A little Tiffany Blue, Chevron, and Damask :)

Earlier this week, Amy asked if I had a blog button that she could put up on her blog. I didn’t. But I didn’t let that stop me! I decided to make one. And it actually turned out pretty cute. So cute in fact that I decided to make it my new profile picture. Isn’t that precious?

Here it is again in case you are reading this in your email or via a feed reader {or for when I come across this post later and have a totally different profile picture}

I had so much fun making it that I decided to keep going! I needed something cute for my new page on the blog! Did you guys notice it yet? No worries if you didn’t, it just went live Wednesday. It’s called Walking In Memphis! And it’s full of all our favorite reviews. If you click on the page, here’s what you’ll see:

I am so proud of all my design work. So if you hate it, maybe just this once you could keep it to yourself and don’t rain on my parade. But if you, like me, enjoy a little Tiffany Blue, some Chevron, and Damask… then feel free to rave away about how adorable it all is.

And in other news… should your disposal get clogged up with 5 pounds of potato peels {heads up, don’t put potato peels down the disposal!} you can always use a plunger to unclog it.

Yes, my friends, that is real life right there. {please excuse the mess – this happened while I was prepping for dinner so I couldn’t clean any of the dishes until he fixed the sink when he got home}

Happy Friday!

My very first flower bed {and a package full of sunshine!}

When Christopher and I started dating I told him that I didn’t want flowers because it makes me sad when they die. Plus they were expensive. Plus all my girlfriends made such a big deal out of them and I didn’t want to be like that. I have to tell you, though, that my viewpoint has changed a bit over the past 8.5 years. I love the little bit of sunshine that beautiful flowers can bring to your day even if for a short time. But I have been very reluctant to do much in way of planting flowers around our house. Mostly out of fear that I will be responsible for the death of lovely flowers. Last summer I had a small little raised bed with some wildflowers that I grew from seeds and I was so proud!

Last summer’s wildflowers growing by my kitchen window

But this year we decided to be brave. So we put in some landscaping border, used a lot of mulch, and planted some ACTUAL flowers!

Aren’t they lovely?! Gerbera daisies are my absolute favorite flowers! But I also really like Snapdragons! And as of this weekend I am loving the fuzzy look of the Habanera English Daisy! I am so proud of my little flower bed. Makes me smile every time I see it!

And speaking of things that make me smile… I got a sweet little package from one of my blogger besties, Amy! I was so excited to get it! The packaging alone was so cute! Plus the contents were pretty fabulous!

Lotion, spa soap, nail polish and a sweet card! Definitely made my day!

And for a final thing that makes me smile… all this gorgeous sunshine and warmer weather makes it so much easier for me to want to drink water and stay hydrated!

And a few lemons slices for an extra dose of Vitamin C!

Spring is coooooming!

One of my blogger besties, Nicole, is hosting a link up called Blogger’s Like Us and today I am taking part. She asked what item has us thinking of Spring right now. It’s funny she asked that because I was just thinking of all the small, but wonderful warm-weather things! So how about a happy warm-weather-Spring-is-coming collage?  

Picking out seeds for our garden was the very first thing that made it feel like Spring is on the way! Then someone introduced me to Baby Lips and I more or less fell in love with the summery-brightly-colored-adorable tube and the way it moisturizes my lips so perfectly. When I saw this can of air freshener in BRIGHT happy colors called ‘Garden Sunshine’ at Target, I just knew it needed to come to my house. And sure enough, it makes our house smell like spring has arrived! And finally, back in December I got a steal on these summery Bath and Body Works products because no one was thinking about “Forever Sunshine” or “Butterfly Gardens” back then… no one, except me that is! I have been waiting patiently to break these out ever since. Well, sort of patiently. I may have gotten somewhat impatient and used them once or twice in the cold months to remind myself that winter would eventually end, haha! And like most BBW products, they smell amazing.

And if that isn’t enough to convince you…

Check out the SEVENTY degree weather coming my way this weekend! We are going to get some serious gardening done! And hopefully finally put up our winter clothes! Happy Spring-Arrival, friends!