(Re) Chic

I love to try new things, so being inspired by some of my crafty Facebook groups I decided I wanted to monogram a purse. And then this amazing thing happened...I found one at Walmart for $5.  That's right $5!!! So I created my (current) monogram in a swirly font and cut it out, excited to have a personalized purse. Well, this is why we always do test subjects first.  Because I melted it. No really...I melted it.                          It just goes to show you that we're always learning!

I apologize for my lack of updates lately. So hopefully this one will be nice and long and placate you angry blog readers :-p   I finally felt well enough today to go back out and work on the "garden" on my porch. It's been terribly neglected lately. So first, I repotted the blueberry bush Josh bought me.  We're really excited about it...its a Pink Lemonade Blueberry which we think sounds AMAZING!  It was in a really small pot when we bought it but since it was so close to fall I wanted to wait until it dropped its leaves, I know it looks sad, but its supposed to look that way.   After that I planted the iris rhizomes that I got from my Mom over labor day weekend.  I know its been over a week, but they were so dry to begin with I think they'll be fine.   Don't judge my Walmart bag...I was recycling! I was thinning them for her in the hopes that they would bloom better next year but they were so thick in her flower bed that I...