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Greeting cards for bouquets in Toronto: from early valentines to your words
Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts, produced the first mass-made valentines shortly after 1847, and the printed card became a ready-made genre almost overnight. Greeting cards for bouquets in Toronto still work the same way: a finished design paired with a few lines you add yourself. This section is here to help you pick the design first and leave the words for last.
A free message card or a designed greeting card?
A plain message card with your own text comes free with any bouquet, so there is no need to add anything if a short note is all you want. The cards in this section are a different, separate thing: catalogue items in their own right, each with its own drawing, occasion and format.
They go into the basket alongside the bouquet the same way a balloon or a soft toy would. Nothing about choosing them is complicated: pick the design that fits the day, add it to the order, and write the message once you reach checkout.
Birthday has its own run of designs: a cake, a pair of lambs, a lion holding a cake, and the plainer "Wishing You a Wonderful Birthday" for anyone who wants the wording rather than a character on the front. Each one reads as a birthday card without any note attached, which matters if the bouquet is going somewhere the sender cannot be there to explain it. A birthday card like this often travels with a birthday bouquet, and browsing roses is one easy place to start looking.
A card for a mother carries its own line, "Mom, with your support I can do anything", and needs nothing further added. "Happy March 8th" answers International Women's Day, an official holiday in more than two dozen countries, so the greeting alone does the explaining. For an occasion with no fixed date, the plainer options such as "For You", "Wishes" or "Your Day" leave the reason to the sender's own message rather than the printed front.
Photo postcards, envelopes and cards with a sense of humour
"Postcard Your Photo" builds the card around a photograph the sender chooses, so the front is personal rather than generic. "Money Envelope for Birthday" is a separate envelope meant for giving money as a birthday gift, on top of the bouquet's own card.
For an occasion that does not call for anything solemn, "Cute Cats", "Raccoon" and "Just Do It" cover the lighter end of the shelf. None of them need an occasion attached to make sense; a birthday, a small congratulations or simply a Tuesday all work.
What to write on a bouquet card, and whether to sign it
A card can carry a signature or stay anonymous, and both are treated the same by the person sending flowers in Toronto. The courier who delivers the bouquet knows only the recipient's name and address; the sender's own contact details are never passed on to anyone.
There is no fixed etiquette to follow here, so the simplest approach works best: a couple of lines in your own words next to the printed design. The picture does the greeting, the message does the rest, and it needs nothing more elaborate than that.
Greeting card and flower delivery in Toronto: how the card arrives
The courier hands the bouquet over in person, card included, and says nothing beyond whatever the sender specifically asked to be passed on. Nobody reads the message aloud or adds a comment of their own.
The card's wording can still change after the order is placed, along with the date, address or recipient. The only condition is that the bouquet has not yet left for delivery; a message to the manager with the order number is all it takes.
Where two bouquets are going to two different addresses, both can sit in one basket, with delivery worked out separately for each address. The bouquet card shows the delivery time, and the delivery page covers the rest.
