J. Kinney Florist has been serving Madison, WI for the past 25 years. In the summer of 2005 we moved from King Street to the bustling Monroe Street Shopping District. We pride ourselves in specializing in locally grown flowers, locally made merchandise, unique fresh flower arrangements, fair trade products, textiles, candles, and luxurious bath, body, and kitchen products all with an emphasis on botanical themes and cottage styles. We would love for you to stop by and see us and our kitty Iris. Our current 2010 hours are Monday through Friday 9-5 and Saturdays 10-5.
About J.Kinney Florist
August 1st, 2009
Maruca
August 1st, 2009Located in Boulder, Colorado these great leather free, jacquard handbags are made in the United States. The fabric and shape are designed by the women at Maruca. Like most women when it comes to their purses, they are extremely picky. It isn’t uncommon for a purse to get a new pocket or have a pocket shifted to the left a half an inch each season. This is because the women of Maruca use their products. They notice, like you, what design makes it is easier to reach your cell phone when the baby is crying and grocer is asking you “paper or plastic”, or what size purse can shove that extra pair of sunglasses in it. If that wasn’t great enough, each season a limited number of purses are made from the season’s fabrics and only sold to select retailers. Madison only has 2! This means a unique purse just for you without breaking that piggy bank!
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Maruca’s 2010 spring/summer line. The new colours and patterns are bold and fun, many even have a botanical inspired print which we love! So let magenta, cobalt blue, lilac, and chartreuse green be your summer colours this year and stop in soon before the perfect purse for you is gone!
To view an online catalogue visit
To take a tour of their studio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INNfdtovYVQ
To meet the women of Maruca
Caldrea
July 30th, 2009
Have you had enough of harsh chemicals, medicinal smells, and lukewarm, inconsistent performance from your cleaning products? Caldrea Homekeeping products from Minneapolis, Minnesota are here to help! Cleaning, organizing, and daily tending will never be miserable again with Caldrea’s Aromatherapeutic scents. All Caldrea products only use the finest plant-derived ingredients and essential oils to provide natural freshness and cleaning potency. They are also all biodegradable and not tested on animals (which Iris the kitty loves). We use Caldrea cleaning products here at the shop. It’s amazing cleaning ability has cut through some of our messiest messes - including tree sap, pollen, and mud. We hope you love this product as much as we do!
SwitchFlops
June 11th, 2009
Kobo Candles
June 11th, 2009We are proud to feature Kobo Candles in an assortment of unique scents. This pure soy based candle has an unbelievable lasting burn time and the scent lingers without even having to light a match. The packaging is equally as elegant as the scents and are just too stunning to wrap. They are created for those who are passionate about remarkable scents.
Kobo uses only the highest quality fragrance and essential oils to create a full-bodied aroma. If that isn’t enough, each candle is hand-poured with 100% domestically grown, pure soy wax and lead free, enviro-safe cotton wick, creating the cleanest and most planet friendly 70 hour burning candle on the market. Each candle is also complete with long reach matches and an extinguishing lid. Scents include White Birch Rosemary, D‘Anjou Lychee, Zapote, Orange Amber, Leather Mahogony, Figue Blanche, Gardenia Royal, Vetiver & Shaved Vanilla, Green Pearl Jasmine, and Portuguese Olive Blossom.
Kobo has just released their newest line of candles — Travel Candles. These beautiful 4 oz candles with their matches included are great for making stale hotel rooms smell like a retreat. The packaging and quality is just as perfect as the large candles. The travel candles offer a 20 hour burn time and come in refreshing scents like Golden Mimosa, Artesisian Lemongrass, Water Mint, Vanilla Citrus Zest, Champagne Ginger, Fresh Currant, and a variety of the 70 hour candle scents.
MMMM… You’ll wonder how you ever travel without your Kobo Travel Candle!
Lucia Soaps and Candles
April 5th, 2009Pure Living was founded in January 2002, by Lucie Bernier and Andre Pace who wanted to bring not just good, but great products to customers worldwide. Lucie and Andre are passionate about the products they create and believe in their value to bring health, balance and energy through body and skin care. Pure Living has committed them self in creating a product line that is as natural and nourishing to the body as possible. This is because they believe that as a society, we are constantly being bombarded with stressful life situations: too much traffic, too much pollution, unhealthy foods, lack of exercise, too much sun, too much pressure. They also believe that we need to focus on the simple and pure pleasures of life; like a quite moment alone with no interference from the fast paced environment we live in. Finally they believe in the power of taking time to nourish our skin and protect it against the effects of aging and pollution, all without breaking the bank.
Pure Living stands true to their word when they say they commit them self to a superior product. J. Kinney Florist is proud to carry Lucia, Pure Living’s line of bath and body soap. These fresh fragrances will help you relax, clear your mind, concentrate, and stimulate your energy while at the same time moisturizing and nourishing your skin. We might add that the packaging is almost too pretty to throw away!
