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Bzzzz October 19th, 2012

I used an online random number generator to pick the winner of the $50 Lowes gift card. The giveaway goes to Kelly, another mom of two Papillons, Betsy and Ella. Congratulations Kelly!

My brother actually won the first round. But his comment wasn’t even the kind of loving comment I told all my Facebook friends to leave. I even gave an example, in case he needed it. But no. What do I get instead?

“Roses are rose, violets are violet. Bacon.”

I am not cleaning up his punctuation. And I’m not sending him a gift card either. He deserves other types of gifts, like the straight jacket I sent him for Christmas one year. Or the horse head in the bed he actually sent me one year.

You can learn more about my brother by following the links on this post.

(Love you, bro.)

Posted In: Humor

Tags: birthday gifts, birthdays, Lowe's Creative Ideas, My DIY Summer

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Bzzzz October 7th, 2012

Later on this evening we’re having a big birthday celebration Chez Bumblebee. It’s my husband’s mmmmm birthday celebration and I want to do it up right. His favorite meal. Favorite wine. Favorite cake. Candles. Flowers. Oh, and those flowers? We have some mums!

This year I have seen some stunning arrangements of mums. So I decided to pull together a mum-featured arrangement for the birthday boy using plants that I could later plant out into the garden. It just so happens that the Lowe’s Creative Ideas people offered us a mum challenge this month too—with a $50 Lowe’s gift card giveaway. (That’s right. Pay attention, people, because there could be something in all this for you.)

I went to Lowe’s searching for a nice combination of plants that would work both in the arrangement for the table and that I could also reuse in the garden. Here’s what went into this arrangement and the costs:

Two Purple Mums (Chrysanthemum x morifolium) — $13.96

Two Lacey Blue Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Lisslitt’) — $15.96

One Big Twister Rush (Juncus effusus ‘Big Twister’) — $6.98

Three Dianthus — $8.94

Container — Mine

SUBTOTAL — $45.84

Lowe’s 10% Military Discount — $4.58

TOTAL — $41.26

Besides a very nice table arrangement that we can enjoy at the party and for the next few days, I also have several plants that will work right into my garden. Win-win!

Now you can win too. As part of the Lowe’s Creative Ideas program, I can give away a $50 Lowe’s gift certificate to one reader. So, leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, October 17, and you might be the one. You can make your own mum arrangement or pick up supplies for your own next DIY project.

Happy birthday, Harry! I love you.

Posted In: Flower Arranging, Flowers

Tags: Lowe's Creative Ideas, mums, My DIY Summer

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