New Rosette Hair Clips

Sooooo . . . I got a whole 45minutes to myself today while Cole napped and I came up with some super fun and trendy new hair clips! These little rosettes were hand sewn today and are fastened to alligator clips to Adorne your princess (or yourself)! Why alligator clips? They are great because you can use them to clip on to clothes, hair, bags, whatever you can think of. These are just a few of the beginning of many super fun prints to come! Many match the sweet vintage aprons in my store. Check the store soon for a sweet array of fabric blooms!

Resurrection cookies

This is a great recipe to teach your children the REAL story of Easter. That the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior, is not dead but has Risen. We serve a Risen Savior…


So Grab your Apron and Let’s Get Started!!!!!!!
You will need:
1 cup whole pecans 1 teaspoon vinegar 3 egg whitesa pinch salt 1 cup sugara zipper baggy1 wooden spoonscotch tapeBible
Instructions:

These are to be made the evening before Easter. Preheat oven to 300F.*** (this is very important —
don’t wait until you are half done with the recipe).Place pecans in zipper baggy and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested. He was beaten by the Roman soldiers. Read: John 19:1-3
Let each child smell the vinegar.
Put 1 teaspoon vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross He was given vinegarto drink. Read: John 19:28-30
Add egg whites to vinegar. Eggs represent life.
Explain that Jesus gave His lifeto give us life. Read: John 10:10&11
Sprinkle a little salt into each child’s hand.
Let them taste it and brush the restinto the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tears shed by Jesus’ followers,and the bitterness of our own sin. Read: Luke 23:27
So far the ingredients are not very appetizing.
Add 1 cup sugar. Explain that thesweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He loves us.
He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read: Psalm 34:8 and John 3:16
Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Explain that the color white represents the purity in God’s eyes of those whose sinshave been cleansed by Jesus. Read: Isaiah 1:18 and John 3:1-3
Fold in broken nuts.
Drop by teaspoon onto waxed paper covered cookie sheet.Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where
Jesus’ body was laid.Read: Matthew 27:57-60
Put the cookie sheet in the oven,
close the door and turn the oven OFF.
Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.Explain that Jesus’ tomb was sealed. Read: Matthew 27:65-66
GO TO BED!
Explain that they may feel sad to
leave the cookies in the oven overnight.Jesus’ followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read: John 16:20&22
On Resurrection Sunday (Easter) morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the crackedsurface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow! On the first Easter Jesus’ followers were amazedto find the tomb open and empty. Read: Matthew 28:1-9

Some Kiddie Friendly Easter Crafting

Hooray for foamies! We took some sweet little easter foamies and some left over scraps of colored paper and went to work! Cole had so much fun putting these together! We put the scene on an 8x10 canvas so that we can pull it out each year! We have yet to add our finishing touches but Easter is around the corner and I wanted to share this fun craft with you! We made the Tree, sun and grass from paper and then the foamies were the eggs, chicks, and bumnies. we added some puff balls to make little cotton tails. Then we aded his name with the foamies- and mommy will ink the edges and give it an Old feel and add some ribbon to the top to hang it with! Have fun! And Happy Easter.

Happy St Patrick's Day . . .

Okay . . . Here it is! Our super green fun crafty dinner affair! We started with left over green wrapping paper- Then we grabbed some "sponge hearts" and green paint and added some shamrock flair by stamping 4 hearts in a circle and drawing on a stem with a green marker! Cole Loves the stamping process! We left the crayons out for dinner time fun! While the paint was drying . . . Cole and I headed to the great outdoors (his favorite place to be) and collected everything that we could find in green. He came up with quite the interesting floral arrangement . . . Vinca, Potacarpus, Boxwood Hedges, and a few Daisy's to dress it up! We assembled the arrangement and moved on to the place settings . . . I had clear plates and clear cups and it worked out great because you can see all of our "green handiwork."

Next came dinner! We had corned beef and "green" cabbage ( I made it in the slow cooker so that we would have time to do everything else today) and we added "green" beans, and watermelon because of it's "green" rind. Then we mixed up some "green" fruity beverage (clear soda with fruit juice and green food coloring or apple cider with a drop of food coloring). To top off out great day- We made some scrumptious "sprinkler" cupcakes with green frosting and green pinwheels! This is really a great way to teach your little ones about colors and have tons of fun doing it! For Pics of our finished table scroll down!

Remember that you can do this any day! Pick a theme and a color and run with it! We will be doing this one again for Easter and we will add in a few colors and some eggs, bunnies and crosses! Stay tuned for that adventure . . . My famous cookies will be making a short cameo!