Mornings with Mayesh

About this podcast

Each month, Yvonne Ashton and her flower friends get together to chat about flowers and floral design, answering your questions, discussing top social media news, and interviewing special guests to help keep you inspired! If you are a floral professional be sure to subscribe to this podcast.

Mornings with Mayesh

Episodes

Season 3
Mornings with Mayesh: Drew Rios on Collaboration, Creativity & COVID
Our first 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Drew Rios of Rogue&Fox Floral Co, came back onto the show. She answered all of the questions that came in about this month's design video, Floral Art Wall, that touched on planning, products, design longevity, and pricing. In addition, Drew gave an update on how her Valentine's Day collaboration went, planning during the pandemic, battling creative block & so much more. Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-drew-rios-on-collaboration-creativity-covid Stay tuned for the next show & keep on sending in your floral questions!
February 17, 2021
65 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Creative Ideas for Floral Businesses
Our first 2021 Mayesh Design Star, Drew Rios of Rogue&Fox Floral Co was my special guest for our first Mornings with Mayesh of the new year. Drew answered all of the questions that came in about her Avant-Garde Ceremony floral installation video. Afterward, we chatted about creative ideas to incorporate into your business - collaborating with other artists, selling “trending now” items, upcoming or current floral trends & more. Stay tuned for the next show & keep on sending in your floral questions! Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-creative-ideas-for-floral-businesses
January 15, 2021
60 min
Season 2
Mornings with Mayesh: Sweet Root Village
Lauren & Rachel of Sweet Root Village joined Yvonne on Mornings with Mayesh this week. These two talented ladies shared how they stay organized, tips for hiring the right team, their thoughts on how to scale your biz without losing your brand identity, along with answering live viewer questions! Click over to the show notes (link below) for 2 bonus questions that were not answered during the show!! Stay tuned for the next show that will be in January & keep on sending in your floral questions! With that said, thank you so much for tuning in throughout the years. We truly appreciate your time and support and we wish you and your family an amazing holiday season. Show notes & podcast: https://blog.mayesh.com/mornings-with-mayesh-sweet-root-village
December 4, 2020
60 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Alison Ellis' New Book
Alison Ellis of Real Flower Business, came on to chat about her brand new book, "Falling Into Flowers - A Step-by-Step Guide to Today's Modern Wedding Business". She wrote this book to provide a great overview of how to start a wedding business that covers how to find your niche, pricing, production scheduling, and everything in between. You know Alison is always sharing so much knowledge and we are so excited to dive into her exciting book that will surely help all floral businesses! Video replay & show notes:
November 20, 2020
60 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Visual Storytelling Using Photography & Videography
Nicole Clarey of Nicole Clarey Photography and Logan Martin of Good Notion joined Yvonne to chat about visual storytelling using photography and videography! With the digitization of business, photos and videos have become even more important. Learn how to improve shooting your own, when you should hire a pro & more! Video replay & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-visual-storytelling-using-photography-videography
November 13, 2020
68 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Mayesh.com Website Walk Through
Charity Reel joined Yvonne to chat about our website. They reviewed all of the available Mayesh Market online flower shopping tools along with the Flower Library, the Product Planner, Educational Downloads & more. Be sure to watch for a special coupon code good on one Mayesh Direct BoxLot order until November 30, 2020!! Video replay & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-mayesh-website-walk-through
October 23, 2020
60 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Bouquet Design Q&A with Amy Balsters
Amy Balsters of Amy Nicole Floral joined me for our most recent Mornings with Mayesh to really dig into is BOUQUETS!! She gives bouquet tips for efficiency, chats about her favorite bouquet ingredients, what to avoid when design bouquets and even shares her biggest bouquet fail along with answering your bouquet questions. Show notes w/ links & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-bouquet-design-questions
October 15, 2020
81 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Sustainable Floral Design
What do watermelons have to do floral design? Find out during this Mornings with Mayesh episode as we take a deeper dive into sustainable practices with Marie-Laure Coste Dujols of Le Jardin Français. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-sustainable-floral-design
September 4, 2020
51 min
Mornings with Mayesh: How to Streamline Your Business w/ Cristina Barragan
Cristina Barragan of Fleursociety joined Yvonne to chat about business efficiency on Mornings with Mayesh!! A few topics that were discussed: •How to streamline, organize, systemize, automate your business + process? •Why is education important? •How can you stay relevant? Link to grab your Summit ticket: https://fleursociety.teachable.com/courses/fleursociety-online-summit-fall-2020-free?affcode=131112_1jg1agbg Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-how-to-streamline-your-business
September 3, 2020
35 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Shawn Michael Foley
Past Mayesh Design Star and author, Shawn Michael Foley joined Yvonne to discuss his new book, "I Just Want to Design", the designer's survival guide to falling in love with your business. They chat about burn out, 3 things that florist do that prevent success, when is it too late to turn things around, 3 main takeaways from the book, and so much more. Video replay and show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-shawn-michael-foley
August 13, 2020
53 min
Mornings with Mayesh: How to Pivot Your Business
If you've decided to pivot your business, you may be wondering now what? Drew Rios of Rogue&Fox Floral Co joined Yvonne to dig into the topic of pivoting - steps to take, business tips, resources, and how she pivoted successfully! This is a very informative episode that you don't want to miss! Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-how-to-pivot-your-business Register: https://www.mayesh.com/register
August 4, 2020
62 min
Mornings with Mayesh: San Francisco Designer Panel
Three designers - Tiffany Blaylock of Matador Flowers, Claire Marie Johnston of Flowers Claire Marie, and Anastasia Andenmatten of Anastasia Andematten - from the San Francisco area joined Yvonne to chat about their flower stories, how they are keeping busy during a pandemic, starting a business, changing strategies, diversity, and more. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mornings-with-mayesh-whats-new Register: https://www.mayesh.com/register
July 27, 2020
60 min
Mornings with Mayesh: What's New?
Charity joined Yvonne to chat about all of the exciting things going on over at Mayesh - new products, new website features, new video series, and even new online buying tools that we are testing right now - learn about it all in this episode. Visit our blog to watch the video replay and get the show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mornings-with-mayesh-whats-new Register: https://www.mayesh.com/register
July 8, 2020
53 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Color Shifting w/ Design Master
With the supply chain & availability being a challenge across many markets, Design Master has been bridging the color gaps in big ways. Jodi Duncan came on the show to talk about the in's and out's of color shifting. Learn how color shifting can be useful, how to properly spray, how to get started for beginners, what other items can be sprayed other than flowers, precautions to take, and so much more. Visit our blog to see the color-shifting pictures, listen to the podcast, and read the show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-color-shifting-w/-design-master
July 2, 2020
54 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Joseph Massie
As one of Europe's top floral artists and 5 times RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medalist, we are beyond excited to share with you our interview with Joseph Massie! Yvonne and Joe chatted about his flower journey, floral competitions, superpowers, sustainability, his upcoming online courses, and more! Stay tuned for our next show and keep on sending in your floral questions. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-joseph-massie
June 26, 2020
52 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Unity Through Community
In continuing the conversation about inclusion and diversity within our industry, we invited The Flower Guy Bron on for a new episode of Mornings with Mayesh to discuss #unitythroughcommunity. Bron talks about why this initiative is so important, his own experiences with racism within the event industry, first steps in having a healthy conversation about race, and much more. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-unity-through-community
June 10, 2020
42 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Kristen Griffith VanderYacht
In light of the current events, we asked this week’s guest if he’d prefer to postpone our interview or still come on as planned. Without hesitation, Kristen Griffith VanderYacht asked if we could keep our date and have the conversation as a way to “continue to highlight the power of creativity as a pathway to healing during times of social unrest.” Join us as we sit down with Kristen to discuss his experience as the head judge on Netflix’s The Big Flower Fight, what that means for the black flower community, and how race places a role in our industry. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-kristen-griffith-vanderyacht
June 5, 2020
66 min
Mornings with Mayesh: The Big Flower Fight (Sarah & Jordan)
Have you watched the new Netflix series, The Big Flower Fight, yet? The show is filled with a plethora of plants, beautiful flowers, larger than life designs, and a vibrant mix of contestants! One of the design duos from the show, Sarah Campbell & Jordan Marx, joined Yvonne for a special episode of Mornings with Mayesh to discuss their experiences and stories. So. Much. Fun. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-the-big-flower-fight-interview-sarah-jordan
May 28, 2020
57 min
Mornings with Mayesh: CRM for Florists w/ Ryan O'Neil
What is CRM and how does it work? If you want to learn more CRM, then be sure to watch this episode of Mornings with Mayesh. Ryan O'Neil of Curate joined Yvonne to talk about this important marketing tool that will take your floral business to the next level. They answer questions like what is CRM, how will it help you close more deals & deliver an excellent customer experience, what platforms to consider & more. Podcast & show notes: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-crm-for-florists-ryan-oneil
May 27, 2020
58 min
Mornings with Mayesh: Websites for Florists
Alison Ellis of Real Flower Business joined Yvonne for another information-packed episode! This time they tackled the subject of websites! Find out why you need a website, how to improve your current site, and how to get this important tool working for you day and night! If you tune in and enjoy our show, I would love for you to share this podcast with your flower friends or leave a review - if you have time for both then even better! Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mwm-websites-for-florists
May 20, 2020
91 min

