Broadway Floral, Home & Garden Blog

With the cold weather approaching, ditch the old anything goes in the Northwest stocking cap and get stylish with one of these great hats.  Pair a new hat with a pea coat or button down jacket and boots.  We’ve got hats for both women and men in a variety of shapes.  The only trouble with trying them on, is that you’ll want more than one!

Momiji dolls are the new rage for sending special messages.  Consider Momiji the new text message. Instead of sending it through your phone, a secret message paper is hidden in what appears to be a wooden doll.  Click on the photos to see a larger image.  Dolls are approximately 3″ tall.

Don’t rot your teeth with candy this Halloween!  Pick up a few of these treats that will entertain for hours after the sugar rush has worn off.  Make some chilling ice cubes with the “Bone Chillers” skull and cross bones ice cube tray.  Use juice or food coloring for added excitement as these cubes keep your beverage cold.

And some things for the little tikes….Ugly Doll’s Ice Bat and Ugly Ghost are perfect gift for Halloween.  A plundering pirate card game, Loot is another great way to entertain a crowd.  Can you even resist the pirate beanie?  It’s perfect for the cold weather and the Portland Pirate Festival that happens each fall.

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On October 16th the story of Where the Wild Things Are comes to life on the big screen!  Maurice Sendak’s popular children’s book has inspired a movie directed by Spike Jonze.  The talented star of this new movie, Max Records, is from Portland.  

Venture into this wonderful world of “wild things” with a copy of the book.  If it’s not already one of your favorite stories, it will be soon.  This is a story for everyone at any age. Tell the story with a “wild thing” puppet or a small plush doll.  We also have a large floor puzzle, perfect for children’s rooms.

Back by popular demand!  These bug accessories are a little spooky, if you ask me.  “Are those real?” customers ask us and the enthusiasm varies depending on the employee.  You may hear, “Yes! Aren’t they cool?” or “Uh, yes…a little creepy, huh?”  Some people love them, and others, like myself have a difficult time looking at them from across the room.

I pretended to forget my fear of these bugs and photographed them for your viewing pleasure.  Necklaces, key chains and paperweights are available, but they won’t last long.

The new collection of beautiful glass and ceramic Lampe Bergers  have arrived!  If you’ve ever had one, you know they are a wonderful room freshener, unlike any candle or reed diffuser you’ve ever seen.  Lampe Bergers destroy odor bearing molecules while releasing a faint scent.

How they work: You fill the lamp with scented alcohol (available in the scents listed below) and light the small ceramic disk.  Wait two minutes and blow out the flame.  Then you replace the pierced top for safety and it works like a convection drawing the air over the ceramic disk.  The air is typically refreshed with light scent in about two hours.  You’ll never buy scented candles again!

Available Scented Alcohols:

• Vanilla
• White Musk
• Orange Cinnamon
• Green Chai
• Lilac Blossom
• Under the Fig Tree
• Wild Grass Field
• Heavenly Spruce
• Green Apple
• Fresh Linen
• Grapefruit Passion
• Lemon Flower and
• Ocean Breeze

You may remember some of these flowers from our blog post earlier this summer.  Caitlin & Alex sent over these professional pictures courtesy of Kimberly Warner Photography.

This Laurelhurst Park wedding was the backdrop for this jewel tones summer wedding.  The bouquets popped against the brown bridesmaid dresses.

So happy together!

Photography by Kimberly Warner Photography

Summer has great colors and textures that are perfect for weddings.  This bouquet includes golden sunflowers, textural poppy pods, hot pink monarda, white roses, green ketmit mums,  and green Chinese lanterns.  This bride wanted lots of different types of greenery in her bouquet.  We used Oregonia, salah, corn plant leaves and bear grass loops to complete the look she wanted.