Burlap Easter Spring Wreath with Nest and Eggs

I was so inspired last week by the burlap wreaths that Sharon from Elizabeth & Co. created that I had to make one!   Sharon has been nicknamed "The Queen of Wreaths" and if you check out her blog you will see why.     I just happened to see her Spring wreath post a few hours before I was heading to Michaels. Talk about perfect timing!    

 

 

Thrift Store Bunny Makeover into Faux Chocolate Bunny

Last Spring I made an Easter centrepice for our cabin table that had a faux chocolate bunny in it. (you can check it out here)  

It was my version of one Martha Stewart had made.

 

 

I had searched for the faux chocolate bunny for a while before I found one at Hobby Lobby.

I checked this year and haven't found any there yet.

A few people have asked where I got the bunny from

and because they seem to be hard to find I thought I would share an inexpensive option.

 

 

You may already have everything you need to make one.

 

Easter Planter Centerpiece

What a fun, inexpensive, unique Easter centerpiece for our little cabin table.

Another idea inspired by Martha Stewart.

The basket, eggs and burlap I had on hand already. I couldn't find a faux chocolate bunny online anywhere so I was going to order a candy mold to make it with clay. Luckily I stumbled across this one at Hobby Lobby for $2. You can't beat that price, so the candy mold idea was happily scratched. All I needed now was clover, so off to the garden nursery. They didn't have any :( ,oh well, I purchased two pretty ivy plants for $4 each and came home to assemble everything.

 First I cut a strip of burlap fabric to line the open basket. Then placed the ivy plants in the basket and arranged the vines to fill the basket evenly. Next, I cut a few short pieces of heavy gauge wire and inserted one end of each piece of wire into a few green and cream colored eggs along with the chocolate bunny. Then I just stuck the exposed end of the wires on the eggs and the bunny into the dirt to finish the arrangement.

For a total of $10 and a little bit of time, we'll have a pretty centerpiece until Easter.

I really love how this turned out and I love that it is a neutral pallette.

 Let me know what you think of my version.

'til next time

Adina

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Handmade Rustic Spring Nest Decor

If only I could walk away from Pinterest more often.

This is what happened when I forced myself to leave the computer today.

I decided to make my own rustic version of the following nest from MarthaStewart.com

I had a handmade pine needle nest, a few turquoise eggs and some moss already in my craft stash, so it was off to the woods to find a few small branches. Once I chose three branches and cut them to the length I liked, I wired them together with green floral wire.

Then I hot glued the branches together under the wire and glued moss around the wire to cover it. I also hot glued the nest in place between the three branches and added a little moss, faux leaves and spring flowers.

So here's my rustic version. What do you think?

'til next time

Adina