Home and Gardening With Liz: cherry blossoms

March 6, 2016

My Easter Egg Tree and more Bunnies!

We always had an Easter egg tree when I was a child. The eggs were hand painted by one of my Aunts and a satin ribbon was wrapped around and made into a bow to hang them. They no longer exist but I found some eggs a few years ago that work well.

This year I decided to use these cherry blossom branches to hang the eggs from. One year I used pussy willow branches- loved it! You can see that "here".

Using my entryway table once again for another seasonal display.

I dug through things I had and made up a new way to use some of them.

I noticed this little metal basket in my closet of goodies and thought if would make a fun display for some more eggs. Then I topped it with this fat little bunny I got at Pier 1 about 3 yrs. ago. The little carrots were from JoAnn's last year.

This sweet little bunny was a new purchase from Pier 1 this year. I happen to think she's the sweetest thing and couldn't resist bringing her home.

This little chick was also from Pier 1 a few years ago- too cute with bunny ears!

I feel like giving her a name….
My daughter suggests "Miss Marybeth"….. I like it!

Hooray the sun came out!

Teddy has to be nearby!
We've had a nice weekend and are expecting to be up in the mid 50's by Tuesday! Hooray… though it may be a short warm up we'll embrace every minute of it!

Blast from the past-

That's me in the middle. Those curls came from "pin curls. Some of you may remember doing that! My Aunt Lavina and Uncle Ray (Dad's brother) always came over for Easter and brought us our chocolate bunnies which we couldn't wait to eat. If you look at the table you can barely see the trivet I made at church for my mom. It's finely crafted with popsicle sticks and beads. I tried to enhance the picture because the details were too soft- the original is below. There's a little arrangement on the table with a candle in the center and it's surrounded with flowers. The glass turtle candy dish was an amber color- his top is off to the side. We were already done with our dinner so the table was mostly cleared. There are white hobnail glass pieces on the hutch and even the chandelier. (circa 1966) The picture below is the original I copied.