Hey guys! How are you? I hope you are doing well and ready for a new week! Only two weeks until Easter - my favorite holiday! Lots going on here and mostly we are trying to keep our heads above water. It's been a hard year so far. Lots of things have gone wrong and we are stressed out. Especially me. I saw this shirt the other day online that says "my anxieties have anxiety" and that's how I feel right now. The things that are going wrong each would be a big deal on their own, but they are coming at us one after the other like a box of marbles on a tile floor.... I have, as always, turned to my faith to get me through. But gosh I'm tired and weary. On top of the ten other things that have happened this year.... On Friday our dryer broke and then today one of my old fillings broke, which means an emergency trip to the dentist this week. Oh, and did I mention my husband is having surgery on Friday? (He is going to be fine after)... Well, it's a sad tale and I won't tell you everything. It's the hardest season we've been through in many many years. Please say a little prayer for me. I'm having a really hard time. I truly know in my heart that everything will be okay and life will get back to 'normal' but right now I'm just struggling. God is good and He will continue to comfort me. I am grateful that it's Easter time and I have so many great activities at church happening to keep me busy and uplifted. Remember that old poster with the tiny kitten hanging from a branch? Hang in there! Well, that's me.... In addition to spending a lot of time at church, I've been trying to craft up the rest of my Easter ideas. I have two projects to share with you today! Easter treats for my friends and the people at church who have been leading my awesome Bible study the past few months....
First up are these adorable Bunny Treat Wraps from Taylored Expressions!! These are super duper easy to put together and so cute! Each treat box is only three pieces. You can make white bunnies, or kraft bunnies, or gray bunnies like I did here. I made two - a girl and a boy! The die set comes with a matching small stamp set to do the eyes, cheeks and mouth. Love it.
To make one treat wrap, I die cut two bunny heads and one gingham piece for the center. They I die cut pink ear centers, the heart nose, and the bows. That's it! I used my MISTI to line up the eyes and mouth and stamped them before I folded the bunny pieces. Instead of stamping the cheeks, I used an old Chalk Set to rub some pink chalk!! I like the soft effect.
There are two different sets of stamps for the eyes - one with lashes and one without. Adorbs. I used some Enamel Dots for the centers of the bows to add a bit of shine.
I love gingham all the time, but especially at Easter. I chose the light grey gingham for the sides of my treat wrap. It matches the gray exactly!
Here's a top down view - I put in some Cadbury Eggs as my treats!
I used a white gel pen to color in the centers of the eyes and to add dots to the cheeks...
My second set of treat ideas are these adorable little tin Easter buckets I picked up at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago. These treats are for church and I can't wait to deliver them on Wednesday! I used the new Bunny Tag stamps and dies from Avery Elle to make the adorable tags to go on my treat buckets!!
These bunnies are sooooo cute! I stamped the bunnies in dark grey ink and then stamped the whiskers and "happy easter" in black ink. I die cut out the bunnies and the pink ear pieces.... Like above, another super easy project! I used chalk again for the cheeks on the bunnies, and glued on pom poms for their little cottontails.
I die cut just the outline of the bunny a second time out of gingham paper from my stash. I glued the two together, so the back of each bunny is gingham. I stamped the recipients' names over the gingham on the back.
I used my Crop-o-Dile to cut a hole in the ear and used gingham ribbon to tie each tag onto the buckets.
I used a new Lawn Fawn alphabet set to stamp the names on the back of my tags. So fun!
This is what the buckets look like - I love these old vintage images!! And polka dots too!!
I put chocolates and Easter grass inside, and a small cross decoration piece.
I had the chance to decorate the house for Easter and it is festive and cheerful. I got this new honeycomb egg banner and it is just the right thing to make me smile!! It's such an old fashioned thing and I love it.
Saturday morning I had the chance to get out in the front yard and take some photos of our flowers. My husband planted tons of daffodils and tulips and they are magnificent!! I think they are at their peak right now. I've had this photo idea in my head for a couple of weeks - take that low shot up to the sky and the pretty tree above... I love how it came out. I know a lot of you are still waiting for Spring to arrive so I hope this brings you some joy! Here, Spring is almost over if you can believe it! All the trees have blossomed and are now green instead of flowery. It's very pretty right now!! After all the rain we had this year, I feel like the plants are so happy!
That's it for today! I hope you have a great week this week. Thanks for being there for me and sending me encouragement and love - like you always do. I appreciate you and our creative journey we share here. I hope you're inspired to finish up some Easter treats. XOXO
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