Flower Care Tips

How to make your flowers last longer?
Do you find that your flowers do not really last that long?

Upon receiving your flower bouquet, it is good to remove the wrappers and put into vase/container filled with fresh water after 1 day. Please clean thoroughly the vase/container before adding the flowers.

If possible, re-cut stems by removing one to two inches with a sharp knife or scissors. Be sure to use a sharp knife or clippers that will not crush the stems. Immediately place the stems into vase/container.

Take note to remove leaves that is below the waterline. Leaves in the water will promote bacterial growth that may limit the water uptake by flowers.

Check daily on the water in vase/container, if the water turns Cloudy, discoloured or smelly, it should be discarded and replaced with fresh, room temperature water.

Flowers are best displayed away from direct sunlight, heating or cooling equipments, directly under ceiling fans, or on top of televisions or high-fi sets, which give off heat and can cause flowers to wilt faster.

If you received flowers and fruits in a basket, it is better to move the fruits away from flowers soonest possible. The reasons being that fruits might releases tiny amounts of ethylene gas that can age the flowers prematurely.

Source from http://pakupaku.info/knowledge/ethylene.shtml
Most fruits and vegetables generate ethylene gas while they ripen. Why should you care? This gas is a very active plant hormone, and if you don't get organized, it can get busy with your vegetables and jack up your monthly grocery bill. Leafy vegetables are very sensitive to ethylene, even in very low quantities. Lettuce, for example, begins to decay when exposed to ethylene gas at low temperatures, i.e. even in your refrigerator! Products sensitive to ethylene gas, such as broccoli and bananas, will spoil quickly if stored in the same areas as avocados, melons, and apples, which are ethylene producers. So if you want to be smart; get segregating! Keep your veggies apart and make your food last longer.

These Create Ethylene Gas:
Apples, apricots, avocados, ripening bananas, blueberries, cantaloupe, citrus fruit (not grapefruit), cranberries, figs, guavas, grapes, green onions, honeydew, ripe kiwi fruit, mangoes, melons, mushrooms, nectarines, okra, papayas, passion fruit, peaches, pears, peppers, persimmons, pineapple, plantains, plums, prunes, quinces, tomatoes and watermelon.
These Become Damaged by Ethylene Gas:
Asparagus, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, cucumbers, cut flowers, eggplant, endive, escarole, florist greens, green beans, kale, kiwi fruit, leafy greens, lettuce, parsley, peas, peppers, potatoes, potted plants, romaine lettuce spinach, squash, sweet potatoes, watercress and yams.

Gourmet Chocolate Tips

Hello, this is taken from some website.If you had recently received your chocolates from friends or love ones. Here is some good tips.

Sorry I forgot where i got information from, so will try to find back the source to give them credits.

1. Store fine chocolate in a cool place, approximately 65°F (18°c) but not in the refrigerator, as any moisture will alter the chocolate's appearance.
2. A "bloom" will develop on chocolate that has been exposed to high temperatures. This doesn't affect the flavor or freshness, but gives the chocolate a gray cast which is the cocoa butter rising to the surface.
3. Be careful not to drop water into your chocolate unless the recipe specifies it. The water will change the consistency of the chocolate, causing it to tighten or harden.
4. Don't cover melting chocolate with a lid as the steam will collect and fall as water droplets. Use a light cloth cover if needed.
5. Use low heat when melting chocolate. Chocolate scorches easily and becomes a grainy mass unsuitable for use.
6. Do not use butter as a thinning agent. If you need a less viscous chocolate for a particular purpose, look for one with a higher cocoa butter content.
7. Chocolate will continue to melt even after it is removed from a heat source. Care in heating is needed as the temperature will rise well after removal from heat source.
8. Unsweetened chocolate will liquefy when melted. Sweetened chocolate will hold its shape until it is stirred.
9. Chocolate flavored coating is used for glazing, dipping and molding as it needs no tempering. Coating contains cocoa plus a vegetable oil instead of cocoa butter. the quality, consistency and flavor is no where near real chocolate but coatings are popular because they are easier to use.
10. Gourmet chocolate is very sensitive to odors. Be careful when storing near other foods. Also make sure all utensils are clean and odorless.
11. When blending chocolates such as milk chocolate with bittersweet chocolate, make sure and use the same brand. Different companies put different ingredients into their chocolate which may not mix smoothly.

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Testimonial & Goals for Shana's Floral

Sometimes it's nice to take a break from work. Though my long weekend spending time to recover from sickness but it was a good break.
I feel so hard to start my engine for work and business again on a working week.

I would like to share this testimonial on 23rd May 2010.

It was a usual morning that I was just working on my website and uploading my floral pictures to my server. I went in to face book to check my account, what I had saw, just made my morning.



I was in total shock as I don’t expect it at all. It had made me drop tears. It had been a hard struggle, alot of things I wanted to do and can’t do due to money, and time constraint. Walls just had been broken down and it really made me want to continue on what I had been doing.



Photography from Teoh Yuen Choon and thanks to Milda to allow me to use that photo.

To many, it’s just a simple thank you but to someone who is struggling for the past year to try to be my own boss, it really just brightens up the day. I do hope that this will come in more often as it will help to me to be more creative and make people happy on their special days.

I would like to share the following :- Goals for Company

Vision : To let everyone enjoy simple floral arrangement

Mission : To Bring Joy with every floral creation

Value : Sharing knowledge is caring
Happiness in every creation
Able to bring value to customers
Not a day goes by without a smile
Appreciate the gift of love no matter what shape or size.

Dare to dream and hold on to the dream.