February 25, 2013 2 Comments

Easter egg hunt

Easter Egg Hunt

It’s time to talk Easter egg hunts! As you all know, I live in Ohio, but grew up in Alabama. Right now in Alabama the flowers are blooming and the weather is in the 60s and 70s… right now in Ohio… not so much. It’s cold… like 20s and 30s. Needless to say, I’m ready for spring. And ready for some lovely images to help inspire me for my own Easter egg hunt this year. And praying for warm weather and no snow… it’s hard to find eggs in the snow. {smirk}.

These are a few ideas I rounded up from around the web:

  • Crafty Carrot Sign from Lisa Storms for Fiskars ~ love how simple and adorable this carrot paper craft is.
  • Peeking Easter Bunny Cookies from Meaghan of The Decorated Cookie ~ these just made me giggle, plus Meaghan shares how all the DIY!
  • Dyed Eggs from Family Circle ~ I love to decorate eggs for Easter with my boys, but there is something to be said for simple bright colors.
  • Easter Egg Hunt Games with Martha Stewart ~ plan more than just the egg hunt
  • Easter Bunny Cake with free 3-D party templates from The Celebration Shoppe
  • Easter Hunt Baskets and Party Sign from Sweet Scarlet

Want more Easter egg hunt party ideas, hop {clever, right?!} on over to my Holiday ~ Easter Pinterest board. And while you’re there, make sure you follow me!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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February 20, 2013 3 Comments

easy Easter carrot cake & cupcakes

Easter carrot cake

If you’re hosting an Easter celebration this year, I’ve got an easy carrot cake and carrot cake cupcake idea for you!

I’m over at Red Barn this morning sharing all the details: cake + decorating and styling tips. Hop {grin} on over for all the details and tons more pictures! And if you want some fabulous carrot cake recipes, here are six of my favorites!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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April 4, 2012 1 Comment

7 sew cute ideas for Easter

I’m getting really excited about this Easter! I only wish I had a few more days to craft, bake and decorate. We’re not planning a huge family event this year, but I still like to bring all the little touches out for the big celebration (which has little to do with “The Bunny” at my house, but it’s still fun to play and hunt eggs).

These are just a few of the fun easy sew crafts I found around the web. And the egg-celent {sorry… I couldn’t resist} thing is, they all offer tutorials! 

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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March 29, 2012 1 Comment

easy Easter brunch appetizer

I’ve been writing away for Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com and my latest article, for Easter, went live today!

I’m gathering up all my recipes for our family Easter celebration. You know me, I have tons of ”sweet” ideas, but I needed a simple appetizer idea for brunch. Here’s what I came up with: Sun-dried Tomato and Feta Cheese Topper with Italian Herb Flatbread Crisps.

My husband ate every bite left over from the shoot! I guess I don’t need to worry that my recipe won’t be a hit! {wink}

Hop over to Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com for this recipe and tons more! And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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March 22, 2012 2 Comments

carrot cake, cookies & pies

With Easter just around the corner I’m starting to collect recipes for our family celebration. These are few of the yummiest carrot cake, cookie, cupcake, cheesecake bar and whoopie pie recipes that I found around the web.

Hop over to each for full recipes and directions! And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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March 20, 2012 5 Comments

Easter bunny cello bag treats

I’m giving away Easter bunny (face and ears) printables! I shared them a few weeks ago decorating a bunny cake and this morning I’m sharing them as bunny cello bags. {grin}

I love packaging sweet little treats and one of my favorites is the pretzel cello bags. (See the bottom of this post for other holiday ideas.) Here’s what you’ll need:

One bunny is up and the other got scared away. See his little tail?! {giggle}

“Hop” you love them as much as I do! And make sure you check out some of my other cello bag treat crafts:

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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March 19, 2012 3 Comments

little man Easter eggs

This weekend the boys and I created a few Easter craft ideas. My “little men” inspired these fun Easter egg patterns.

