Happy Morher’s Day! I want to take a few of your moments to show you some pictures from this year of my mom and my hubby’s mom.
They are both great moms. And they are great women. I am lucky to have such supportive, helpful, inspirational, loving, fun moms in my life. I hope that anyone reading this blog also has the blessing of a great mother or two.
So it’s not too late for a little leprechaun fun… In about 10 minutes you can take a basic black party hat from party city or the likes, add some moss and St. Patrick’s Day embellishments and have a really cool leprechaun hat. You could wear this hat on St. Patrick’s Day or use it as a home decor. Slainte!
A little, just a little, more sophisticated than the nostalgic Valentine’s candy.
Trying out my new Prima water colors, rub-ons and foil. Love the effect! A little addicted right now…
It was Christmas in July last week at my home. I was inspired by Tim Holtz July tag with the plaid but wasn’t feeling like I really wanted to create a summer tag. Then when I was searching for a piece of scrap of paper for another project I came across this plaid paper. I decided it was going to be Christmas in July. I hope you enjoy a little holiday in your hot summer. I hope you enjoy a little holiday in your hot summer. Thanks!
What do You do with $2.00 and 20 minutes? There are a lot of zippy answers to that question I am sure but really I am a blogger all about celebrating, creating and decorating so my answer, “I upcycled some dollar store finds.”
I wish I had taken a still shot of the cheap looking nests. They were cute but they looked cheap and were too bright for my taste. When the boys were little I might have left them as is but I knew I could upcycle the eggs and nests in no time. This is an image of what they look like after a little paint and some German glass glitter.
So, I might have mentioned that I have a youTube channel. My son created it for me. I have a quick how-to video of this upcycle on it. I took dollar store Easter baskets and glass glittered the eggs and added some paint to soften the blue nest. It really is that simple. Spend two bucks. Take everything out of the nest. Paint the nest. German glass glitter the eggs. Once everything is dry reassemble the nests. I put mine on top of champagne colored glass candleholders in a seasonal vignette.
Check out my youTube channel at Trishcreates to see exactly how-to!
Cheers,
Tricia
Happy Throwback Thursday! I have a blog about the Golden Easter Egg. When the boys were little we read a lovely pop-up book about Easter eggs and all of these lovely springtime animals were on the egg hunt. The golden Easter egg was the prized egg. Long lovely story short we created a golden Easter egg tradition in our home. At the time we created the tradition there were no ready made golden Easter eggs on the market. Now they are everywhere but back then not so much. This is an easy craft with elegant results. Better than the plastic golden eggs of now.
The egg in the images is actually a porcelain egg that I spray painted with metallic gold paint. My girlfriend told me she picked up a dozen of plastic craftable eggs in a carton at Walmart for like $2.00. These would be perfect to work with as they are created to take paint and you won’t have to worry about breaking the golden egg.
Because the egg is so special I also created a golden egg cup for it to stand in for Easter brunch. I spray painted the egg cup with the same metallic paint and added some metallic ribbon and a little felt embellishment. So sweet.
So, the golden egg was painted and laid in the grass or a more difficult hiding spot as the boys got older. Whomever found the golden egg won the coveted golden egg.
Enjoy!
Trish
P.S. Every year I touch up the Golden Easter egg and egg cup as necessary
Hiya. So I know there is going to be a big announcement tomorrow but I am super excited about today’s tag. Maybe almost as excited as I am for tomorrows post.
So today is all about an egg shaped tag–It is a total “green” craft. What I mean is that the tag came as a tag attached to a recent spring home décor purchase. I know if I were the one reading this blog post and not writing it I would want to see what the purchase was–well be patient you will get to see the item that was attached to the tag. I promise I did NOT purchase the bunny (ha! now you know) just for the tag. Those of you who are collagers or mixed media mavens will appreciate that I didn’t pick the item just for the tag. Okay onward…
So, I discovered the fab egg tag while removing the tags from my bunny and thought, “hmmm. I should make an Easter egg shaped tag since it is indeed an egg shaped tag. Then I promptly forgot all about it. Fast forward a few weeks. I was working on a new technique and thought wow this resin resist technique would make a really cool speckled egg. So, then I had to dig around and find the tag because of course I didn’t put it in my tag bin as I knew I was going to do something cool with it.
