Easter Egg Decorations

Happy Easter! Here are some ideas on how to decorate your Easter eggs this year.

Watercolor floral Easter eggs are perfect for spring. Just paint watercolor designs on your eggs and use black marker to outline your designs.

Did you know you can dye eggs naturally using natural ingredients? This tutorial shows you how to dye Easter eggs with various items you might have in your kitchen including paprika, red cabbage and beet.

Why not add a message to your eggs? Poke a hole to an egg to add a message inside. You can also download a template to add calligraphy to the outside of your Easter eggs. Or use a marker or ink to add your own style calligaphy.

Add a little bling to your Easter eggs. The eggs on the left use gold glitter with various designs. The elegant eggs on the right use lots of tiny paper flowers, paint and gold foil to create texture.

For something creative, try galaxy themed easter eggs. Place in a basket with matching Easter grass.

How do you like to decorate your Easter eggs?

Easter Baskets

Why not make your own Easter basket this year? Try one of the ideas below.
A Fabric Origami Basket makes a simple Easter basket that you can keep throughout the year.

How about using items from your kitchen as Easter baskets? Use a berry box as an Easter basket. Just apply glue to the top edges and sprinkle gold glitter on top. You can add a handle, such as with ribbon, if you want. Another idea is to spray paint an old colander. Add matching Easter grass or tissue paper.

The basket on the left is made of felt. Use rainbow yarn to make a Crochet Coil Basket, pictured on the right.

Have you ever made your own Easter basket?

Easter Fashion

Easter is a great time to get dressed up. These are some of my favorite Easter fashion looks.

How about adding Easter eggs or flowers to your hair?

If you love nail art, try one of these looks for Easter. The look on the left from Jin Soon Choi uses pastel blue and pink colors that also fit with Pantone’s Color of the Year. The creative nail art look on the right uses speckled nail polish from ModelsOwn and is inspired by ornate bird egg shells.

Bunny ears are a fun accessory to add to your outfit.

How do you like to dress up for Easter?

Pi Day Pie Inspiration

Happy Pi Day! Pi Day is a holiday celebrated on March 14th to celebrate the number Pi (which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, approximately 3.14). Why not celebrate Pi Day by making pie?

Why not make mini cherry pies? 

Did you know you can make pumpkin pie in a mug?

Why not bake numbers in the pie?

Why not make a printable pie box to give out as a gift?

Do you celebrate Pi Day?

Gold Table Tutorial

I had this old table in my room. It has a pretty carved design on the side and top. It was a brown color, but the color of the table was faded and the table was in sort of bad condition. I thought I would spray paint it gold to freshen it up.

Supplies:

• Old Table: You can use any table or old piece of furniture you have. My table is sort of odd shaped and has a carved design in it.
• Spray Paint: Choose your favorite color. I wanted to update my table from brown to gold.
• Newspaper or Drop Cloth: Use something to cover your ground so you do not get paint everywhere.
• Sandpaper: The sandpaper will be helpful for wooden tables to help smooth the table.
• All Purpose Cleaner: Use your favorite all purpose cleaner or disinfecting wipes.
• Cloth

Instructions:

1. Lay out newspaper or a drop cloth on the ground. Place the table on top.

2. Use sandpaper to smooth out any rough edges of a wood table. Wipe off any dust or dirt on the table. Use an all purpose cleaner on the whole table.

3. Start by spray painting either the bottom or inside. Shake the can and hold the can about 6 inches away from the table as you spray.

4. Use a couple layers of paint until you get the desired consistency. Let dry overnight before using.

I like how it turned out. The gold makes the designs and carvings in the table stand out more so you can see the artwork better. Let me know if you’d like to see more interior design type of tutorials in the future. How do you like to update your furniture

National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day: Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream

Did you know today is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day? Peanuts are a legume native to South America. Peanut butter is a food paste made from peanuts.

Why not try celebrate by using peanut butter in your recipes? Try making this peanut butter banana ice cream sandwich.

