Blissfully Spring

Eggs, tulips and colored eggs- spring is springy all around us.

I can not describe but a piece of what spring gives me.  It is like a free gift that I have been waiting for months and months. The air smells new, we get to open windows on especially nice days. The sunshine that comes through the windows replaces the light. The green that starts to emerge. I love, love spring!
One thing I always try to do is engage my kids in a activity each holiday. Or as each season changes. One thing that brings us together at any time of the year is baking! They love adding the ingredients, helping ice. I must confess I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my cupcakes, I have the fancy tips, all different liners. It's a passion of mine. So, even though I am being slightly childish I put half aside for me and the other half is for them. One thing to say in my defense is that they usually get a bit board with it so I finish most of them myself anyhow.


This was also a sad year, our easter bunny lost an ear and got all chipped up. My children said that they have to have a easter bunny! So I went to pier 1 knowing how whimsical the decor usually is. I was not disappointed I walked into easter wonderland.  It was so hard to choose! Although target had darling table liners etc.


Our other activity we do this time of year is easter egg decorating! The old classic! I remember my sister and I sitting at our kitchen table with our mom decorating egg after egg!

My blissful lamp shade

    Hello to you all. Those of you who read my post about giving  "the card class in a box"- I heard back from my friend, she was simply delighted! who appreciate all the "little things you do". She is a wonderful friend.  I hope her crafty-ness comes shining through!

  I wanted to Blog today on a lampshade I made with a basket liner, a few stitches, a glue gun and a few hydrangea petals.

  I purchased a desk lamp at hobby lobby,(love there 50% off sales!) But I just wasn't in love with the little sparkle studs it had on the lamp shade. Plus we put our little black aged desk over in a corner of our living room. So, it needed some light! After all this is the place I blog from- so it should portray me and be comfortable.

  Back to the lampshade- I found some canvas material that was a liner from a old basket. (this proves anything material, other than ugly clothes ;) You keep! You have an eye for what you might re-use.
So I pulled it out measured the length against my shade and the ideas flew. I cut the bottom of the liner out, cut 1 strip down the length of it.

  Then I added some ruffle at the top with large stitched by hand straight stitches. they were easily gathered. Then out came the hot glue gun! with a little work I hot glued the top then pressed the fabric to the length I wanted. I continued all the way around the lamp shade until it was stuck!

So what I did next was make waves in the fabric with my fingers and glued underneath, the perfect little pockets for my little flowers to rest.

I put together my little flowers and I was done!

Love short little crafts that add character to my home.