My Home ready for Spring & Easter

Spring is in full bloom at my house.  Normally I don't do much for Easter decorating but Felicity is having an Easter Tea Party this year so I've been more motivated to get the house "Springed Up". 

We have tons of these pretty wildflowers around our yard and I've enjoyed bringing in a new batch every few days.  Felicity loves to help pick them!

My husband was mowing last weekend and I was outside running around in front of the lawnmower picking all of them I could before he cut them down.

I also have been putting some in my little glass cup with some clippings from the holly bush outside.

I've been making some pom balls from coffee filters for her party and have put them around the house on display.  I'll hang them from the ceiling above the table for her party.  To see how to make them Click Here.

Also hung one above the bathroom mirror.  It goes well with my bathroom colors.

We also made a topiary out of coffee filters.  Click Here to see how to do this.

 Made a simple little Easter wreath too and of course I had to include some more coffee filters!  Click Here to see my post on this.

I got to pull out my pretty spring plate on the right now that I've cleared the Fall/Winter decorations off this shelf.  I got that little plate a Goodwill at couple years ago for .75 and love it.  Also got the little turquoise vase at Goodwill for less than .75

Changed out my table centerpiece to do something a little more Springish with the moss and lace, etc.

Put some glittered Easter eggs and Spring colored coffee filter flowers in my birdcage I just refinished (I'll have a post on that soon).

Also set up a little Easter vignette on the side desk in my dinning room.

This pretty Easter subway art is from "I Should Be Mopping the Floor".  She has a great blog, and I would definitely recommend checking her out.

Also wanted to share a couple pics from my yard... 

I love it when everything starts blooming and there are beautiful colors everywhere!

GIVEAWAY WINNER!

The winner of my giveaway was GGMIX!  I put names of all the entries in a box and let Felicity draw out and this was the one she picked up.  Please send me your mailing info so I can get your goodies shipped - I have sent you a message through Facebook as well.

I'm linking this post up at some great blogs - click here to see who they are and go visit them!

Free Easter Printables

I've been getting ready for Felicity's Vintage Inspired Easter Tea Party and have looked online quite a bit for free printable Easter items and I wanted to share some of my favorites I come across.

 

Visit HWTM to see this awesome Easter party and to download the printables below that were used at the party.

Check out this topper for bags of peeps - what awesome little gifts or party favors this would make.  They are from "It Is What It Is" 

I love these printables from "A Mama's Two Cents Worth... While They Were Napping".   She has them available to download in several colors.

 

Check out these cupcake printables from "Thirty Handmade Days"!

 

Giving some Easter gifts or party favors - you need these tags from "Babalisme".

Here are some beautiful vintage looking printables from "Funkytime"...

The Easter subway art I used in my house (as seen below) can be downloaded from "I Should Be Mopping The Floor"
 
I made the topiary shown above from coffee filters - to see how to make it Click Here.

To get a printable bunny silhouette template to use for all kinds of things, including framing as I did in my house, shown below, Click Here.
 

For a unique way to decorate eggs, visit A Fanciful Twist to get these paper puppet head printables!
 

"Get Inspired" Monday Party

Welcome to my "Get Inspired" Monday blog party!  Whether you are here to find some inspiration to get you going this week or if you have some new posts you would like to show off to inspire others, we're glad you're here!

 

Here are the features from last week's party - click the pics to go to the posts:

The post with the most clicks was

{ Share a Smile } Raising Figure Skaters

Some of my favorites were:

{ Stuffed Easter Eggs } The ArtsyGirl Connection

 

{ Salmon Potato Cakes } The Captivating Life

 

{ Chalk Board Labeled Bottles } Antsi-Pants

 

Our party this week is going to be cancelled until next week due to a problem with Linky Tools.  We will be back up and running next Monday!

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My Latest Easter Vignette

It's Saturday so I'm supposed to be doing a "Saturday Home Showcase" but I'm behind on getting my Easter/Spring projects posted so I'm showing this Easter project instead....

We were in the dollar store last week and Felicity saw these pretty glittered Easter eggs - she picked up the package and threw it straight into the cart!  They were only $1 so we got them and this is what we ended up doing with them when we got home.

 

I put the eggs on this pretty retro dish that was my great-grandmother's with some flowers I made from coffee filters and a couple candlesticks from goodwill and I am in love with how simple and cute it is.

To see how I dyed the coffee filters and made these easy flowers Click Here.

For the bunny picture I used a bunny silhouette leftover from last year to trace out my bunny image on scrapbook paper, which I then cut out and taped onto tan colored cardstock and put in the frame.  The pears and the turquoise vase on the right were also thrift store finds I got a little while back. 

 

You can google "bunny silhouette" to find lots of images you can print and use as a template.  Here is one image that would work well... click it to go to the source and print it: 

Also, my giveaway for some baby/little girl accessories from my store ends this weekend!  Click the image below to go enter for the giveaway.

I'm linking this post up at some great blogs.  Click Here to see who they are and go check them out!

 

{ Food Friday } Salt & Vinegar Roasted Chick Peas

I recently posted about my favorite snack, Roasted Chick peas.  Well, I also make another version of them that someone told about a while back that I love and wanted to share, It's Salt & Vinegar Chick peas.  These things taste like Salt & Vinegar chips and have a satisfying crunch - once you start eating these you won't be able to stop!

1) Drain a can of Garbanzo Bean/Chickpeas and put them into a pot

2) Cover with Vinegar and bring it to a boil -  Let boil for about 1 minute, then turn off heat and let them sit for 40 minutes

4) Drain the Chickpeas & put them into a roasting dish or baking sheet

5) Toss with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

6) Put in the oven at 425 degrees for about 40 minutes (depending on your oven they may finish quicker)

You will not believe the delicious salt & vinegar taste!  You will probably eat them all at once, but if you don't, just put the leftovers in a ziplock bag and save for later.

On another note - you can still use DISCOUNT CODE "Postcard2012"" to receive 25% OFF on any order from my boutique: www.InspiredByFelicity.com

You can also go to our Facebook Page to enter our "Share it to Win it" Giveaway!