Happy Easter....

Happy Easter!

I love this holiday!

It is always such a spiritually

 renewing time of year for me.

I am sharing my last few Easter

touches around the cottage.....

He is risen!

Have a wonderful Easter!

Spring centerpiece....

My centerpiece for Spring and Easter....

I usually pull this tray/bucket/box

out when we entertain casually,

and put the paper plates, napkins

 and utensils on each side....

but, I thought I would try it out as

a container for my Spring centerpiece.

I had the girls help me fill it

with grass from the yard,

and then I placed my candles in it.

I threw in some speckled eggs

for a subtle Easter feeling

that could stay up after Easter for a Spring look too.

Quick and easy,

which is what I was going for

this year.

Wheat grass.....

I wanted to share with you this great post

from 320 Sycamore blog

on how to grow wheat grass for Easter * spring

She says:

Sprouting wheat grass is super easy.

 Promise. 

1. Gather some wheat kernels

(I used hard red wheat)

or go to your local health food store and

tell them you want to sprout wheat grass

and they should point you in the right direction.

Soak them in water overnight.

2. Sprinkle over soil in containers and

 lightly kind of mix it in,

but you don’t want them covered with dirt.

Spray water daily to keep moist.

 Mine was pretty sparse last year,

so I layed it on thick this time and

was much happier with the results.

3. Watch it grow!!

 Mine has been growing for 2 weeks and

 I’ve already given 2 haircuts.

These are tins from Target Dollar Spot:

4. If it starts looking limp, water.

An Easter basket in the kitchen for spring:

5. Cut it with scissors if you want to.

It smells so good when it is being cut!

 Just like a freshly mowed lawn in the summer…

Happy grass growin’!

rag and bone.....

I have to share my

planner no, make that my life line with y'all.

It is one of the best that I have ever had.

And I have had a LOT of planners, organizers,

 calendars and the likes in my life.

You might even say I am addicted to them.

The planner is from rag and bone bindery

This is the best bindery company I have found.

I have gotten my address book, baby albums

and all of my photo albums from them.

They are classic and so well made.

I feel like it is a little investment in

the things I will keep forever.

here is an inside look at the calendar.

It is the format that I like.

I need to see a week at a time

and room to schedule all my appointments.

It comes with some blank pages for notes

but not nearly enough for someone like me

who is a perpetual list maker.

So, I bought some cheap extras from Staples

and added them to it.

I also bought these Martha Stewart dividers

from Staples to customize it even more.

This is the pattern for my address book,

the pewter crosshatch.

I love how it coordinates with my planners fabric, optic.

Don't ya just love it when stuff coordinates,

but isn't too matchy-matchy?

And here is my next fabric purchase with them,

the celery crosshatch.

I'm thinking customized recipe book.

What do you think?

Time to check my life line and

get started with my perpetual list!

Have a Happy Tuesday!

a new chandelier for the dining room.....

The new chandelier

in our dining room....

it is driftwood with a

grey patina and

metal accents...

I sell this light fixture in my shop,

and it looked so good,

I thought I needed to

bring one home as well.

These are all night time shots of the light.

I need to get some day time shots of it

to really show it off.

I was unable to depart with the

chandelier that hung there for the 11 years

that we have lived in the cottage,

so I moved it to LuLu's for permanent residency.

As much as I change up,

it might reappear in 11 more years.

bunnies in the kitchen.....

A few more bunnies popping up

around the cottage....

My vintage rabbits....

One is paper mache,

and one is a chalk figure.

They hang out in the kitchen.

Making sure all is well this Easter,

but not taking up too much valuable space.

Aren't they so sweet?

Easter is such a precious time for me.

Both in the sweet decor that comes with this time of year,

and in the true meaning of Easter.

hippity-hoppity touches.....

Easter is just around the corner,

so I have added some little

bunny touches

 around the house......

a grassy moss bunny....

and a woodland bunny under a cloche....

I've got a few more Easter touches

to share tomorrow.

It is hard to believe

that it is already time for Easter!