Easy Easter Basket

Happy Easter!  It smells like Easter in our house.  Tradition has it that we make a coconut cake every Easter.  The problem is that I love the taste of coconut, but hate the texture.  So a long time ago (about 30 years) Dennis came up with a solution.  We add more coconut milk and grind up coconut so the pieces are tiny.  That seems to work for me!  Yay!   And YUMMY!

Here is a really easy mini Easter Basket idea.  I used a flower cupcake liner and some paper wire.  (I picked both from Michaels.)  The cupcake liner (Wilton Brand) is very sturdy and works very well for a basket.  Just punch or poke a couple of holes for the handle.

Thread the paper wire through one of the holes and wrap a couple of times around a pencil or lollipop stick (whatever you've got that's round).  Repeat for the other side.

Fill with grass and some goodies and/or a cute bunny!  The flowers are attached with Aleene's glue.

Have a Happy Easter!

Cute Boy on a Chick! + Free Image

It's so funny - a lot of vintage images have children riding on turkeys, chickens, rabbits... It must have been a "thing".   I love this little guy with his pacifier hanging from his waist - it's the details that I love!  And besides that, he makes me smile!

If this little guy makes you smile, you can download the him HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Berry Basket + Free Image

Easter baskets come in all shapes and sizes.  Large ones are great for an Easter Egg Hunt or for putting out for the Easter Bunny to fill.  I was curious about the origins of the Easter Basket.  I really wasn't too surprised to learn that Easter Baskets originate from Germany (we get a lot of our Christmas traditions from Germany after all).   It's most likely that Easter
Baskets come from German folklore involving the Easter Hare, who would leave candies, colored eggs and other goodies for kids.  Sound familiar?

Not only do Easter baskets come in different shapes and sizes, but they're also made of different things, too!  I used a white berry basket to make this one.

I really like the look of the double handle.  I wanted them to be at slightly different heights.  That was easy to do by adhering them together and tilting the top one just a little bit.  Then I just stapled them to the berry basket.

All the little bows are made with a bow builder punch.  They are adorable and so fast!  Curving the pieces with a bone folder really helps.

I use glue dots, but I also put a little dot of liquid glue, too, just for good measure!

I've been buying organic free range eggs.   I love the pretty brown color.  They look so cute dressed with mini bows!

This is the image I used to create the scalloped circle.  

You can download the full image and the circle HERE.

Have a lovely week!

Easter Best + Free Image

Hi, there!  Apparently I've developed a little obsession with bridge tallies.  Are you getting tired of them yet?  I think they are so cool - I can just picture sitting down to play bridge and one of the most important things being:  How cute are the bridge tallies?   

This reminds me of how Lauren would pick what sports to play.  It was all based on the uniform.  She was one cute golf player I'm here to tell you.  I think the players on another team started calling her "Miss Fancy Shoes."  Well, I guess she came by it honestly - forget the actual play - it's all about the accessories!  

This girl's all decked out in her Easter Best complete with frilly cap, flouncy dress, basket and friends!  She's certainly got all the accessories!

If you would like, you can download her HERE.  

Have a lovely rest of your week - we're sliding toward Friday!

Easter: He Is Risen + Free Image

Keren (Free Pretty Things for You) has created a beautiful Easter image for you!  Actually, she has created three different versions of the cross: the one above, a yellow and a pink version.   You can see them below.

I printed the cross at about 4".  I wanted the butterfly wings to be a little larger so I printed it again at 6 3/4" and just used the wings of the butterfly.   I glued the larger wings right over the smaller ones.

The background embossing, beautiful die cut, and scalloped embossed border at the bottom are folders and dies from Anna Griffin's Lace Trimmings collection.  The entire collection is just lovely!

I wrapped a sentiment printed on vellum around the entire front.  If you would like a download of the sentiment, you can get it HERE.

All three images are available to download.  You can get the pink version by visiting Free Pretty Things for You.    To download the yellow version, click HERE.   And click HERE for the light blue.

Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Are you wearing green?  You don't want to get pinched!  These little darlings are from Peggy Loves Vintage.  She's got some cute vintage images.

Wishing you a 

Happy (Pinchless) St. Patrick's Day!

Happy Belated π Day! + Free Sweetie Pie Tags

π or Pie?  Well, if you ask my architect husband you might think he would say π.   But it just so happens that Dennis makes the best tasting pies in the world!  So I choose PIE, too!

Well, I am a day late wishing you Happy (Pie)  Day!  Yesterday, 3-14-15 was National π Day.  That works because 3.14 is what we use for π and 15 gives us the next two digits in the infinite string of numbers that is π.  

After I found this adorable pie image at Goodness and Fun, I decided to make some Sweetie Pie tags.  Goodness and Fun has some darling papers and sweet images.  You can find the pie as part of an adorable Miss Baker clip art set.  Vanessa is as sweet as her images:  she's got a Buy 2, Get 1 Free going on right now and she agreed that I could offer you these tags (featuring her pie) to you for free!  You can download the Sweetie Pie Tags HERE.

Happy (Late) Pie Day, Sweetie Pie!