Easter

I have been a little preoccupied lately, but I do have lots of things to post about once I take the time to get it all written down. First I need to do a little backtracking and show off my daughter's Easter outfit...

The dress and cardigan were supplied by her grandmother and the hair clip I made myself as a last minute addition. She is just too dang cute! We spent the weekend with family in Idaho and had a wonderful time. The day before Easter was spent hunting eggs...

 This was my daughter's first time being involved in this tradition and she got right to work.

 And it took some serious concentration to get every last egg put away in her basket. :)

Her 2 year old cousin was so adorable. She spent more time picking up eggs for my daughter than she did for herself.

More craft projects coming soon!

Easter Basket

It is April and Easter is almost here. Last year my daughter was only a couple of months old and missed out on the festivities. I think this year she'll be old enough to "hunt" for her own eggs. So of course I had to come up with a cute basket for her to hold all her goodies in! Here is my free-to-me solution:

I started with this basket I have had sitting around forever that a friend donated to me.

I didn't like the existing gold ribbon so I replaced it with this thick white lace trim using a little hot glue here and there to keep it from slipping off. I also added thin pink ribbon with hot glue around the body of the basket.

Finally I added a bunch of rosettes over the ribbon seam. I am pretty sure most of the rosettes were made from old t-shirts.

I can't wait to see this little basket in action!