First - I saw the most adorable Easter Baskets/bags on Homemade by Jill and decided that I had time to use some scraps and make 3 of these (sometimes, I get a little delusional about time):
They didn't take too long - one day's worth of quiet time and some embroidering at night here and there. I LOVE them - I just think they turned out perfect. My only regret was not monogramming their names on them. Tom kept asking why I was doing this, and I told him they were for the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday and they were going to be the perfect size. He just stares at me and says "as long as you're having fun."
Recognize the fabric I used for the girls' liners (they're from my sassy apron):
Off to friend's house to dye eggs and of course, I forgot my camera. The kids had a blast and I kept M. in the other room to keep her as far away as eggs as I could.
Saturday, after Tom did a morning errand to get more rocks for the backyard, he informed me that it is freezing outside and kind of raining. Oh well, bundle the kids up and load them in the car and off the to Church Activity. I got to run a 5K for autism, Tom walked the kids on half of it, then we found eggs and were back in the car in record time. I started cleaning the home for Easter, Tom worked in the backyard. As a side note - all the bricks are officially laid!! That is a huge milestone for Tom. Now, we have to fill them with dirt and cap them. While he's playing in the dirt I set the table for Easter Dinner:
I love getting out my china and setting pretty tables. I even followed Martha Stewart's napkins folding ideas - see a bunny behind (a blurry bunny behind):
The bunny came in the morning, hid eggs and baskets and we found everything. We rushed the kids in their new Easter clothes, tried to take pictures, but we are just too crazy to sit still. I think we deleted all the pictures. Rush off to church, rush home to grab the ham out of the oven. We had our best friends over for dinner. It was a packed home, but that's the way we like it - such a satisfying, wonderful evening. We were having so much fun, I totally forgot to take any pictures. Tom fell asleep getting everyone to sleep - I'm not even positive he knew there was a holiday today. I loved it, I love Easter and all that goes along with it.
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11 comments:
Your table looks so pretty. I love any reason to make the ordinary special.
Your Easter bags turned out really cute. You make really good use of your time. I am totally impressed!
Those bags are absolutely adorable. You are so talented. Your table is beautiful too. Such a hostess!!
Those bunny bags are TOO cute!!! And your table setting looked amazing!! So glad you had a good Easter and don't ever worry about sweet G. - he has never licked a chair or ate a crayon in our class!!:)
Everything looked beautiful!
Those are some seriously cute Easter bags! and your table was beautiful. It sounds like you had a wonderful, busy Easter. Enjoy the rest of your week!
You are so crafty! The bags are so cute and your table was just gorgeous. And I noticed the little notecards - so cute! So glad you had a great Easter. :)
I love your bunny bags! What a good mommy you must be. I confess, I would probably have drawn the faces on with colored sharpies. Ha Ha! Yours are so adorable.
I love the table setting!
I love how those baskets turned out. The lining is just so precious! Lucky kids to have such cute Easter baskets!
Carrie
Well, you totally outdid me for Easter! Uhhh...you just MADE those bunny bags?! Gees, you're talented! They're so cute!
Those baskets are adorable. Love those.
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