Stash Busting Fiber Easter Eggs
Knit, felt and crochet your way to a colorful Easter basket brimming with eye candy!I have been teasing my contacts in Flickr the past couple weeks with sneak peaks as egg after egg was completed and...
View ArticleHow To Mark Stitch Lines for Embroidery on Felted Fabric Easter Eggs (and Balls)
Marking straight lines on felted fabrics can be a bit tricky. Chalk barely stays in place long enough to get the job done and marking pens seem to find the uneven texture a challenge. So I tried using...
View ArticleIntroducing My Very Own Easter Witch!
Did you know that if you spend Easter in Sweden, Norway or Finland, you will most likely run into Easter witches?Traditionally they are out and about on the Thursday before Easter - Skatorsdag! Some of...
View ArticleDinosaur Easter Eggs - Make Them Using Kool-aid and Yellow Onion Skins!
Through a bit of serendipity, what began as a "failed" Easter egg coloring experiment using Kool-aid and yellow onion skins turned to be a huge success!!! Presenting Dinosaur Eggs!! More specifically -...
View ArticleTurn Dying Easter Eggs Into a Fun "Science" Experiment!
Kool-aid is not the only way to add color to eggs dyed with yellow onion skins! In this post, I am sharing my results while experimenting with food coloring and natural food based dyes.My favorite?...
View ArticleEdible Pysanky!
Yes! Edible Pysanky! A perfect way to keep kids occupied until their Dinosaur eggs are cool enough to unwrap! Or simply let them spend an afternoon drawing pretty designs on hard boiled eggs. I don't...
View ArticleSurprisingly Pretty Easter Eggs - Created With Silk Yarn!
I unpacked these eggs today and fell in love all over again! And since the original tutorial lies buried in an old post where it is sharing space with several other egg decorating ideas, I decided to...
View ArticleCheck Out the New Additions to Gingerbreadsnowflakes!
My super awesome daughter Diane, who takes very good care of her technically challenged mother, has added a couple new goodies to Gingerbreadsnowflakes!(Note: added after publication - this is only an...
View ArticleFive Years of Easter Egg Goodness!
Easter Eggs have been the focus of my past five Easter celebrations on Gingerbreadsnowflakes! My egg baskets are full! Before I move on to to my new focus this year - bunnies - I've put together a...
View ArticleLast Minute Quick As a Wink Easter Bunnies to Make
Still need a bunny for your basket?Don't despair! There is still plenty of time to make one! Or two or three!It only took me a couple hours to stitch and stuff the plump little pink bunny above. If you...
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