones, be well and be safe. Nook Flowers is closed today but open as usual tomorrow.

[Photo credit: Venkkat Ramanna]

Thursday

Do you thrive artistically in order or chaos?

This quote came out of a posting called ‘How to steal like an artist (and 9 things nobody else told me)’ at www.austinkleon.com/blog. The backdrop that the quote’s placed on comes from a wedding we worked on last year (more photos from that wedding are in a previous post).

Anyone who’s got a modicum of artistic vibe and have travelled the oft-times confusing and contradictory path of trying to find their own brand of creativity will find value in this quote. Nook Flowers is almost 3 years old and the journey of creating the Nook brand with its distinctive look, feel and identity has been a challenge and a lovely work-in-progress. I for one have a clear preference for order and abhor the muddled waves of interrupted thought that comes from chaos. Although lately I have discovered a knack for calming down chaos quite quickly, so that order can return and work progresses as planned. When all else fails, I carve out 'time-out for thinking' sessions. Figured out what works for you yet?