Celebrate Your Assistant

Next week is Secretary's Week...I mean Professional Secretaries Week...I mean Administrative Professional's Week. Well, whatever you call it, next week is the time to celebrate your assistant and all that they do!

Administrative Professional's Week started more than sixty years ago, in 1952 as Secretaries Week and as we have become more politically correct and their jobs have changed, the week was officially re-named Administrative Professional's Week in 2000.

Flowers have always been a way to show your thanks and this year should be no exception. Mugs full of long lasting flowers have always been a popular choice.

But our large selection of gifts lets us make your "Thank You" even more personal. We scoured our store to find gifts that might be perfect for your assistant, like our new Dammit Dolls. They are cute stuffed dolls in funky patterns and colors that are made for when you are having a bad day. The poem on them says it best,
Whenever things don't go so well,
And you want to hit the wall and yell,
Here's a little dammit doll,
That you can't do without.
Just grasp it firmly by the legs
And find a place to slam it,
And as you whack the stuffing out
Yell "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!"
So next week, don't forget to tell your Administrative Professional how much you appreciate them with a gift from Debbie's Bloomers.

Flowers at your doorstep

We live in a wonderful time when flowers are available from all over the world and can be delivered right to your door. Tulips from Holland...Roses from Ecuador...Orchids from Thailand.

Imagine for a second that you only had the flowers that grew naturally on the land around us, like these brilliant orange cactus blooms.

Or the tiny yellow blossoms of a creosote bush.

Now, we have to trek through the desert to appreciate these blooms. Will these be cultivated on the massive flower farms of Columbia or California one day or will our desert treasures stay hidden in our backyard?

When you walk through the Chihuahua Desert this spring, enjoy the beauty that is right at your fingertips. If you're lucky you might get a short rain that will really bring out the fragrances I remember from a childhood trips to Hueco Tanks. The beauty of the world is available right at your doorstep but sometimes we need to just get into our own backyards. These plants that are so common place to us are unusual and foreign to so many.

What is your favorite El Paso area plant or flower?

Spring is here...and it's already 85 degrees outside! While half the country is buried in snow and bad weather, El Paso is amazing right now. At Debbie's Bloomers, we aren't spring cleaning but we are sprucing things up.

First of all, you obviously noticed that we started a blog. I hope that this will allow us to keep you in the know about all the fun things we do here at El Paso's largest flower and gift shop. We will keep you informed about the latest in flower care, all the happenings around town that we are involved in and just some general musings.

We are working on our website, too. There are already a number of new floral arrangements available (like the one above), and today we are working on creating fun gift collections for Administrative Professionals Week, April 22-26 and Mother's Day, May 10 - Mexican, May 12 - American.

Every once in a while, we also design flowers! Haha. The high schools are already geared up for prom, Hanks High School was last weekend, and we are making corsages and boutonnieres even more beautiful and unique than ever before with keepsake bracelets, tons of sparkles and amazing flowers. Plus, the administrators are already looking towards graduation. We have received numerous orders for their ceremony flowers and plants. Did you know that we provide more than 12 of our El Paso schools with blooming plants and podium arrangements?

Look for our blog every Wednesday and don't hesitate to give us your two cents. Whether it questions about flowers, ideas for our blog or just a little note to let us know what were doing right (or wrong), we would love to hear from you.

I never have a favorite flower for long and this week hydrangeas, those lush flowers above, are at the top of my list. What is your? Tell us in the comments what your favorite is and why.