Tag: Easter


Apr
2018

Easter Blessings

categories: Easter

Blessings to all on this Easter Sunday.

A day to rejoice!

My Savior, my Lord, my Friend, has risen.

His resurrection should quiet all our fears of what is to come.

My growing faith is so important to me.

My troubled life calmed when my Lord entered my heart.

I was sitting quietly, very early on this Easter morning, remembering, and longing, for the Easter Sundays when I was growing up.

Miss those days of the family gathering at grandma’s house for a country dinner, with biscuits, and a table full of desserts.

Miss the old gospel songs sung by my mom and her sisters as they cleaned the dishes.

Precious memories.

Life is different now, families scattered, separated, and busy.

Love, blessings, and precious memories to all today.

“precious memories, how they linger”

 

 


Mar
2018

Are You Ready For Easter?

categories: Easter

Just simple Easter plans this year, me, my husband, and our son.

My sweet little family.

So thankful that the sun finally came out after a rainy week, shining on my beautiful front door wreath.

I love adding fun touches to my home for all holidays.

Not a bunch of money is always available to buy decorations, so a cute inexpensive something I do, is to make banners.

Maybe it is because of a childhood passion of cutting paperdolls, that makes me want to work and create with paper.

Just like quilters, and folks who sew collect fabric pieces, I find it hard to pass up a lovely piece of paper or cardstock.

I printed out some Beatrix Potter bunnies for the entryway mirror, and just different spring colors and patterns for the dining hutch.

Whimsy touches that I love!

Every year, I also print out and frame, a reminder of the real reason of this holy time of the year.

Easter dinner will just be in the kitchen, a simple table setting, highlighted by cute bunny plates I found at Hobby Lobby, 40% off, less than $2 each.

This year’s menu will be ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and a favorite salad my family loves.

Apple pie and ice cream for dessert, with coffee.

Even though I have no grandchildren, and my son is grown, I still love to color eggs at Easter.

This year I tried using cool whip and food coloring to color the eggs, so easy!

The colors and patterns are beautiful.

Hope you all are ready for tomorrow, whether a small or large gathering.

Just being with those you love is such a gift.

So thankful to have my little family with me.

Prayers for those with no one in their lives to share special times, those alone, with no home, or folks to love.

Blessings and love.


Mar
2018

It’s Finally Here – Springtime!

categories: Easter, My Simple Home, Spring

According to the calendar, today is the first day of spring.

Unfortunately, the teasing continues.

Two days of warm temperatures, and then, as is today, cold, rainy, and snow.

This was a photo taken from my front door just a few days ago!

Hibernating is about over!

I guess it is about time to give up my flannel sheets.

Our woodpile is low.

Fires in our wood burning fireplace are coming to an end.

We will miss our fires, they were the center of our home during the cold winter months, drawing us to the glow and warmth.

The change is near with Easter in only two weeks.

My magnolia tree is budding, the daffodils are up, and there are so many robins in our yard, giving my sweet kitty someone to chatter with!

Yesterday, I gathered my spring and Easter items, and I also changed my front door wreath.

It will be nice to be able to sit outside once again.

Longer and warmer days ahead.

Projects will be changing from inside ones, to outside.

Today I will clean a bit, and find just the right places for all of my bunnies and chicks!

Hoping you find some sunshine in your life today.

Happy Spring!


Apr
2014

Easter Memories

categories: Easter, Random Thoughts

I have such fond memories of Easter as a child and would like to share a few with all of you today.

We always had new outfits, my sister and I had new dresses, sweet hats, purses, and white gloves. My brother had a new suit and always a bow tie. I do remember getting Easter baskets full of goodies.

ydmWe went to church on Easter morning, and then a trip with my grandmother to the cemetery placing flowers on my grandfather’s grave. This was something we did every Easter.

granny 001This is something that I continue to do to this day.  Tomorrow I will visit my sweet Mother’s grave who is now in heaven.

We then went to Granny’s house for Easter dinner.  Everyone was there, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  There was always so much food, I especially loved my aunt’s homemade biscuits along with Granny’s gravy.

There was always a table filled with desserts, all homemade.  I remember chocolate cake, a stacked apple cake, Granny made, and my aunt’s coconut cream pie.  Yummy!

After dinner a favorite memory was my Mother and her sisters doing the dishes and singing old gospel songs.  They would sing, and cry, and laugh.  It makes me so sad that they have all passed away.  Thank God for memories.  My heart is full of joy remembering them all together in the kitchen.

These were some of the good memories of my childhood.

I hope everyone has a blessed Easter.

yvonne 001

Make some joyful memories this Easter with your family!

 

 

 


Apr
2014

Bunny in a Pot for Easter!

categories: Easter

I have had these little bunnies for years and I thought how cute they would be in small clay pots with grass and some eggs. As you can see in the photo above, adding names made them really sweet table place settings.

Bunny in a small clay pot!

Simple, easy, and so cute on the dinner table.

I already had all the supplies, so nothing to buy.  Micheal’s Crafts does carry the small pots and the raffia type grass i used.

Simple Easter Place SettingI just added grass to the pot and secured with a little hot glue on the bottom and a little on the back of the bunny to secure to the side of the pot.  Using my computer I printed out the names on card stock, cut out with a scalloped paper punch, and glued to a toothpick and then glued to the inside of the pot.  That was it!

