Spring Wreath with Chris Norwood

We are all ready to hear the song of spring in the Natural State. Follow along as Chris Norwood creates an enchanting spring wreath. Watch closely, and you’ll have the tools you need to build your very own spring showstopper. Give the birds in your neighborhood something to sing about!

Start with a wire wreath form and attach wide burlap ribbon along the inside of the form, using the form’s “twisty-ties” to secure the ribbon to the form. Continue incorporating ribbon in a regular repeating pattern until the desired texture and density is achieved. Next, give your wreath some personality by adding a shapely material, such as grapevine. Using the “twisty-ties” on the form, secure these accents evenly across the wreath’s visible surface.

With this foundation, you’re ready to add quirky touches and express your uniqueness. Chris uses silk dogwood stems to add a crisp white color with lots of texture. He embellishes by bending them into “perfectly imperfect” natural shapes, weaving the branches in and out along the wreath form. Try using florist wire to secure unruly branches. Chris also points out that using wire will allow you to easily retrofit the wreath for future holidays and seasons.

Chris chose to incorporate bird nests at varying intervals. These “ornaments” pair perfectly with the natural moss ribbon which is added next.

Watch the video to get inspired for spring! Chris’ wreath design should get you thinking about making your very own wreath. What’s  your favorite part of this season? Chances are you won’t have to look far for a unique inspiration. Once you’ve found your inspiration, visit Tipton & Hurst! We have everything you’ll need to design the perfect spring wreath. Shop now and save 25% on our premium selection of permanent botanicals!

 

Silk is in Season at Tipton & Hurst

Tipton & Hurst has a big announcement: we now have the largest collection of silk flowers and plants in the South.  It’s a selection so life-like, you’ve got to touch them to believe they’re not real. It’s a collection you won’t be able to match anywhere else in the state. We invite you to come by our stores in Little Rock, North Little Rock or Conway to see them for yourself.

When it comes to silk flower arrangements, we still lend our expert creativity and delivery services. Watch Chris Norwood’s KATV appearance below to see what he crafted together for the Good Morning Arkansas set using silk flowers.  You can catch Chris every Tuesday on KATV Channel 7 between 9 and 9:30.

St. Patrick’s Day Floral Design with Chris Norwood

After the winter we’ve been having, it’s nice to see green again. This week, Chris has an amazing St. Patrick’s Day floral design perfect for brightening your home and your spirit. For this arrangement, you’ll first need a small, thin green vase. Next you’ll need Bells of Ireland and gold wire (very festive for St. Patrick’s Day).

Begin by twisting the gold wire along the leafed portion of the stem. Do not wrap the wire along the entirety of the stem, because you’ll be trimming the bottoms. So be sure to leave extra wire at the top and the bottom. You’ll do this to six stems. Once they are each “wired”, take two each and begin entwining the extra wire at the bottom together so that the bases of the plants are stuck together. Now bend the tops of the plants toward each other into a heart shape. Bend the wire as needed to get the effect. Do likewise to the next two couple of plants.

Once you have three heart-shaped designs, combine them together at the base with gold wire so that they are arranged into a three-leaf clover. Cut off the stems and insert them into the vase. Now take moss and place it between your “clover” design and the vase. Take green-colored roses (which we have grown naturally) and add them. And last but not least, the daffodils. They are finally in bloom and give the perfect yellow accents to your green floral design.

Remember to stop by Tipton & Hurst for all of your floral arrangement needs and inspiration. Watch the video below to see Chris in action as he crafts together this amazing arrangement piece.

Trashtastic Mardi Gras Centerpiece with Chris Norwood

Trashtastic? What in the world is trashtastic? And what does it have to do with Mardi Gras? Don’t worry, you won’t have to go dumpster diving for materials. This is a fun, festive, care-free Mardi Gras centerpiece that is still gorgeous, but it certainly goes for a more crazy personality than most decorative pieces we show you how to make. Which is only befitting for a holiday like Mardi Gras.

The purpose of this centerpiece is to mimic a Mardis Gras or Venetian mask, which are famous for their outlandish style. To get started, you’ll need a gold vase (it can be either tall or short). Place a collar of green dianthus around the rim of the vase’s mouth to hide the “mechanics” of your arrangement. Now take peacock feathers and insert them into the vase between the collar of dianthus. Make sure most of the stem shows for each feather, giving the impression that the feathers are fanning out of the vase.

