He is Risen!!

Here is my Pinterest inspired Easter centerpiece. I don't know about you but I spend way too many hours searching for ideas on Pinterest but it is my favorite site to visit. Not only for the great ideas but it has lead me to some wonderful blogs that I would not have known about if it weren't for Pinterest. In my search for great and new ideas to decorate for Easter I came across this centerpiece. I absolutely love it. I didn't want to make it too difficult so I just looked around the house for things I already had. Yes, I had a bag of moss hanging around.

Supplies:
container
dirt/soil
moss/or grass seeds/or ground covering
smaller container
small rocks
sticks
twine


I had soil left over from last years garden. I filled the container to the top with soil and then placed in my smaller container. I created a mound on the side with soil and then layered the moss on top of the soil and small container. The moss laid nicely on top so I didn't need to secure it with anything. Made the crosses with sticks from the yard and tied them with twine. Placed a rock in front of the container and used the small rocks to cover the soil in front of the tomb. This took me less than 15 minutes to complete. It was very simple and easy.

Another lemon dropped in the bucket.

Painted Mason Jars!!!

I love mason jars. I don't know how I lived without them for most of my life. I use to think they were just old, dirty, ugly jars my grandma had in her pantry. And usually they were filled with really weird looking foods. But now I know they were hidden jewels and my grandma knew.

 I loved how this turned out but I had to spend some time getting it covered completely.


Supplies:

mason jar
glass enamel paint (Hobby Lobby)
sponge brush


The directions say you can either paint it on with a sponge brush or swirl the paint around the inside of the jar.  I found when I painted (the inside) it was very hard not to leave paint strokes. So I poured about 1/2 of the paint into the mason jar and swirled it around. I had to keep adding more paint until I was satisfied how it looked. I let it dry over night but I noticed the extra paint had pooled to the bottom of the jar. The paint was still wet enough so I turned it over on wax paper and let it drip out. It worked but the inside didn't turn out very pretty but who's looking inside...lol!

Another lemon dropped in the bucket!

The Were-Rabbit Carrot Wreath

Did you ever see the movie The Curse of the Were-Rabbit? My boys loved it when they were younger. Well, my mom is here this week and she makes some of the most awesome-ist wreaths I've ever seen. Since we were iced in yesterday, we decided to start planning for Spring and Easter. And here we have a carrot wreath the Were-Rabbit would be pleased to eat.

Supplies:

green mesh (10" x 30 ft) x 2

orange mesh (10" x 30 ft) x 3

floral wire

chenille stems (match w/mesh)

wire frame

floral stems (top of carrot)

Some craft stores do have cone shaped frames but we couldn't find one so we used a wire easel. My mom created a trellis with the pipe cleaners and the floral wire so she would have something to attach the mesh too. 

 Tie a bow, attach to wreath with pipe cleaner. She just made bow after bow until the wire frame was full.

Break apart floral stems and hot glue them into the green mesh. She used a low temp glue gun. (Be careful mesh can melt)

It turned out better than I could of imagined. I am so lucky to have such an awesome mom. I love the idea of having a ginormous vegetable wreath.

Another lemon dropped in the bucket.