Inspiration & Ideas from Country Baskets

Let Spring in early with our inspirational range of Silk flowers!

Silk Flowers, Artificial Flowers

Looking forward to the warmer weather, extra sunlight and brighter colours of Spring? It can sometimes seem a long way off, so why not inject a little colour and brightness into the last few weeks of winter by creating a Spring paradise with the help of our beautiful artificial flowers?!

Silk flowers are always in season and so there is no need to wait for your favourite bloom; you can enjoy them every single week of the year!  Their radiant and vivid colours really can transform any room and help uplift your mood without any maintence or upkeep required.  Plus their long lasting nature makes the investment well worth-while!

So jump into Spring that little bit early by surrounding yourself with a rainbow of beautiful silk flowers; certain to help brighten your day.

Brilliantly British Ribbon!

British Ribbon

To mark 60 years of the Queen’s reign we have come over all patriotic and sourced you some fabulous new ribbon that is 100% British! 

The patriotic trend started last year with the Royal Wedding and is set to become even more popular with both the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics taking place this year.  There has never been a more perfect time to show off your nationality and the British trend is prevailant on everything from tea cups to cushions.

As we always seek to bring you the most current and inspirational of products, our buyers have sourced a totally unique, fashion ribbon that will be manufactured and launched in the UK from 17th February.  The British inspired designs have been produced on high quality woven and printed ribbon in two widths and will not fail to rejuvinate and update your floristry arrangements, craft projects and events.

Our brilliantly British new ribbon range will be in all Country Basket stores from 22nd February, and with prices starting at just £1.99 for Gold and £2.39 for Green you can afford to be on trend, for less this year!

If you find our new range has inspired you, then why not enter our fantastic new competition to design your own ribbon! Just see our Inspirational Competitions blog post for more information.

Be Inspired by our Seasonal Floral Demonstrations!

Sunday 29th January was the first of our fantastic floral demonstrations.  We were amazed by our demonstrators huge breadth of knowledge, expertise and inspirational skills.  We’d like to say a very big thank you to the amazingly talented; Melanie Garbutt, Helen Jamieson, Nick Priestly, Tina Park, Joe Massie, Laura Leong, Tracy Tomlinson and Jonathan Moseley.  A selection of their work is featured in the image below and you can also view the full range of their creations on our Facebook page.

Valentines Day

Top from left to right; creations by Joe Massie, Jonathan Moseley and Helen Jamieson. Middle row; all by Joe Massie. Bottom row, left and right creations by Nick Priestly, middle by Helen Jamieson.

If you missed our Valentines demonstrations, don’t worry, we will be holding another inspirational showcase, at all stores, on Sunday 4th March.  The demonstrators will be using a whole host of seasonal products for both Mothers Day and Easter including silk flowers and the most up to date floral supplies.  Whether you are an experienced florist, a talented flower arranger or just a beginner our wonderful demonstrators will cater to all levels and will no doubt succeed in inspiring you all!  Don’t forget to visit your nearest Country Baskets store on the 4th March for instant inspiration!