Easter Vignettes and A Short Break

Just wanted to let you know that I'll be taking a blogging break this week. 

There's just so much going on...too much actually.

My kids are on Spring Break, 

there's softball & baseball practices,

I've got to work Monday through Thursday, 

lots of cooking, baking and preparing for Easter,

dinner with a high school friend,

 and on top of all that, a trip to NYC!

All within the next 7 days.  

I did want to leave you with a little

something to look at though.  Who wants to read a

post of all the things a person has to do 

without a little something to look at?  

So, 

here's my coffee table vignette:

and the blue dresser vignette:

Take care everyone.

See you soon!

Linking to:

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Spring/Easter Decorating

I wanted to share a little Spring/Easter decor today.

I feel like I am always sharing my dining room hutch with you.
I hope I'm not boring you with it.

Well, here goes anyway:

I didn't use anything new here at all.

I just put a lot of what I had together, but in a different way.

Which I guess really is the fun part of decorating...

seeing what you can do differently with what you already have.

I just kept everything to a soft Spring-like palette.

How I love those pink Mercury glass hurricanes!

I do think that Spring may finally have made its arrival

around here.

Happy Spring to you!

When You Can't Find It, Make It! (Bunny Pillow)

I don't know about you, 

but sometimes, 

make that all the time,

I struggle to find what I'm looking for.

No matter what it is that I'm wishing

to buy for this room or that room,

it's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Take for instance, my desire to have
a Spring pillow for my sitting room sofa.

Yes, as simple as a Spring pillow.

I couldn't find a single one in the area!

How could that be, you ask?

I wish I knew the answer.  

It's a conspiracy, I tell you.

I had to take matters into my own hands.

I bought a ready made pillow cover in Hobby Lobby

in a nice neutral color.

Then I found a bunny template online

and traced him onto cream colored fleece.

 I pinned my cutout to the front of the pillow

and then I hand stitched the bunny to the front of it.

(I'm no sewing goddess, I just took my time

and did the best I could.)

Here he is!

Like I said, sometimes you just have to take 

matters into your own hands.  

He may not be perfect,

but he's cute & just what I was looking for.