florida friday

A snapshot from last Friday. Matt Clinton Designs intern Karrie fearlessly guides two grand arrangements to the Sky Boxes before the Florida game. Gorgeous red roses, white dendrobium orchids and palms...we added towering red ginger to the arrangements on site. It's a feat to get the large-scale arrangements up to the boxes, but they make quite an impression on football fans. If you've got a Sky Box or a tail gate that needs a fresh edge for homecoming, feel free to give us a call!

think pink

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Matt Clinton Designs is offering a special on pink roses and pink rose arrangements in honor of the cause (also in honor, Matt wore a pink shirt to work today!). Send a pink "happy" to someone you know and we'll take 10% off.

A UA sorority kicked off their Think Pink campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness with a bbq on Friday. One of the two fabulous arrangements we did for the event is pictured above. The pink rose we used is called Topaz - they were some of the grandest hot pink roses we've seen in a long time!

bamboo is back

Matt Clinton Designs' best-seller is back. A new shipment of Bamboo candles from Nest arrived at the shop this morning. We'll be sending out a few to place in powder rooms for private events this weekend. If you're entertaining this weekend - or just need a fresh scent for your home - come by and pick one up ASAP!

fall flowers

Yesterday's autumnal equinox marked the first official day of Fall! We're using a beautiful fall palette for Matt Clinton Designs' Friday deliveries (one arrangement pictured above). The colors were inspired by changing leaves...just a few more weeks until Tuscaloosa's trees start turning. Check out our facebook album featuring a Fall cocktail party where we used branches and foliage from the home owner's yard. Just gorgeous!

dorm room delight

Over the summer, we teamed up with Tuscaloosa Magazine to pull together the quintessential Matt Clinton Designs dorm room. Over the summer, girls flocked to the shop for dorm decorating tips and ideas, so it was an honor to work with the magazine to design our ideal one-room collegiate living space. Although many people in this town gravitate towards crimson and hounds tooth, we decided to take a new direction with a fresh, bold color palette. We have the look styled in our windows and we must say, it's been a hit, even among those who bleed crimson and white.

The magazine is on stands now and here's a link to the article online.

workin' for the weekend

Home game weekends are a reminder of how lucky we are to be in business in Tuscaloosa. If the traffic on campus doesn't deter our friends and clients from coming to the shop on a Thursday or Friday before the Tide plays in Bryant Denny, they're sure to find us working on floral arrangements bound for private parties, UA events, fraternity and sorority houses, Sky Boxes and, last but not least, tailgating tents on the Quad.

We're in our second season working with the stellar team at Game Day Tents to bring their clients a fresh approach to top-notch tailgating. Each home game we get an early start to deliver flowers to the tents. And, although we're night owls over here at Matt Clinton Designs, there is nothing like the energy on a Saturday morning during football season to get us revved up for Fall. Roll Tide!

rushed week

This week is one of the busiest weeks of the year at Matt Clinton Designs: Sorority Rush. On top of orchestrating parties for a few houses throughout the week and preparing for Bid Day flower deliveries (and a wedding this weekend), we have boxes of fun new merchandise trickling in from market.

One of our new favorite additions to the store is the NEST candle line (fan them on FB). From Moss and Mint to Moroccan Amber, the fragrances are fabulously fresh and a much welcomed addition to the shop. NEST is also launching a diffuser line this fall and we'll have them in stock in about a month. Diffusers are great for dorm rooms (no candles allowed!) - almost as great as a Trina Turk clad dorm room.

While we're on the subject of Rush and dorm rooms, we must plug our Bid Day flower delivery. Orders are pouring in. If you haven't called us yet, pick up the phone ASAP!