Butterfly Kisses

Today my cousin, Gabrielle, had her baby shower. She wants her little Payton Elizabeth's nursery to be in lots of pinks with butterflies. I know she loves the Raspberry Tiddliwinks Bedding Collection at Target so I crocheted a baby blanket with matching hat and toy for her little princess Payton. I made the butterfly on the blanket in the same design as one of the butterflies on the Tiddliwinks set. I was a little weary about having little buttons sewn onto the baby blanket, but I know it will be more of a displayed heirloom keepsake. I kept with the same design for the tiny butterfly on the hat but could only fit one button on instead of two on the bottom pair of wings. For the little butterfly toy, I went ahead and made it without the buttons. I wanted it to be loved so I embroidered the eyes, mouth, and rosy cheeks and hand sewn the crochet wing spots on. Gabbi looks so radiant with her pregnant glow. She absolutely loves the butterfly set I made for her little princess too. :)

Happy Late Easter!

Our Easter was a very busy one, hence the reason for my late post. We spent all Friday and Saturday coloring eggs. We colored some eggs using duct tape, lace, and stickers. We then added some sparkle and glitz to a few others. On Saturday we saved the day to color eggs using old silk ties and handkerchiefs we found at the local thrift store. I found the silk tie egg coloring idea on Martha Stewart's website and they turned out amazing!! Just see for yourself!

I think this is going to be a new tradition for us because we had so much fun making them.

I made the girls these adorable lambs for their baskets. I got the idea from the April issue of Crochet World. Field the lamb is actually on the front cover. We named Xiera's lamb Daisy because she is Field's girlfriend.

Sunday morning the Easter bunny came and gave the girls lots of goodies. They were absolutely thrilled.

We then got ready and went to church. Although I bought Xiera a new dress to wear this year, she decided she wanted to wear the same dress she wore last year. It still fit her and she looked adorable. Zella wore Xiera's skirt and peasant top set that she had outgrew. They looked so pretty.

Our Easter was a rainy one so the girls enjoyed an Easter egg hunt inside the church.

They didn't seem to mind.
Happy Resurrection day from our home to yours.

Hoppy Easter!

I just finished coloring Easter eggs with the girls and am looking forward to putting their Easter baskets together tonight while they are in sleepy town. Look what I made to put into their baskets this year.

I just love their sweet faces and their fluffy tails. If you would like to try to make one yourself, HERE is the pattern I found!

Tomorrow we will enjoy a wonderful Easter morning at church followed by an Easter egg hunt and then two wonderful family get togethers soon after. God bless you all!

With love,
Lindsay