DIY Easter/Spring Projects - The DIY Project Parade

Happy Easter, my friends!  Happy Spring!

(Easter Table Settings courtesy of BHG)

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I have a few cute DIY Easter projects to share today....as always, please click the links to see more pictures and details.  

Beautiful and Rustic Spring Decor at 

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Adorable PB kids inspired Easter yard stakes tutorial by Maria at 

Our Lake Life.  

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How completely "spring" are these beautiful blossom prints?

Great  Ballard Designs Berry Blossom Knock Off tutorial at Our Lake Life!

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Michelle from Sew Inspirations made everything this sweet little bunny is wearing...

I love the little backpack of flowers...

and these beautiful smocked eggs...

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Spring Inspired Napkin Rings at

The Artsy Girl Connection

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Vintage Altered Easter Eggs by Lynn The Vintage Nest.

(I'll take a dozen, please!)

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Lynn at The Vintage Nest does a fantastic job at inspiring Spring Fever!

This "Seeds that Grow" stool is super cute!

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DIY Easter/Spring Skirt Tutorial at Shannon Makes Stuff...

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Cute flower photo holder at The Simple Craft Diaries.

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Flower Power - Kellie at Sixties Home

Decorating doesn't have to be expensive. 

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Simple Spring Spruce Ups at Family Circle

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Do you have a DIY project to show off this week?  I'd LOVE to see it!  Or please visit the links to get inspired!

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The winner of the Bling Tea Towel + little Silhouette surprise is #5
Sugar & Spice in the land of Balls & Sticks - laxsupermom!

PB Inspired Easter

I shared this tutorial originally over at The DIY Club but love to have it here on my site too.

I fell in love with a Pottery Barn vignette as I often do. This one was for Easter. PB one is pink but I wanted yellow.

Problem:  Silk flowers/branch, pitcher, 2 bunnies = $200 for seasonal decor! 

So pretty much not going to happen on my budget. 

However, out of reach decor inspires DIY projects. 

Materials:

• Creamy white vase (I had a pitcher. Scour thrift stores/etc.)
• White ribbon
• Straight pins
• Deco Art Paint (Americana Gloss Enamels in white and added a bit of Deco Art Dazzling Metallics bronze and Americana Acrylic in eggshell)
• White bunnies (I used two ceramic bunnies I already had in my Easter decor)
• Paper Mache Eggs x 11 (approximately less than $10 with Michael's coupon)
• Faux Forsythia ($5 at Michaels).  If it'd every stop snowing, we have real Forsythia but no such luck just yet. 

My Total:  Less than $20 

Tutorial:  Arrange Forsythia or branch in vase.  Decide where eggs should be hung. 

Make a loop of ribbon and knot the end

Insert straight pin through side without knot.

Push pin with the ribbon into top of paper mache egg.

Hang on a branch in your arrangement. 

I used these three paints, mostly white mixing in a touch of the others.

Paint the paper mache eggs.  

I painted them while they were hanging so I didn't have to paint then dry and turn and paint again. However, my fingers were covered in paint.  :)

My existing Easter bunny stash dug out of storage...

Ali helped out and gave the bunnies a fresh new look using the same paint I mixed above to paint the eggs.

Let eggs dry about 30 minutes.  Use a pencil to draw the letters to spell 

"HAPPY EASTER" or "spring".

I made a similar fuzzy/scribbled font as my PB inspiration using a Sharpie, tracing over the penciled letters.

All done...

I'm linking up to

PB Inspired Easter Decor (updated)

This page in my Pottery Barn catalog was earmarked. I loved the spring feel.  I preferred yellow to pink but "What a pretty Easter vignette", I thought.  Then I added up the cost of things I wanted.  "$200!"  Yikes.  Keep dreaming.

Dreaming can be reality.  If it's too big for your budget, DIY! The result will be more personal and more rewarding (and cheap)! 

A trip to Michaels for faux Forsythia, paper mache eggs and ribbon and using things I already had including Deco Art's Americana Gloss Enamels, Acrylic and Dazzing Metallics craft paints, pitcher, Sharpie, pins and existing ceramic Easter bunnies

...here is my version for under $20.

I'll probably still re-arrange things for the next month but I love my version.

Pouting because she couldn't be on the dining room table to help, Lalka sat nearby contemplating her Cadbury Bunny audition. :)

Here is how it looks from the kitchen...

The mantel in the dining room gets a spring-makeover too.  

I found the yellow/brown ice bucket (exact Forsythia colors) and marble eggs at Good Will.

I just added some other coordinating things from around the house. And the sweet clay tag from my friend Jami at Freckled Laundry is so cute.  

What do you think?  Not typical Easter-y but I think it works with the yellow/white theme. 

You can see my full detailed DIY PB inspired Easter Eggs tutorial today at

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