Next, you’ll need two Mardis Gras masks (make sure they are green, purple and gold). Attach two short rods to the masks so that you can stick them in with the feathers on either side of the feather fan. Once the masks are in place, begin adding orchids to the arrangement, sticking them diagonally into the dianthus collar (we used orchids with dyed colors). Now add beads to hang around the masks and throw in a few purple irises to mix with the feathers. This should cover your purple and green, but don’t forget your gold. We suggest adding in gold lilies right beneath the masks.

When you’re happy with the arrangement, place a fleur de lis in the middle of the arrangement on a pole so that it “caps” off your design.

Be sure to catch Chris Norwood every Tuesday morning between 9 and 9:30 on KATV’s morning show. You can watch his recent appearance below.

Mardi Gras Decorating Tips with Chris Norwood

It’s time to don your beads and bring out the king cake, it’s Mardi Gras season already. For home or office Mardi Gras decorating tips, here’s a quick, easy and flashy mesh wreath you can throw together in no time.

First start out by getting rolls of striped mesh in Mardi Gras colors: purple, green and gold. Take a metal wreath form and start entwining the mesh around the metal form in bunches, starting in the middle and working your way around. Next get a large Mardi Gras mask and place it in the middle of your wreath, tying the mask’s strings to the form to keep in place.

And of course, it’s not Mardi Gras without the beads. Grab some bead necklaces and start twist-tying them to the form so that they hang below the mask. Feel free to go as flashy as possible. This is Mardi Gras after all. For all of your Mardi Gras decor needs, come by Tipton and Hurst and see what we have in store.

And as an extra bonus, here are a few Mardi Gras facts you might find interesting:

  1. The official colors of Mardi Gras have meanings. Purple is for justice, gold is for power and green is for faith.
  2. The colors were chosen by the visiting Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
  3. The beads only date back a few decades to the 1970s when glass beads were thrown by the floats, but since demand got so high, glass beads were replaced by plastic beads.
  4. Mobile, Alabama is considered the first U.S. city to celebrate Mardi Gras. Today, it still has the second largest celebration after New Orleans.
  5. And a fun tip if you find yourself in New Orleans on Mardi Gras: if you miss a doubloon thrown from a float, don’t reach down to try and pick it up. Instead, put your foot down on it. If you reach down, you’ll probably miss it or get your fingers stepped on.

Watch Chris Norwood design the Mardi Gras wreath for yourself below:

Radiant Orchid Wedding Designs with Chris Norwood

Having a wedding in 2014? If you’re still in the market for wedding colors, you might want to check out radiant orchid. It’s the official color of 2014 and will look gorgeous at any wedding. Now obviously you’ll want to incorporate your wedding colors into your wedding’s floral choices, and many might tell you radiant orchid won’t show up well on photography, since purple typically recedes in color on film. Well Chris has already thought ahead of that. He’s got a floral arrangement that’s perfect for all those purple-loving brides out there.

When you are putting together your bouquet, take your radiant orchid flowers first, clutching them together. Now add brightly colored lavender, water roses, and wax flower for an airy, whimsical look. Once you have a bouquet look you’re happy with, take a few strings of ivy and wrap them around the base of the buds. Let the ivy cascade down off the bouquet, which adds a lot of visual value if you don’t have a lot of design work on the front of your wedding dress. Keep it held together with floral tape and wrap it with burlap ribbon for aesthetic appeal.

To discover just how Tipton & Hurst helps make the biggest day of your life absolutely amazing, contact us for a wedding consultation!

You can watch Chris in action by watching his KATV appearance below. Be sure to watch him weekly on Tuesdays with KATV morning show.

The Committed Man’s Guide to Valentine’s Day Survival

Screen Shot 2014-02-10 at 11.03.14 AMFor the man who has the perfect person in his life, but is still searching for that perfect gift this Valentine’s Day, Tipton & Hurst is offering a free guide you can download instantly.

In this guide, you’ll find 10 gifts we offer that are sure to impress, dazzle and surprise. Don’t give the same old thing.  Shake it up this year.  And let Tipton & Hurst show you how.

Download the Valentine’s Day survival guide here!

