This weekend I took my Flower Purse out and about.  Sunday we went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Philadelphia's beautiful Fairmont Park.  Very few of the cherry trees had actually bloomed, but it was a beautiful day to be out in the park regardless.

This is the first time we've gone to the festival, and I was happy to see they had several free crafty booths you could visit and make things.  I made a point to visit the origami corner.  I needed lots of help making my sakura (cherry blossom) because the printed-off-the-internet directions weren't very clear.   But I had great assistance and my bloom turned out super cute.  I tried wearing it behind my ear for a while ... until the wind threatened to blow it away.

I've been pulling at the flower purse's straps for weeks to stretch them a little, and it's paid off.  I'm totally able to get my arm through the straps so the bag can sit on my shoulders and I have both arms free.

It's unbelievable is how much stuff I can pack in that bag.  By the end of the day I swear it weighed five pounds!  The cool thing is that even full of water bottles and snacks I could still tuck it under my arm because it's so wide.  

Yay for cherry trees!  Yay for giant flower purses!  And Yay for beautiful days!