Mornings With Mayesh

Our Mayesh Design Star, Tyson Lee of Mister Lee Designs, was Yvonne's guest on yesterday's live show! They chatted about his second flower design tutorial video featuring an avant-garde floral wig, landing high-profile clients, finding inspiration for his floral designs, the creative process, and more. Show notes & video replay link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-inspiration-the-creative-process 

David Dahlson was back to share with us some exciting product news! He introduced us to a ground-breaking NEW product called Exochorda! David also showed us Café Latte, which won a Red Ribbon at the SAF Outstanding Varieties Competition for our exclusive Mayesh rose variety along with gorgeous tree peonies, some other new rose varieties - Grandiose, Zephyr, Level Up, Dark Expression, Sunset Expression, Bumblebee, Born Free, Wild Esperance, Fair Lady, Be Sweet, Mia, Unforgiven, and Piacere -  and a brand new double purple/hot pink Aster from one of our growers. Which product are you most excited about?  NOTE: the video replay may be a better option since most of the episode featured flowers.  Show notes & video replay link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-flower-showcase-new-varieties-roses-peonies-exochorda-asters 

Where do YOU bloom? This week, Debra Prizing brought a few of her floral friends to discuss her latest book, "Where We Bloom". We are going to dive into creating unique spaces where florists create and design. Our other special guests - Srini Perera, Maura Whalen, and Kit Wertz & Casey Schwartz - will be sharing more about their small, medium, and large spaces where they bloom & work. **certain parts will be best viewed by watching the video replay** Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-floral-design-spaces   #morningswithmayesh

Our newest Mayesh Design Star, Tyson Lee of Mister Lee Designs, is Yvonne's very special guest! They sat down to chat about his first tutorial video featuring a floral wig, the story behind that wig design, sustainability, and, of course, answered audience questions.  Show notes & video link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-tyson-lee-on-floral-wigs-sustainability  #morningswithmayesh #mayeshdesignstar

Listen to our latest Mornings with Mayesh featuring our very own flower expert, David Dahlson. We chatted about the current flower situation, flower shortages, pricing, flower substitutions, working with your rep, processing flowers, making sustainable changes, and more.  It was truly a great episode packed with tons of important information!  Show notes & video link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-wholesale-flowers-shortages-processing  #morningswithmayesh #mayeshdesignstar

Amanda Bowman of Amanda Bee's Floral Designs and our July & August Mayesh Design Star was our guest this week. She is once again bringing the retail perspective into our series and conversation this year. We are going to chat about her retail program, containers, flower subscriptions, software & websites for retailers, shop events & more! Show notes & video link: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-retail-floristry-amanda-bowman #morningswithmayesh #mayeshdesignstar

Our newest Mayesh Design Star, Amanda Bowman of Amanda Bee's Floral Design, joined Yvonne for our latest episode. She is bringing the retail perspective into our series this year and we are excited to dive more into the topic. Learn more about her retail posey program, tips for getting started in retail, flower deliveries, florist websites & so much more! Show notes & video replay: If you enjoy our podcast, we would love for you to leave us a review!!

What is floral marketing? Hafsa Lewis of Hafsa & Co joined me live yesterday to answer that very question. We also chatted about working with other companies, brand activations, flay lays, current projects, future plans and so much more!  Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-floral-marketing-with-hafsa-lewis  If you enjoy our podcast, we would love for you to leave us a review!!

Our newest Mayesh Design Star, Hafsa Lewis of Hafsa & Co joined Yvonne for our latest Mornings with Mayesh. They dove into Hafsa's amazing dried floral installation at a restaurant, learned about how she works with businesses & brands as a florist, and answered your questions live! Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-hafsa-lewis-floral-marketing

Lauren Palmer of The Wild Mother joined us to chat about their "Art is Medicine" project #SendFlowersToGreenwood. Learn more about how they are working with The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission to send flowers to Greenwood both virtually with participants creating art to share on social media and physically by providing large-scale floral installations and bouquets for descendants of massacre victims during commemorative ceremonies this month. Their work is truly inspiring! Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-the-wild-mother-sendflowerstogreenwood

