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I'm so excited to share this sweet little Easter craft! It's easy, inexpensive, and scrumptiously charming! Inside each silky tulip blossom is a soft and sweet marshmallow bunny. You can find almost everything you need at your local dollar store (except the Peeps themselves).   Each bouquet takes only a few minutes to make. Everything's Coming Up Bunnies Bouquet Time:  approx. 5 minutes Cost:  approx. $3/bouquet Materials Marshmallow Bunny PEEPS (7-8 per bouquet) 1 bunch silk tulips (I found pink, purple, white and yellow at my local Dollar Tree) 1 sheet scrapbook paper per/bouquet clear cellophane scissors transparent tape 4 round toothpicks, broken in half   Step 1:  Insert a toothpick half, p ointed end down, into the center of each flower.  T IP:  I found it best to try to insert the toothpick in the hole in the center that attaches the blossom to the stem.  Avoid ...

What comes to mind when you think of springtime? For me it's robin s' egg blue, Easter baskets, spotted newborn deer on their wobbly little legs,  flowering tree s and the sweet songs of birds nesting amid their blossoming branches.   It's the latter that inspired these dainty little cupcakes.   Atop a tender mini lemon cupcake (with coconut cream cheese icing) sits a nest of toasted coconut, gently cradling a tiny speckled chocolate egg. I pack the tiny cakes in repurposed egg cartons that I've decorated with custom labels.  I'm sharing free downloads at the end of this post.   Look!  One of the nestlings has hatched ! Mini Lemon Cupcakes (makes 4-5 dozen, depending on the size of your baking cups) 9 tablespoons butter, softened 2 tablespoons vegetable shortening 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3 large eggs zest of one lemon 1 Tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice ...

Chances are, if you celebrated Easter this past week, you probably have a dozen or more of those colorful plastic eggs lying around.  So, what to do with those empty plastic shells once the last jellybean has jumped and the last peep has popped into your mouth? Last April I came up with this simple little tutorial for making lovely egg-shaped soaps with the help of plastic Easter eggs.  Even the packaging is made from upcycled materials. I shared the tutorial in a guest post at My Repurposed Life .  Today, I'm sharing it here on Rook No. 17!  How to Make   Egg Shaped Soaps from Plastic Easter Eggs   Materials Pour & Mold Soap (2 pounds will yield 1 dozen egg soaps) Essential Oil for scent -- optional Cardboard Egg Carton Acrylic craft paint & paint brush Small funnel* (typically available at craft stores) Drill with a 7/32 bit and a 11/32 bit Piece of scrap wood Plastic Easter Eggs Gorilla Tape &...

Holidays like Easter are what nostalgists like me live for!  For this vintage-junkie, Easter evokes memories of time-worn wicker baskets, fluffy chenille chicks, handmade chocolate bunnies, and the rocky road eggs that my mom had personalized with our names by a local sweet shoppe.  There was a look and a quality to those understated yet artful treats that can be hard to find in today's mass-produced, bright and shiny, commercial world. Recently, I had the opportunity to shop for an Easter basket on a budget through a Collective Bias campaign on behalf of Kmart stores.  I knew that this project would be a terrific creative challenge to put my flair for the "vintage" to the test.  Following you'll find some easy and inexpensive tricks and tips for putting together an Easter basket that looks like it came right out of the Easter Bunny's workshop or an expensive boutique, but at a price that is as easy to swallow as a jellybean! ...