Cheers to the blue sky and sunny day in Des Moines today! {Happy!}

After the cute chicky Tuesday, I am thinking of a little girlie stuff for today which is butterfly-themed Easter tabletop decoration!

If you are going to be out of town and unable to celebrate Easter with your family this year. That is okay and don't be sad. You do not have to celebrate alone because I am sure your girl friends in town would love to join you at your beautiful butterfly Easter brunch party! Wow...I can already smell the spinach mushroom omelet, fruity yogurt parfait, dark chocolate truffle, and also a glass of peach Bellini (Wikipedia: Bellini is one of Italy's most popular cocktails; a mixture of sparkling wine and peach puree). Hmm...what a perfect brunch on Sunday morning! Yummy-licious!

Southern Living shows us how to set up your own Butterfly Garden Party at home; and adorn your party favor with a personalized butterfly place card I found at Burda Fashion!

Garden Arrangement:
1. Start by positioning water-soaked florist foam in a pedestal bowl. Any ceramic container will work. Cover the top of the foam with decorative sheet moss, hiding all edges.
2. Cut snapdragon stems at an angle, and insert them into the foam. The flowers and stems should be 12 to 15 inches long. You will need about 12 stems spaced evenly.
3. Repeat with ranunculus, varying the stem lengths. Use taller flowers in the center and shorter ones on the sides.
4. Carefully hold the bottom of each ranunculus stem when inserting it. If it is crushed, insertion will be difficult and blooms will wilt quickly. You will need about 24 ranunculus.
5. Finish by adding silk butterflies.

Candy Nest:
1. Taking a ball of green Spanish moss in your hands, hollow out an opening with your thumbs.
2. Hold the formed nest in place by wrapping a single strand of florist wire around the outside edge of the moss.
3. Place twigs cut from the garden on a salad plate, top with the nest, and fill it with pastel Jordan almonds.
4. Finish with a silk butterfly and a personalized butterfly place card on top.

Butterfly Ornament on Champagne Glass:
1. Wire silk butterflies to the stems of Champagne glasses.

Trying to be a thoughtful hostess and want to forgo the high calories chocolate candy for your girls? I found these pretty party favors your girl friends would love to add to their dressing table collection. The first one is an egg-shaped box with speckled paint, butterflies, and a rabbit cut from decorative paper from Martha Stewart. This can also be used as jewelry box, isn't pretty and multifunctional? Whereas, another party favor which also comes from Martha Stewart, it is more like a decoration than something fancy like the egg-shaped box. It is a purple paper butterfly floats from a wire attached to a pearl glued inside the bottom of a plain white egg.

 

Hope you have a Fabulous Wednesday!

Chicky Tuesday!
We are going to show you some cute Easter decorations by incorporating birds and chicks into the theme.

Willow tree and bird nests for living and dining rooms, anyone?

 

And how about a bird tree and some bird houses in pastel colors for Easter kids table, Bridal or Baby Shower? Instead of Easter buckets, we are giving the kids bird houses (with candy, of course!). I am sure they will love it.

 

 

 

Giving out bird nest candy as favor? Why not double it as place card for your guests? People like things that are personally related to them. So lets personalize the favor by attaching a card with your guest's name on it.

 

For decor purpose, we have chick and eggs in a doily nest as well as new born chick and chocolate decorations. These are some pretty and inexpensive ways to dress up your house for Easter Sunday.

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

Photo Credit:
1. Martha Stewart Living
2. Torie Jayne Blog
3. Lotus Haus Blog

Spring time is here and it is the best time to do some cleaning. Have you done cleaning up your house and clearing up spaces for some new festive items to celebrate the first Spring event - Easter?

If you have not done the research, we will show you some tabletop decorations for Easter this week. Hope they will give you some inspirations to decorate your Easter dining table.

To me, this is a traditional Easter dining setting. Everything in pastel blue, pink and yellow. And of course, a pair of white Easter bunnies!

Photo Credit: Easter Tabletop Design from Bliss Weddings Market; Easter Candy Wreath by Good Housekeeping via Delish; Beaded Place Card on Napkin and Easter Table Setting from Better Homes and Gardens

What if you are an artist who always looking for something new and creative? We found you a new color scheme for your Easter egg decoration. Check out the idea and step-by-step instructions of making the marbled Easter eggs here!

Photo Credit: Marbled Easter Egg Tree and Centerpiece from Quick and Simple; Beaded Place Card on Napkin, and Easter Chocolate on Vintage Cups from Better Homes and Gardens

Photo Credit: Decorated Easter Eggs and Egg Holder Centerpiece from Better Homes and Garden; Place Card on Decorated Easter Eggs from Quick and Simple

Did you find yourself an unused candle holder during your Spring cleaning? Have you been keeping it in your storage room for quite some time? Sometimes we just got so busy and forgot that we have some "treasures" in our own storage room. So it is time to bring out the old candle holder and re-purpose it to a lovely Egg Holder Centerpiece for Easter!

I personally love the idea of giving a new life/look for something old/antique that has been keeping in the garage or storage room for a while. (Thanks to the weekend read! I have been reading tons of Country Living, and Better Homes and Gardens magazines lately. Love them all!)

To begin with, we have a few simple steps to creating the lovely Egg Holder Centerpiece from old candle holder.

1. Brush new paint on your old candle holder.
(If the candle holder turned rusty or you simple love to apply a new color on it just to match your furniture at home.)
2. Leave it aside and let it dry.
3. Meanwhile, choose the pattern and color to decorate the eggs.
(Personal preference.)
4. When both candle holder and eggs are dried out, use super glue or wax to secure eggs in place.
5. And you are ready to show your guests the beautiful egg holder you have created for Easter!

Note: This will probably take you about two days (the drying process) to complete the DIY project. So please make sure you set aside enough time for it.

Hope you have fun doing it!

Alright I know Winter is over and everyone is cheerfully waving in the Spring days. But I have had to share the following gorgeous Winter Engagement Photo by Jill Brown Photography with you!

I am sure there are millions of ways to capture the love of a couple; but this particular one captured my attention today (a white backdrop (snow), snow-dusted trees in the wood, fiery red wool coat, and a lovely couple). Thumbs up for such beautiful pictures, Jill! And congratulations to the engaged couple, Linsey and Jon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Mid-week!

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