spring wreath

I love me a good wreath. It makes a house a home in my opinion.

At Christmas, I made this super simple wreath for Josh's house. And since then, I've continued to try and come up with other simple wreath ideas for the different seasons that are socially acceptable for a "man" to have on his front door. For spring, I had planned to cover a wreath in moss and just hang that simple wreath with a ribbon and a "D." That's "man" enough right? Grass means "man."

Well, mom and I were having 10ish people over for Easter and her spring wreath was no where to be found. So I adapted my plans and made one for mom first. Here is what we came up with:

now...substract 2 bows, and add a "D" and I think you got yourself a nice "man" wreath! I'll keep you posted...

Easter Sunday

I love Easter. What's not to love really?! My boss said Monday morning, "If you don't have a great Easter Sunday at church you either need to find a new church or re-check your heart." It's just hard to not love Easter. PRAISE THE LORD! HE IS RISEN!

Anyway, a few years ago I blogged about what Easter is like at my house. That's still the case. We have two traditions for Easter:

1. Bunny Cake

2. Fill the house with friends and family

Lele posted this blog with lyrics to a song that they sang at RHCC. We sang it at BBC as well and I stood there with my mom, both of us missing Jimmy, and I knew my risen Savior was standing beside holding my hand tighter than ever. Death has no sting, PRAISE GOD!

***other people celebrated with us but refused to have their picture taken. I wonder who was.

happiest place on earth

the magic kingdom was truly magical. from Mickey Mouse opening the park, to Tinkerbell flying out of the castle before the fireworks. It is really is magical.

animal kingdom

i went to disney back in march...i can say that now b/c it's april. crazy. here are some favs from animal kingdom...

more highlights from each park coming soon...

dish towel

So I got the idea to make these little dish towels over at The Idea Room. I was a bit nervous since I hadn't really done any sort of stitching since a brief cross stitching stint when I was 12. But, I think it turned out really cute! I gave this a gift for the Brentwood Stationer's Dirty Santa Gift Swap. It was the hot item of the night!

christmas party crafts

Here are a few things I made to help decorate for my "Merry and Bright" Christmas Party:

* I got the inspiration for the wreath over at this blog.

* Martha never fails....pom pom instructions!

O Christmas Tree!

It was fun to actually decorate a real house this year!!! I think it looks so pretty!