A new florist opens its doors
Full-service florist, ready to serve you

[JULY 1, 2000]  Perhaps you  haven't noticed  yet, but Lincoln has a new floral shop. Creative Designs and Weddings quietly appeared just next to Lincoln Vacuum Sales and Service at 616 Keokuk.  They have just moved  there from their previous location at 125 N. SangamonThe business was started on March 6 by owners Marsha Miller and Stephen Elkins. The new location offers a busier location  with the Keokuk traffic and the vacuum cleaner store next door.  

Creative Designs and Weddings handles practically all of your floral needs from every day  to special occassions.  They are a full service florist.  They do fresh flower and live plant design as well as silk design. Their designs include decorative indoor plant baskets , potted plants, and dish gardens which make great gifts or use them to decorate around the home or office.  For weddings they do everything ; bouquets, boutineers, corsages, church decoration reception decoration, Tuxedo rentals, everthing except, no gowns and no singing,” says manager Kay Hunter.  At holidays and special occassions, you can look to them for custom and festive designs.   They also handle funeral flowers, including casket sprays, casket pillows, and wreaths. 

 


[New location at 616 Keokuk offers easy 
access for creative design customers.]

If you are looking for a gift, and in case you don't want to send flowers, you can send balloons and balloon bouquets. 

 

 

Not only can Creative Designs handle your floral, plants, and balloons, but they can also service all your long distance floral needs. Through FTD wire services you can send a special  FTD  design, and any other  plant or  floral  design you choose to just about anywhere in the world 

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As if all this were not enough,  this versatile business also offers Logan County residents another  great service free delivery in the Logan County area!    Bailey Elkins, father to Stephen Elkins, drives the delivery truck and travels with a  warm  smile. Aside from Bailey and Kay Hunter, the business also employs Rachel Gaydosh and Rhonda Kincheloe.

 

  
[Happy little plant baskets fill Creative Designs and Weddings, now located beside Lincoln Vacuum Sales and Service at 616 Keokuk.]

The owners were previously associated with Flowers by Tibbs, however Creative Designs is a completely new business .  They  still have the same phone number as before the move, (217 ) 735-2725 . Old regular customers will find that with patience, the new owners will learn exactly what you want.  They want to provide the same quality service and are eager to please.  If you want them to do something in a special way, Hunter says, bring a picture, then we’ll know.”   

 

 

Be sure to stop in and get to know the folks at Creative Designs and Weddings, so they can get to know you and your floral needs.

 

 [Trisha Youngquist]