New Balloon Bouquets for Birthdays!

We have been putting together a few new birthday balloon bouquets!
Not all of these are pictured on the website yet, but we hope to add more in the
weeks ahead. Here's a sneak peak!

Disney Birthday Princesses…..........25.95
1 princess cake shape, I heart and 1 round 18” matching happy birthday Mylars, 5
Pastel printed happy birthday latex and a balloon weight.
Balloon weight
Happy Birthday Critters-……........ 32.95
1 Gator shape ,1 Turtle shape, 2 18” HB matching round, 3 super agate latex tied to a
balloon weight.
Singing Happy Birthday bouquet….....22.95
1 singing Mylar (any design),5 printed happy birthday latex (assorted colors)
Balloon weight
Sweet 16.…........27.95
Pink, black and silver collection has 1 number 16 shape, 2 18” matching happy
Birthday Mylars, and 5 pink printed happy birthday and black latex, and a
Balloon weight.
Birthday Smiles.......27.95
2 smiley bubble balloons, 2 18” matching happy birthday Mylars, 5 printed
Happy birthday latex and a balloon weight.
Birthday Flowers-..........23.95
1 water can shape, 2 18” matching HB rounds, 3 geo blossom flowers
Balloon weight
Garfield Birthday............25.95
One Garfield in a cake shape, 2 18” matching happy birthday Mylars, 5 printed
Happy birthday latex and a balloon weight.
Pink Cupcake.........22.95
1 cupcake shape, 2 18” matching happy birthday Mylars, and 5 pink latex (3 printed
Happy birthday) and a balloon weight.
Holy Cow! -........23.95
(Another birthday)
1 black cow shape, 2 18” matching HB rounds,3 black latex, Balloon weight
Birthday Stars.....27.95
1 birthday star cluster, 2 18” matching happy birthday Mylars , 2 silver star Mylars and
a silver weight. (coming soon!)


If you are a fan of Twigs on Facebook- check your notices for
a special balloon bouquet
introductory discount & password!

Show your school spirit!

Homecoming Mums are a curiosity here in Yerington, but in Texas they are a long time tradition. I asked my florist friend Tammie Thomas of Boyd Texas, to give us the inside scoop!


"Homecoming mums are a BIG deal here in TEXAS! Actually a REALLY big deal - In most cases, the BIGGER the better!

The more Blinkity Blink, Blink you can get on the thing - the higher your status goes... (as far as Texas Royalty is concerned)"

"In the beginning... Homecoming mums were small a fresh flower with a few ribbons - a football trinket if your man was a football player and a megaphone if you were a cheerleader. This tradition dates back to the 1920s."

"But wait.. there's more.. in the 1960s, A wonderful and innovative florist in Cow Town Texas - (AKA Fort Worth) decided her daughter would have the most school spirit and the BIGGEST homecoming MUM - hence the homecoming mums began being made from silk flowers with additional items added to signify what activities the students were involved in."

"The Homecoming mums have not only evolved into a HUGE tradition in Texas, the mums themselves have also become HUGE - Some cost over $400 (yes I said $400.00) AND why not? These magnificent floral and ribbon sculptures become fine works of art that will adorn any girls wall in their room!"

Tammie Thomas

www.YourOnlineFlorist.com

940.433.3336

makescents@earthlink.net


A quick search of 'homecoming mums' turned up 2 other interesting blog posts..
A North-westerner's reaction to the homecoming mum tradition-in Life in the
Lone Star State


And The Human Flower Project (a great blog about all things 'flower'
around the world)
writes about students at Permian High School in Odessa, TX. This school was the subject of the best seller 'Friday Night Lights'.