The Flower Basket

11/01/2024

A very belated Happy New Year to you all !

2023 was quite the year, we celebrated, along with all the family, our eldest daughter getting married and welcoming our first grandchild too and have been making the most of the time we get to enjoy this little one as they grow.

I pride myself on the success of my lovely little cottage industry, and I could not do this without you all, I try my best to please and help where I can - after all, life can be a challenge right now.

My family also needed me these past few months and after starting 2023 with some challenges with my health- I finished the year the same way - I am now back to it after suffering this awful virus that has certainly been doing the rounds and have had the misfortune of being unwell since middle of October.

I have to admit I have not looked after myself as well as, maybe, I should have and to the detriment of my own health - this can not continue - so there will be little changes taking place - one being accepting help when needed.

Plans are currently being put in place so there will be someone monitoring this page and any social media pages and emails while I get to create all these wonderful designs for you. - something that has been a struggle to maintain along with text messages, phone calls and in person meetings.

We thank you for your patience, while the changes take place and for your continued support - and here is to a healthier 2024 !!

Best Wishes
Jayne
The Flower Basket

25/07/2023

So what a year 2023 has been so far!

Our daughter got married last month, to the love of her life and what a fabulous day too - although very warm! It was a day to remember for them.

As anyone who knows my daughter - knows she has a love for the colour pink and also Winnie The Pooh - so this was featured and a theme running throughout - and this was complimented by the afternoon tea for her afternoon reception.

The majority of the venue and reception decorations were undertaken by us but we couldn't have done it without the help of the following people and their businesses along with family and friends who all rallied to help during setup and on the day.

A huge thank you go to the following :
Katie Mawson Floral Design for lending the wonderful Cherry Blossom trees.
Mimi's - Celebratory Cakes for the amazing wedding cake.
Savona Photography our lovely lady photographers (credit for the images of the bride and groom)
Hamilton wedding cars for the supply of the Vintage Wedding Bus.
Love Tablecloths for the quick supply and delivery of the tablecloths and advising for the best sizes for the tables we were using.
The Affordable Wedding Company - from The Marlands for the wedding dress.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090824017045 PicketLaw Petals for the eco-friendly and biodegradable confetti.
Lotus Imports Ltd for the fabulous and top quality artificial flowers and greenery.
David Salter Flowers for the wooden cake stands and bowls along with some artificail fowers and greenery.
Claire's Collectables for helping me source the vintage tea sets, milk jugs, sugar bowls and teapots.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095625392491 - Feather and Bow Hats for the help and advice for the Mother of the Bride's Hat.
Event Perfection for the supply of the massive backdrop and uplighters in the main hall, along with the hire of the chairs and the chair ties for the top table chairs and the lights and table skirt for the top table.

Also thanks go to St Peter's Church in East Tytherley for a lovely service, Braishfield Village Hall for all their help and G and J Catering for supplying the Burger Van for the evening festivities.

Since the wedding we have also welcomed our first grandchild - so life and business has taken a bit of a diversion at the moment - we have been supporting our daughter and our new son-in-law with the transition of becoming parents and enjoying lots of cuddles as well.

We will be back to normal as soon as we can and have had a well earned rest and catch up on sleep and, of course, more cuddles with our little one

20/03/2023

And that's a wrap for Mother's Day for another year!

Thank you all so much for supporting a home based cottage business x

We hope all those lucky ladies had a wonderful and fabulous day yesterday x

There is nothing more satisfying than seeing beaming smiles when presenting beautiful floral displays to these lovely people - so heartwarming x

So we now enter into spring with Easter and Wedding Season imminent x

Again thank you and enjoy x

18/03/2023

Last shout out for Mother's Day floral loveliness orders for tomorrow 🌹💐

Let us create something beautiful for that special lady x

14/03/2023

Mother's Day - Sunday 19th March 2023 !
Treat that special person this Mothering Sunday - If you would like our price list - please comment below :

Check out our range of designs we will be offering :

Look forward to delivering your floral lovelyness to those special people :-)

14/03/2023

I'm officially back !! Woohoo !!

