I hosted a Milk and Cookies party for my daughter in early February and wanted a few extra options for displaying cookies besides my standard cake plates. Then, an easy craft idea hit me! So, using some plastic plates and a glass candle holder, I created my own tiered cookie tray…an easy craft for sure!
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25 Ideas for Easter Crafts and Recipes
The end of March is fast approaching and with it comes Easter! Are you looking for some ideas for Easter crafts or delicious Easter recipes?
Look no further because I’ve rounded up 25 awesome ideas from around the web to help make your Easter more beautiful and delicious.
Let’s take a look at what I found!
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St. Patrick’s Day Crafts – Clover Etched Glasses
We are totally rocking out on the St. Patrick’s Day crafts this year! With our new basement bar open for visitors, I decided to take some of Mathlete’s older beer glasses {I gave him new ones when the basement was finished} and give them a little St. Patrick’s Day treatment.
Darn if they weren’t the hardest things to photograph EVER!
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St. Patrick’s Day Crafts – Pots of Gold
St. Patrick’s Day crafts are always so fun because they are filled with bright greens, rainbows and, of course, gold!
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St Patrick’s Day Crafts – Yarn Wreath
We don’t do a whole lot of St Patrick’s Day crafts in our house. We aren’t Irish or anything so I typically add a few touches of green around the house and then get started on the Easter decor. I try to always change the wreath on the door though and, like last year, I made a new wreath for the holiday.
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Easy Decorating – Split Pea Spring Decor
We are in that time of year where it isn’t quite fully Spring {hello…snow predicted in two days!} but I still want to add little touches of Spring into our house to remind me what is near. Since this is really transitional decor, I want this to be cheap and easy decorating. And, it really doesn’t get much cheaper or easier than this!
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$3 Embellished Mirror
Last Valentine’s Day, I saw this mirror on The Thirty Sixth Avenue.
I loved the mirror and knew I wanted to make something similar for H. I found a mirror and ribbon at Michaels right after Christmas for less than $3!
{Hint: Check the Christmas bargain bin for ribbon! There are lots of pinks and other colors that are 70% off because they have snowflakes on the front.}
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Love Wins
This week is all about quick and easy Valentine’s projects. That’s what happens when you birthday falls the week before Valentine’s Day and you decide to take the entire week off…you cram almost all of the Valentine’s Day stuff into one week. Last year, I said I was going to get them all done and posted before my week off. You see how that went! 😉
Anyhoo…do you read Momastery? If not, you should…like right now. Click over there and start reading. You can come back here when you’re done…I’ll wait.
Ok, welcome back. Did you notice anything over there? How about an awesome saying: “Love Wins”? I love it…don’t you?
When I was trying to decide what to put on my little display plate for Valentine’s Day, that phrase immediately popped into my head. In fact, I love it so much that I might find a different color plate so I can keep it out all year round. For now, let’s stick to the Valentine’s Day one though…
Now, as promised, this is super fast and simple to make.
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Can You Feel the LOVE?
We have an area in our foyer where 5 framed pictures usually live. For Christmas, I change these out for holiday themed words or pictures. This year, I decided change them up for another holiday prior to putting the usual frames back in their place.
It is the simplest little thing to make. The hardest part was/is getting those darn frames to hang straight.
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{Guest Post} Lucky Mugs from Lemon Tree Dwelling
Hi there! Isn’t this birthday extravaganza awesome? I hope you have enjoyed all the awesome posts so far this week!
Today, Cathy from Lemon Tree Dwelling is here to share a great idea for St. Patrick’s Day! Enjoy!
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Hi! My name is Cathy and I am so excited to be guest posting for Shannah today at Just Us Four! With the Superbowl behind us, and Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I thought maybe we could get a head start on some St. Patrick’s Day gifts. These are easy & inexpensive, and they make the perfect personalized gift from you or your kiddos to someone you love!
Lucky mugs. Actually, I tend to think that all mugs are lucky. I can recall numerous times in my life when the ONLY thing that got me out of bed was the promise of a strong cup of coffee (or three!!) Like every time I’ve had a newborn…or anytime I’ve had a kid who was up sick in the middle of the night…or how about the year we moved into a fixer-upper when I was 7 months pregnant…..!? Yep, at times like these, a warm mug in my hands makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world.
See, I think luck is about so much more than winning the lottery or making it big. I think luck is about all the small things that get us out of bed in the morning! Like our family, our friends, our work, our hobbies, our passions…. and, in a very literal sense (mine pull me out of bed every single morning), our kids! Which is why I love the idea of theseLucky Mugs with fingerprint shamrocks – the perfect daily reminder of just how lucky we really are (an especially helpful reminder when you have just been woken up 5 times in one night…!)
Here’s what you will need:
- white mug (I found mine at Goodwill)
- flexible alphabet stencils
- small paintbrush
- bakeable glass paint (dishwasher safe)
Directions:
1. Wash & dry mug, then wipe area to be painted with alcohol. Let dry completely.
2. Use fingerprints to make shamrock (I made 3 leaves – one for each of my kids) and use a paintbrush to make a stem.
3. Let shamrock dry completely.
4. Using stencils and a small paintbrush, paint “lucky” or any word of your choice, one letter at a time. It works well to tape the edges of the stencil onto the mug to hold it in place.
5. Let paint dry completely between letters.
6. Once all the paint has been applied and dried, use a toothpick to scrape away any imperfections.
7. Follow baking directions on paint bottle.
As you can see, my mug is still far from perfect. There is too much paint here, not enough paint there….. But I actually kind of like it that way. It’s kind of like life – imperfect, but lucky nonetheless 🙂
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Thanks so much Cathy! Be sure to go visit Lemon Tree Dwelling to see the other amazing stuff Cathy has to share!