So whether you are buying Lucia Soap for yourself, your guest bathroom, or for a friend, let Pure Living help you to take a moment alone to dream, refocus, and rejuvenate with grace, energy and clarity of mind because you should always take care of yourself from the inside out and from the outside in.
Pure Living’s Standards
1. To always use Organic Grade 100% Pure Essential Oils.
2. To use 100% Natural Vegetable & Botanical Hydrating Oils
( not mineral oils or petroleum byproducts).
3. To use only vegetable based colors (same as used in food).
4. Never test our products on animals - We are cruelty Free !!!!
5. All promotional material and packaging is printed on recycled
paper and printed with vegetable based inks.
6. All our Fresh and Clean natural fragrances were created by our
parfumeur in Grasse, France.
7. To continue to search the world for the most natural,
environmentally safe ingredients to include in our products.
Recent Wedding
April 3rd, 2009
One of our staff members exchanged vows in August of 2008 and we wanted to show you a few of the final pieces of this modern wedding. Ashley wanted a lot of color used in a dramatic and modern way. With some imagination, we came up with a clean look using tall cylinder vases filled with colorful orchids, wire, and rocks to give an underwater appearance. The end result was a sophisticated, modern, and clean look. 
Maileg
March 13th, 2009
These gorgeous, dangly bunny rabbits, with their long ears and limbs, live in a wonderful lair behind a tiny hill-top. There are sisters and brothers, nephews, cousins and a whole family dressed in the most precious knitwear that you wish you could wear. Every morning they wake up the sun, before it rises, and in the evening they eat star-sprinkles with warm milk using a silver spoon.
Ok, maybe these adorable rabbits really come from Maileg, a Danish company that specialized in a contemporary collection of plush animals for children, but we know you will be captured by their cute personalities and think they really do come from a magical place. Maileg was established in 1999 by Dorthe and Erik Mailil. Dorthe is a graphic designer from The Danish Design School and also studied at the E´cole D´art de Marseille in France. The authenticity that underlines Dorthe’s touch has made her a well known graphic designer for both books and magazines. Dorthe´s designs have been featured at the Louvre, Paris – Caixa Forum, in Barcelona, and in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Maileg is sold throughout Scandinavia and Europe, and has recently become available in Japan and the U.S. - We are so proud to be one of those shops! Long and lean, these rabbits are the perfect size for cuddling, dressing, and sitting next to their adoring owners. Hugged and kissed for years to come, these rabbits make the perfect gift. We have a variety of sizes just for your special little someone’s birth, baby shower, birthday, or the birth of their new baby sister or brother!
Webe Bags
February 20th, 2009
Paper or Plastic? — Neither, we want Webe
Anyone who says reusing, recycling, or going “green” means being style-less will be proven wrong with these eco friendly bags. They have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival, in Genlux Magazine, Glamour, The New York Post, USA Today, and Family Circle. Recently they have grown to be known as the “Oat Couture Bags” — get it!
While sailing through the Caribbean in 2004, on a shabby boat named Dirty Diapers, Angus and Tara Beavers turned their durable, burlap bags used to sell fruits, vegetables, and feed into a fashionable bag. Tara tore the bags apart, washed the burlap so thoroughly that is stopped shedding fibers, and re-sewed them into convenient sizes, adding swatches of colourful cotton lining and study handles.
Angus has said that, “You have to have a certain sense of self-assurance to go around with a bag that says ‘chicken feed’ on it,” but he also says these are the same people who have Prada purses. His theory was proven right at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where Webe bags made a sensation. Rapper 50 Cent ordered 50 purses for a party he threw during the festival. Colin Firth’s wife reportedly bought a handful, while Jude Law and Julia Louis-Drefus have both been spotted sporting one.
Most of the bags are made by stay at home mothers and grandmothers in the Park City, Utah area. No two are alike because each bag takes on its own unique personality based on the type of bag, sail ties, and finishing trim used. We know we will have the perfect bag just for you.
Bearington Collection
January 31st, 2009
Beginning their work in sales, the Stray family has always had a love of teddy bears and dreamed of owning their own company. Betty (mother) and Jamie (daughter) are the company’s primary designers while Jim (father) and Brad (son) are responsible for the general organization and operations of Bearington Collection. The unique collaboration of the “designers” and the “organizers” is what united Bearington Collection® to become what it is today.
Artists by nature, Betty and Jamie are always creating and improving upon their designs. Over the past eleven years, the Stray family has worked side-by-side to create adorable plush animals, slippers, and rattles that have made quite an impression on the plush industry around the world. They have earned countless awards including Teddy Bear of the Year’s Industry Choice Award and Public Choice Awards. While there have been plenty of changes in the product line over the past decade, the care and dedication put into creating these charming plush items, filled with personality, has remained the same.
J. Kinney Florist is currently carrying Bearington Collection’s newest line, Barington Baby Collection™. It has quickly risen to become one of the top selling baby lines in the plush industry, and we know you will fall in love with the adorable rattles, slippers, and stuffed animals as well. From frogs to bunnies, elephants to lambs, these remarkably soft gifts are perfect for a very special baby.