Thank you all so much for your kind words and get well wishes x

I am working through the backlog and after having a longer recovery period than expected - I am now working through all the quotes and enquiries - If you have yet to receive your quote or reply - I am working through them all.

Check out our post for Mother's Day too and taking orders for this Sunday x

Thank you for your patience and again thank you for the love too :-)

30/01/2023

Good morning all,

Unfortunately I have been admitted into hospital over the weekend and have been told that this may be an elongated stay.

Life sometimes likes to remind you that you're not infallible and you need to look after yourself.

So for the next two weeks I am afraid I am out of action and will not be able to take on any orders.

I have passed all my work onto my lovely friend Katie to fulfill all orders for this and beginning of next week.

I have someone monitoring the page but until then - The Flower Basket will be closed.

I will be back fighting fit and looking forward to being able to help you again.

Thank you for your understanding .

Jayne
The Flower Basket

25/01/2023

Good Afternoon - Our emails are down at present - so if you need to contact us - please send us a message through our page, via text or call - 07940 486318.

Thank you for your patience while we are trying to sort this :-)

04/01/2023

We are back today!

Happy New Year to you all !

01/01/2023

Here at The Flower Basket , we hope you have had a lovely Christmas and Festive season and we wish you all a very Happy New Year.

We would like to say a big thank you for all your orders, kindness and support throughout 2022 whatever the occasion and look forward to 2023 !

We have taken some very much needed time off from creating beautiful floral arrangements this year and we will be back on Wednesday 4th January 2023 - how odd to say 2023!

We will be offline until Wednesday morning enjoying our last couple of days of rest - but look forward to hearing from you soon .

Jayne 🙂

03/12/2022

Here at Meadow Court Christmas fayre - pop along and see us today 11am until 3pm.

Traditional Luxury Christmas Cakes, Gingerbread Biscuits , Christmas Wreaths and Decorations and present ideas 🙂

Oh and not forgetting the snow globe!!
Unfortunately Father Christmas’s Reindeer couldn’t make it today but we have Donkeys instead :-)

26/11/2022

Here at Bishopstoke Park" Christmas fayre - pop along and see us today 10am until 1pm.

Traditional Luxury Christmas Cakes, Gingerbread Biscuits , Christmas Wreaths and Decorations and present ideas :-)

Oh and not forgetting the snow globe!!

23/08/2022

Just popping on to say hello and to say we are still here !

We are pleased the temperature has lowered slightly and whilst this is very much appreciated another challenge has arisen this week.

We have been having fun and games with our power and suffering powercuts recently (out of our hands). The WiFi had it's own moment but was sorted quickly and efficiently - the powercuts are still happening on and off so it means we are trying to pick up your messages in between these outages.

Thank you again for your patience and if you are still awaiting a response from us - please call, leave a message or text 07940 486318 :-)

Have a good week x

16/08/2022

Wow!!
Well August is just as busy as July !!

We are still inundated with flower orders and enquiries and are working as quickly as we can to respond to you all and the current summer weather has eased slightly in sunshine but the heat is still with us, and the flowers and the heat do not like to work together 😕 So we are still working at cooler parts of the day hence the replies at strange times of the day.

Due to this we are quite delayed and we are trying very hard to play catch up and we will be replying to all messages as soon as we can.

Please bear with us, as it is still an extremely busy few weeks of the calendar, what with birthdays, anniversaries, sympathy designs and not forgetting the weddings too so if you send a message during this time - we will try to get back to you as soon as we possibly can and thank you in advance for your patience.

22/07/2022

22/07/2022

A Hat Box has more than one use and why not fill it with flowers?? :-)

22/07/2022

There was a little something of everything in these orders ...

22/07/2022

22/07/2022

These pretty little suitcase arrangements can be given for any occasion and here are afew that have been created recently ....

22/07/2022

Pretty Basket Arrangements for any occasion.....

22/07/2022

Beautiful Flower bouquets in all styles .....