My Easter Mantle

Hey guys! I know I haven't been posting my usual posting schedule...but it has been a little crazy around here..Anyway, I doubt I will be posting regularly for a while! But I will keep you guys posted for sure!

How was your Easter weekend? Mine was busy, but wonderful as always! I just remembered I never shared my Easter mantle with you!!

I knew I wanted an egg banner type thing...I bought 2 strands of eggs at the dollarstore...... 

 

 They were $1.00 a strand

and as you can tell by the top of the mantle I wanted eggs, bunnies and birds!

I am not a huge fan of rainbow.....I know Easter is supposed to be full of colour...but I didn't like all the colours! So....I bet you can guess what I did...I painted it! (and glittered too!)

  white, green and gold. 

I also painted and glittered the blue eggs that were in the second picture on the mantle.

For the pillow I really cheated and just wrapped it in green and blue floral vintage fabric

Those were the bunnies I painted white last year...

So, what do you think?! This was my first Easter mantle...if you can believe it! I think it turned out pretty well!

I hope you all had a great Easter weekend!

Ashley

Frugal Friday : Coffee Filter Wreath

We got a new coffee maker a while ago and it used different filters then our old one...so instead of throwing them out I saved them for a rainy day. I thought I would make a coffee filter wreath to add to my Easter decor. I was really frugal and used some left over foam core  from my deer head to make a base to glue the filters to. (instead of a wreath form) It worked out well!

Here is part of the process...

 

it looked awful! I was almost going to quit...but thought I would wait to see what the finished project was...and I was glad I did!

Here is how it turned out!

 cute right!?

I think I am going to make a page book wreath next!!! (Kayla, you never heard me say that!)

Ashley

Frugal Friday : Picture magnet

Remember when I made the button magnets earlier in the week? Well, there was something that I thought I could reuse...Do you remember what it was?! Here is the picture from Monday:

 The metal circle the magnets came on!

 I still had this on the fridge..Our Christmas card photo from December...

 So I used the metal circle and traced it around us!

 cut it out...and glued it to the circle.

 Then I put one of the magnets on the back....

and now have a pretty photo magnet on the fridge! (without the Christmas saying!)

Easy!! I love reusing materials!

Ashley

Thursday's Tips and Tricks : Softening Secret

When you're ready to bake, waiting for cold butter to soften can seem to take forever. Here's how to hurry the process along: Over a mixing bowl, shred the amount of butter you need on a grater. The little pieces will soften faster than a solid stick. In no time, the butter will be bake-worthy.

I will definitely be doing this...I always seem to be waiting for butter to soften!!! Thanks Martha!

Ashley