Semi-finalist Q&A:A Festive Touch

A Festive Touch is a new florist in town. They offer the most trendy and unique flower arrangements, while also making the more traditional customers happy. We also carry giftware, candles, gift baskets, and gourmet chocolates.

Information from their grant application is available here. Read below for more, and if you have questions for our semi-finalists don't hesitate to ask them in the comments section.

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How did you come up with the idea for your business?

My mom and I both grew up in the business. Her mom owned a flower shop when she was younger, then after selling it , her mom continued to work in the floral industry for years. My mom, has the same story. She owned her own shop for 5 years. But sadly she had to close it after having 4 kids, all in school, and my dad worked out of town. The shop became so busy, so fast she couldn't stand being away from us kids all the time.

So when I became older, I wanted to get back into the business. We both have a passion for making people happy, in all occasions; wedding, parties , funerals.

What makes your business unique? Why do you think it will be a success?

Unique is the perfect wrod for us. The other flower shops in town are so old fashioned and don't cater to the public's needs. If a customer wants something unique, its hard to get the other shops to do it. We love getting unique orders, it challenges us and keeps our customers coming.

What are some of your top business-related accomplishments, or business lessons learned?

Top business accomplishments must be that even though we still struggle keeping our finances in the green, we always find ways to donate to non profit organizations. If we cant offer product of money, we always offer our decorating skills.

The biggest business lesson learned must be that we cant expect to much to soon. When we opened last November, we wanted everything to be big and grand. As Christmas went by business got slower. But we managed to make it threw the slow season!!!!

Why should the Idea Cafe regulars vote for you?

They should vote for us, because of our passion to make people happy. We don't have this shop just to make money and work, we have it because we have a passion for what we do. That will never change!!