An Easter Evening Feast

This year for Easter, we invited a lovely couple from down the road who's children live too far away to celebrate Easter with them. They remind me of my grandparents and our kids even call them "Grandma and Grandpa", although they are old enough to be our grandparents as well. It seemed like the perfect time to pull out my grandmother's china and my mom's goblets from Italy. Although, the only really crafty part was the place cards for seating & perhaps the flowers from our garden (I didn't even pipe the deviled eggs because I didn't want to do more dishes), it was fun to take pictures of all of it.

I used hollowed eggs but I bet boiled eggs would work too. 

Starting to set the table.

My husband made the roast.

We choose to do a pound cake for our "shortcake". Baking is a craft too, right?

Easter Wreath

This was my 'spring themed' craft, although I think it may have turned more into an Easter one. I, with much help from Michaels and Pinterest, put together this wreath. I'm thinking I could take off the nest and replace the bow with a less pastel color and add a birdhouse to make it more May/June appropriate. I love birdhouses and so it would be a good excuse to have my husband help me make one. It was fun to put together with my kids. They especially like putting the eggs into the nest. "Ohhhhh, cute!", my four-year-old daughter exclaimed. I really like having a wreath on our front door. We haven't since we moved into this house.

Floral Wonders and Purple Joy

Our tulips and daffodils are starting to pop up. Not only that but our hydrangeas are starting to shoot and our morning glories are blossoming! We are starting to see signs of early spring and I am so excited! This last spring I absolutely loved making flower bouquets! We moved into a house with beautiful flower gardens and space for it (which we were much in lacking in our previous home). I made vase arrangements for co-workers, family, friends, our "grandma Jack" that lives down the road. I'm so excited to begin making them again.

My husband bought me heather yesterday. It's a beautiful purplish-pink. If we have lots of any color in our garden, it's purple (although it's harder to tell from the arrangements above). My favorite color is purple, especially for flowers and judging by the gardens we moved into, so was the grandma that lived here before us. I've decided we're kindred spirits. I think she probably would have loved this heather too.