Don’t forget to shop our Valentine’s Day gifts to find all of the gifts listed in our guide. And once you’re found the perfect surprise, order online or contact us today.

 

Untraditional Valentine’s Day Designs with Chris Norwood

When it comes to having great Valentine’s Day flair, nobody does it better than Tipton & Hurst.

If you’re looking to spice things up a little bit as far as Valentine’s Day designs go, our Vice President Chris Norwood has a few great floral arrangements up his sleeve you have to check out.

The first design includes a short red vase, a lobster claw head heliconia (to give it some tropical feel), metallic heart stems, monstera leaves, anthurium flowers (which already have great heart shapes), green moss carnations and circus roses. Put them together in the vase in any arrangement you think fits best.

The second design includes a red, skinny vase and plenty of gold flat wire. Wrap the flat wire around the vase, curling the excess into twisting designs for flair. Put branches of James Storie orchids into the vase. Now take the flat wire and make a heart shape with one end, giving you at least a foot of excess at the end before you cut it off. Take a gerbera daisy, stick the head through the heart shape of your wire and wrap the excess around the daisy’s stem. Do this to about four or five daisies, cutting the stems at differing links. Put them in along with the orchids and you have an exciting, untraditional Valentine’s Day floral arrangement.

All of these supplies can be found at any Tipton & Hurst location. And don’t forget to order ahead for Valentine’s Day gifts. If you order a delivery for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before February 14th, we’ll give you back a gift card of up to 25% of your purchase price.

Alternative Valentine’s Day Arrangement with Chris Norwood

Tired of the typical roses and tulips you set out every Valentine’s Day? Ready for a new Valentine’s Day arrangement with a unique or out-of-the-box flair? Fortunately, Chris Norwood has the perfect floral design that’s not just easy to make, it’s pretty impressive.

Instead of roses and tulips, give orchids a try. Specifically James Storie Orchids. They are smaller orchids with a deep red color that really pops. Take about eight branches of the orchids and then by a spool of red wire. Begin twisting the wire tightly around each individual orchid branches and be sure to leave excess wire at the top (around a foot of extra wire). Once each wire has been successfully wrapped, begin bunching them together and twisting more wire around each stalk, again leaving extra wire at the top. Each bundle should have around four branches.  Here the wire can be wrapped loosely around the bunches. You don’t want to constrict the flowers too much.

Now get a short, red or clear-colored vase. Cross the ends of the bunches together and set them in the vase. This is where you begin forming a heart. Once the bunches are set into the vase, bend the tops of the bunches down toward each other, using the wiring to bend the stems without breaking them. Take the extra length of wire at each end and begin twisting them together. Make sure you are twisting the wire downwards toward the vase to keep the bunches bent toward each other.

Within minutes you should have something resembling a heart. Now take long grass blades and begin weaving them through the branches of the heart. This will add a nice green color and vary the texture. Wrap a bunch around the mouth of the vase to add support and cover the base.

For more Valentine’s Day inspiration or for that special Valentine’s Day gift, come by Tipton & Hurst. We would love to assist you in making it a day to truly remember. And don’t forget, if you let us deliver on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday before Valentine’s Day, you’ll receive a gift of up to 20% of your purchase price.

 

Top 10 Valentine’s Gifts You Should Give Your Sweetheart This Year

Valentine’s Day is coming. Cue the scramble to set dinner reservations, schedule the babysitter, and get the perfect gift that’s sure to blow her away. While there are too many great restaurants to suggest just one and you’re own your own with the babysitter, we happen to be experts when it comes to the perfect gift.

Roses. Chocolate boxes. Teddy bears. We’ve got all the classics. But whether you want to go classy or different, we’ve got you covered when it comes to Valentine’s gifts.

Below is our top 10 gift ideas that are sure to surprise her. Whether you want them delivered to the house, the office or to the candle-lit dinner reservation, we can send it.

1. A dozen roses 

You can’t go wrong with this arrangement of premium, long stem roses that have been hand-selected by experienced members of our staff. For that something extra, add chocolate, balloons or plush animals if desired.

2. One and a half dozen roses

Eighteen premium long stem roses in your choice of color, arranged in a glass vase with greenery. More roses = greater odds of you keeping your lady friend giddy with your companionship.

