Spring has finally Sprung!

So, I actually sweated today for the first time in months and tomorrow it is supposed to get into the 70's. Can you believe that Spring is finally here! This has been one very long, very dark winter for me so to be mobile just as the spring arrives is such a great sign. I saw the first sign of a flower in my backyard this weekend. You can see it above barely visible under all the dry leaves and debris. Kind of like me this year. I'm ready to get rid of the dry skin and nasty walking boot and wear sandals and capris. Aww, how nice will it be to get a pedicure and put on my Birki's for the first time this year. You have no idea how sweet that will be for me.

I'm also sharing a few shots of the girls dying eggs at the farm from a few weeks ago. Kate was very carefree about the whole thing but Jess took it all very serious. As serious as you can be with bunny ear clamps in your hands that is. I'm getting really excited to start the Spring Celebration. I'll probably post it tomorrow so please stay tuned. It's going to be fun!

Spring Celebrations

I'm not planning on doing much to celebrate Easter this year although I'm thinking about having my niece over on Saturday to dye some eggs. I think my mother in law is fixing a ham for Sunday and we'll gather and eat some Cadbury Eggs.

For me Easter and dying eggs is more about celebrating Spring and renewal. It's shaking off the gray of Winter and going crazy with some color. I was the one who would wait for my siblings to finish dying their eggs in the proper way and I would then start mixing up the colors and dunking the eggs from color to color. Sometimes I came up with a cool tie dyed effect, sometimes a marbleized masterpiece, and sometimes it was just a big hot mess. Either way I was happy.

I know it's too late to buy these lovely egg creations from etsy to get to you by this Easter but I think they would make lovely decorations all Spring long. Who decided decorating eggs was an Easter tradition anyways? The above egg was Hand embroidered in the style of Japanese Temari balls by Selahestelle. I'm sure she would be thrilled if you gave her an Easter gift of her first Etsy sale. This blue Etched Pysanky Goose Egg by Judij33 is absolutely stunning. It would make a great decoration all year long in my opinion.

If you are planning on dying eggs this weekend I found a few sites that would be super helpful for you and your budding artists. If you want to really master the tie dye egg FamilyFun.com has good directions here to create eggs that will actually look like this. If you want to get really creative DLTK's Crafts for Kids has directions here for everything from the traditional to Rubber Band or splatter painted eggs. Hope you have fun however you celebrate the arrival of Spring.