bags are prettier with my initials tattoed on them.

Welcome November!
If it is November, then it is almost December, which means I am almost home.
Well, I was reading through my Mary Engelbreit magazine last night and had a thought. I remembered how I used to want to sew and then never really did...it is a long story...but now I am headed back home and thinking that for the first time in a long time I am going to do things I have always wanted to do like take sewing lessons and maybe even some cooking classes. I have a shot at being happy and finding out what really makes me tick and I am going to take it.
I had an epiphany...I love Vera Bradley bags...I love monograms on Vera Bradley bags...I love soft towels...I love monograms on soft towels, I love sheets and I love monograms on soft sheets...this all got me to thinking. What do these things have in common? Monograms!!! If a bag is pretty alone it is even prettier with my initials tattooed on them. So, in my few fantasy of taking up sewing again after a 13 year slump, I am also going to learn to do embroidery and learn to monogram. I may even start doing it for other people if I am good at it. It can be my little creative business on the side of my lessons. I mean, most of my lessons will be taught after school so this could help me earn some money and be something creative and fun.
I also miss stamping. I used to be really into rubber stamping and making stationery. I think I will also get on that again. Also! My friend and I have been talking about opening a little store together, in about 5 years, that would be eclectic. I could do all the monogramming there too! Oh my!!! This sounds amazing to me. I miss my crafty side and feel like I had to squelch it when I was working in my undergrad. I am ready to let my creative side out and have a feeling that it will help my music, my playing, and my teaching.