3. Roses and Lily

Change the game up a bit and mix in some lilies with those timeless roses. This arrangement is a premium selection of timeless red roses and stargazer lilies arranged in a glass vase with greenery.

4. Love Abundance

This is some next level gift giving and pretty much assures an abundance of good things are going to happen when this baby is delivered. You get two dozen premium roses in your choice of color, arranged with softening greenery in a clear glass cube.

5. Romantic Elegance

A lush, romantic mixture of roses, spray roses, tulips and hydrangeas in shades of pink and white are accented with green coffee berries and waxflower in a clear glass cube. If all of those froufrou words in the last sentence mean nothing to you, let’s just translate it to one — awesome.

6. Orchid Arrangement

This gift of a Phalenopsis orchid in a decorative ceramic container will make a lasting impact on anyone who loves clean lines and simple beauty. And as a bonus, it’s alive, so she can remember what an awesome gift giver you are for months to come.

7. Chocoholic Basket

When it comes to “can’t miss” gifts, this goes head-to-head with the rose. This basket contains various gourmet chocolate items including fudge, candy bars, cookies, etc. in a tasteful wicker basket.

8. Vintage Valentine

The Swiss Army Knife of romantic gift giving, the Tipton & Hurst Vintage Valentine comes with one dozen roses — complete with baby’s breath, an iconic heart-shaped box of Russell Stover’s delicious chocolates, and a keepsake stuffed animal. Call us to make a purchase.

9. Three dozen roses

Drop three dozen roses on your lady and rest assured that the message got through. Your romantic dexterity will become the stuff of myth — right up there with Cupid.Want to amp it up even further? Upgrade the container to a dazzling crystal vase.

10. Flowers once a month for a year.

Not that she doesn’t think you’re pretty nifty already, but what if you could give her that feeling she gets on Valentine’s Day 11 other days of the year? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you sign up for flowers for a year. Once a month, Tipton & Hurst will deliver a special arrangement — either roses or a seasonal mix, which is an excellent way to make the romance last.

Be sure to shop through the rest of our site for other great Valentine’s gifts. 

Valentine’s Day Decor: Heart Wreath Designs with Chris Norwood

With most of winter at our backs, but still a ways to go until spring, you might be wondering, “What’s something fun, seasonal and special I can hang on my door?” You can’t do Christmas wreaths, it’s too early for a spring wreath, and a bare, naked door just won’t do. Fortunately, Valentine’s Day decor can fill up that void easily enough.

In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, Chris Norwood has a few ideas for creating easy, but stellar-looking heart wreaths you can hang on your door this time of year. There are several materials you can use, but Chris suggests using either pink wire or curly willow branches. They’re two very different styles, especially if you’re going for a fun, festive attitude or a rustic, down-to-earth design.

If you go with the pink wire, start by creating a single, wide circle of the wire (a sort of “lasso”). After four or five loops, cut off the wire and begin twisting one side of the circle. With the side that is still rounded, press it in the middle to create a heart shape. Make two of these with the wire, then interlock them by meshing together the layers of wire. If you go with the curly willow branches, you won’t need to twist the end to create the bottom tip of the heart. But you will need to lightly break the individual branches, forcing them into a uniform heart shape at the top. If you’re using curly willow, you won’t have to worry about the branches snapping off unless you peel away the bark.

Once you’re finished, be sure to hang them up where a whole lot of people can see. After all, even if it didn’t take you long, you still want your hard work recognized.

You can watch the video below for more details. And don’t forget to keep an eye out for several Valentine’s Day specials coming to Tipton Hurst very soon.

Early Spring Designs with Chris Norwood

Despite the freezing temperatures and wintery season, there’s no reason not to put a little spring design in your home decor. And there’s nothing like fresh, young bulb flowers to bring in an early dose of spring freshness. So here are a couple of great arrangements you can easily do yourself.

First thing, when you get your bulbs, you’ll want to peel off the brown covering of the actual bulb. This will reveal the white “skin” that adds clean, fresh color to match the green of the stem. For our first arrangement, take a short, clear glass vase and run bark wire around the vase, twisting the loose ends together. Next take the bulbs and place them in the vase.  Once the bulbs are in, take red dogwood sticks and insert them vertically between the bark wire and the outer wall of the vase. You don’t have to use dogwood, any stick with a little bit of bend and texture to it will work. Now begin placing sticks horizontally between the vertical sticks and the bulb stems, criss-crossing them to create a grid. What this will do is help support the flowers as they continue to grow, since bulbs tend to get lanky with age. This also creates a very organic, naturalistic effect that is currently in style for indoor plant decor. Add a little water and they’ll continue to grow.

