Appleyard Flowers

I was approached by Appleyard Flowers a couple of weeks ago to do a review for them, it all fitted in nicely as I could get the flowers delivered whilst I was staying at moms. 

We unexpectedly ended up out all day so the flowers were left with a neighbour, I retrieved the box and mom (who had no idea what was going on!) did the unveiling...

The bouquet was beautiful, very vibrant which was perfect since the weather had been do grey and miserable, nothing quite like fresh flowers to brighten a room.

Ebi-kun got to work and arranged the flowers, he is bit of an old hand at this now, it's a great Montessori activity and one he absolutely loved doing as a toddler. If you have a little one, let them try it, either with store bought flowers or freshly cut ones from the garden. Start them off with just a few flowers and a small vase then they can build up to bigger versions. 

The kids like to smell and feel the different types of flowers and it's a great starting point for so many topics!

I was impressed with the whole thing, the packaging was well designed and the flowers are beautiful my only slight criticism was the message card was packed in the flowers wrapping, I almost missed it and it was damp because it had been amongst the flowers but apart from that I give Appleyard Flowers the thumbs up!

If you want to send flowers they even have next day flower delivery and because you are one of my lovely readers you can use the code BLOG33 to get a 33% discount off their luxury bouquets*.

They only deliver in the UK, but if you are like me and sometimes need to send a "rush present" this is great!

*excludes the flowers by post range

Flowers for mothers day

Living overseas means that gifting presents can get a bit tricky and recently the postage hasn't been reliable, I had a package returned from Austria and 2 Christmas presents never made it here because the UK has tightened up its posting regulations - I should add that both parcels were within regulations but they still got returned to sender with the offending item - nail polish! removed!

Anyway, I end up relying on internet based services a lot of the time, back in the day Interflora was the only choice but now there is a much bigger range. 

Debenhams Flowers contacted me and asked if I would like to try out their Flower Delivery service, so I got a surprise Scented Spring bouquet sent to my mom. It was really funny, I happened to be chatting on Facetime with her when they were delivered, she kept saying it must be a mistake, why had someone sent her flowers - anyone would have thought she'd never had flowers before!

They arrived packaged in a box and looked lovely when she got them out. Unfortunately she never got around to taking photos because my step dad got rushed back into hospital, taking photos for my blog wasn't really high on the priority list!

But she did say that they smell gorgeous and the scent fills the whole house, which is perfect in gloomy February. They were delivered over a week ago and they are still going strong!

Debenhams Flowers also a 25% discount for you! 

Whoo-hoo, so if you are in the UK or you're planning on sending your mom flowers you can use the discount code DFBLOG25 and get the discount on their Mothers Day Flowers (doesn't include the Flowers by post range) and with the money you save you can treat yourself to something special!