Mornings with Mayesh

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Mornings with Mayesh

Episodes

Mornings with Mayesh: Drew Rios on Collaboration, Creativity & COVID

Mornings with Mayesh: Creative Ideas for Floral Businesses

Mornings with Mayesh: Sweet Root Village

Mornings with Mayesh: Alison Ellis' New Book

Mornings with Mayesh: Visual Storytelling Using Photography & Videography

Mornings with Mayesh: Mayesh.com Website Walk Through

Mornings with Mayesh: Bouquet Design Q&A with Amy Balsters

Mornings with Mayesh: Sustainable Floral Design

Mornings with Mayesh: How to Streamline Your Business w/ Cristina Barragan

Mornings with Mayesh: Shawn Michael Foley

Mornings with Mayesh: How to Pivot Your Business

Mornings with Mayesh: San Francisco Designer Panel

Mornings with Mayesh: What's New?

Mornings with Mayesh: Color Shifting w/ Design Master

Mornings with Mayesh: Joseph Massie

Mornings with Mayesh: Unity Through Community

Mornings with Mayesh: Kristen Griffith VanderYacht

Mornings with Mayesh: The Big Flower Fight (Sarah & Jordan)

Mornings with Mayesh: CRM for Florists w/ Ryan O'Neil

Mornings with Mayesh: Websites for Florists