Professional Services in Lebanon

The Floral Studio is a custom floral studio with expertise in weddings and special events. Their blooms are conditioned to last longer and bloom brighter than others. This Groupon is strictly for seasonal bouquets, ensuring you'll always get the freshest flowers, and can be applied to larger arrangements (customers must pay amount over $50 value). Usher in balmier temperatures, Easter bunnies, and puppy love with a springtime cluster of tulips, iris, and daffodils. Come summer, sample arrangements could include groupings of antique hydrangea, dahlia, and sunflower. Although the selection is seasonally changing, currently you can get a simple, classy dozen premium roses in your choice of color ($66). If the fear of fleeting flora leaves you wanting more, invest in life that will stick around a little longer. The blooming topiary lasts up to three weeks (your choice of color, $70), and a double-stem orchid plant for $55 is an exotic way to breathe life into your life.

Newlyweds can’t stop praising the staff at Flowers & Fancies. In several glowing reviews posted on the business’s website, satisfied customers praise their bridal bouquets and aisle-side blooms, with some even hand-scrawling their thank-you notes to the florist. While the shop’s employees boast a special knack for creating wedding-day arrangements, their artistic bouquets express a wide spectrum of sentiments so flower givers don’t ever have to change facial expressions. On anniversaries, 12 long-stem roses commemorate years of devotion, while sprays of pink flowers make a friend’s day. The floral artists also indulge a whimsical streak with pup-shaped arrangements and a line of cocktail-inspired bouquets that only cause intoxication if soaked in vodka and eaten as a snack.

With a bevy of awards under its dirt-vanquishing belt, Glyndon Lord Baltimore Cleaners transforms world-weary area rugs and dingy clothes into shining beacons of fiber and fabric. To kick off the degriming process, cleaners shake floor toupees loose of all dry dirt with a special RugBadger machine. After a pretest to ensure sturdiness and color stability, rugs are thoroughly cleansed of stains and odors from mildew, territorial pets, and random skunkings. A nontoxic antimicrobial disinfectant ensures that rugs remain as fresh as a bouquet of satin gardenias. There is no limit on rug size ($2.50/sq. ft. regular; oriental & silk $3.50/sq. ft.), and for a $50 fee, the specialists will also carefully move furniture, sweep, and replace furniture with polaroids of furniture upon delivery.

With half a century in the flower business, Belvedere has the blossoms to mark all occasions, be they joyous, somber, or rife with romantic mixed signals. Keep it timeless when thanking your mechanic with a dozen variety-colored roses ($35), well-wish with the Best Medicine bundle ($85) of bright lilies, hydrangea, and gerbera daisies, or mark the summer season with the Sunny Skies arrangement ($55–$85)—a floral quiver of sunflowers, red roses, and pale-blue delphinium. If your true love isn't a sheep and can't eat flowers, try a fruit basket instead: the entry-level Fruitful Fancies ($55) ties up a bevy of seasonal fruits in a cute, ribboned package. And for longer-lasting lovely, pick up a whole blooming plant, such as a darling pairing of African violets ($25) planted in a shaped basket of living moss.

The roots of Hunt Valley Motor Coach's family tree spring from two buses. In 1985, Edward Royston only had a pair of vehicles to his name, and a mission to make the traveling process a highlight of his clients' vacations. His fleet soon grew to 11 buses, and more still when the company joined with Gunther Charters, a business known for its memorable package tours. Today, Edward's emphasis on personality prevails at every step of the booking process, from online or phone conversations with the small sales team—where Gunther Charters founders Marty and Laurie Gunther still field calls—to greetings from each jovial driver.

From its Baltimore base, the company plans convenient round trips and tours to a variety of locales. Its daylong jaunts to Atlantic City deposit riders at the casinos and boardwalk, and excursions to New York launch days full of seasonal shopping and sightseeing. Thanks to locked and guarded storage, passengers are even encouraged to leave their laptops and other bulky possessions on the bus during their daylong excursions.

Themed tours ferry passengers to states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, and Tennessee for overnight stays and guided explorations of local sites. The New Orleans tour, for example, leads groups through historic cemeteries and the botanical garden, and a holiday tour of Newport mansions showcases the intricate decorations and reindeer butlers of three resplendent homes.

Bright eyes and toothless smiles are regularly flashed at Little Nest Portraits, where the photographers specialize in children's portraiture. Owner Laura Novak and her quirky, talented staff love to fish for spontaneity and smiles during in-studio and outdoor photo shoots. Like backwards magicians, their trick is preparation: they chat with families beforehand to run down the session, pick up personality traits, and dish out tips such as what to wear. After frames are snapped, their home-design specialists can augment the prints with accessories such as hand-painted frames, canvas wraps, and gallery mounts.

Moments are captured in the comfortable studio, which creates a natural aesthetic with charming textures and a blend of modern furniture and antiques. Not content with merely decorating walls and mantels, the studio also strives to make its community more beautiful, giving back to a number of charities and working with school fundraiser programs.