Since my husband, in-laws and I are all trying to eat healthier and take better care of ourselves lately, I used this tutorial to put together some mini Easter baskets for them.  Happy Easter to you and yours!

Week in Review: Easter Edition!

Each weekend in my Week in Review post I share with you some of my favorite crafty links I've come across during the week, from all over the blogosphere.  This week I'm featuring Easter projects - most of which are simple enough for you to throw together if you need some last minute goodies for this weekend!  ENJOY!

Toffee Apple Cupcakes at Torie Jayne (via Craft Gossip)

Are these not some of the most beautiful cupcakes you've ever seen?  Plus they contain Cadbury's mini eggs - my absolute favorite Easter candy!

Paper Flowers for Easter (inspired by Martha) at Salsa Pie

Caroline always has quick and easy ideas that the kids can get involved with, too.  This centerpiece is so spring-like and fresh.

Peter Rabbit Nursery at Design Dazzle

Okay... this isn't a weekend project by any means, but it is absolutely darling.  You know I love me some Beatrix Potter... this nursery takes the cake!  What a great theme!

Bunny Finger Puppets at The Purl Bee

 I love their colorful ears!  So sweet!

Hanging Blown Eggs at Wisdom of the Moon
I love the use of buttons here.  So creative and unique.

Mini Easter Basket Favors by Martha (via Be Different...Act Normal)

I'm loving all of the "mini" baskets I've seen this season.  How clever and simple are these?

Happy Easter!

Easter Treats

My best friend Heather has three kids, and I love to spoil them with treats around the holidays.  I had grand plans of hand-making their Easter baskets and most of their contents this year... but would someone please tell me how it got to be April so fast?  Phew!

Anyhoo... thank goodness for Target.  I got these darling plastic reusable baskets for just 99 cents each and filled them with treats.  I love the scalloped edge of these baskets...

I tried not to make the baskets TOO candy filled.  I've got stickers, play doh, a teeny tiny sunflower grow kit and some other non-edible things in there as well...

Lily's was the hardest basket to do.  Since she's only (almost) 2 - it was hard to know what to put in there.  She LOVES to paint though, so I found an Easter themed painting book, and I always LOVED Peter Rabbit when I was a kid - I still have every book in the Beatrix Potter series actually (I think that may have been another collection from my grandmother...) so I picked her up her own copy.  Sure, she's a little young for it, but hopefully Heather will keep it safe for her.

Since we wouldn't be spending the actual Easter holiday with them... we popped over to the Hill's house last night to give them their baskets.  Of course I had to snap a few pictures!

The (gasp!) only handmade item in any of the baskets were these little hairclips I made for Lily. 

I used this tutorial... but instead of using Fabric Fusion, I used a mono-adhesive from Stampin' Up! to secure the ribbon, and a glue gun to add the buttons.  I also used double prong clips instead of single prong... because I bought the wrong kind on accident!  : )

I think they turned out pretty cute.  I mean let's face it, the girl could wear a sack and look cute - anything she puts on her cute little self turns to gold!  : )

Happy Easter to you all!  Pop back tomorrow for my weekly round up of bloggy finds - Easter style!

May Day Basket

I don't know about you, but I'm 100% ready for Springtime.  The daffodils and tulips are blooming where I am, showing promise of warmer weather to come!  Today I'm sharing with you my tutorial to create a lovely little May Day basket to fill with treasures and pretties in celebration of Spring.

Here's what you'll need:

- One 12x12 sheet of scrapbook paper

- One 81/2x11 sheet of contrasting colored cardstock

- Monoadhesive

- Embellishments

And here's how to make it:

Happy Spring to you all!

Awash with Flowers (and a WINNER!)

This is one of the Easter cards I sent out this year.  I used the new Awash with Flowers stamp set from Stampin' Up!  This is a brand new set that will be available in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog but for this month only SU is giving us a sneak peak and the opportunity to purchase it, or earn it for free!

It's a set of 18 (yes, 18!) stamps and is available in wood or clear mount:

The promotion runs April 1-30, 2010 only - so don't wait to grab this new set!

Promotion Details

Hostesses

Host a $350 workshop and receive the brand-new Two-Step Awash with Flowers stamp set FREE!

Item	Description
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)

Customers

Two-Step into spring with a sneak peek from the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog! Be the first to add the Awash with Flowers stamp set to your collection.

Item	Description	Price
117062	Awash with Flowers (wood-mount)	$39.95
120549	Awash with Flowers (clear-mount)	$27.95

And as if that wasn't enough... purchase spring-themed Two-Step Stampin' sets at 20 percent off the retail price--no additional purchase necessary!

Qualifying stamp sets are listed below:

Item	Page	Description	Discount Price
113824	94	Greenhouse Garden	$20.76
113734	98	Fifth Avenue Floral	$19.96
111578	101	Flower Fancy	$29.56
113258	112	Trendy Trees	$14.36

I own all of the sets above with the exception of Fifth Avenue Floral and they are some of my most-used and most-versatile sets!  So fun!

Flower Fancy

Greenhouse Garden

 

Trendy Trees

Fifth Avenue Floral

I still have openings for April workshops - so please let me know if you'd like to have one!  If you'd like to take advantage of this promotion and purchase anY of the sets above... just head over to my Stampin' Up! website to place your order!

And FINALLY... are you just dying to know who won the baking goodies?  Well, the winner (via Random.org) is...

EVIL_LINA!

Drop me an e-mail at joanneroehm@yahoo.com to claim your prizes.  Congratulations, and thanks to everyone who entered!