IWith Spring in the air, so are the things that make me sneeze and my eyes itch, and my nose itch. A LOT. So I was scratching my nose like crazy and my daughter says, "at least you don't have Bill Cosby's nose."
Well, yes. That is true. For a variety of reasons.
I feel much better now that I bought myself one of these little bunny cake stands. Actually, that would be a really small cake. So what are these, cupcake stands? Candle stands? Should it have one of those glass cloche thingys on top? I don't know or care. I like them and I thought my family might also, so I bought several.
Several of my relatives use lots of sticky notes in their line of work, so I thought these from J Crew were perfect. I love to use butterflies as tags for Easter gifts and I got these cute little sticky flowers from Target Dollar Spot.
If you are on Instagram, you may have run into some planner addicts. I'm thinking they would love this Easter stationery set with Target Dollar Spot items. This is listed in my Etsy Shop, SissyBoomsPartyRoom.
Still more to come, but here are the desserts from the butterfly birthday party!
When I was 7 or 8, I had a Barbie cake for my birthday party. I loved that cake. (I was just a little disappointed when we pulled the doll out, and it had no legs. Just a little pick.) So, I thought how cute would it be to add wings for my seven year old's butterfly party. My mom made the cake and decorated it. She outdid herself with this one, I think. We even added a sparkly butterfly to her updo and rhinestone earrings.
We bought the butterfly from Ellis Pottery for the wings. It already had wire picks on it, so we just stuck it into the cake. Edible fowers from Michael's. I think this cake would be perfect for a fairy party as well.
With all the fluttering going on, we needed some nectar for refreshment. It is actually Hawaiian punch and pineapple juice in case you thought we really went out and squeezed some flowers or something crazy like that. You can admit it. It's OK.
We put green grapes on skewers to make caterpillars. The kids had fun eating grapes on a stick. Cause anything on a stick tastes better right? I personally think there ought to be more meats on a stick. (Not really, I just remember that line from one of my favorite movies, "There's Something About Mary.")
Just so you know, these are not really caterpillar eggs. My mom found a bag of all white Sixlets at Party City. How cool is that!! I thought I was going to have to use edible pearls which no one really wants to eat. But the kids enjoyed these. After they watched me eat them to make sure they were chocolate for real. Oh, and the "grass" at the bottom of the jar was edible too. I wish I could remember where my sister Jackie found that. It tasted like green apple communion host from church. Just sayin'.
These butterflies were seriously the best gummies I've ever had. My sister Jena found them at Cracker Barrel. Don't you LOVE their gift shop?? That may be where Jackie found the host grass.
Maybe it's because I am a science teacher by day, but I thought it was common knowledge that butterflies emerge from a chrysalis. Apparently not. I should have labeled the Bugles "cocoons." Cause everyone thought they were crystals and I can't spell. Seriously? If you know me, you know I can spell like the dickens. (I don't really know what that means. I just know my husband likes to say it for some reason.) If you've never had Bugles, they are way more salty than a real chrysalis cocoon.
Oh, look. A butterfly landed on the pixie stick grass. Also from Cracker Barrel. Have I mentioned I love their gift shop? The teeny tiny watering can is from Michael's dollar bins. I also love all things tiny. Wouldn't these be cute for a garden party??
I promised there was more to come. In an earlier post, I turned the candlesticks into Easter apothecary jars. You can see those here. (They are REALLY cute! But technically not apothecary, I think, because they do not have lids, but whatever.) Here is what I did with those Royal Holland pewter cordial cups.
The picture is not great, even though I broke a lamp trying to get the lighting right. Yeah-the lamp that matches the other one in my living room. The lamp I searched for years to find because I refused to spend $80. Really. That lamp. Anything for a blog post.
But anyway, on to the details. I just cut thin strips of vintage dictionary paper and crinkled it sort of like a nest and stuck a broken egg candle in it. I already had the egg candle. I think my mom got them from Dollar Tree years ago, but any (fake) egg would work. I do not recommend leaving a real egg on your mantle for the entire Easter season. (I also do not recommend using your treasured lamp for photo shoots. Use the gynecologist lamp your husband bought at a garage sale instead. Even if it is heavy. And brings up not so fun images.)
I found all of this in one trip to Goodwill-3 ugly candlesticks, 2 real pewter cordial cups, and a milk glass vase. (Plus one 50 year old Standard rubber stamp holder with no rust!-not pictured) Score! That ugly orangish brown candlestick is like plastic. The other two are ceramic. Look what I made with them:
Recognize those candlesticks? No? That's cause I spraypainted 'em. Just a little trick I learned from my blog buddies: here. I guess it is hard to tell from the pictures, but there are glass hurricanes on top of the candlesticks. Inside are cards that spell out "HOP" (only three-letter Easter word I could think of-not cause I love the movie-haven't even seen it) and some crinkled up vintage dictionary paper.
More to come...
**editor's note (he-he that's me!): Sorry-you caught me-I forgot to say the letters were not stickers. At least not until I ran them through my Xyron sticker maker. I cut them out with my Making Memories Slice machine. The cardstock is also Making Memories-Passport collection (it is printed with postcards, but I liked the color scheme for Easter.) I already had the little feather boa. I think it came from Dollar Tree.
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