Meet the Team - A New Member

We are adding one more entry to our Meet the Team series because we've recently added a new member to our staff at Lisa Foster Floral Design. We are so happy to announce, Emily Williams, a Senior at the University of Tennessee as the newest addition to our team! Emily is originally from Amelia Island, FL, but has attended UT all 4 years of college and has made numerous friends (and a long-lasting romantic relationship!) with Knoxville natives along the way by her sweet personality and stunning smile. Emily will receive her Bachelor's degree in Retail and Consumer Science come December; she is so excited about completing her education and joining our team. With her positive demeanor and experience in retail, we are just as excited about her becoming one of our staff.

Emily is already learning so much about the floral industry and will serve as Lisa's Executive Assistant, helping brides schedule consultations, taking everyday floral orders, and helping you with whatever you need. Emily will actually be taking over the blog soon, so the posts will now come from her creative mind. She will keep you informed of all the latest happenings, events and sales going on here at Lisa Foster. With a great and quiet sense of humor and that sweet smile, Emily is fitting right in here at Lisa Foster Floral Design. Next time you stop in for the best flowers in town, be sure to say hello to our newest team member; she will definitely say hello to you!

Meet the Team - Part 5

The new year is getting well under way, and our blog has been up for about 7 months now (yay!), so it is finally time to finish meeting the team at Lisa Foster Floral Design. Today, you'll be meeting... me. I'm the blogger here at Lisa's and the writer behind all the "Lisa & the Team" posts. I will say it has been much easier to write about all of our great events and the other members of my team than about myself, but here goes.

I am Lauren Duggin, the Marketing Director at Lisa Foster Floral Design. I graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's in Communication, and after a fun and tiring run as a news anchor, I transitioned to more of a Public Relations/Marketing arena. I love writing and coming up with creative, elegant, and fun ways to say something. I hope that is the way our blog at Lisa's comes across. We are a professional bunch here who has a lot of fun doing we do - serving you and providing the freshest, most customized floral designs in Knoxville.

As far as my role here goes, I am all things graphic, marketing, writing, and advertising. I even get my hands dirty from time to time with our super talented designers, helping do the simple and necessary tasks needed to make your wedding bouquets and daily deliveries be the best they can be.

To put it simply, Lisa came along at just the right time in my life and I hope I came along at just the right time in hers. I am grateful for this pretty amazing floral design studio she has created from the ground up.

If you're interested in setting up an appointment with Lisa for a wedding consultation or speaking with her or a designer regarding an order, I'm usually the person you'll talk to; so on that note, I hope to speak with you soon!

Thanks for reading our blog and making us one of the fastest growing floral design studio's in Knoxville. We appreciate you!

Meet the Team - Part 4

With the holidays upon us - Christmas is four days away!! - now seems like a good time to revisit meeting our team here at Lisa Foster Floral Design. Next up is one of the team members that gives our studio it's beat and pulse, he brings us to life on days that are busy, hectic, chaotic, calm, overwhelming, frustrating, and he just plain makes us laugh every day. He's our beloved delivery driver Ray Covington.

Ray, better known as K. Ray in the corporate world he retired from, or Daddy to us here at the studio (he's Lisa's actual father!), is our link from the shop to your front door, bringing you the beauty our designer's create.

Ray worked for years in the transportation and trucking industry, and now he's found a new passion helping his only daughter bring her business to life by transporting she and her team's floral creations.

Ray's attitude and can-do spirit sure revives all of us here at Lisa Foster Floral Design. He works very hard to get your order to you on time, traveling all over Knoxville and the greater Knoxville area finding just where he needs to be at just the right time. With Ray as our driver, you can be sure that if you're ordering or receiving anything from Lisa Foster Floral Design, it will be delivered on time and with care, enthusiasm and a contagious smile and cheerful spirit.

Thanks Ray for being so dependable and helping us grow and expand our everyday orders! We love you and are so glad you're here. As a customer, you'll be glad too - to see our Ray's smiling face and the beautiful design he'll be handing you.

Call us today and experience the timely and exquisite designs from Lisa Foster Floral Design. You won't be disappointed!