They’re so simple to dye. You just need a bit of painters tape and an Xacto knife or small scissors that can take sharp turns.

We made neckties and bow ties.

And we even made mustaches. {giggle}

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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March 6, 2012 28 Comments

Easter bunny cake + blog hop

Easter is just around the corner and we’ve designed some sweet little Easter bunny freebies just for you!  And we didn’t design just any bunny, it’s a 3-D bunny!  

These Easter bunnies are adorable on cupcakes, but I decided to use them to decorate a flat iced double layer chocolate cake (if you’re not a baker, just ask the bakery at your local grocery store to make one for you without the decorations; this one was only $14 at Kroger).

Here’s how you craft them:

Using a 2.5″ circular punch, cut out the bunny faces.

Cut out the bunny ears, leaving the bases attached so that all your ears are the same distance from each other.

If you want the 3-D look, attach them to the back of the faces with foam adhesive dots.

For the sides of the cake, cut a lollipop stick in half and hot glue the flat end to the bunny. For the cake topper, or for a cupcake, attach the lollipop stick to the back of the bunny.

Super easy and I hope you think fabulously lovely! {smile}

Another tip, if you purchase your cake at the bakery, it may have a cardboard edge. Just trim it off with an exacto knife (on a wooden cutting board) and then cover the edges with candies. I used light pink sixlets.

Download your FREE EASTER BUNNY PRINTABLES now and enjoy!

Oh, but that isn’t all! I rounded up some of my talented blogging friends and they’ve also created some Easter fun to share with you this morning. “HOP” over to:

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create! 

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March 2, 2012 2 Comments

blog hop this Tuesday!

Some of my wonderful blogging girlfriends are joining me this coming Tuesday, March 6, for an Easter idea blog hop! Join me, Bird of Bird’s Party, Amy of Living Locurto, Callye of The Sweet Adventures of Sugar Belle and Christi of Love from the Oven for lots of creative ideas, yummy treats and maybe some free printables too!

Hoppy weekend everyone!

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February 20, 2012 13 Comments

Easter bunny treats

I had the best weekend. I just relaxed, spent time with family and friends and played with a few new recipes. It was perfect. And this little treat was one of the fun things I worked on.

By the way, are you on Instagram?! I just got on and I’m admittedly a bit addicted. It’s a great way for me to share with you what I’ve got working, while I’m working on it! If you’re on, I’d love to connect with you! You can find me at @thecelebrationshoppe   

Okay, back to these goodies. Easter is only a few short weeks away and I’m so so so ready for Spring, so this weekend I started planning.

I ran to Kroger and grabbed some Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats, toothpicks, Pillsbury icing and green crepe paper. I even picked up the sweet little platter and bowl I used to style the shot! You’ll also need a bit of tape and orange food coloring.

So here’s what you do. Cut a Treat cross-ways creating two triangles/carrots. If one side of your triangle has a sharp edge, just mold it down with your finger.

Next, tint your icing orange. I use gel food coloring; it’s less watery. Once you have your icing the color you want, melt it in eight second intervals. You want it soft, but not hot. It needs to run, but not drip. I melted a cup of icing for my treats in three, eight second, intervals and it was perfect. (NOTE: Depending on how many you make and how quickly you move, you might have to rewarm your icing as you go.)

To cover your carrots, dip if your icing is deep enough. Mine wasn’t so I used a spoon to quickly cover the entire Treat. Then I added ridges with a toothpick before the icing dried.

While your treats are drying, make your carrot tops. Take a 10″ strip of green crepe paper and fold it in half twice (four layers).

Cut a fringe to the half way point and roll the crepe around a toothpick making a cylinder. Once wrapped, insert a small piece of folded tape inside the last fold to close. Remove the crepe from the toothpick and trim off a 1/3″.

 Here’s what you’ll have, perfect little carrot tops.

These would be perfect placesettings for Easter dinner. I filled the little bowls with dirt… aka the new Keebler Dark Chocolate Stripe Cookies! YUM!  

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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