Darroch and Michael Putnam of Putnam & Putnam were Yvonne's very special guests on yesterday's Mornings with Mayesh!! They have collaborated on projects ranging from events with Dior to installations for Beyoncé and have been featured in countless magazines. The Putnams visited the show to share about their second book, Flower Color Theory - a follow-up to Flower Color Guide that features 175 different arrangements! Afterward, we dove into some of your flower questions that included: do they forage, which floral designers inspire them, when did they feel like they "made it", and so much more!  Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-putnam-putnam-on-flower-color-theory 

This episode featuring Gilberto Espinoza, of Dogwood & Fir, really covers a wide range of topics - everything from design principles to taxidermy and beyond! We chat about pin frogs, flower food, design details, and using triangles when designing using his Dutch still-life arrangement video as a reference. Also, we discussed Gilberto's creative way he sells designs by color, not specific flowers, along with talking about how he orders and what percentages he uses to ensures he makes a profit on his events.  Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-dutch-still-life-flowers-wedding-flowers

The Hotel Florist, Franceska McCaughan, joined Yvonne for our latest segment of Mornings with Mayesh to discuss the hotel floral industry. In this episode, learn about what a hotel florist is, how this segment of our industry has been affected by Covid, and strategies on getting your foot in the hotels’ doors. This may be a whole new segment that you’ve never considered OR you may have been too intimidated to explore more. We are going to break it down and answer your questions.   Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-how-to-become-a-hotel-florist

The founder of Botanical Brouhaha, Amy McGee, joined Yvonne for the latest episode of Mornings with Mayesh! Amy shares about the evolution of Botanical Brouhaha, content creation, blogging, podcasting, InBloom Trust Co & more.  Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-amy-mcgee-of-botanical-brouhaha 

Our second 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Gilberto Espinoza of Dogwood & Fir, joined Yvonne for our latest Mornings with Mayesh. In the first half of the show, they talked about his debut design video that launched last week, “Croquet Party Tablescape” and then they discussed starting a business during a pandemic, the importance of floral education in Gilberto’s life, along with answering any other questions from the live audience.  Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-gilberto-espinoza-tablescape-design 

Our first 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Drew Rios of Rogue&Fox Floral Co, came back onto the show. She answered all of the questions that came in about this month's design video, Floral Art Wall, that touched on planning, products, design longevity, and pricing. In addition, Drew gave an update on how her Valentine's Day collaboration went, planning during the pandemic, battling creative block & so much more.   Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-drew-rios-on-collaboration-creativity-covid    Stay tuned for the next show & keep on sending in your floral questions!

Our first 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Drew Rios of Rogue&Fox Floral Co was my special guest for our first Mornings with Mayesh of the new year. Drew answered all of the questions that came in about her Avant-Garde Ceremony floral installation video. Afterward, we chatted about creative ideas to incorporate into your business - collaborating with other artists, selling “trending now” items, upcoming or current floral trends & more. Stay tuned for the next show & keep on sending in your floral questions! Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-creative-ideas-for-floral-businesses

Lauren & Rachel of Sweet Root Village joined Yvonne on Mornings with Mayesh this week. These two talented ladies shared how they stay organized, tips for hiring the right team, their thoughts on how to scale your biz without losing your brand identity, along with answering live viewer questions! Click over to the show notes (link below) for 2 bonus questions that were not answered during the show!! Stay tuned for the next show that will be in January & keep on sending in your floral questions! With that said, thank you so much for tuning in throughout the years. We truly appreciate your time and support and we wish you and your family an amazing holiday season. Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mornings-with-mayesh-sweet-root-village 

Alison Ellis of Real Flower Business, came on to chat about her brand new book, "Falling Into Flowers - A Step-by-Step Guide to Today's Modern Wedding Business". She wrote this book to provide a great overview of how to start a wedding business that covers how to find your niche, pricing, production scheduling, and everything in between. You know Alison is always sharing so much knowledge and we are so excited to dive into her exciting book that will surely help all floral businesses! Video replay & show notes:

Nicole Clarey of Nicole Clarey Photography and Logan Martin of Good Notion joined Yvonne to chat about visual storytelling using photography and videography! With the digitization of business, photos and videos have become even more important. Learn how to improve shooting your own, when you should hire a pro & more! Video replay & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-visual-storytelling-using-photography-videography