Golden Afternoon

09/19/2025

Little dragon baby shower 💙🌟💚✨️

This past Saturday, amidst all of the homecoming orders for Highland's dance, we had the pleasure of creating these whimsical, absolutely darling centerpieces for a baby shower at our favorite venue, The Atlas Room in Griffith! Their theme was "a little dragon is on the way"

These were so much fun to make!
We drew inspiration from the dragon theme, using Iridescent vases to match shimmering scales, adding florals like hanging amaranthus that mimicked the appearance of a dragon tail, as well as peach roses, thistle and chrysanthemums to match the color palette of the invitations. We used traditional baby shower florals, baby's breath and carnations to add some softness to the floral scheme, and added custom dragon egg floral picks to tie the look all together!

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If you are looking for flowers for your event or party, we'd love to be your florist. Give us a call, or fill out the form on our website's weddings & events tab to schedule a consultation. We are all booked up this weekend for event consultations, but we do have one afternoon slot left next Saturday, as well as plenty of weekday availability!

If you're looking for a cozy venue, or a new favorite hangout spot, the vibes are absolutely unmatched at The Atlas Room. 🌟

09/17/2025

Join us for an Autumn Afternoon Tea in the Golden Afternoon! 🍁🍂🫖

So many of you have suggested us holding tea parties in our store, and we are so happy to announce that you will soon be able to sip and dine here in the whimsical ambience of our flower shop! ☕️

This event will be hosted by the lovely Rhonda of Tiffany's Tea Room & Sip Coffee House 2 on October 12, from 12pm-2pm.

Enjoy a premium hot tea selection as well as eats and desserts! 🍇🍐
Eats will consist of an initial presentation of scones, devonshire creams, and fine finger sandwiches, served alongside fresh fruit, and then a follow up serving of delicious desserts!

Tickets available now on the home page of GoldenAfternoonBlooms.com!
Seats are limited!

09/16/2025

The countdown begins! 100 days until Christmas, and just 53 days until Golden Afternoon is transformed into a Winter Wonderland for our Christmas Open House!
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Shop local this Christmas and kick off the holidays with us!

We're so excited to welcome back our special guest from last year's Christmas Open House- the man, the myth, the legend, Santa Claus!
Mr. Claus will be at Golden Afternoon from 12-2 on Saturday, so all of you kiddos can meet him and share your Christmas wishes! 🎁

Along with wonderful giveaways, will also have freshly baked cookies, lots of free samples, sweets and sips for everyone who visits during the open house. ❄️

Save the date! More details to come! ✨️

09/10/2025

We are honored to be the official florist for Highland High School as well as the favored florist of the HHS staff and students.

Hometown pride has helped our small business continue to grow! We are so grateful for our community.

Along with the honor of providing the carnations for HHS's carnation sale fundraiser, we also had a group of students ask if they could decorate our storefront windows to promote the Highland Homecoming Parade taking place in the Downtown this evening- and ofcourse we approved!

The young people of our community will be our future councilmen and women, the future town workers, the future first responders, the future moms and dads that take our lovely town into the 2030s.
..When those days come, we'll be here to welcome them through our doors.

We are still taking Homecoming orders for this Saturday's dance. Stop by today after the HHS Homecoming parade!

09/07/2025

So many beauties this week! 🎀
Thank you for keeping us so busy, NWI!

We hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday.
The shop is open today, so if you need to place your homecoming flower order, need a last-minute gift, or just something fun to do, stop by!

If you are looking for flowers- we have some lovely pre-made centerpieces in our cooler RIGHT NOW. If you're looking for something custom- I will be at the shop in an hour to serve your floral needs! 💕🌼

09/03/2025

It's that time of year again! Happy Homecoming, Highland!

As Highland's top-rated florist we are happy to take your HOCO orders in person, on the phone, via email, or social DMs. We service all Lake County schools as well as neighboring schools in Cook and Porter counties.

Whether you are looking for a grand bouquet, boutonniere, flower crown or wrist corsage, we're here to make your prom flowers as unique as you! 💐

09/02/2025

Have you stopped in and visited our new incense bar? If not, you're missing out!

These incense sticks are hand-dipped & fragranced right here in our Highland shop- with premium fragrance oils in a variety of wonderful scents!

Perfect as a gift for yourself, or for a friend-
Our incense sticks have been a new fan favorite since we put them out on the sales floor! 🌈

Available Scents:

✦ Mermaid-
Fresh ocean air, sea salt, cactus

✦ Promenade-
Rose, jasmine & lily florals, mixed with sweet cotton candy, citrus & amber

✦ Harvest moon-
Anise, cinnamon, white ginger, jasmine, ghost flower, patchouli, clove, amber resin & vanilla

✦ Tea cake-
Vanilla buttercream

✦ Pine-
Cedar, balsam, light notes of spiced apple and citrus

✦ Coffee-
Strong, bitter, classic coffee

Visit us at our beautiful flower shop & gift boutique in Downtown Highland, Indiana!

08/29/2025

Happy Friday everyone!
Today we're filling your feed with a little bit of sunshine.. 🌻

We had so much fun creating florals for a very sunny wedding this past weekend- This bride requested a floral scheme consisting entirely of sunflowers- and we think it turned out absolutely stunning.

✦ For the bride and groom- "White Nite" white sunflowers, seeded eucalyptus and white ribbon accents.
✦ Bridal bouquet
✦ Magnetic boutonniere for groom

✦ For the bridal party- "Vincent" classic yellow sunflowers, seeded eucalyptus and black ribbon accents.
✦ 3 bridesmaid bouquets
✦ 5 wrist corsages
✦ 7 magnetic boutonnieres

Such a unique theme, perfect for harvest season!

We'd love to bring your dream wedding florals to life!
Schedule your consultation today by calling our store (219 301 7122) or on our website www.goldenafternoonblooms.com/weddings-and-events

08/27/2025

08/26/2025

Open from 9am-8pm for the
RESTAURANT CRAWL & UNVEILING FALL 🍂

We took a cue from the lovely Autumn weather and woke up this morning with our colors changing just like the leaves on the trees along Highway Avenue in a few weeks...

I know i'm ready for breezy days, cozy candles and comfort food.. Thankfully, you don't have to wait until the calendar officially marks the beginning of Fall.

You can enjoy all of these pleasures tonight along Highland Main Street!
Highway Avenue will be closed down today for the BIG Restaurant Crawl and we are so excited to try all of the $7 specials that all of the local restaurants have available, and enjoy the live music! 🌶🥨🍕🍜

Last year during the restaurant crawl, our store was packed wall to wall with so many of you just finding out about us- so this year we are bringing back GOLDEN AFTER HOURS!

Golden Afternoon will be OPEN FROM 9am TO 8:30pm TONIGHT!

We have pumpkin spice & everything nice.. New beautiful items for Fall and Halloween.
So stop by, say hi, and take a moment to smell our lovely new soaps, lip balms and Capri Blue for Autumn! 🍂🍁🎃

08/18/2025

Open 7 days a week!
It might be gloomy outside today, but it's always sunny in the Golden Afternoon.

With the Summer winding down, and the kiddos back to school, we are now again open on Mondays! We have so many new, beautiful things in store, and would love for you to stop by, rain or shine! ☀️