flourish Designer, Jileen Coy, knows a great recipe when she sees one. Even better, she loves to share these recipes with friends.

The most recent comes to us courtesy of her cousin, Kate Wetzel, a Food Expert at Kraft Kitchens. Kate has created an OREO & Fudge Ice Cream cake that is a guaranteed sweet ending to any summertime meal. The secret ingredient is a frozen treat everyone loves: ice cream sandwiches. The best part? This cake takes only 10 minutes to put together.

This is not only a recipe that the entire family will love and ask you to make again but one the entire family can help prepare as well. Let the kids unwrap the ice cream sandwiches.

For further instruction on preparing this easy-to-assemble, beautiful cake, take a look at this video. While you’re there, be sure to sign up to have FREE ideas and recipes delivered to your email box each week!

Take our word for it and give this recipe a try. Bring this cake to your 4th of July gathering and turn red, white and blue into red, white and bliss.

Have a happy and safe holiday!

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flourish is excited to welcome Lynne Abramovich to the family.

In her role of Director, Client Development, Lynne is responsible for new business development, growing existing clients, and collaborating with flourish principals (a.k.a. Christopher and Henry) on growth strategies. Lynne’s background spans 30 years in the advertising business, including 28 years at Malone Advertising, a division of J. Walter Thompson, where she served in senior level account service and business development positions, including that of Executive Vice President. Lynne has worked with Kimberly-Clark Corporation, ConAgra Frozen Foods, S.C. Johnson Wax, and Maxfli Golf, to name a few. Lynne is passionate about her clients and their products and brands; she hasn’t worked on the Kleenex® brand in two years, but you will still never catch her using Puffs®!

“Associations with Abramovich”

Smart Advertising: Advertising that sells

Personal Motto: Honesty, integrity, sincerity

What Stops Lynne in Her Tracks: Random acts of kindness

Favorite Drink: Diet Dr. Pepper

Pet Peeve: People taking the last of something and leaving the empty container (names withheld to protect offending parties)

Deadlines: A necessary evil

Invention She Can’t Live Without: A/C

Good Food: San Francisco Oven

Memorable Advertising Slogan: Where’s the beef? (Wendy’s)

Dream Vacation: Houseboating on Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee

Favorite Word: Love

Least Favorite Word: Any foul language (although she admits to uttering profanity now and then at a previous place of employment)

Parenthood: The best life has to offer

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flavorOasis is the place to be on Fridays!

Officially launched by flourish on Friday, June 15th, flavorOasis is Cleveland’s hottest, new frozen treat destination.

As you can see, many were drawn to the orange Wogg Pavilion and indulged in Woo City goodness. In fact, midday, found us completely sold out of several ice cream and sorbet flavors including: 5 Star Chocolate, Butter Pecan, Toasted Coconut and Mango. Is your mouth watering yet?

Whether you’re looking for something sweet after lunch, a snack before the Indians’ game or an after work refresher, head on over to 1001 Huron East every Friday, and join in on the fun!

Be sure to keep flavorOasis in mind for office parties and other events.
Call 216.355.0660 for details and let us bring the Woo to you!

Ready to make your day delicious? Print a coupon and we'll see you on Friday!

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Oxymoron? Possibly. But the new Gottlieb & Sons brand features their jewelry in a way that captures a girl next door, approachable quality: it works equally well with a little black dress, or with a pair of jeans. fourish concepted and executed the campaign for the 50-year-old manufacturer and wholesaler of bridal, engagement and fashion jewelry. flourish’s on-staff photographer Steve Shuman and crew implemented the supporting location photo shoot, using Cleveland’s trendy Warehouse District as the backdrop for the new look.

The brand graphics were introduced at Gottlieb’s JCK Luxury Show booth in Las Vegas recently, and will roll out in national magazines in September.

Be sure to pick up your very own copy of September's issue of InStyle, Elle and Marie Claire magazines to see Gottlieb’s brand new ad campaign.

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Coincidence that flourish’s signature color is orange, and basketballs are orange? Or that flourish calls Cleveland home, as do the Cavs ? We think not. We’re not claiming all responsibility for the Cavs’ success, but some of us were lucky enough to attend a playoff game, and the rest of us cheered them on against the Pistons from various sofas and barstools around town. Although it was hard to stay in our seats with all of the excitement! Especially during Game 5’s double-OT, where LeBron James was credited with delivering “possibly one of the greatest performances in NBA playoff history” by Marv Albert. And the 98-82 win in Game 6 wasn’t too shabby, either. Our office is within walking distance of the Cavs’ home arena, The Q, and we’re happy to be close to the action as they take on the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals. Hats off to our hometown team!

Catch the first game in the NBA Final Series:
Thursday, June 7, 9:00 pm (at San Antonio)

Experience the energy and join all Cleveland fans at The Q for Free Playoff Watch Parties!

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June 17th is fast approaching.

If you’re in search of that perfect gift for your father, we’ve got a few suggestions:

Does your Dad spend hours working on the yard?

How about Black & Decker’s
Edge Hog ?

A well-manicured yard will have the neighbors green with envy.

Is your Dad the master of all things grilled?

He’ll be itching to show off his burger-flipping prowess with a special delivery from Dean & Deluca.

You may also want to include this guide to all things meat from Chronicle Books.

Dad will be in charge of dinner every night!

Is his wallet a mess?

Help Dad organize his credit cards and cash with this sleek Swiss Bank from Herrington’s.

We’re partial to the silver one.

Cycling fanatic?

For the Dad on the go, take a look at REI’s Yakima Rack Fitter guide .

You’ll be able to hit the road with your bikes in no time.

Is your Dad nutty about nature?

You simply can't go wrong with this stuning book from Taschen.

It will be difficult to keep this one on the shelf.

Workout fiend?

Gadgets and Dads go hand in hand. For the man who loves the gym, an iPod shuffle is the perfect gift.

Are you the apple of his eye? Is there an apple on the way?

For the proud Dad or Dad-to-be Dad, hook him up with this digital keychain from Red Envelope or masculine diaper bag from Diaper Dude.

Happy Father's Day!

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