Wednesday, January 28, 2015 • Wedding Guide
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Flower Basket of Cottage Grove Chateau Lorane allows your
offers tips for finding good florists
imagination to flourish
Look for a florist with quality products
and good selection. The flowers should be
fresh, the colors of the flowers should be
rich and the plants should look healthy. A
florist with a larger stock of flowers nor-
mally rotates their flowers more often to
keep fresher products on hand.
A good florist is also somebody highly
creative. Their artistic expression should
show through the shop. Aside from cre-
ativity, a good florist also knows how to
establish a relationship with you, the cus-
tomer. Your personal florists will normally
be involved in many significant times in
your life such as weddings, proms, births
and deaths. When you establish this type of
relationship with your florist, they will be
able to help you during these happy and
sad times with good advice.
A good florist should also remember the
types of bouquets or arrangements you
prefer and also keep track of your occa-
sions and addresses with the help of mod-
ern floral technology. Another vital part of
the business is the service. The florist must
have their establishment at a location that
is clean and easily accessible and they
should be open at convenient hours.
A florist should also have a professional
opinion ready, just in case customers have
a hard time deciding what he or she wants.
In addition to having quality flowers, a
florist should have other products avail-
able, such as decorative containers and
vases, plants, home décor items and other
gifts.
A great florist will have years of experi-
ence and many returning customers. It’s
really great to find an exceptional florist
that you can always come back to when-
ever the occasion calls for it.
The Flower Basket and Gift Boutique
has been in business since 1984 and would
like to be your florist in the Cottage Grove
area. They have a design staff with more
than 75 years of experience to create just
the right arrangements for any of your
upcoming occasions. The friendly staff
would like to welcome you into the store
and help you with all of your floral and gift
needs. Call 541-942-0505 or come by 119
S. Sixth St. and see our lovely store.
BASIC
INFORMATION FOR
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
P LEASE
INSERT THE FOLLOWING ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT :
Name of Bride:___________________________City in which she resides:____________________
Name of Groom:__________________________City in which he resides_____________________
Names of Bride’s parents:___________________________________________________
City(s) where they reside :__________________________________________________
Names of Groom’s parents:_____________________________________________________
City(s) where they reside:__________________________________________________________
Date & place of intended ceremony:_________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
You may also include additional information about the bride & groom: such as schools
attended or graduated from; current employment; service in the armed forces, etc.
_______________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Name of person supplying this information:
________________________________________________________________________________
Contact phone no.______________________________Date:______________________________
Siuslaw News
148 Maple Street
Florence, OR 97439
Phone: (541) 997-3441
Fax: (541) 997-7979
116 N. Sixth Street
Cottage Grove, OR 97424
Phone: (541) 942-3325
Fax: (541) 942-3328
P HOTOGRAPHS ALSO MAY BE
SUBMITTED . T RUE PHOTOS
OR ELECTRONIC FILES
( JPEGS ONLY ).
Forms also are
available online:
www.thesiuslawnews.com or
www.cgsentinel.com
Picture your day. The sunlit waters
sparkle. A light breeze strokes the firs.
You walk among gardens, sipping a glass
of wine, or talk beside the vine-filled trel-
lises. Someone points and you turn — a
great blue heron glides towards the lake.
All the elements are here, awaiting
only your touch. Our 200-acre wooded
estate with a 24-acre lake is unsurpassed
in natural beauty. Lakeside wedding facil-
ities are quiet, elegant and private,
accommodating up to 300 people. This is
a very special place for your special day.
Family owned and operated, Chateau
Lorane is flexible and attentive. We
remember the details. All you remember
is your perfect day.
The estate is located 25 miles south-
west of Eugene at 27415 Siuslaw River
Road in Lorane, Ore.
Feel free to ask questions and call 541-
942-8028 for an appointment to see our
facility and winery. Call 541-344-3663
for special events.
Bring us your imagination. We’ll help
you turn it into reality.
