Georgetown Edition | October 2025

Business

BY KATLYNN FOX

Stone encourages customers to use the single stem orals to create their own designs in store.

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308 W. Eighth St., Georgetown www.owerbells.shop

Susan Stone opened Flower Bells in Georgetown after previously arranging owers out of her home.

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Flower Bells oers oral design for any occasion Susan Stone harnessed her creativity, and love of antiques, oral design and human connection to open her own storefront, Flower Bells, in downtown Georgetown in September 2024. She rst began arranging wedding orals four years ago out of her home, letting one of her hobbies turn into a business. “I was trying to see if I would get tired of it because you think, ‘Oh I would love doing that.’

“[It’s] always fun and creative and [you get to] challenge yourself to do the next unusual thing or the next interesting color combination,” she said. The celebration For wedding orals, Stone oers custom arrang- ing services or lets customers pick up buckets of owers to arrange themselves. After the event, Stone and her husband will help redistribute the bouquets to assisted living facilities, if the couple wishes to do so. “I try to let the [customers] know where the owers went so that everybody can see and feel appreciated,” Stone said. “The fact that the owers had a second life is pretty cool.”

But, if you had to do it every day would it still be good? And I found out I love doing it,” Stone said. About the business Stone oers custom arranging, premade arrangements ready for pick up, and a variety of modern and vintage vases. She encourages patrons to visit the store and create their own bouquets from the options avail- able—including fresh and dried owers, feathers and embellishments. Flower Bells also has a subscription model, where Austin-area residents can pick up a custom arrangement weekly or monthly. No two arrange- ments are ever the same, Stone said.

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