Easter cake topper (estate sale) makeover...

When I picked up these plastic cake toppers at the Friday estate sale, I didn't think baking...I thought crafting! 

I purchased the picture frames from the Dollar Tree, painted them white and coated them in glitter.

The glass was removed from the frame and scrapbooking paper was glued to the frame backing. Miniature wooden Easter ornaments were added for a bit more dimension.

 The pink garland trim was also a Dollar Tree purchase.  The pink scrapbooking paper is currently available in a bundle at the $1 bins at Michaels.

Totally kitschy.  

It's almost March.  I think the rest of my Easter decorations are coming out this weekend. 

Peat (seed starter) pots are back!

Just in case you are out running errands this weekend, I noticed that seed starter peat pots are back in stock at Dollar Tree. Actually, you can find them all over the place...including major grocery store chains and home construction stores.

 They are great for making mini Easter baskets. 

Grab your glue gun, some ribbon, buttons, print off a few Easter graphics and you're all set!

 Tutorials on this project can be found here on my blog.

 It's one of my favorite Easter crafts. You can make them fancy and you can even make them child-friendly. 

Happy Friday!

Happy Creating!
 

Easter swap...

Just in case you're interested in participating in an Easter crafting swap, Sandy from 521 Lake Street is hosting an Easter swap.   

The idea behind this exchange is to make a pretty gift out of a vintage wooden thread spool , or new thread spool.  More details on the exchange and sample ideas can be found here on her blog.  Of course, being over-excited about this exchange, I started messing around in my craft room after the girls went to bed. Here's one version using a miniature putz house.

Happy Friday!  I can't wait to get this weekend started!  

XOXO

♥

Easter basket fillers & Easter table decorating ideas

In case you have little girls that enjoy Hello Kitty, Michael's currently has a few special Hello Kitty items marked at $1 apiece near their $1 toys area.

They'd be perfect for Easter baskets.

I'm all about "cute packaging" and I came across these chocolate bunnies at Target in their Easter candy aisle. They are $1.99 a piece. The foil on the rabbit is extremely realistic looking. Very sweet.

Don't forget Aldi's for their pretty foil candy too.

The Dollar Tree currently has packages of favor boxes that I jazzed up with some vintage images available on ImagiMeri's blog.

I just added some glitter, crepe paper ruffles and ric rack. They would make darling mini Easter baskets, or pretty favors on an Easter table.

Speaking of Easter table favors, I'm also sharing another fairly simple project that I did last year. Using plastic Easter eggs, I made favor cups for our Easter table.

Supplies:
Easter eggs
Glue gun
Easter grass
cardboard
Fuzzy chicks
Pipe cleaners
Rick rack and mini flowers (optional)

1. Cut out cardboard square pieces and apply hot glue to the center of the cardboard and spread Easter grass over the glue.


2. Take a part the plastic Easter egg and attach with glue gun to the grass/cardboard.

3. Add rick rack around the diameter of the egg and cut a a pipe cleaner in half and attach with glue gun to the interior of the egg.

4. I then hot glued a coordinated fuzzy chick on the handle of each basket and added a tiny silk flower.

5. The final touch was to print off name tags and attach with hot glue to the plastic egg.

6. Don't forget to fill with your favorite Easter candy!

Happy Easter!
Happy Crafting!

XOXO

♥