Fresh Flowers From Bouqs

First let me start off by saying it's a rare occasion for me to accept a freebie in payment for a blog post/ review. I think this is the second time in five years actually. I'm generally not down with it. I have extremely high expectations and unless I think it's something that my discerning clients would enjoy I have to say no. The Bouqs contacted me and I was intrigued. 

In this case they had me at Concierge Service.  I LOVE that with Bouqs you can sign up for the concierge program and receive monthly flowers. That's luxury! I love it. Fresh flowers without hauling them from the grocery store or calling your local floral boutique to have a bouquet made up. Fresh flowers to tell your future you that you're great. Nothing better. I'm sold on the concierge service. 

The Bouqs sources their flowers from a Southern California farm and from a volcano near the equator. They only work with farms that are environmentally friendly and also pay their employees living wages. Both are must haves for me. If you purchase your flowers from the California farm, it's easy to tell the difference on their website, you can get next day shipping. STILL time to get your Valentines Day flowers ordered fellas! No standing in line at the grocery store at 6:00 on the 14th for you! (yeah I saw you last year and it was sad) 

This is how the flowers arrived via FedEx. 

I ordered the Recognize bouquet, orange Lilies (Orange Lillium Asiatic). One thing I love about The Bouqs is their wide range of single variety bouquets. I love a grouping of all one type of flower. A mixed bouquet has to be really imaginative to catch my attention. Mostly because they usually have Carnations and I can't get down with Carnations. Did you know my first job was delivering flowers? I delivered to a lot of funeral homes and believe me most of those arrangements were Carnations. 

The package when the box was first opened.

It took about six days for my bouquet to arrive. The Lilies arrived closed, thank goodness. The Bouqs pride themselves on delivering only the freshest flowers. I had no idea what to expect but as you can see the flowers were packaged impressively.

The Lilies when I first removed them from the packaging.

I'm now on day six and my flowers are gorgeous! The color and smell is wonderful and they're showing no signs of fading! 

Day Six.

I'll say the only downside is arranging them yourself and providing your own vase. But I also love providing my own vase, and am fine with arranging. I know clients that wouldn't love the arranging but also some that would so that's a toss up. I love the idea of using The Bouqs for sending the flowers to myself to arrange to hand deliver to a friend. I seriously love any way to make my life easier.

The Bouqs has mainstay bouquets as well as seasonal specialty bouquets. My bouquet is a mainstay btw, Lilies are always in style. The bouquets range from $40-$50 with the option to upgrade. The upgrade to Deluxe is $10 and gets you twice the amount as the basic bouquet. The upgrade to Grand triples the amount of flowers as the basic bouquet and costs around $20 more than the Deluxe. The upgrades are worth it y'all. Always upgrade.

I'll for sure be ordering from The Bouqs again, I'm already considering an early March bouquet for my birthday of one of these....

Let me know when you order your Bouqs bouquet and send pictures!

Thank you Bouqs for teaching me about your company, I'm a fan. I wouldn't turn down a trip to the Volcano either, btw in case you were wondering. ;) 

Trade Secrets: For measuring.

This may not be a secret so much as a new product that was just given to me by a builder after watching me PAINFULLY measure out an entire house with a tape measurer. It took forever and had me questioning life. The house didn't have AC, I saw a rat, I'm fairly certain I experienced a paranormal experience. I was not in a happy place. I want just positive I needed to hire someone to handle this stuff for me. I mean, no one wants to pay me at my rate to measure out a house. 

Introducing The Bosch laser measure! {Technically Bosch DLR130K Digital Distance Measurer Kit} It even comes with a little case to hold it on your belt {next to your phone holster I presume. Ahem contractors. Mine can remain happily in my purse}

*I have to measure houses if there's no original floorplan. This enables me to make floorplans and drawings for permitting and construction. Architects aren't the only profession that changes floorplans, ahemmm. Did you know in Texas that anyone can design and have a house built, no credentials or specific degree required? CRAZY. 

OK I know this isn't exciting or fun particularly. That seems to be interior design though, it seems fun & flashy but really it's a bunch of construction sites and paperwork. This laser measure has changed my life (& I'm not being dramatic at all). It's fun. I measured my house last night, for fun. It's easy to figure out and weighs A LOT less than a 30' tape measurer. It can even do area and volume. Excellent. If you're in the market for an easier way to measure large distances this is it. Your welcome ;) 

Nothing.

Please don't keep that lamp that you hate or those draperies the have driven you crazy since you've moved in or those silly fake plants because you don't know what else to put there. Just let them go. Anything in your home that doesn't make you smile, feel good or have good memories, let it go. You don't need it. Promise. It's worth the splurge to replace, or don't replace it at all, revel in the empty space till the most perfect object finds its way into your life. Start fresh today.