Happy Easter

Have a wonderful Easter weekend everyone! Here is what it has been looking like around these parts! I do a bit of traditional and a religious decorations because I do celebrate the resurrection of Christ but I also like to have fun with the decorated eggs, bunnies and all those fluffy little things. I do have a duck wearing bunny rabbit ears too. So there's that. I do put heavy emphasis on our religious beliefs more so than the Easter Bunny but we still like to have fun dying eggs and eating chocolate shaped bunnies. I usually do an Easter basket for my son and I think we will do Resurrection Rolls this year too. One of those Pinterest things that is just so easy and so neat! 

My son put together "Resurrection Eggs" one year in church. I've kept them so we can bring them out each year and go over the story of Good Friday & Easter.

DIY: Thanksgiving "Give Thanks" Banner

I can't believe I got a Thanksgiving banner put together and actually got it hung on the mantle. This is progress people! I finally did something in my Pinterest-crafts-to-do list.

The supplies I used were right out of my craft boxes. I cut felt into the triangle shapes. I used twine to attach them all in a row. That was the hardest part because the twine kept wanting to twist on me. What I did was hang up the twine on the mantle and then clothespin each triangle to get the spacing down. Then hot glued them into place. I decorated each triangle before I hot glued them to the twine.

I had buttons that I used for the "G" in give and the "T" in thanks. I outlined the buttons with yarn so it would seem more like a letter. I'm always a little intimidated by how to do the letters. I really didn't want to go buy the letters at the craft store because I wanted this to be a no cost project.

I found a pumpkin alphabet online and printed out the rest of the letters. I distressed them with one of my gold stamp pads. The leaves, flowers and feathers are just straight out of my random craft box. Then I tied scraps of green fabric in between.

Like I said - the hardest part was getting the flags glued to the twine. Plus I didn't have that much counter space to lay it all out in order and still be near the glue gun! First world problems, I know. I tied little ribbons at the end of the banner for a little sweet touch.