Friday, February 6, 2009

Expressing yourself with roses...

'It's not only a beautiful blossoms... it's a message from your heart... rose is a perfect choice for expressing the nuances of your deepest feelings.'

Before you try to impress that someone with that bouquet of roses, make sure you know the meaning behind it, the meaning of roses; what the number of roses represent...

Roses: Color Meaning and Symbolism...

Red - Sincere Love & Respect, Courage & Passion.
Send red roses to convey the message of your passionate love for that someone; saying "I love you".



Pink - Grace and Gentility, the rose of sweet thoughts.
Send deep pink roses to show your appreciation & gratitude; saying "Thank you" Send light pink roses to convey admiration and sympathy.


Yellow - In the Victorian times, yellow roses meant jealousy. But today, they signify friendship, joy, gladness and freedom, the promise of a new beginning.
Send yellow roses to brighten up someone's day; to congratulate your friends and loved ones during Joyous occasions.



White - Spiritual love & purity, the rose of confession, the bridal rose; "You are heavenly","I am worthy of you".
Commonly used as traditional bridal bouquet during weddings to symbolize a happy love. You can nevertheless use them to convey the message of "You are heavenly, I miss you".


Lavender - Love at first sight and enchantment.
Send lavender roses of course, to convey the message of your "love at first sight" with that special someone. You can nevertheless also send them if you would like to make a special impression.



Orange - Passionate desire, pure enthusiasm and fascination.
An excellent choice for a new relationship that you wish to pursue further. It can nevertheless also be referring to a new business partnership.


Meaning of Number of Roses...
- 1 Rose Love at the first sight; you are the one
- 2 Roses Mutual love between both, deeply in love with one another
- 3 Roses I love you
- 6 Roses I wanna be yours
- 7 Roses I'm infatuated with you
- 9 Roses An Eternal love, together as long as we live
- 10 Roses You are perfect
- 11 Roses You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life
- 12 Roses Be my steady ( Anne, u got the meaning?^^)
- 13 Roses Secret Admirer
- 15 Roses I am truly sorry, please forgive me
- 20 Roses Believe me, I am sincere towards you
- 21 Roses I am devoted to you
- 24 Roses Can't stop thinking about you, 24 hours everyday
- 33 Roses Saying "I love you" with great affection
- 36 Roses I will remember our romantic moments
- 40 Roses My love for you is genuine
- 50 Roses Regretless love, this is
- 99 Roses I will love you for as long as I live
- 100 Roses Harmoniously together in a century; remaining devoted as couple till ripe-old age
- 101 Roses You are my one and only love
- 108 Roses Please marry me!
- 365 Roses Can't stop thinking about you, each and everyday
- 999 Roses Everlasting and Eternal love ( I want to have 999 stalks of roses!!! )

p/s: J... I really don't wish to drop any tears for you.. I just want back my happiness...

13 comments:

  1. Orange... now that's new to me. Lavender, really nice colour. The other night, I was watching 'Bed of Roses' at home starring Christian Slater and Mary Stuart Masterson... and the whole romantic drama spills out lavender roses... sweet!

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  2. >>> One Other <<<

    Yea, orange..Also known as champagne rose! I love it.. I never see the real lavender rose. Hope there'll be chance to see it in real life. :)

    Cheers,
    ---Sweet Lavender---

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  3. Wow....now only I know the meaning of stalks roses represents....but still hoping one day I will received it..

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  4. >>> Sharon Lim <<<

    Sure u will! :)
    For me, I wish to see the real lavender rose.. 999 stalks will do! LOL~ *Day Dreaming* The most i ever received was 33 stalks and i think that maybe the last...

    Cheers,
    ---Sweet Lavender---

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  5. Anyone out there want Blue Rose???
    Hehe...

    Val

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  7. >>> Val <<<

    Here you go,

    Color Meaning of Blue Roses - Impossible, Unattainable! Blue roses exist in fantasy but not in nature. The blue rose symbolizes the unattainable or impossible which won't make it a good choice to give someone you would like to maintain a relationship with anyway. Now you know the reason why blue roses not in the list.. :)

    >>> AshodaSangKenyalang <<<

    Thanks for dropping by..
    Yahooo...I am one of the winner too! *winks*
    TQ.. TQ...

    Cheers,
    --- Sweet Lavender ---

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  8. That ur way of looking at things... Hmm... as for me my view is that since it's rare it must be treasured for once you lose it, it's impossible to get them back... hehe... Yet again it's my 2 cents ^^

    Val

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  9. >>> Val <<<

    Yea, everyone can have different point of view on it. :)

    Cheers,
    ---Sweet Lavender---

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  10. I have been given blue roses once by my ex. I guess it was doomed from that moment on! LOL! Just kidding.. it was really sweet actually because it was indeed hard to find not to mention costly.

    Anyways, thanks for dropping by my blog, sweetie!! :) Glad you like it!

    Gotta go now.. I'm gonna go get ready to watch Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button. LOL! Catcha later! ;)

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  11. >>> Shemah <<<

    Thanks for dropping by too, sweetie!
    Wow! Indeed, it was really sweet.. At least you ever own the moment to receive Blue Roses! :)

    Enjoy watching! Brad Pitt on show.. ;)

    Cheers,
    ---Sweet Lavender---

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  12. I shall show this to my Bunny and expect 99 roses on Valentine's Day! Hahahaha! (kidding)

    Hey, you're from Sarawak??

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  13. >>> Ethel <<<

    Why not? Valentine's Day once a year.
    99 stalks.. Mr.Bunny.. Hint! ;)

    Yep, I'm proud to be Sarawakian.. LOL~

    Cheers,
    ---Sweet Lavender---

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