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Spring Wreath with Chris Norwood

04/02/2014 No Comments

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

Silk is in Season at Tipton & Hurst

03/20/2014 No Comments

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

St. Patrick’s Day Floral Design with Chris Norwood

03/17/2014 No Comments

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

How to Make a Spring / St. Patrick’s Day Arrangement on Good Morning Arkansas

03/12/2014 No Comments

Vice President Chris Norwood demonstrated how to create the perfect arrangement to celebrate spring and St. Patrick’s Day on KATV’s Good Morning Arkansas. Video from KATV. The arrangement included a ti leaf, dianthus balls, tulips, daffodils, and lily grass.

Trashtastic Mardi Gras Centerpiece with Chris Norwood

03/06/2014 No Comments

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

Mardi Gras Decorating Tips with Chris Norwood

02/27/2014 No Comments

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

Radiant Orchid Wedding Designs with Chris Norwood

02/24/2014 No Comments

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

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

02/11/2014 No Comments

For 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

Untraditional Valentine’s Day Designs with Chris Norwood

02/05/2014 No Comments

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,

Alternative Valentine’s Day Arrangement with Chris Norwood

02/04/2014 No Comments

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

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

02/04/2014 No Comments

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,

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

02/03/2014 No Comments

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

Early Spring Designs with Chris Norwood

02/02/2014 No Comments

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

Tipton & Hurst Recognized As Best Florist By Soiree Magazine

02/01/2014 No Comments

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

New Year’s Decoration with Chris Norwood

01/03/2014 No Comments

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

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

01/02/2014 No Comments

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

Quick-and-Easy Christmas Centerpiece with Chris Norwood

12/24/2013 No Comments

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

Capital Hotel’s Christmas Tree Gets Noticed

12/16/2013 No Comments

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

Tour Our Little Rock Store … Without Leaving Your Couch!

12/16/2013 No Comments

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

How To Make A Holiday Wreath With Chris Norwood

12/16/2013 No Comments

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

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