Rosinski has been in the silk flower business for about 5 years at Foral Illusions.
David Rosinski is the owner of Floral Illusions in Chicopee.
David Rosinski
Owner
Floral Illusions
20 Lambert Terrace
Chicopee
I’ve been in the silk flower business for about five years. When my mother died, a florist at Lillian’s Flower Shop in Springfield helped me with the funeral flowers and I found the business interesting, particularly silk flowers.
Business has definitely picked up, especially since I do a lot of bridal shows. What sets me apart is the quality of the flowers. Looking at them and even touching and smelling them you could still confuse them for real flowers. I have a variety of scents that can be added to the flowers to make them seem real.
The biggest benefit with silk flowers is that you get to keep them after you’ve spent all this money on flower arrangements. With real flowers, they might wilt even before an event is over. With silk flowers you can keep the bouquets and table arrangements for as long as you want.
I think I have done well because I’m one of the few silk florists in the area who has really high quality silk flowers available.
I am also able to provide many more options for people. I can get any flower at any time of year whereas with real flowers you might have to get them shipped in or they may not be available at all during certain months. With me you get a reasonable price and a huge variety of flowers to choose from.
With a difficult economy, people are looking for ways to save money and with silk flowers you will pay the same or less than you would with real flowers and you are still getting extremely high quality arrangements.