“It’s just like a dozen roses, except that it has toilet paper,” David Faulkner of Blossom Events and Florist told WREG News in Memphis.

The Trumann, Arkansas flower shop tried to bring levity to the current national crisis a few weeks ago with their “stunning” toilet paper bouquets. It was presumably the perfect gift for the beloved person in your life who didn’t stock up in time before the greedy and ill-advised mass hoarding that took place across the U.S.

Beginning as a joke on Facebook, it didn’t take long for the whole idea to go viral.

“We made toilet paper look pretty…I guess, if you can consider that,” Faulker continued.

But they didn’t think customers would take them seriously when they first posted this photo on social media with the gag gift:

That post now has over 139,000 shares on the social media platform!

A toilet paper bouquet will set customers back the exact same amount it would cost to buy a dozen roses – $75.

“Same element, same base of it,” owners David and Bart Faulkner told WREG. “Same concept. It has greenery. It has water, it has a vase, it has ribbon. Lots of mechanics on the inside. It took a lot of labor. You just can’t make tissue paper look pretty. You just can’t.”

Have they sold some? Of course!

But don’t give them the stink-eye for stripping the shelves of toilet paper – they already had it in storage.

“We’ve been ready for years,” they stated in the comments along with a photo of some of their stash, collected from years of couponing.

As for any accusations that it’s somehow in bad taste, the duo says they’re simply trying to survive just like every other business that’s had to get creative in the weeks since COVID-19 hit to the U.S.

“It is going to affect our business one way or another, so we’re just trying to, right now, do like everybody and make the best of it,” Bart Faulkner said.

For most people, it achieved the main goal of making people smile.

Of course, no Internet post would be complete without hateful comments, but they aren’t worth posting since many of them are incredibly vile. The good news is that people also flooded the store owners with positive ones as well after the post went viral.

“Wow! Way to go. Great marketing. Beautiful bouquets,” said one fan.

And others said it wasn’t the first time they had seen toilet paper given away as a “gift.”

“No kidding…..I went to my grandniece’s 1st bday party and the party favors were 2 rolls of toilet paper and a bottle of hand soap,” said another commenter.

While they are predominantly advertising their mainstream floral and landscaping services now, they did break out one more set of photos on St. Patrick’s Day to offer a properly festive version of the bouquet.

Right now, Blossom Events & Florist is suffering the same fate as so many other floral artists around the country since thousands of weddings have been delayed. In fact, most events requiring flowers are postponed indefinitely since people can no longer congregate due to the virus.

But the owners are trying to look on the bright side and doing their best to persevere just like the rest of us. And they say everyone from romantic couples to parents and kids has purchased their toilet paper bouquets – you know, for sh*ts and giggles.

Be sure to scroll down below to see an interview with the owners when their idea first went viral.

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Source: WREG News, Inside Edition via YouTube, Blossom Events & Florist via Facebook