A Little Retail Therapy For Getting You Through Your Wednesday!

Getting you through your Wednesday hump day! You need a little retail therapy right? Us too! That’s why we took the walk down to Raven Rose, whose storefront window is so alluring, and the decorative walls inside with her dried flowers hanging from antique ladders will have your creative wheels turning.

They bring together a variety of small makers to create an assortment of minimally designed goods for you and your home. In addition to the gift items, Raven Rose offers local flower delivery in Beacon and carry an array of houseplants and gardening items. For more flower delivery shops in Beacon, see A Little Beacon Blog’s Shopping Guide!

Need wedding flowers for your upcoming wedding that was maybe postponed? Raven Rose is your go-to! Their flowers have a unique character and beauty that can make your wedding yours! They will also work closely with you to create florals that reflect your style and personality.

Raven Rose is open Monday-Saturday from 11AM-6PM and Sunday 11AM-5PM. Hours are subject to change! Call to confirm 845-765-8660 - check to see if Milo is there too! Either in his dog bed or in further into the store. You don’t want to miss him…

Fishkill-Based Flower Delivery Tech Company Hands Out Flowers To Beaconites

Pictured here is Lovingly co-founder Ken Garland, with a flower recipient.
Photo Credit: Lovingly

Remember those days (what feels like) so long ago, back when the sun shone, casting those especially steep fall shadows toward the dimming of the day? Back in October, Lovingly, a national tech company based in a nondescript office building in Fishkill, wrote into A Little Beacon Blog to let us know of a time where they randomly walked the streets of Beacon to hand out flowers.

Pictured here is co-founder Joe Vega, left, and Steven Duckworth, right, with flower recipients.
Photo Credit: Lovingly

It was Lovingly’s way of stepping out from digital life to get the word out and meet people in real life, to see their reactions to randomly receiving flowers, which is what Lovingly is all about.

As a tech company, Lovingly has a unique approach to flower delivery: They make it easy to order online, but they really specialize in crafting your moment and translating that into a flower arrangement. Meaning, if you’re sending flowers for a message of love, or sign of sympathy, you select that category before you even shop for any bouquets and get lost in options. Lovingly hooks you up with a local florist who is going to curate your bouquet.

Lovingly works with local florists to be the artists behind these flower arrangements, and prides themselves on being a fair florist-to-customer connector who cares about the florist and how their brand is reflected in the transaction. Lovingly even found an Adam Ruins Everything episode (watch it below) about this, as apparently it’s a thing that local florists have to deal with.

There are several florists in Beacon you could call directly to get your flower on (Tin Shingle did when finding a dried flower arrangement for the new Mini Meeting Space that people can rent in Beacon), like Batt’s Florist, Raven Rose, Flora Good Times, and Junko’s place next to the Kumon Learning Center (yellow house building that was formerly Trendy Tots; it’s best to walk into that florist for on-the-spot ordering, but is a great source for helium and air balloons).

This seems a neat concept, and it’s really neat that Lovingly is a tech company based in the Hudson Valley. Travel company Via Hero is another local tech company, based in Beacon on Main Street, who we featured before when they posted a Job Listing with A Little Beacon Blog and promoted their “Hello, We Want To Meet You!” party in the fall.

Lorraine Tyne ReBlings to Become Beacon's Bridal Boutique

Nestled into a storefront on the early curve of Main Street on the West End is Lorraine Tyne, the new bridal boutique that quietly sparkles from its storefront windows. You once knew it as a boutique of bling jewelry, while taffeta gowns in the window were decorated with custom-designed jewelry sourced from New York City and the Far East. Statement necklaces used to line the windows, and if you owned one, you were sure to get compliments every time you wore it. We blogged about the shop before, when in search of a tiara for the final season of "Downton Abbey."

Lorraine Tyne from the past: jewelry. Lorraine Tyne today: bustles and bling.
Photo Credit: Katie Hellmuth Martin

That was the original Lorraine Tyne, from 2011 to 2016. A growing collection of bridal pieces brought in more customers, who sought more bridal goods from Lorraine Tyne, including gowns. True to the entrepreneurial spirit of Beacon, the three sisters who own Lorraine Tyne - Keisha, Jenny, and Koreen, from whom the name is derived - rebranded (or reblinged) their store to feature consignment and original wedding gowns at a variety of price points. Down came the floor-to-ceiling shelves from which sapphire, crystal and rhinestone necklaces, earrings and bracelets once sparkled, and up went a wall-to-wall rack of wedding gowns.

If your heart just skipped a beat when you saw the slender, lace covered ivory gown or the organdy flutters from the gown against the pink wall, you could take it one step further and go into the shop and touch the dresses. Open many days of the week, in the afternoon or by appointment, Lorraine Tyne Bridal is having a White Party this Second Saturday for September. Here is the extra draw: Lorraine Tyne loves doing deep discount sales on jewelry. So if nothing else, go in to peek at the gowns, come out with some bling - and a headpiece! (Maybe get a gown later, or tell a friend who is in the throes of wedding planning.)

We have dedicated a "Come In!" series article to Lorraine Tyne because chances are, you have not yet set foot in there. And why would you? It's not like you get married every day. Which maybe we should change. Vow renewal ceremonies anyone? Yes, ceremonies. As in more than one in our lifetime. Maybe one a year?!

Gosh, I think I'm onto something here! How can one woman choose one hat, one veil, one headpiece, to celebrate a love that is to last a lifetime? How, with all of these choices?

Speaking of choices, Lorraine Tyne carries other local designers as well. Local Beacon designer Sarah, from "Sparkle My Head Scarves" makes a collection of head bands and garters. Poughkeepsie-based bridal designer Mia Von Mink makes sashes and hair accessories. Lorraine Tyne also carries a collection of handmade hair flowers and birdcage veils from Breault Designs.

One of the sisters designs some of the jewelry herself, and has it manufactured in New York City. They also offer custom designs. The Sinrilus Bridal Jewelry Collection is a high-end curated collection for bridal and other special occasions. It ranges from $30 to $400 and up. So go in, frost yourself, as they say, and find something pretty. Or at least admire the collections and designs, of which there are many.