happy easter!

easter crafting

There was lots of behind the scenes crafting going on this Easter.  Regan put together Easter baskets for her dad and me- this owl purse was one of the many handmade goodies in those baskets.

I decoupaged this box for Regan- She has been admiring a hand painted jewelry box similar to this that was given to me as a wedding present for awhile now.  It was lots of fun to make.

I made Easter dresses for the girls... well,  dresses for Regan and Tallulah and a skirt for Addie.
(The dresses are the Mary sash dress and the Tallulah halter dress from Girl's World and the skirt is Dana's Market Skirt.)  I tried to get a picture of them wearing their outfits yesterday, but Addie would have non of it...

as I matter of fact I think this is the only picture I got with her in it, facing the camera, and not screaming!

The other big sewing project was new hooded towels for all the kids.  You can see Addie did not want to participate in this picture either, that orange towel between Tallulah and Regan is hers.

I've been enjoying all the crafting and sewing going on around here the last few weeks.  It always feels good to be doing something creative on a regular basis!

easter place cards

I made place cards and holders last night for our Easter dinner on Sunday. 

I found these printable place cards online and then drew the flowers and birdies, cut them out and glued them onto the cards.  (I used my growing collection of Copic markers to color the flowers and birdies... love my Copics!)

For the card holders I dug into that stash of wooden spools my mom brought me last month.  I used floral wire from the dollar tree and wrapped it around a marker two times, twisted it, stuck the ends through the spool and  tapped them to the bottom to secure the wire.

These were pretty simple to make and I LOVE how they turned out!