Almost Easter

Easter is only 4 days away and I am busy preparing for it.  Family dinner on Sunday, preparing all the kidlets Easter surprises, everything fresh and light. Mind you, it's not green outside yet, we are in fact expecting a spring snow storm later today and through tomorrow. It should be nice and sloppy on Friday for our neighborhood egg hunt!

Just a few things created that I would like to share.

I made this Easter card for my Mother-in-Law. I was inspired by a card I saw on Splitccoaststampers. I can't find it now, but if the person that inspired were to stumble on it and say "Hey, that's my card darn you!" I will give credit where credit is due.

I used the Stampin' Up Apothecary Art stamp set and the new framelits dies that are in the current Occasions Mini. So soft and spring like. I made another one for my Mom.

Next was spring wreath for my front door. I used some flowers I had laying around. The pink "peonies" are actually made with coffee filters sprayed with colored water. Super easy tutorial I found on Little Birdie Secrets. I bought some jute when I went on my linen buying spree and used that for a bow.  The inspiration I used was from the Domestic Fashionista . Hers is much nicer, but I used what I had on hand.

I loved the coffee filter flowers so much I made a small bouquet of them to sit on my little curio table.

Going to go and do some ironing before the kiddies get home. Need to clean up the laundry/sewing area to take some pics of the new curtains I made for in there. I don't know why I went so long without. Till then, have an inspiring day!

Two blogs in one day???

I needed to make a new cushion for the old chair that I have for my old desk.  This chair has been in my family for as long as I can remember.

I was inspired by a pattern for this chair cushion at FreeSewing.com.

Seeing how I just went crazy last month and bought meters and meters of linen for $1.25 - 2.50 per, I decided to use some of that and this is how it turned out.

I like it so much that now I would like to make some more for my dining room chairs. Love the pleats. It only took a couple of hours to make and was very simple. It's a great pattern. And it was for free!!!

Making

I finally got around to making my versions of Petite Michelle Louise's beautiful door knob ephemera holders.  Her blog is so inspiring.  It was a challenge to learn how to get the wire into the required shape and is still a work in progress.  Most of the embellishment came from vintage jewelery trinkets I found at Michaels, but some is just from my stash. I was quite pleased with the results, they were a joy to make finally and I love having them placed around the house to gaze at.

I used pictures of my Mother and her cousins that I have had for ages. I adore the one of her laying in the grass reading. The post card was a vintage find from an antique store on Bowen Island that I found about 16 years ago. (That wasn't yesterday! Obviously vintage has been a part of me for a very long time)

Thanks again and credit to Petite Michelle Louise. Love, love, love her!