Mother's Day is May 8, Bestselling Artist Lena Liu Featured in this Year's Bouquets from 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Teleflora Florist

This year Mother's Day, May 8, looks like it will be big for online florists. This year 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU and Teleflora are offering three items licensed by bestselling artist Lena Liu.

(PRWEB) April 25, 2005 -- This year Mother's Day, May 8, looks like it will be big for retailers. The National Retail Federation's 2005 Mother's Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey forecasts spending up 10 percent to $11.4 billion this year. In addition to the expected honorees -- mothers, grandmothers and stepmothers -- nearly 40% of husbands plan to purchase a gift for their wives. Mother's Day isn't just for moms anymore. Wives, sisters, daughters and grandmothers alike will be showered with flowers and gifts this Mother's Day.

"Last year a trend that has become popular is the sending of Mother's Day flowers to their place of employment, says Ken Summerville of 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU, a Teleflora wire service. "Because so many mothers do work, they like their coworkers to see that they have been remembered with flowers on Mother's Day. There's another benefit too: They can enjoy the flowers all week and then bring them home for the weekend, instead of getting them on Saturday or Sunday, then leaving them at home."

Online sales for sending flowers has increased over the years. While many services charge a wire fee or service fee from $9.95 - $12.95, services such as http://www.800iloveyou.com do not charge a wire fee or service fee when ordering online. The wire service processes orders for the more than 20,000 Teleflora member florists throughout the U.S. and Canada, with an additional 20,000 affiliated florists outside North America.

This year 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU and Teleflora are offering three items licensed by bestselling artist Lena Liu. Featured this year, a hummingbird teapot bouquet and a collectible teacup and saucer bouquet both the second in this popular series. New this year is an exotic topiary featuring a lovely image by Lena Liu. Also featured this year is the sparkling Galway Irish Crystal Basket bouquet and a Bohemian lead crystal vase in a delicate shade of lavender...adorned with a sparkling favorite--jeweled butterflies!.

All of the items can be seen at their web site at http://www.800iloveyou.com

Lena Liu is an artist of unparalleled popularity in today's collectibles market - art lovers around the world enjoy the universal yet personal character of her paintings. Beautiful birds, hummingbirds, tranquil landscapes, and breathtaking floral and musical still lifes are among her collectors' favorites. "I strive to create a sense of romance, poetry and music in my painting. Emotion, love and nature will never change, and I try to capture that in my art. I let what touches my heart pass through my fingers. I hope you and I can keep sharing this love of nature's beauty, and continue to delight in the splendor of the world that surrounds us." says Lena Liu.

Founded in 1934, Teleflora is the worlds leading floral wire service, providing products, services and programs to member florists in the U.S. and Canada. Online florist, 1-800-I-LOVE-YOU Flowers and Gifts is one of the larger wire services in the Teleflora network. The bouquets are delivered by a local Teleflora florist and there is never a wire fee or service fee when ordered online at http://www.800iloveyou.com.

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