Oh, I forgot the eggs, they can be any kind.  I used some small wooden ones that I had but you actually could use foil covered eggs or jellybeans.

It makes all of us feel good to make something creative from our “stash” of supplies.

Hope you can use your “stash” this week before Easter!

Happy Easter Crafting!


Apr
2014

Kid’s Easter Napkin Rings Made With Scraps of Card Stock!

categories: Easter

If you are having Easter dinner, making a table just for the kids can be so special for them and fun for you at the same time!

Chicks and Bunny Napkin Rings

Since I used my scraps of paper card stock these napkin rings cost me nothing to make.

Here is what is needed to make these cute napkin rings:

– card stock scraps (white, pink, yellow, and orange)

– a 2-1/2″ circle punch or you can trace around a can or cup the size you want

– tape and glue

-black acrylic paint or a black marker

– sticky glue dots (optional)

(All products can be purchased at Micheal’s Crafts or Hobby Lobby – don’ forget to use your 40% off weekly coupons)

Chicks:

Chick Napkin RingsAfter you have cut out all the pieces needed from the card stock, simply glue the pieces to the round head piece.  The “feather” top piece is glued to the back of the chick’s head, glue the feet pieces to the lower front part of the round piece and the beak piece somewhere in the center.

Add two small dots for the eyes, and something I always do is to add some blush cheeks.  I use a stencil brush with very little paint, almost dry to do this.  Practice first!

The long paper strip is 8″ long and about 1-3/4″ wide.  Tape or glue the paper strip together to form the napkin ring, and then glue the round piece to the strip.  I used sticky glue dots which have sticky on both ends to raise the round piece up from the strip.  I like the look, but if you do not have sticky glue dots just any paper glue will work.  See photo below.

Glue dots are only $1.00 a pack at Micheal’s.

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Bunny:

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAs with the chicks, after you have cut out all the pieces you need from the card stock, simply glue them to the round piece.  The small piece shown in pink, which is the inside of the bunny’s ears, should be glued to the front side of the ears, and then the ears should be glued to the back of the bunny’s head.  Glue the nose piece somewhere in the center.

Add two small dots for the eyes, and again something I always do is to add some blush cheeks.  I used a stencil brush with very little paint, almost dry to do this.  Practice first!

On the bunny also add whisker lines and a line for the mouth, as shown in the photos. Add the head piece to the round napkin ring strip (8″ long and 1-1/2″ wide) using the sticky glue dots or just any paper glue.

For fun you could make these with your kids to put on the plates of everyone coming for dinner.

The cute dot plates were under a dollar at Walmart.

So cute, so easy, and so much fun!

Happy Easter!

 


Apr
2014

Kid’s Easy to Make Easter Favors!

categories: Easter

Today I will be sharing some kid’s Easter favors that were inexpensive and easy to make.

Kid's Easter FavorsThese cute chicks and bunny hand held masks are made of a thin wood which I purchased at Joann’s Fabric and Craft store for $1.00 each.

They were unpainted and were intended to be painted by kids with a pattern already stamped on the masks.  For my purpose it was better for me to paint them, since I wanted to add to the kid’s dinner table as favors.

Bunny Wood Mask

Here are the things you will need to make the masks:

– purchased wood masks (Joann’s Fabric and Crafts)

– acrylic paints

– sponge brush

– small stencil brush

– raffia or ribbon

– pen or marker

– stencil brush (optional)

I had to give the masks several coats of paint since I was covering up the stamped pattern.

I made a simple template from card stock and stenciled on the noses and used a permanent pen or marker to add other simple details like lines for whiskers and eye lashes.

I also stenciled blush cheeks on both the bunny and the chick using a small amount of acrylic paint dabbing the brush on a paper towel until almost dry before applying.

As a tip, adding cheek blush has always added the extra special touch when painting on wood or on paper when making cards or tags.

After the masks were dry and all the extra touches added, I tied green raffia around the chick and I glued a ribbon on the bunny.

So cute, and don’t you think they will add a bunch of fun to taking great Easter photos?

Enjoy!

 

 


Apr
2014

Easy Easter Table Place Cards!

categories: Easter

Easter will be here in less than two weeks!

If dinner is going to be at your home this year you might like these cute bunnies I found at Pier One Imports.  Not much time needed to add these to your dinner table, which is what we all need in our busy lives, and they will surely add fun to your Easter get together.

Bunny Place SettingThese small bunnies make great place cards just by adding names made from card stock and a toothpick.

They came with a bit fancier ribbon which I removed and instead added simple green raffia for the look that I wanted.

I printed the names on my computer using plain white card stock. Of course, they could be hand written.  I used a scalloped paper punch to cut out the names and then simply glued the names to a toothpick and stuck into the side of each bunny.  That was it!

The names can be removed easily without damage to the bunnies to be used again or given as favors.

Pier One also had carrot bunches which as you can see in the photo would also make cute place cards on each plate setting.

Carrot Place CardsI did the same to the carrot bunches as the bunnies, printed names, glued to toothpicks, and added to the carrots.

Simple, quick, sweet, and no fuss!

Happy Easter planning!