Easter Decor on a Dime!

That's right. It's a "using what you've got" sort've post. Obviously we both don't have the same random items laying around our house, but hopefully this post will inspire you to wander your own halls in search of that next great Easter decoration!

After assembling the minimal Easter decor I already had, it was time to build from there. This Easter I'm loving  Bunny Silhouettes, vintage pastels, and bunting!

At the risk of getting carried away, I made 3 bunting projects this year. However, two of them: FREE! Paint chips are a great resource to have on hand for projects. I used a 1 1/2 inch scalloped circle cutter to make this garland for our upstairs fireplace:

I also used them to create a "Spring" banner in our entryway:

Meanwhile, .99 cent packages of Easter eggs can be spray painted in pale pastels, then splatter painted with flecks of brown. We had a few of these little egg cartons floating around the house.

Also, don't underestimate the many uses for felt. Felt sheets come extremely cheap, and it was easy to cover this bare wooden heart that was still laying around from Valentines day.

Next, I used some craft yarn in varying patterns to cover a foam wreath form that I was in the back of a closet waiting for a project to be made from it. The goal in covering the wreath was to be as asymmetrical as possible, but really any style would work great! Since we already had an exterior wreath for our front door, we decided to stick this guy right at the inside of the front entry, above a watering can filled with more eggs. I had really wanted to spray paint these as well, but March in Iowa does not always provide the best spray painting weather. It ended up working out great since the wreath colors were more bright than the dull pastel I had been working with in other areas of the house. 

The 3rd bunting banner I made was less of a "DIY" and more of a "simple assembly" type of project. I found this pack of foam bunny forms in the project isle of the Spring section. I loved their shape more than anything, and decided to attach them to fishing line for the mantle in the downstairs living room. 

 It was easy as pie to fill an old mason jar with the remainder of the brightly colored eggs I had on hand.

Leaning large eggs against pre-existing decor ties everything together without requiring you to have to stow  away your "all-year-long" decor items. 

Also, it definitely wouldn't be holiday decor if there weren't themed chalkboards involved, like this one above.

We also did this guy for the bar-top, and the one below it for the upstairs living area.

This bunny silhouette against a messy chevron pattern was a perfect compliment to the rest of the silhouettes we had hanging around the house. A 2-pack of canvas' on sale were the only big splurge for those projects, coming in at just under $5.

You may have spotted the first canvas hiding in the downstairs mantle:

All I needed to make this one was a print-out of a bunny silhouette cut out, some white yarn, scrap paper, fishing line, and some paint. 

I HIGHLY recommend taking a quick browse through the clearance section at your local Big Box store. There are miss-tints GALORE in this section The price was right for this orange paint, coming in at just 1.00!

The second canvas held the same principle. 1.00 blue paint &another bunny silhouette. 

To make:

•  Paint the entire canvas your base color, orange in my case
•  Trace the cutout silhouette template onto patterned scrapbook paper and set aside
• Once the base color is dry, lay the cutout silhouette template on the canvas and paint over the entire canvas with your top-coat, blue in my case
• Once dry, glue stick your scrapbook paper version of the silhouette below the painted version!

After Easter, the bunny garland and most of the brightly colored eggs will be packed away; however the silhouettes and banners are the perfect minimal Spring decor this girl loves! 

Vintage Spring Dessert table

A pop of color meets old, splintered wood. This dessert table is romantic & simple. The materials used were totally budget friendly, and came together with ease.

Coffee filters and scrapbook paper paved the way on this project, with the main focal point being this oversized coffee filter heart.

Step one was finding a good sturdy backing with which to attach the coffee filters. Enter: an old wedding gift bag (I knew I saved all of those for a reason!). After folding about 200 coffee filters in half and then in half again, I  hot glued them to the gift bag until the heart was full and "fluffy". HaHa!




















Step two included the cutting of several scrapbook paper embellishments, including a mini-heart bunting banner to attach to an old crate, & letters of various shades of blues/yellows to add to the inside of an old painted drawer.

Paper scraps made another bunting banner with fishing line, and, believe it or not, chopsticks.

Step three was attaching a clear plastic serving platter from the Dollar Tree to this distressed candle stick. You may recognize it as my usual entryway table decor. Don't worry, the tray will easily pop back off after use.

Finally, coffee filter flowers paired with paint chip circles tear-dropped down from the ceiling as a backdrop to the table.

As an "encore" (hehe!) to the dessert table, we also dressed up the guest book table with a bird cage, yarn wrapped wine bottle, and chalkboard.

And there you have it! A sweet, vintage dessert table, decorated on a dime! Check back for our budget friendly spring decor tricks.