Spring Flowers

I stayed up late last night doing some Easter decorating.

I did this and I did my mantel.

My goal was to use what I had on hand to do all my Easter decorating.

But I got the mantel all done and it just needed a new rabbit.

None of what I had would do.

So I won't show it till I go buy a new rabbit.

But I'm sharing my pretty spring flowers.

That watering can is special to me.

My Dad brought it to my house one day and said,

"Here, I thought you'd want this."

I don't know where it came from but he knew that I would want it.

That is just one of the things I loved about my Dad...he knew what I liked.

One time he made me earrings and a ring out of old typewriter keys and 

surprised me with them.

Loved those!

This whole thing is all about using what you have.

I bought that nest at Christmas on clearance and it had snow on it...I painted the snow green and 

painted the eggs blue and added a little spanish moss.

Now it's a spring nest.

I love robin's egg blue...don't you?

After I put this together last night...I decided it needed some height.

I brought a small tree limb from the yard and hot glued some silk flowers to it.

Instant....spring stems! 

Forsythia stems would have been lovely in this...but that would have required financial output.

And I was not going to do that.

I just finished painting the frame on this chalkboard.

I was very excited to find this chalkboard at a big price reduction after Christmas at Pier 1.

It was way cheaper than what it would have cost me in materials to make one.

So I painted the frame and then the other night I went to write on it with chalk 

and chalk will not write on it!

It's very smooth and shiny. I think you are suppose to use something else on it.

Anyone have any ideas?

I may end up repainting the board in chalk paint that I have here.

So much for just needing to paint the frame and it being done.

I've been listening to my Songbird's of Spring CD this afternoon.

(I'm really hip)

It really did seem like Spring today. It was so pretty out.

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