Meet the Team - Part 3

It's time to meet another member of our fabulous team. Today's spotlight is on our "coach", Susan Borum. Susan is our expert here at Lisa Foster Floral Design; she's been in the business for years and knows just about everything there is to know about floral design and flowers... thus the name "coach!" She coaches many of us here on arrangements, colors, what will go well together, and all sorts of other floral knowledge that makes our group the best in town!

Susan's expertise stems from her growing up in the floral business; her mother owned a florist shop that she started when Susan was a child and Susan began her work there at a mere 12 years old! Our coach has worked in every aspect of floral design, from retail to wholesale, even co-owning a wholesale silk design business. With that experience she has become not only a designer of fresh flowers and arrangements here in our studio, but she is our exclusive silk designer, making a variety of permanent arrangements that are gorgeous and long-lasting for your home or business.

Not surprisingly, Susan's favorite design she's done has been both of her daughter's weddings. It was, of course, a memorable experience for her to help create the beauty in their special days.

Susan says she feels blessed to be able to have fun and really love her job... We feel the same way with her as part of the design team at Lisa Foster. I can guarantee you'll love her too once you see one of her designs, as the giver or receiver.


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Meet the Team - Part 2

After the fun break with the Sandals post, we're back to meeting our wonderful team. Next on our lineup is Jennifer Capps. She's a fabulous, very efficient designer who's been in the business for 18 years. She and Lisa have shared a friendship since Jennifer was a child and she's been working with Lisa for 10 years, and at Lisa Foster Floral Design since its inception in 2004.

Her favorite flowers are french tulips, yet her favorite wedding was the Braden wedding, back in July of 2005, because of the beautiful containers the arrangements set in at the reception. Some of the photos below may give you a good idea of the beauty of the Braden wedding. In a few, you can even catch a glimpse of the unique glass containers Jennifer loves.




Other than being a big asset to Lisa Foster Floral Design, Jennifer spends much of her time with her husband of 10 years (whom she met in the floral industry!) and keeping up with her adorable 5-year-old son, Connor.

Jennifer is a bright light here in the studio and her designs, like Lisa's, are unique and distinctive. We invite you to come in any time and watch our designers work in our studio - you can see them just as you walk in our door. Lisa has the best designers here at the studio and Jennifer's creations are proof of that.


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Meet the Team - Lisa Foster

Now that we've got our blog up and going, we thought it was time to introduce our Team...the people that make Lisa Foster Floral Design tick, and the awesome group who helped make Lisa Foster Design win Fox43's Hot List award for 2009 Best Wedding Flowers! (Thanks for the votes everyone!)

We'll start at the top today with...LISA FOSTER, owner, operator, and CEO of Lisa Foster Floral Design. Lisa has been in the floral industry over 20 years, and she brings years of expertise and high-quality customer service with her. She has worked in Knoxville at other floral shops as a manager through the years and in 2004, her dream was finally realized when she opened her own floral design studio, specializing in weddings.

After making the dreams come true for over 128 brides in 2008 alone, she decided that her home studio wasn't cutting it anymore - she'd outdone herself, and outgrown her space. In 2009, the grand opening of Lisa Foster Floral Design at 6622 Kingston Pike in Knoxville became another reality in Lisa's growing business! We hit the ground running that day, and haven't stopped since. Lisa is set to surpass those 128 weddings this year, and we hope that we'll set a new record for customer delivery too. Although we specialize in weddings, don't forget that our designers are experts in many occasions. Always keep Lisa Foster Floral Design in mind for any special event!

Those of you who have met Lisa can attest to her sincerity and willingness to work with any customer, any occasion, and any budget. She is a unique floral designer (no TeleFlora or FTD for us!), and she designs her arrangements based on the exact needs of the customer. If you haven't met the owner of our great studio, stop by for a visit, or call in for an order - Lisa or any one of our designers will be glad to help you in any way. We promise you'll be satisfied.

All of us here on the Team are grateful Lisa opened this wonderful studio, and we can bet that after contacting Lisa to work for you, you will be too!


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