Our backyard Emerald city!

When Chris and Josie took apart the backyard ice skating rink over the weekend, he dragged all the ice to the edges of the yard so that grass could start recovering from 4+ months of skating. 

With a bit of creativity, lots of back labor and some green and white Christmas lights, the ice rink has been transformed into our own emerald city.

You have to admit it looks pretty magical at night.

Don't expect the yellow brick road to appear anytime soon though.  Our backyard is more like the black lagoon with all those months of snow and ice.
    

A 25 cent box of happiness, a winner and a Easter Parade!

I spent twenty-five cents at a recent estate sale.  

Meant to be used as Christmas ornaments, I thought with a little makeover, I could turn one of them into a Easter rabbit...maybe something Magpie Ethel might even approve of!

Emma was busy celebrating her best friend's birthday and Josie was being camera shy after swim lessons this evening, so tonight's winner of my Kim K. Easter give-away is Donna from (Donna's Lavender Nest). Congratulations, Donna.

Send me your postal address and I'll get your goodies in the mail right away.  For everyone else, I love giving away my creations as much as I enjoy making, them so you can plan on additional Kim K. give-away opportunities in the future.  

I thought you'd like to see the Easter parade happening in certain parts of the house right now.

Vintage dessert picks all cozy together in a nutcup basket.

A few Gurley candles file into place for their spot in the parade.

Momma duck pulls along her baby chick to get a better view.

Pom pom and needled felted creations by Viv's Whimsy also line up.

The rabbit pin cushion is a favorite parade entry from Elizabeth's  Dime Store Chic.

The rabbit on a the tricycle is glad to be participating in this year's parade. He was an estate sale rescue last summer.

Aren't they a rather colorful bunch of entries in this year's parade? This isn't even everything. I told you that my holiday tubs have been multiplying like rabbits!  

Icebergs AHEAD!

It's barely light out, but I had to share a few pictures of the icebergs in our backyard.

 The ice rink has been officially dismantled.

 The backyard is now filled with icebergs and thousands of ice crystals.

 Perhaps, spring will FINALLY come if the ice skating rink is gone!! 

As you can imagine, Emma's high school tennis team has barely had practice time outdoors on dry courts. 

 Don't you love the tennis shorts with the snow in the background?  PS.Don't forget!

XOXO

   

A thank you and a Kim K. Easter give-away!

Deb (Garage Sale Gal) and I were paired for Deb and Sandy's Spring Cloche Swap.  

 This is the cloche that she sent.  Don't you just love all the spring bird embellishments?

Her package was just bursting with all sorts of wonderful Easter goodies.  Josie and I had great fun exploring all the treasures (especially the chocolate).  Thank you, Deb.  

Your crafting talents never cease to amaze and your wrappings were almost too pretty to open.

In case you're wondering, this is a peek at a few of the gifts that I sent Deb.

Because I think everyone deserves a few Easter goodies, I'm ready to share a few of my favorite Kim K. Easter crafts with my blogging friends.
  This is a giveaway for the pure joy of giving back to my blogging friends!

A honeycomb Chick

A Kim K. chick cloche and vintage-inspired Kim K. chick

A Kim K. rabbit figurine and Kim K. peat pot basket filled with chocolate

A Kim K. framed rabbit in a pink glittered frame

In order to be entered in this Easter giveaway:

* Leave me a comment on this blog post. Period. That's it.
* Entries close at 7:30pm EST Monday, April 7th
* Winner will be picked randomly by one of my two girls (whoever happens to be home and eager to be my assistant). I might even thrown in a few surprise items too.

Happy Easter, friends!

My 2014 Easter Tree Reveal!

I was looking at past Easter posts of my Easter sunroom tree and couldn't believe how much I've acquired over the last few years.   

 (Viv -  I took your hand-made clay chick and rabbit faces that you sent me a few years ago and made little bodies with pipe cleaners and dresses made from silk flower petals).  Love them!

As you'll notice, my tree is filled with lots of eggs, handmade ornaments, floral picks and anything Easter related.

I almost hate to admit how many tubs of Easter decorations I really have.

It's not as many as Halloween, but my Easter tubs seem to be multiplying like rabbits.

Decorating for the holidays brings me happiness and I guess there could be worse habits.

I still have a few more Easter collections to show you, as well as my special cloche exchange from Deb, and more Easter crafting projects to unveil.

I even  have a Kim K. Easter give-away to be shared at the end of the week.  Happy Easter, friends!