Ingredients:

• 2 frozen bananas, as ripe as possible
• 2 tablespoons nondairy milk
• 1-2 tablespoons peanut butter
• Dash of salt
• Handful of chocolate chips

Instructions:

In a blender, blend the bananas. You can also use a fork to mash the bananas.

Add the nondairy milk, peanut butter and salt. Blend once more.

Spread the banana mixture on one graham cracker. Top with the other graham cracker. If the banana mixture is too runny, freeze the banana mixture first.

Wrap the graham cracker sandwiches in aluminum foil. Stick in the freezer until frozen.

Unwrap the sandwich when you are ready to eat. Enjoy!

You can see my original post on banana ice cream, as well as more ideas for variations, here.

Let me know if you try out this recipe.

Valentine’s Day: Free Printable Greeting Card

Happy Valentine’s Day! To celebrate, I am giving away a free printable greeting card.

You will get this image in jpeg, png and pdf format without the watermark. You can print it on card stock or thick paper and fold it over to form a card. Add your custom message on the inside. This card fits in an A6 sized envelope.

This card is for personal use only. I would appreciate it if you would help share this free card on social media such as Twitter and Pinterest. Click the butterfly to post on get your free download!

Valentine’s Day: Date Ideas

Happy Valentine’s Day! Looking for Valentine’s Day date ideas? Try one of the fun and romantic dates below.

Dinner Date

If you want a dinner date, but don’t want to go out, try cooking at home. You can cook the meal yourself or cook together. Or why not make dinner at home, but go out for dessert? If you want to go out. wine tastings are something different than the traditional dinner date.

Ice Skating

Ice skating is a great date idea for the winter months. Find a local skating rink or an outdoor skating rink if you can.

Outdoors Date

Why not look at the stars together? Or watch the sunrise or sunset. Whether it is going camping, hiking or just finding a nice place for a picnic, going out in nature is a great way to spend time together.

Watch a Movie

Go out to see a movie or watch your favorite romantic movie at home. Make homemade popcorn with candy hearts.

Game Night

Why not have some healthy competition? Play your favorite game such as truth or dare. You can write down different truths or dares on pieces of paper or just have each other switch off between asking truth or dare.

What are your favorite date ideas to do on Valentine’s Day?

Valentine’s Day: Nail Art

Nail art is a fun way to dress up for Valentine’s Day. These are some fun nail art looks to try out

Why not paint heart balloons on your nails? Use pink and red hearts. Jin Soon Choi created the nail art look on the heart shaped right.

The left nail art image uses a dark red color with a kiss mark on the ring finger. The right nail art look forms a lip mark when you put the ring finger and thumb together

Why not paint hearts in a different color other than red? The nail art on the left uses green hearts on the tips. The upper right uses pink hearts on a blue background. The bottom right nail look uses bright neon colors and leopard print hearts.

Do you like to paint your nails for Valentine’s Day?

Valentine's Day: Fashion and Beauty

Ready to get dressed up for Valentine's Day? Try one of the looks below.

Pops of red or pink are perfect for Valentine's Day. Try adding a bright red skirt to your outfit paired with a lacey pink top. For something that will keep you warmer, layer a red coat over your outfit.

UHearts are a classic way to dress up for Valentine's Day. Look for items with printed hearts. The photo on the left is from Wendy's Lookbook. The outfit on the right, from Little Blonde Book, pairs a heart print sweater with red boots.

These items contain lip prints instead of heart prints. I love the bold pink lip prints on the left. The outfi ton the right pairs a matching red skirt with a lip print sweater.

For makeup, try a classic red lip with winged eye liner.

What are your favorite looks for Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day Desserts

These Valentine's Day treats make great gifts or just to enjoy yourself.

Try making Red Velvet Waffles for a romantic breakfast.

Conversation hearts make a great addition to Valentine themed desserts. Try making White Chocolate Popcorn with conversation hearts (on the left) or Conversation Heart Brownies (on the right

These Cherry Jam Heart Pie Pops on the left are heart shaped mini pies on a stick. On the right, why not make your own Homemade Heart Marshmallows?

This Valentine Puppy Chow uses both milk and white chocolate. 

What desserts do you like to make for Valentine's Day?