Another option is taking a tall and narrow clear vase along with tall-stemmed bulbs, such as daffodils. After you place the bulbs in the vase, take long sticks with texture (such as the red dogwood sticks) and insert them vertically into the vase. Next, clip the sticks into smaller pieces and drop them into the vase to sit with the bulbs, adding more colors and a stronger organic feel.

You can find several different types of bulbs already at Tipton & Hurst, along with vases and other additions for your spring design needs. Watch the video below for a visual approach to this arrangement and be sure to catch our floral design genius, Chris Norwood, on KATV every Tuesday morning between 9 and 9:30.

 

Tipton & Hurst Recognized As Best Florist By Soiree Magazine

This has been a great season for Tipton & Hurst. We could not be more proud of hard-working staff and more appreciative of our wonderful customers. With the New Year comes award season, and not just for Hollywood stars. Tipton & Hurst has been recognized as Central Arkansas’s best florist by no less than six Arkansas publications, including our “Best of Biz” award from Arkansas Business.

Recently we received Little Rock Soiree’s 2014 Platinum Service Award for exceptional customer service. You will notice on the list of winners we have been around the longest and will be around to service the great customers of Central Arkansas.

Inviting Arkansas gave Tipton & Hurst a nice shout-out as a Little Rock’s go-to for wedding floral designs in their wedding “Picture Perfect” article. Vice President and Head Designer Chris Norwood was featured in the January edition of Inviting Arkansas, where he gave the latest wedding trends for Arkansas brides this year. You can download Inviting Arkansas’s January issue to read more!

Tipton & Hurst was also mentioned by Arkansas Bride for designing the floral arrangements at Margaret Gregory and Thomas Hart, Jr.’s wedding. It turned out to be a truly elegant event you have got to see.

If you’re interested in seeing what Tipton & Hurst can do for your Big Day, visit our wedding section.

 

New Year’s Decoration with Chris Norwood

Happy New Year’s from Tipton & Hurst! We’ve got a few tips and tricks for taking down your Christmas decorations and adding a little flare to your New Year’s Eve, from our vice president and design mastermind, Chris Norwood.

When it comes to taking down your Christmas decorations, organization is key. You want to minimize the amount of headache for yourself when Christmas comes again this year. Instead of wadding up your Christmas lights into a tangled ball, take a slip of cardboard, make a short slit into the edge. Place the female end of your lights (the end without the plug) into the slit as a holder. Wrap the lights around the cardboard piece and fit the male end into the cut to keep the line from unraveling. As for garlands along banisters, instead of taking them all down at once and stuffing them into trash bags, take them down piece by piece. This way if the garlands are pre-lit and you have any that burn out, you can test them individually and take them apart easier. If you don’t want to take them down separately, you can hang them on clothes hangers in an unused closet for easy access.

For a great New Year’s decoration, add a little style to your champagne bottle. Take a length of silver or gold wire ribbon, anything that sparkles brightly, and wrap it around the neck of the bottle. Don’t tie it tight just yet. Where the ribbon makes the bow, begin inserting sparkling garland branches between the ribbon and the bottle. Once the garland is in place, tie the ribbon tight to hold it. Take more ribbon and begin wrapping it around the bottle neck, adding more garlands as you see fit. Once you are happy with the result, tighten the ribbons to make sure everything is held firmly.

For ribbons, garland and more decor, visit Tipton & Hurst, especially if you’re looking to stock up on next year’s Christmas. All of our Christmas decorations are currently 70 percent off. Consider it a belated holiday gift.

You can watch Chris’s tips below. Be sure to catch him Tuesdays between 9 and 10 on KATV Channel 7.

Tipton & Hurst Recognized As Best Florist In “Best of Biz”

We are ecstatic to announce that Tipton & Hurst has once again been named “Best Florist” by Arkansas Business for the ninth year in a row! The Little Rock-based publication released its ninth annual Readers’ Choice “Best of Business” edition last week. Winners were selected by readers as the best in the state, including companies and organizations who provide services to businesses in Arkansas.

