A bride who was inquiring gave me this quote:

“The biggest mistake is for a bride to have her heart set on specific flowers and not be flexible. A florist can do a much better job if the bride asks for an overall look, feel, and color scheme and let the florist create it.” -  Jana Stall, Events in Bloom 

So true. No offense meant to those who think otherwise, of course. :-)

Got this mail last night. Will post portions of it only:

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Hi there!

I am Ryan from Singapore. I was searching for an online florist in Philippines and after a long search, I didn’t manage to find any florist to my satisfaction until I stumbled upon your beautiful site. It was definitely a breath of fresh air after sifting through numerous sites that weren’t very inspiring. I understand that you provide the full works for a wedding. I must say it is fantastic!

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Very heart-warming. <3

I just had a six-wedding weekend that left me dazed and exhausted. Sometimes, at the height of doing everything at the same time, you curse the fact that you’re busy and you forget to be thankful that perhaps 5 other people might not have things to do because you worked on all six in just two days. Oh, that and the issue of trust.

I used to be a very prayerful person. I used to write poetry. I used to draw. I used to paint. I used to read. Because of things that have happened to my life in the last 4 years, things have definitely changed. Now all I want to do is sleep, more than anything. 

What I have been really remiss about is trusting God and offering to Him all the things that I do. I now worry too much, I trust in myself too much, I trust that other people who work for me will deliver (nothing wrong with that, really). 

Lately, I’ve been thinking about how I survived all those events. I then recall that in the middle of all the pandemonium (well, not quite), I actually say a short and quick prayer that all goes well as planned. I only remember this at the end of the day and I say, “Sorry, Lord. I didn’t trust You. I always forget that You’re always there every step of the way. Please forgive me.” I now see that all the things that went right, all the people around me, all the members of the team are God’s ways of helping me get along my day.

I take refuge in Proverbs 3:5.”Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” May we be reminded of this all the time.

I have not heard of this term for a long, long time until this dawn and it reminded me so much of the cause of my many problems when it comes to making costing proposals: everything seemed urgent that I forget or lose sight of the more important thing, which is to do each and every costing extraordinarily well regardless of urgency. I always complain about having too much to do but not having enough time.

Had a chance to read an essay on this written by Gordon Govier in ‘04 and I quote:

“The issue, Charles Hummel, the author of Tyranny of the Urgent in 1967 said, is not so much a shortage of time as a problem of priorities. Or, as a cotton mill manager once told him, “Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important.”

Several years ago I felt the weight of undone and half done obligations weighing on me and realized that part of the problem was perspective. Instead of complaining about why I was getting loaded down with so many responsibilities I concluded that I should thank God that he was allowing me to be involved in so many things that I enjoyed doing and was really interested in. Sure I should be smart about not over committing myself. But if I was conscientiously and prayerfully considering my schedule in relation to what I felt God wanted me to be involved, then I felt I could trust Him to make sure the most important things got done.”

Govier hit the nail on the head with the above statement. Now, if we could only be more conscious of how we do things. Dear Lord, please guide us each and every day. Amen.

(Source: assistnews.net)

How cute is this! <3

NUDO: LAZO QUE SE ESTRECHA Y CIERRA DE MODO QUE CON DIFICULTAD SE PUEDA SOLTAR POR SÍ SOLO, Y QUE CUANTO MÁS SE TIRA DE CUALQUIERA DE LOS DOS CABOS, MÁS SE APRIETA.

Translation…KNOT: LOOP THAT IS FASTENED AND LOCKED SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO RELEASE, AND THE MORE ITS ENDS ARE PULLED APART THE MORE IT TIES TOGETHER.

(Source: behance.net, via fuckyeahweddingideas)