Village Florist & Gifts By Design

02/15/2025

We would like to thank everyone for the local support on Valentines Day.
Enjoy your long weekend !!
We will be closed Feb. 17th to enjoy with our families. See you Tuesday 💕

02/13/2025

02/13/2025

02/12/2025

💘 This Valentine’s Day, Give a Gift that Gives Back – Shop Local! 💘

When you shop local, you're not just buying a gift – you're making a difference in the lives of your neighbors, friends, and family. 💕 Every purchase from a local small business supports a dream, keeps a tradition alive, and strengthens the community we all love. 💝

By shopping local, you're not just giving a gift, you're giving back to the very heart of our community. Let’s make this holiday about more than just love – let’s make it about supporting the places and people that make this town great. 🌟

Thank you for supporting us and our other local businesses and helping our community thrive.

Happy Valentine’s Day! 💖

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02/11/2025

Plants for Valentines Day are a perfect alternative for flowers.
We have bears, cards, balloons, soy candles, and a large selection of fresh flowers.
They is still time to order for delivery or pick up for that big day!
705 341 4318 💕
We will be open until 7 Valentines Day!

02/06/2025

Valentines Day is coming soon. Get your orders in early!
We have balloons, chocolates, cards,stuffies,soy candles,Canadian made,cards to go along with your flowers💕
Pop in for best selection or call 705 341 4318

02/03/2025

Stand together. True North!
Support local

01/29/2025

Valentine's Day is just around the corner.Order early call or pop in.
We have fresh flowers,cards ,chocolates, balloons, stuffed bears, and plants.💕

01/25/2025

Wow, such a beautiful picture.

01/09/2025

Preconceptions.
Many people believe a horse must be ridden, that it was born to be ridden and that there is no life for a horse beyond use. Nothing further could be truth. I can tell you, almost NO HORSE cares whether it's ridden ever again. There are horses that are fine with it, that even LOVE IT, yes, and enjoy the outings and time with their person. But what if they could have outings and time together, without riding?
Would you be ok with that? Seriously, think about that... because before I had any horse at all, I was talking to a rescue about adoption and they asked, 'do you need to ride?" and I thought... "no". I do love riding, but some of my dearest equine friends have never worn a saddle, I've not been on their back, and we have a very close friendship, a friendship I can't imagine being without. But before I was asked that, I just sort of assumed that I needed my adopted horse 'to ride'.
So yes, adoption for riding is fun, but maybe there is a different way to look at this. Bomb sniffing with your dog may be fun, too, as an optional activity, but most of us just hang out with our dogs, enjoying each others company.
We have created an area here we call 'the outdoor living room', with a picnic table for the humans, and grass and scratching posts for the horses, and we all just hang out in the summer. Different paddocks are connected farther out, like a ring, so we can let horses into this central area as we choose. And we all just spend time in a place that is comfortable for all. It's not set up as a 'gym' for anyone, there is no purpose beyond socializing.
It's fun.
There are many horses that enjoy humans, and attention, and would be very happy in a small herd with 1-3 horses and a few people as members of their tribe. Maybe their knees are blown or their arthritis is bad or they were never trained, and are now in their teens and that moment has passed, but they are intelligent, gentle, social, sensitive, not to mention beautiful, potential friends, for you.
Are there enough homes for horses?
There would be... if more humans accept and allow themselves to enjoy horses without riding.
Think about it.
That few acres you try to maintain all summer? A few horses would love to call that home.
Those few extra pounds you need to lose, and you hate that ugly exercise bike in the basement? Put up a small barn and clean it, while hanging outside with your equine friends.
Those veggies you need to eat more of? They would grow great with the fertilizer your horses will help make for you!
That carpet and couch you need to clean inside because of your indoor pets? Your horses won't bother you in the house, and will get you outside more to enjoy life and the planet.
Horses are closer to nature than any human, and will be the bridge you need to re-connect to the natural world. You will love grooming them, playing ground games, and sharing your secrets. You will love having horses in your life, no riding necessary.
Think about it.
Some just need permission to go ahead and love them.

01/05/2025

Yesterday my daughter Grace was packing up to head back to her home after spending Christmas with me and she looked into my bedroom and said, “Do you do that everyday?” I replied, “Do what everyday?” She said, “Make your bed and put all those pillows on there?” I said, “Yes I do.”
“Why, she responded, you are the only one who see’s your bed?”
“Oh dear I make my bed every morning because it’s a gift that I get to open at the end of everyday. A gift that not everyone has. So while I’m wrapping my bed in the morning and I’m unwrapping it at night I’m reminded of what a great blessing my bed really is in my life.”
When we stop viewing what we have as little, insignificant or not enough, then we get to see what we do have as gifts we get to enjoy, great blessings in our lives and provision for our needs.
I’m thankful for my bed 😘❤️
Nice thought , good way to enjoy life!❤️

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