So, because this is my blog and I get to do what I want I am not going to share the technique with you here and now. I am making a video with my boy sharing the technique. He created a youTube channel for me. You can find my new channel at youTube/Trishcreates. There is even one video already posted. This video will appear in due course. You will be the first to know when this technique is posted. In any case, enjoy the images. Love the tag!
I think the tag looks a little like a misshapen planet Earth but just you wait…It looks like an Easter Egg in no time! A little ribbon, a little embellishment and it’s a beauty. Also, you can partially see the bunny it was originally attached to “holding” the egg tag!
Hope you are getting into the spring holiday spirit.
Enjoy!
Trish
Yup! Here is a great April Fool’s. When my oldest was playing spring baseball during his kindergarten year it was my turn to bring the post game snack. It is supposed to be a healthy snack but since I am me and it was April Fool’s Day I decided to bring a snack that looked healthy but was actually not.
That plate of spaghetti covered in meatballs is really cupcakes smothered in piped frosting, strawberry jam, Ferraror Roche chocolates and white chocolate shavings. The idea (and in this case I darn near followed the instructions verbatim) was from Hello! Cupcake. Great idea! I am glad I was lucky enough to have the perfect excuse to have a little fun! Copy my copy of Hello Cupcake or check out the book for the exact recipe and directions.
Now get cracking April Fool’s is only a few days away.
Cheers,
Trish
Hi. Hey, I think I mentioned that I was going to share my burlap Easter banner that was published in Somerset Studios’: Holidays & Celebrations but I seem to have misplaced it. I took it to a creative event and can’t remember where I put it for safe keeping. Note to self, stop putting things in a “safe spot.” I have another great Easter Banner to share with you. It is a true Banner in a Blitz. It took no time at all.
In any case It’s getting to be that time, you know, the time to decorate your home with a few holiday pieces. To that end, I created this super fast, super easy glitter Easter egg banner. It can’t much simpler than this.
It took a sum total of 15 (maybe 20) minutes to make. First I purchased a sleeve of glittered Easter eggs from Target. The eggs cost $5 bucks. When I got home I strung skinny metallic gold ribbon through each egg. Then I glued the glitter eggs together to so they wouldn’t separate while hanging. Then I cut out flag shape or long triangle shape pastel scrapbook paper to use as the layering piece between the glitter eggs and the gold letters. I used metallic gold letters I purchased from Target at the same time I picked up the eggs. Of course, you may make this banner more elaborate if you would like by cutting and glittering your own letters or adding more layers between the eggs and the letters. But you can’t beat the impact of this banner.
Here the banner is hanging above my dining room table. I keep the star garland and the silver ball chain up almost all year and just add a seasonal banner to them. Sometimes this layered look works better than other times.
Happy Easter decorating!
Cheers,
Trish
Easter eggs are a big tradition in our household. They were a big deal when I was a kid and they are a big deal now that I have kiddos. In fact, every Easter we have gotten together with family and neighbors and spent the evening decorating Easter eggs. It is a big ta-doo. We have decorated dozens and dozens of eggs. Each year we seem to decorate more and more. Some years the eggs are traditional Easter eggs with Paas dye, vinegar and some really muddy looking eggs. There always seems to be one or two that are left for the whole evening in the vinegar bath. Sometimes this effect is saturated and stunning and sometimes its just plain bright.
Some years we go a little crazy decorating and the eggs are little works of art (always a good thing). One year after the boys went to bed my girlfriend and I spent the rest of the night (and it turned into a late one) blowing eggs and creating little hats and ears for our blown eggs. Some of our creations were pretty incredible if I don’t say so myself. Below is a picture of Mr. & Mrs. Bunny. They were inspired by a crafty Easter book we were looking through. The Easter eggs were o’ so delicate but just plain darling. We loved them immediately. They took a lot of (pleasant) effort, some frustrated groans, some laughing… as you can see, the end product was well worth our time and the death of many broken eggs.
I hope Mr. & Mrs. Bunny bring a little Easter joy to your day.
Cheers, Trish
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