Thursday, March 11. 2010
Welcome to Schaffer Designs world of blogging...I am Bill Schaffer, basically born with a knife in one hand and clippers in the other. Maybe that was a broom in one hand and keys for the '68 Buick Station Wagon and the '72 Ford LTD wagon that were our family cars/delivery vehicles. Either way my home from the hospital was our family's Flower Shop in the land of Port Richmond in the City of Philadelphia, PA. After a short 3 year move (just 1 block away) we were back at our home behind and above the Flower Shop - that's Forget-Me-Not Flower Shop. My Grandfather Howard Szweda started the shop in 1925 and along with my Grandmother Mae worked it until his passing in 1965. My mom/Roberta Szweda Schaffer took over the business...and me - I swore I would never do flowers. A means to an end - yeah - like tips for deliveries (a cute 10-13 year old gets lots o' tips) or "deliver these flowers if you want the car tonight or this weekend" or as a chore - better to sweep the store than do the family dinner dishes.
Somehow it is 2010 and I can't think of anything I would rather be doing than Floral Design!
until next time...
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Wed, 16.03.2011 08:03
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Sat, 10.04.2010 11:33
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Sat, 27.03.2010 12:08
WOW WOW WOW! I was raised in the back of my families floris t and I really didn't enjoy th e industry. Fast forwar [...]
Sat, 13.03.2010 10:15
Awesome photo! This turned ou t fantastic. Can't wait to se e more.