Peep cupcakes

How cute are these cupcakes from Home Made Mama's? We have a major weakness in this house for cupcakes so i may just be making these for our dessert on Easter Sunday.

Click HERE for all the details on how to make these adorable cupcakes. They even have a little marshmallow tails, ahhh.

"TIE" dyed eggs

Are you all sick of all my Easter idea's yet? I hope not because i am having fun finding them. My mom found this next idea on the Our Best Bites website. She knew i would want to try it.

First you need to go to your hubby's closet and swipe all his ugly old ties. Or if your husband has a total of 3 ties like mine does then maybe you should go to your local Goodwill or D.I. and pick up some for cheap.

Make sure that they are 100% silk. It should say on the back of the tie on a tag. It has to be 100% silk for it to work.

Then come home and cut that tie up....

Then wrap it up with the right side of the tie towards the egg. So what would be the front side of the tie directly into contact with the egg. I used twist ties to tie them off. Make sure to wrap it as tight as you can. I could wrap 2 or 3 eggs per tie.

Then you need to wrap it again in a thin white material. I got a pillowcase at Wally's for $3

Then put them in a pan and cover with water. Add 1/4 C. vinegar and boil for 20 min.

Take them out of the water and put on a paper towel to cool. When they are cool enough to handle, unwrap and.....

Behold their beauty....pretty...ohh...ahhhh.

I just did 4 today, i will do some more when we dye eggs as a family this weekend. I was pretty happy with how they turn out. I think next year i will look for funkier ties. I have read that the darker colored ties work better. And that ugly ties make beautiful eggs:)

Egg dying made easy

I just received my copy of Family Fun magazine in the mail today and i saw the best idea in it.

For easier egg dying with the kids, put the eggs inside of a whisk to keep the eggs stable and easier for the kids to work with. No more cracked eggs, yay!!
I'm so excited about this idea and may head to the dollar store to get a couple more whisks.
I know that the boys will feel so important when they don't need us to help them so much with the egg dying this weekend.

Happy Egg Coloring!!

Setting your table for Easter dinner

Look at these fun little birds nest with a special treat inside over at Skip To My Lou 

And these cute bunny egg holders and napkin rings. You can download free printable templates at  Skip To My Lou.

I can see a adorable Easter table setting in my future.

-Jaime

Stuffed Animal Easter Basket

I just saw the cutest idea over at CraziBeautiful. Turn a old stuffed animal into a Easter basket, how genius! If i thought i had the skills i would do this. I am not very gifted in the sewing area but might try it someday.

This idea was just too cute not to share. Go HERE for the pattern and instructions.

-Jaime

Egg Tree

 OK so we have this tree in our backyard, if you can even call it a tree. It's more of a sticky bush that aspires to be a tree someday. It's gangly and in my opinion a eye sore but.....my husband has formed some sort of strange bond with it and refuses to cut it down. I have asked several times and it remains untouched.

So when i had this cute Easter craft i wanted to do that called for bringing some of the outdoors in i knew just the "tree" i wanted to take the kitchen scissors to:). Finally a good use for that darn thing.

Now that you have a little background behind my Easter Tree craft let's begin:
I started out with my cute candlestick jar i made a while ago and then filled it with Easter grass, then stuck my "ugly tree" branches in....

Next is where the blond moment comes.... i hollowed out some eggs and then did my best to dye the now hollow eggs. Yes it would have been easier to die the eggs before i hollowed them but like I've said before i don't do things the easy way. I like a challenge. OK no i really just don't think things through sometimes. I also chose the "old fashioned" way to hollow the eggs, i (and i have to give credit to the hub for a couple of them) poked a hole in both end of the eggs carefully and then blew them out. There is a tool for doing this but i was too impatient and cheep to go look for it and i had remembered doing this when i was younger. So after nearly passing out 6 eggs later i was done and on to dying them. As i mentioned i had a fun time dying floating eggs but after several times turning them they looked just peachy!

I attached them to the branches with some spring colored raffia. I ended up switching out the Easter grass and putting in Jelly Beans instead, it added more color and just looked better. Boy #2 is very sad that i put the jellybeans out of his reach, he asks for them daily, i know it's horrible to taunt him like that isn't it? i guess i better get him some of his own.

And the finished product. I think it may need a couple more eggs. It's much cuter in person, i just couldn't get a very good picture of it but you get the idea. 

-Jaime