Happy Birthday Chicks

Carter's birthday was last week.  To celebrate at his pre-kindergarten class, we brought in "treats."  It so happened that the class eggs were hatching chicks the same week as Carter's celebration, so he wanted to have me make something that recognized the chicks too.

I was going to make chick cupcakes, but 5 year olds and cupcakes are messy.  I felt sorry for the teacher and just made chick cookies in order to alleviate some of the mess. 

I simply frosted some sugar cookies and covered them with yellow, dyed, sweetened, shredded coconut.  I put on two chocolate chips for eyes and added orange gummy candies cut into beaks.  Easy and cute!

The kids in the class were a little slow to dig in, and I finally realized, when one boy spoke up, they thought I had put shredded cheese on the cookies!  I wouldn't eat that either!

They finally ate the cookies once I promised them I did not use cheese.

Happy birthday, Carter and baby chicks!

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Friday Favorites: 3-25-11

I have been super busy this week!  It is the week of my son's fifth birthday and our big carnival party to celebrate.  We are having 65 people over to celebrate tomorrow.  We are so excited!  I know I'll be posting some pictures to share with you all soon!
While quickly looking at crafting blogs this week, here are some of the fun posts that caught my eye!  Enjoy!


Thrifty and Chic made a beautiful mirror--out of pvc pipe!  Yes, this sums up the title of her blog in one post!  This is seriously thrifty and seriously chic!


Just Simply Live made cupcakes in mason jars.  I know this has been around blogging world for a bit, but I am always the last one on the bandwagon.  Seriously.  Plus, a lot of my readers are friends who don't craft blog and this might be a new idea!  She made these for her MOPS gals, and I love the cute tags she made for them. 



Speaking of desserts . . . I loved Sand and Sisal's brownie pops--in the shape and decor of an Easter egg!  They are just as easy to make as a cake pop and make a darling presentation.



Okay, I am TOTALLY doing this one.  We were just talking about how we need a new umbrella--my small, old thrift store one only opens on one side and is beyond sad.  Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line gives us a tutorial on monogramming an umbrella, and it is darling! 



I am completely drawn to yellow right now.  Seriously.  I probably need help.  Don't you agree that this Anthropologie inspired necklace is so fun?  Of Pinks and Fairy Tales made a knock off of one of the store's accessories.  I love when people take crazily expensive goodies and make them for much, much cheaper.  I love the beads with the chunky chain too!


Perfectly Polished, Almost made cookie burgers.  Genius.  Cookies, frosting, thin mints, candies and green tinted coconut made for a very real looking mini burger.  How cute would these be for a picnic themed party? 



Hey . . . speaking of picnic parties . . . Beth Kruse Custom Creations had the cutest picnic party post.  The paper printables and cutouts are gorgeous!



Speaking of parties, Little Country Bumpkins posted about a Sock Monkey themed party.  I love the red and gray and the patterns.  It is very original and very cute!



Oak Ridge Revival had a great DIY post I loved.  She stenciled her bathroom walls--this is a great alternative to wallpaper.  Have you ever had to remove wallpaper?  Not fun.  I love the soft, whispery white and gray walls, and it only took her a few hours!



Sweet Something Design made a bunch of felt flowers, but one flower made me especially happy!  Wouldn't this be a beautiful pin to give to moms in your life for Mother's Day?



Serving Pink Lemonade made marshmallow pops.  I saw these only recently and fell in love.  They are just as cute as cake pops but even easier--is that possible?  I love marshmallows too--I'm thinking of a smores recipe using this technique--yummy!



So, the toast shaped cork coasters were a huge hit with you guys.  Here is another great coaster idea.  Girl in Air took maps and pasted them to cork coasters.  The end result is DARLING!  How fun to get a map of places you have traveled and make coasters for your hubby?

Easter Cross

Easter isn't the same as Christmas.  Though there is much celebration in Christ's resurrection and the hope of Heaven for those who repent and trust in Him, Good Friday is tightly associated with Easter.  There cannot be a resurrection without the painful, tortuous death that Christ faced for OUR sins.  It adds a little solemnity to the occasion, doesn't it?

This is why I don't want my kids merely popping jelly beans into their mouth and hugging their stuffed rabbit as we put on new clothes and head to church.  Don't get me wrong, we celebrate Easter and the gift Jesus has given to those in Him, but I want them to understand they are sinners who shed Christ's blood on the cross.  I want them to know their status so they will better understand their need for Christ's sacrifice someday.  I consider this when I start traditions and make decor for our home.   

Instead of dressing up eggs or rabbits, I made a cross for our entryway.  I interwove the idea of Good Friday with the cross and Easter with the words, "Jesus Lives."  I also mixed the painful silhouette of the cross with a bright, beautiful Easter color.  I believe it represents well the dark hours of Good Friday with the amazing, bright hope of Easter. 

I bought three pieces of styrofoam, some crafting paper and Mod Podge

I hot glued the styrofoam pieces into a cross.

I found a beautiful Easter blue paper for my Mod Podging

I tore random pieces of paper and mod podged them under and on top.  I finished by applying silver sticker letter that say, "Jesus Lives."

Here is the finished cross on our entryway table.

The words "Jesus Lives" are very subtle across the cross 

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