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Taking a course is a very good start. Getting a job, even part time, at a florist shop is an excellent way to increase your flower arranging skills. By working in the industry you will learn how to make wedding centerpieces, bouquets and boutonnieres and which flowers are in season for spring, summer, fall and winter weddings. You will also learn from your employer about where he/she buys their flowers and other materials, and how much they mark them up. When you are confident enough you can start your very own business.

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Http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/
using the overture tool – the term “silk flowers” returned 33 thousand queries per month in the yahoo network. Also keep in mind that it is only one of thousands of terms that can bring interested visitors to a site on this topic.

What that means for you is that there are people who are looking for it online. As to whether that means they will buy online is another question but i think it a safe assumption that there is at least a market for it.

The next step for you should be to look at some of the other companies that seem to be doing well and give them a ring to see how they are doing with their online businesses.

Tell them you are an MBA doing a research project or something. Most business owners love to talk about their brilliant business successes.

Another great tool is google trends. Http://google.com/trends?q=silk+flowers
this will give you some idea of demand in google, seasonality and the most interested locations geographicaly.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Go to your local craft store – AC Moore is good if you have one and put fake flowers together to see how they look.

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Taylor & Branch Lines
Taylor & Branch Specials (pun on Special Branch)
or, a near anagram, Chantry Bay

Trouble with a name based on two surnames is that it sounds like an accountancy or real estate firm. Are your surnames so well known that people will know what it is you do? I would go for a cute, little-girl name, eg
Sugar’n'Spice
Buttons and Bows
Cute and Chic

More ideas in “Choosing a Winning Name for Your Business”, a downloadable, step-by-step guide to creating a business name, on the site below.

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If your talking about concrete, check in your area for concrete blocks and get them in half the size they usually are made. You can wrap something around them to make them look presentable. There is a hole in the middle or you can get them filled in so watch what you are given.

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A $300-500 donation is what is given at many parishes.

In regards to decorations, that depends on the church. Some allow you to bring in all you want, but they must stay at the church, others allow you to only decorate with a couple on the altar and a few others here and there, which can be transferred to your reception location.
I think less is more!! But a couple at the altar, another two near the first pew, where parents usually sit, and hang small arrangements along the first 5 alternating pews. Therefore these costs will vary

Pre Cana classes are generally $ 100 the couple.

Total: $400-600 plus decoration of your choice