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October 05, 2008 | teleflora news

A sweepstakes of historic proportions

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I am so excited to be a guest blogger during the promotion of Teleflora’s Colonial Williamsburg Sweepstakes!


Cindy Cragg


I’m Cindy Cragg, home stylist for WILLIAMSBURG®, williamsburgmarketplace.com, the lifestyle brand of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

From now until the sweepstakes ends on December 12, I will be sharing tips and ideas about the latest decorating trends and how they derive inspiration from the past.

But, first, let me tell you about this beautiful WILLIAMSBURG arrangement teleflora.com and the awesome sweepstakes to go along with it. The arrangement is full of an artful array of carnations, roses, chrysanthemums and goldenrod pulled together to form a beautiful mix of the hottest colors in this season’s decorating (you did know orange is the new red, right? More on that later...).
Williamsburg arrangement
As if the flowers aren’t enough, the arrangement comes in this great metallic gold ceramic pitcher. How hip is that?

As far as the sweepstakes goes – you’re not going to want to miss out on this! The sweepstakes consists of two Grand Prize packages for a Colonial Williamsburg Family Adventure. The Family Adventure Package includes lodging, access to special events, a guided tour of Colonial Williamsburg’s historic area and a $500 Colonial Williamsburg gift card.

Let me stop right there and say that $500 can be spent on an over-the-top spa treatment, an amazing oriental rug, a new tea service – in other words it can be redeemed at ANY of the Colonial Williamsburg properties or retail stores! By the way, the $500 gift card is also the second prize, which 10 lucky folks will win.

Clearly, this is truly a sweepstakes of HISTORIC proportions! I’m just sad I can’t participate, I could use a facial.
 


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May 10, 2008 | teleflora news

America’s Favorite Mom update

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In response to the concerns raised by many moms, Teleflora is immediately changing the name of the "Non-Mom" category to "Adopting Moms." After closer examination, we can see how this may have been offensive to moms who have adopted children -- moms who are indeed real moms to their children in every sense of the word.  In fact, many of us at Teleflora are "adopting" parents ourselves, including our president and owner.  The essence of this category still focuses on a grandparent, neighbor, step mom, or mom to adopted or foster children, each one raising and loving a child.

This show of insensitivity on our part was in no way intended and we deeply apologize for any concern or distress we may have caused.  It was always our intent to salute and celebrate all moms.

All of us at Teleflora would like to offer our sincerest best wishes to all the many women throughout the world who have worked so hard and given so much to earn the name "Mom."

Sincerely,
The America's Favorite Mom Team
 


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April 08, 2008 | teleflora news

Donny and Marie Osmond to co-host ‘America’s Favorite Mom’

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It's official: Donny and Marie Osmond will co-host the America’s Favorite Mom show on NBC-TV! That exciting news was highlighted this morning on "The Today Show" http://www.roll.com/TodayShow04.08.08.wmv.  

The NBC/Teleflora special will air on the evening of Mother's Day, May 11. The week before, the "Today" show will profile 15 semifinalists and audiences will choose the winner. In addition to crowning the lucky Mom, Donny and Marie will sing! Not sure if it'll be country or rock 'n' roll. ;) Only the brother & sister duo know for sure.

Nominations for America’s Favorite Mom are being accepted through April 25; visit americasfavoritemom.com. 
  


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January 30, 2008 | teleflora news

Men and women agree: Diamonds and roses are always in style for Valentine’s Day

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Great minds think alike, especially when it comes to gift-giving on Valentine’s Day, according to a national online survey conducted by Teleflora via Harris Interactive.

The survey found that 84 percent of women ages 18-34 chose diamond jewelry or roses as the gifts that come to mind when they think about this romantic day and 77 percent of men in that age group agreed.

As for the 45-54 group, 76 percent of women and 72 percent of men selected diamond jewelry or roses as gifts that celebrate Valentine’s Day.

The Teleflora survey also found that:
• From a list of Valentine’s Day gifts to receive, women ranked roses as the best (32 percent); diamond jewelry as the second best (29 percent); jewelry other than diamonds as the third best (26 percent); roses other than flowers as the fourth-best gift (24 percent).

• As for what men would want to give their significant other on Valentine’s Day, 53 percent selected roses from a list of gifts, followed by flowers other than roses at 39 percent. Additionally, 34 percent of men would give jewelry and 26 percent of men would give diamond jewelry.

One way to turn those wishes into reality is Teleflora’s Diamonds and Roses sweepstakes that runs through February 29.

Every time a Teleflora florist fills an order for the Diamonds and Roses Bouquet, $59.95, shown below, or the Diamond Cut Bouquet, $99.95, on Teleflora.com, a coded game piece will be included. Customers will be directed to DiamondsandRoses.com where they can find out if they have instantly won one of 1,000 diamond pendant necklaces, valued at $149 from Zales Jewelers.

Diamonds and Roses bouquet
All registrants are then automatically entered into the grand prize drawing for a beautiful pair of white-gold, round-cut diamond earrings, with a retail value of $50,000. The lucky winner will be contacted via phone on or around March 15.

Consumers who don’t purchase the bouquets will still have a chance to enter the Diamonds and Roses sweepstakes by logging onto DiamondsandRoses.com and mailing in a request for a game piece.

For more information on Teleflora’s Diamonds and Roses sweepstakes and how you can enter, please visit DiamondsandRoses.com or call 310-966-8328.
 


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November 23, 2007 | teleflora news

Flowers add elegance to exciting events

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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Harvest moon flower arrangement featured at Philadelphia Museum of Art On October 5, Teleflora was the exclusive floral provider for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Annual Young Friends Rodin Garden Party. Held at the Rodin Garden, the elegant party featured great food, cocktails and a raffle. The theme was Harvest Moon and Teleflora worked with member florist Tim Farrell of Farrell’s Florist, who created a beautiful array of arrangements for the entrance, cocktail tables, bars and even flowers to float in the fountain.

The Women’s Conference 2007

Also last month, Teleflora’s Pink Blush Bouquets were spotted at The Women’s Conference 2007, hosted by First Lady Maria Shriver on October 23 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California. Teleflora provided 46 Pink Blush Bouquets for display at receptions and throughout the conference and exhibition halls.

Teleflora created the bouquets in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Teleflora’s ongoing partnership with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF). The Women’s Conference attracted more than 14,000 women and a world-class roster of speakers and performers that included: Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Diane von Furstenberg, Vanessa Williams, Willow Bay, Dr. Martha Beck, Elizabeth Gilbert (author of “Eat, Pray, Love”), Katharine McPhee and Joan Baez.