Improvised Life [ November 30th, 2011 ] Posted in » Words and Then Some... by Anne
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Easter Gift Baskets in Canada – some of our plushest designs!
Ok, plushest isn’t a word…”ain’t got no dictionary!” (sorry, a ‘Good Times’ moment popped into my head – only people 40+ might get that reference). But our designers are in full swing creating great Easter gifts for yet another wonderful spring season! Although we’re still waiting for some of our primary stock (ie. chocolate!), 5 new designs have already been created with gorgeous plush as their focal point. These designs still need to be photographed and priced/described, but it’s a start. We expect to have 15-20 Easter designs at all price points. Join our gift mail list to get instant notification when these designs are all online. Here’s another article that describes sending Easter gifts for family!
Easter Gifts Coming Soon…
Easter is approximately one month away and Grenvillestation.com’s bunnies are hard at work ensuring that this year’s selection of Easter gifts are as delicious as last year! It isn’t easy coming up with so many unique and colourful designs but we love the task. Check out our gift baskets for Easter article on for great information on Easter, the holiday and treat giving event. Our Easter 2009 designs will be online next week!
New Candy Bouquets Online!
Our candy bouquets category has been revamped. We are in the process of creating an additional 5-7 new designs that’ll be suitable for birthdays, get well, congratulations or just to say your ‘thinking of them’. Check back often as we re-design the majority of our gift baskets with new and exciting products in the coming weeks/months!
Flowers in Canada – Spring Is Just Around the Corner
The snow keeps falling, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Spring is less than a month away. Although there are no flowers on the ground up here in Canada, we definitely saw many of them this Valentine’s Day. It was a nice reminder of what is yet to come. Our flowers in Canada category has definitely improved over the last few months and we’re already gearing up for our Mother’s Day flowers selection. Keep checking back for more great rose and lily bouquet selections as well as our ever popular flowering plants!
Valentine’s Day Gifts Now Online…
The holidays hit us hard and kept pummeling us! It was a successful Christmas season, but too many activities were set aside to handle the volume. Non-essential things like updating our blog. Alot of new things weren’t happening. It was hard enough to keep up with rush. No matter how many extra staff you hire, it’s always not enough. Fortunately, we’re back in the game and ready for the next special day, Valentine’s Day! Our gorgeous Valentine’s Day gifts are now online! This year, Laurie and her designers have outdone themselves, ensuring a wide selection of beautiful gifts such as the understated Love Letter Valentine Gift or the cute and furry Nuts About You Valentine’s Day Basket. Remember to take special care in selecting your gift for that special someone in your life!
Christmas Gift Baskets Now Online!
Our elves have been hard at work this month and finally, we can announce that our holiday gift baskets are now online! This year, the selection is better than ever. We’ve added lots of new designs that reflect the fun associated with the holiday season with the value associated with a Grenville Station gift basket! Although Christmas comes early at GrenvilleStation.com, don’t forget that our Halloween gift baskets make great early holiday gifts. And our ghosts and goblins deserve much credit for those designs!
Happy Thanksgiving from all of Us at GrenvilleStation.com!
Today is turkey day! Ok, that’s what gets everyone’s mouth watering waiting for this day. It’s a great time to relax and spend with family. Although we’ve been working on the big Christmas gift season, today we take time out and enjoy the day. Our Holiday catalog will be finalized later this week and all Christmas designs online. Join our mail list if would like to be notified when xmas 2008 gifts are online!
The Perfect Halloween Office Party
Fall is that time of year when everyone, at home and at work, are planning the holiday season. Many companies plan a holiday office party. Usually this is in late November or early December. Often a company will overlook Halloween, except to allow employees the opportunity to dress up on Oct 31st. They miss out on the perfect opportunity to create extra excitement in their employee’s often boring work life. A Halloween office party is the perfect opportunity to spice up the otherwise dull Autumn. The fall foliage may be beautiful, but the cold and rainy weather can be a tad depressing. If your company needs an excuse to party, Halloween may do the trick!
Halloween Gift Baskets Now Online!
Autumn officially began yesterday but it’s been hiding around the corner for weeks. The sun is going down in the night sky earlier each day, and there is a definite chill in the morning air. If you visit Wal-Mart or other major retailers, their halloween stock is already on the shelves. Halloween began back in July here at Grenville Station when our suppliers presented us with the Fall ’08 inventory. We think that this year is our best Halloween designs ever! The mummy and witch standing over my shoulder are making me say that…get help! If you have someone special to send a Halloween gift to – whether it be a long distance friend or relative, or employees or best customers – GrenvilleStation.com will make you look so good it’s spooky!
Corporate Halloween Gifting
It is very common in corporations today to send holiday gift baskets. Although generically referred to as holiday gifts, what is really meant is Christmas gift baskets. It is natural for gift giving to spill over from the personal to the business side of relationships. Businesses start gearing down in anticipation of the extended time off. Everyone is in ‘holiday mode’ the 2nd and 3rd weeks of December.
A small yet substantial segment of the business community takes advantage of opportunities in the business cycle to exploit heighten marketing sensitivities. The smart marketer knows that people start preparing for the holidays immediately after labour day. Corporations start brainstorming on what they will be doing ‘in the new year’. They’ve forgotten to focus on the remainder of the current year.
A major part of business gifting is to reward employees for hard work, remind suppliers of your appreciation for their support throughout the year and thank/encourage past customers that you value their past purchases of your products or services and sincerely value their future consideration. While December is a great time to send a holiday gift, October is the perfect opportunity to leap frog ahead of your competition and get in front of your customers by sending them a Halloween gift basket.
