Paper bag Nests

Good morning!

Here's another take on the paper nests I posted HERE

You can go to the post and see how easy it is to make these.

I thought it would be fun to make them to give to the littles

so here is a cutesy take on them.

Make the paper bag nests just the same as in my previous post

but pick up some brightly colored plastic eggs to add to the nests.

Fill up those eggs with some candy treats and add a cute tag. 

These could be gifted to any age or added to your plates for Easter brunch. I found the stamp I used at Michael's and the eggs

at the Dollar Tree. 

Hope you give them a try! 

Art Gallery

Hello,

Here's the stamp set called Art Gallery and the gold texture

paper is called Texture Chic.  Both available in the main

catalog.  Love the green with the peach and gold tones

together.  

I have just layered the papers and stamped the flower

with the mint macaron, petal pink and soft suede. 

These colors scream spring to me.  

How do you like these colors together? 

Paper bag nests

Welcome back!

Happy monday!

Back today with another super EASY Easter idea for you.

It starts with 3 brown standard sized lunch sacks.

See the nest above?  It is made with the 3 bags.

These could also be made with a little bit smaller bag

too and used at each of your placesettings at Easter dinner. 

To make these nest you will need these 5 blade scissors

and 3 lunch sacks.  The scissors can be found 

HERE

You will also need some glue,  I like to use

tombow liquid glue. 

Start by cutting all 3 bags 1" from the fold of the bottom.

Once all are cut, wad them up as you see below. 

Now unwad them and take your scissors and cut

all the way around the bag.  

Cut all 3, they will look like this....

Now take your liquid glue or adhesive

and take the first bag and put glue in the bottom,

now set the 2nd bag on top of the 1st and the same

with the 3rd. 

Now the final step is just start scrunching the with your hands the nests going around the whole nest until it starts forming a nest.  

You can't over smash it together.  

You can see in my pics below how mine turned out.  

Add any easter eggs with candy or just a few plastic eggs 

or even a little rabbit or chick. 

Now go and make some of these cuties and send me your pics!  

Wood Beads in the shop!

Happy saturday friends!

Just in time for Easter these cute wood bead easter theme strands.

You can use these all over your house whether you use them in your entry way, living room, any room! 

One of the ways I like to decorate with them is drape them around 

a vase, you can also just lay them right across the table or bowl or shelf.

Both of the strands close up, you can view them over on my shop

HERE

Paper bird

This is sooooo easy!

YOU can do this!

Cut a piece of kraft cardstock paper at 1' x 11'

and tie it into a knot as you see below. 

Should look like this.....

Then grab a pencil and do your best to draw a tail on one side and the head on the other......

cut them out and LOOK at how cute it is!!!

I added it to a nest I already had and added a sprig

of baby's breath to it.  You could add little Easter eggs or flowers

or greens to it. 

You could also make a few more birds and add them to some

bare branches and put the branches in a vase.

So sweet for spring ......

Easter Decor

Good morning!

Sharing a cute little way to spruce up your table for Easter.

It's Walmart for the win today with these pieces I picked up.

I've taken a basket that I had and added these pieces to it.

Use what you have, maybe it's a plate or an easter basket 

or a wooden tray.  There's no need to go out and buy more things,

just look around your home!

What I found at Walmart were these larger sized plastic eggs, they come in colors too, I just prefer the neutrals.  They are only $1.99 each, I also found the cute plastic chocolate bunny in the center of the basket- .99 cents.  

The bunny is sitting in a glass half egg given to me years back,

you could use any small vase or vessel to set it in or just tuck it right into the center of the basket.

You can see I added wood beads from my shop and also dried grass

from my yard.  The tissue grass I have had but can be found on Amazon. 

The eggs up close, speckled with gold. 

I bought two of the off white eggs and one of the beige.

They also had a light sage green and torquoise color. 

The bunny up close, 

looks like real chocolate doesn't it!

Sits about 7" high and makes me want to go grab a piece of

chocolate! 

I looked online for the bunny and eggs, I believe they are only

in store items.  

Carrot Tags

Here are some cute little carrots tags you can make for 

your Easter baskets or bags.

I started by hand drawing a carrot onto some tag board.

Then trace the carrot around the orange paper and cut it just a little bit smaller to fit inside the cardboard.  Same for the greens on top, trace

them and cut them just a little bit smaller almost like a tear drop.

Use some dimensionals to pop up the carrot and greens

to give it a 3d look. 

Get some jute and tie it around the top of the carrot 

adding a tag of your choice, you can see I made one

tag from a little extra piece of wood and then the one

above it a piece of paper I stamped on.  

Here is the one with the little wood tag.  I also

punched a hole on the right side of the greens

and added one of those little silver bead chains

to hang from the basket I will fill for Easter. 

He is Risen Resurrection scene

Just in time for Easter!

I found this unfinished resurrection tomb online on Amazon. 

It comes as 4 pieces of unfinished wood pieces that I decided to stain and put together. Even the scripture is on the wood.  

Here is the side view.

Here is upclose the scripture Matthew 28:6 

He is not here, for He is risen, just as He said. 

These are the pieces you get, you can see they are all unfinished and separated.  The link for you to order is below.  You will get all the 4 pieces, when you get them you will stain them with a sponge brush

applying only one coat of stain.

Let it dry and then using your hot glue gun glue the pieces together.

The last thing I added was the jute twine wrapped around the cross. 

You can see the different grains in the wood.   The stain

I used is a light one.  You can use the color that best suites your

home decor. 

I purchased the Valspar Antiquing wax

HERE

I have used this wax on soooo many of the projects I show, it's good to have on hand and dries quickly.  It's a nice thick gel and only requires very little of the product to get good results. 

You can find the 4 piece set to put together 

HERE

I love how it turned out!

Have fun making one!