We want to give a huge “thank you” to all of you who voted for us as best florist and an especially big “thank you very much” to our customers, who are some of our biggest supporters and dearest friends. We love being able to serve you and the wonderful state of Arkansas.

Be sure to read the Arkansas Business’s December 28-29, 2013 issue to see us and the other winners who are “Best in the Biz.” You can also download a digital version of the magazine for free.

Thank you again and have a wonderful 2014!

Quick-and-Easy Christmas Centerpiece with Chris Norwood

Even though Christmas has already passed us, there’s nothing wrong with thinking ahead to next year, especially since our Christmas items are half off now. For next year’s Christmas centerpiece, Chris Norwood has a great arrangement that is easy to put together and takes very little time. For your Christmas centerpiece, grab a few glass bubble bowls and fill them water and a type of red berries, such as cranberries or holly berries. Place a small candle inside the bowl to float to add lighting. Before you set the bowls on your table, use garlands and sheets of bark (we recommend birch bark) as the runner down the table. Insert magnolia leaves, fresh apples and berry branches into garland to add different textures and colors. Use various styles of colored burlap, bunching them together into a bow and placing them near the center of your centerpiece.

Watch the video below to see just how easy it is and how gorgeous the end result can be. Be sure to stop by one of our stores for great deals and ideas.

Capital Hotel’s Christmas Tree Gets Noticed

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Photo from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | Stephen B. Thornton

Early this morning, Forbes Travel Guide released a blog post entitled “10 Luxury Hotels’ Dazzling Holiday Trees.” In the blog, Forbes Travel Guide lists their top picks for the best hotel Christmas trees from around the world. And Little Rock’s very own Capital Hotel made the list, right along the Plaza Hotel in New York City, the Bellagio in Las Vegas and Claridge’s in London, featuring the tree Tipton Hurst installed and decorated. The tree also got a mention in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, so be sure to pick up the Dec. 18th edition for a preview.

Here’s an excerpt of the article:

“Considered the jewel of Little Rock, this Four-Star hotel keeps up a grand tradition with a slender, 30-foot white fir from Oregon on display in its majestic lobby. Inspired by the hotel’s stained-glass ceilings, Howard Hurst and his team at Tipton and Hurst Florists chose a classic palette of burgundy and gold, covering the branches with all-glass ornaments in a range of deep reds and an ethereal gold ribbon running through the sea of deep green.” – Forbes Travel Guide

Be sure to read the full post at Forbes Travel Guide and go see the tree for yourself at the Capital Hotel this holiday season.

 

Tour Our Little Rock Store … Without Leaving Your Couch!

When you look up Tipton Hurst on Google, you now have the option to take a virtual tour of our Heights location’s interior. We invite you to use this new tool to “walk” between our shelves and see what we have in stock this holiday season. Just keep in mind these are not live photos, so what you see today might not be on the shelf tomorrow. But feel free to make inquiries if you can’t find what you’re looking for. We’ll be more than happy to assist you.

Take the tour here: http://hub.am/JokbE8

How To Make A Holiday Wreath With Chris Norwood

Looking to diverge from the classical evergreen holiday wreath? Chris Norwood showed KATV Channel 7 how to easily put together a metal, wire-form wreath using glass ornaments. The wire-form wreath provides a contemporary, European look. Take a few strings of beaded garland and zig-zag it through the wireframe, twisting it around the wires to keep it in place. When you use ornaments, insert a wire into the ornament instead of a hook so that you can twist the ornament onto the wireframe. Be careful to use ornaments with caps that are built in or glued on, a cap with a spring will pop right off. Arrange the ornaments in whatever order or pattern you like, but be sure to twist the ornament as close to the wire as you can to create tension and keep the ornament tied tight. You can also twist two ornaments together before attaching them to the wire form for a varied effect. Once you’ve finished adding ornaments, consider stringing lights through the wire form to really make your new wreath pop.

And don’t forget, our ornaments are buy 2, get 1 free and find out what other great holiday deals we have at Tipton Hurst.

Watch Chris’s KATV appearance below and don’t forget to catch him every Tuesday morning on KATV Channel 7 between 9 and 9:30.