Look "Whooo's" Moved Into My Neighborhood

...Actually, the tree 

right outside my kitchen window

Do you see who it is?

Here, let me zoom in a little closer.

Hello.

A rather shy girl or guy.

And here's another one of our neighbors
that likes to visit the tree
 outside our kitchen window.

Watch as my husband opens the window 
and grasps the tree branch to steady it while 
a squirrel walks out to take a peanut,
a favorite snack.

Solar Roadways The Coolest Thing Ever!

Have you heard about 

Solar Roadways?

Not only roadways, but 

Sidewalks and Driveways

That's right, NO more shoveling snow

Where do I sign up to get one?

And there's soooo much more.

Incredible concept created by

Julie & Scott Brusaw

Learn all about it

Here

and 

Here 

May Basket Tutorial

It's May Day

how could I have forgotten

MAY DAY!!

the day to leave those anonymous fun little 
treat-filled baskets

on your neighbors door handles
or doorsteps,
ring the doorbell and then run away
before they see it was you
who left it.

Today I'll share a post from a couple of

years back.

Click here or the above photo to see the tutorial.

Sharing here

Happy May Day Hugs,

BettyJean

Another Spring Egg and an Altered Tag

An altered shipping tag 

for a Birthday.

Decorative elements include 

a vintage printable,

 a scrap of sheet music,

an applied butterfly 

and cherry blossom branch,

which are glittered 3D stickers.

The antiqued and glittered tag  

accompanies this 

lovely pink budding tulip.

Shouts of Spring

as it sprouts from a 

moss-filled egg 

resting on a little grapevine nest.

See another egg on a previous post here.

Hope you're enjoying your Spring

wherever you are!!


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Sheet Music Paper Cones Decorated for Easter

These Easter Cones

were made using,

vintage sheet music,

gathered crepe paper streamer,

shimmer sticks pipe cleaner as handles,

and my altered shipping tags.

Enjoy!

I love my little crepe paper carrots :)

Free printable images can be found at
Vintage Holiday Crafts
Vintage Dragonfly
and The Graphics Fairy

I added my own text
after I saved this image.

See my sidebar for more Easter posts.

Sharing at

Shabbilicious Friday Link Party

and Feathered Nest Friday

Easter Blessings to All!

Easter Eggs

After some inspiration from 

browsing the internet and

Pinterest, I wanted to

share my Easter Egg creations.

First, a decoupaged plastic egg

trimmed with jute twine, lace, and a tiny nest.

I found the perfect base to set it on

in this antique glass doorknob.

See...

Next, this inspiration came from 

Carolyn at Homework  

Unlike Carolyn, I didn't use real eggs.

It was quick and easy to paint up a dozen faux eggs.

I placed mine in a little nest that I fashioned out of

some grapevine that I had in my craft closet.

Also, I chose to keep the part of the

egg that I randomly cut off

and hot glued it to the back of the top 

opening.

Looks so cute anywhere.

Atop a silver candlestick holder...

Under a gutter wire cloche

which I also made...

Thanks for the inspiration Carolyn.

Sharing at What's It Wednesday

Other Easter posts you may enjoy:

Easter Hugs,

Easter Bunny Paper Castings

Are you familiar with paper casting??

You can find instructions many

places around the internet

and on YouTube.

One I like is by Aunt Rosie.

I purchased a plastic chocolate mold on ebay

and gave it try.

I finished with acrylic craft paint

and decorated.

Turned out "cute as a bunny".

See my sidebar for more Easter posts.

Warm Hugs

for a Blessed Easter Season,