In fairy tales, pumpkins turn into horse-drawn carriages.
At Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts, one lucky person will turn a pumpkin into a prize simply by entering this year’s name-the-arrangement contest.
The person who submits the winning name will receive a complimentary mounded pumpkin arrangement, retail value $44.99.
The all-around arrangement measures 12.5 inches high and 16 inches wide. It features a six-inch white ceramic pumpkin, country buffalo gingham bow, dusty miller, mini-green hydrangea, carnations, spray roses, charmelia, poms and limonium.
To enter the contest, visit cmlflowers.com/contest. Limit one entry daily per email address, Sept. 14-18.
Category: Contests
Connells Maple Lee Kids Club seeking birthday card entries through July 15
They say that it’s better to give than to receive.
But you could do both if you win this year’s Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card design contest.
The winning design will adorn the email birthday card that every kids club member receives on his or her special day. The winning artist will receive a free flower delivery on his or her birthday.
The contest is open to kids club members, ages 5 to 12. If you aren’t a kids club member yet, you can register for free at cmlflowers.com/kidsclub.
To enter the contest, simply download the entry form here, create your design and drop it off at your nearest Connells Maple Lee store: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; and 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
The winner will be chosen in late July.
Good luck to everyone!
Blacklick third-grader wins Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card design contest
Abby Hollstrom of Licking Heights describes her son Logan, 8, as a “big drawer.”
“He’s constantly drawing and coloring,” she said of Logan, who is entering third grade. “Legos, lots of Legos. And reading, too. He’s very creative.”
That creativity no doubt contributed to Logan winning this year’s Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts Kids Club birthday card design contest.
Logan’s aquatic design will be featured on the electronic card that kids club members will receive on their birthdays in the coming year. His prize is a free flower delivery on his next birthday.
The kids club is free to ages 5 to 12. With parental permission, children may register for the kids club at any Connells Maple Lee store or at cmlflowers.com/kidsclub.
Membership benefits include a membership card, website activities, an e-mail newsletter, contests and in-store events.
We need your help naming this arrangement; enter our contest by Aug. 15
It has a number, but arrangement 3771 also needs a name.
That’s why we’re asking for help by seeking submissions to our name-the-arrangement online contest through Aug. 15.
The all-around arrangement comprises three roses, stock, hydrangea, mini hydrangea, a lily, cushion poms, button poms, bupleurum, caspia, and curly willow accents swirled in a nine-inch glass bowl.
The person who submits the winning name will receive this arrangement (retail value $69.99) as a prize.
To enter the contest, visit cmlflowers.com/contest.
Limit one entry daily per email address, now through Aug. 15.
Enter the kids club birthday card contest by July 15 for a chance to win a free flower delivery
It’s like sending a gift to yourself.
One lucky child between the ages of 5 and 12 will receive a flower delivery on his or her birthday by winning this year’s Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card design contest.
The deadline for submissions is July 15. The winning design will grace the official e-card that all kids club members will receive in the coming year. (Here’s how to become a member.)
One way to enter the contest is to attend the June 29 kids club event, where everyone who participates also will have an opportunity to make a sundae out of carnations. Time slots are available at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Registration is required by contacting your nearest store.
The other way to enter the contest is by downloading the entry form and dropping it off at your nearest store.
You’ll see the 2018 winning design at the top of this post.
To everyone who enters the contest, we wish you good luck! We can’t wait to see what you come up with.
SEVENTH-GRADER HARBIN WINS CONNELLS MAPLE LEE KIDS CLUB BIRTHDAY CARD DESIGN CONTEST
Danica Harbin likes horseback riding, swimming and reading. She also plays violin and sings in the school choir.
“She’s not afraid to try things,” said her mother, Jeannette Harbin of Grove City.
That can-do spirit helps explain why Danica entered this year’s Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts Kids Club birthday card contest.
“I just wanted to see if I could draw, really,” Danica said.
In fact, the seventh-grader submitted the winning entry. Her design will be featured on the electronic card that kids club members will receive on their birthdays in the coming year.
Danica’s prize is a free flower delivery on her next birthday.
The kids club is free to ages 5 to 12. With parental permission, children may register for the kids club at any Connells Maple Lee store or online at cmlflowers.com/kidsclub. Membership benefits include a membership card, website activities, an e-mail newsletter, contests and in-store events.
Connells Maple Lee’s annual kids club birthday card design contest runs through June 30
This is one birthday celebration that lasts an entire month.
Connells Maple Lee Flowers & Gifts’ annual birthday card design contest, which is open to children ages 5 to 12, runs through June 30.
The winning design will adorn the Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card, which is emailed to all kids club members on their birthdays. The winning artist will receive free flowers on his or her birthday.
Entry forms are available at all Connells Maple Lee stores or can be downloaded here.
To be eligible, entries must be dropped off at a Connells Maple Lee store by June 30: 3014 E. Broad St., Bexley; 2033 Stringtown Road, Grove City; or 8573 Owenfield Drive, Powell.
First-grader Caden Shen wins 2016 kids club birthday card contest
Caden Shen, 7, likes dinosaurs, playing soccer, and walking on a nature trail.
“And he likes to draw a lot,” said his mother, Wen.
In fact, he’s now an award-winning artist. His drawing of flowers is the winning entry in the 2016 edition of Connells Maple Lee Kids Club birthday card design contest.
His design will be featured on the electronic card that Connells Maple Lee Kids Club members will receive on their birthdays in the coming year. Caden’s prize is a free flower delivery on his next birthday.
Caden lives in Westerville with his mother and father, Jon Shen. He will be a first-grader at Annehurst Elementary School.
Thanks to everyone who entered this year’s contest.
The kids club is free to ages 5 to 12. With parental permission, children may register for the kids club at any Connells Maple Lee store or online at cmlflowers.com/kidsclub.
Membership benefits include a membership card, Web site activities, an e-mail newsletter, contests and in-store events.
‘Fire and Ice’ chosen as winning entry in Connells Maple Lee name-the-arrangement contest
“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice,” wrote the poet Robert Frost.
Connells Maple Lee’s name-the-arrangement contest ended in “Fire and Ice.”
That is the winning name, submitted in separate entries by Rita Beck of Columbus and by Linda Sivinski of Powell. Each of them will receive one of the arrangements after it debuts on Dec. 5.
The arrangement, which will be offered year-round, comes in a clear glass cube. It features three types of greens; red flowers comprising one-dozen roses, alstroemeria and hypericum; and white flowers comprising hydrangea, veronica and stock.
The contest generated 71 entries in all.
We made it, and now we need your help to give it a name
We’ve developed a new European-style arrangement, but we need help naming it.
This is where you come in, by entering our name-the-arrangement contest. A lucky winner will receive one of the arrangements as his or her prize.
The arrangement, which will be offered year-round, comes in a clear glass cube. It features three types of greens; red flowers comprising one-dozen roses, alstroemeria and hypericum; and white flowers comprising hydrangea, veronica and stock.
To enter the contest, click here.
The deadline to enter is Oct. 20; limit one entry daily per email address.