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Ask and Ye Shall Receive!

July 1st, 2009 by     


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Hi All!! I am a bit more upbeat today!! After my complete frustration with the flower industry, I knew I had to get creative… heh, I’ve been a student for 10 years, THIS I know how to do!! So, to Kijiji I went (craigslist didn’t turn up a lot for me). What did I find? Well, to be honest, not a lot. Most of the flower service/wedding flowers/florist hits were for silk flowers. But, I did find one lady, Miss Karen, who works with fresh (and high quality) flowers. What I found out when I met her last night was that she used to be a big player in the flower business here in Calgary, but when she sold her shop in 2006, she had to sign a non-competition agreement… but, she is now able to work again, and compete she is doing! I sent her the correspondence from my previous consults (which I posted for your benefit too here), and of course all my inspiration photos, also found here, and she responded with this:

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