{"id":305034,"date":"2019-07-31T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T20:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=305034"},"modified":"2019-07-31T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T20:00:50","slug":"pualani-crown-the-business-of-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pualani-crown-the-business-of-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Pualani Crown: The business of blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-305034 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pualani-crown-the-business-of-blossoms\/pualani-pix-1\/'>Pualani pix 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-305035'>\n\t\t\t\tPualani Crown owner Ashley Reiko Pangelinan wears one of her creations.  (Myla Deets)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/pualani-crown-the-business-of-blossoms\/pualani-pix-2\/'>Pualani pix 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-305036'>\n\t\t\t\tPualani Crown\u2019s flower headdresses range from $35 to $85 for adult pieces and pieces for children start at $25. (Myla Deets)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Ashley Reiko Pangelinan had always been fond of flowers so it\u2019s a dream come true for the Kagman High School alumnae to make her lifelong love of blossoms into a business. <\/p>\n<p>Pangelinan actually started Pualani Crown in Tokyo, Japan in December 2016 and when she returned to Saipan she relaunched the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always loved flowers since I was a kid and making flower crowns reminded me dearly of my beloved grandma, Maria V. Pangelinan. It was also a good opportunity to turn my hobby into a small business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It also helped that aside from living in Japan for 3 \u00bd years, Pangelinan also called Hawaii home for 11 years and everyone knows the 50th state was where headdresses or crowns made of flowers became famous.<\/p>\n<p>All of Pualani Crown\u2019s headdresses are made by Pangelinan herself. \u201cAll my flower crowns that I make are handmade with love and love songs by me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to her, making flower crowns also isn\u2019t really that hard. \u201cAnyone can do it. They just need the time and patience to learn from someone like me or watch DIY flower crown on YouTube to make a beautiful flower crown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In making them, she uses different types of wires like grapevine wire, binding wire, floral wire, and floral tape that she buys online at Amazon, while flowers are sourced locally. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the flowers I use for my arrangements are locally found in my garden and neighborhood. Occasionally I need to buy imported flowers like roses from our local florists,\u201d said Pangelinan.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Pualani Crown has been getting rave reviews. \u201cThe initial reception was really good. I had amazing feedback from my first customers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the obvious weddings, Pualani Crown\u2019s flower headdresses are also mainstays for bridal showers, bachelorette parties, baby shower, graduations, coronations, style shoots, and farewell parties.<\/p>\n<p>She said the biggest fulfillment she gets from her business is \u201cseeing how people are happy when wearing their flower crowns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pualani Crown\u2019s flower headdresses range from $35 to $85 for adult pieces and pieces for children start at $25. Pangelinan said she is currently planning a big giveaway with other local vendors in late-August or September.<\/p>\n<p>For orders email Pangelinan at pualanicrown@gmail.com or visit her company\u2019s Facebook page: www.facebook.com\/pualanicrown\/ or Instagram: @pualanicrown. Customers can pick up their orders in the entrance parking lot of Tapochau Road, while delivery service is $10.<\/p>\n<p>MD: Ashley Reiko Pangelinan had always been fond of flowers so it\u2019s a dream come true for the Kagman High School alumnae to make her lifelong love of blossoms into a business. <\/p>\n<p>KW: Pualani Crown, Ashley Reiko Pangelinan, new business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ashley Reiko Pangelinan had always been fond of flowers so it\u2019s a dream come true&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":305035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}