Yesterday, while watching New Girl and wishing I had Zooey Deschanel's eye lashes,  I started "crafting around" (aka. my version of crafting subconsciously)... and made these.
 Burlap is my go to, my drug of choice, my better half. I seriously have it stashed around the house in random places in case I ever need a hit.

After goofing around for a while, I made this little burlap cone/nest/decor thing
I just pulled apart some of the burlap to make nest-like strands, then used some AWESOME plastic Easter eggs I found at HomeGoods. My eyeballs fell in love with these colors...
Apparently I was on burlap-pulling spree, so I took it to the next level and frilled some burlap squares to make this "Happy Easter" banner.
And, because apparently I have ADHD, I used more pulled burlap to make this little vignette atop the fireplace mantel. I think the burlap kinda looks like that green Easter grass, but classier and more adult.
This picture was brought to you by HomeGoods.

Seriously.

I found that bad-a** of a vase a few months back and then my little rabbit friend used to be a grey ceramic before I took a can of high-gloss white spray paint to him.
And the eggs... all from the same baggy for $4.99
On my "Easter HomeGoods shopping spree" a couple days ago, I also got this "other" rabbit for $3.99....
Also spray painted him white (he was PINK!!) but he's kinda creeping me out a little.... Looks like one of those albino bunnies with beady red eyes that would attack you at a moments notice. Really, I dont know what it is but they always looks like they had 15 cups of coffee and are just WAY too aware of their surroundings... a little paranoid.
(Psycho sound effect) Ree-reee-reee-reee!!!
 Maybe I should use a red sharpie to complete the look... or maybe I should put down my margarita I'm drinking while writing this and stop acting like ceramic animals are out to attack....

ANYWAY, I'm also trying to add some fun frames to the kitchen... (please ignore the stack of clean, yes CLEAN, laundry in the background)... (Side note: my kitchen is not yellow... I'm just a bad photo editor.)
Putting up paper the same size as the frame is a little trick I used from my friends at Young House Love (we're actually Best Friends... or will be if we ever meet).

It's nice to just have paper and movable tape up to get things exactly where I want them before putting any holes in the wall.
Out of the 7 frames I have plans for, only three of them have actual things in them.
The first one, is this awesome Artichoke Patch I found on Etsy for $2.50.
Yes, its just a patch... that I framed... and I'm kinda in love with it.  Especially since Chris and I have a thing for artichokes.  Dunno why....

After I fell in love with my Artichoke, I found this AWESOME asparagus print on Etsy for $8.00 (...gasp... so pricey!!)
It's actually printed on a dictionary page which I think gives it some awesome depth/texture.  Not to mention we have a dog named Asparagus (Gus for short)....
Yea, I know, he's adorable... If I were one of those "Show Dog Mom's" I would totally pressure him to enter the cutest talent contest until he won, or burst into tears... Love that dog.

But back to the frames.

I also made this last night in my burlap frenzy.
Our last name starts with Y (... and ends with a very difficult Italian word which 99.9% of people do not know how to pronounce...) but lucky for us, it's a very pretty letter.

I just printed out a lower case American Typewriter front "y", traced it, used acrylic paint to color it in, and added a period because I'm sassy like that.

Apparently tracing letters and coloring them in makes me really proud of myself since I sent this to both Chris (he was out of town at the time) and my mom bragging about my talents and how I'm debating quitting my job to trace letters full time... both advised NOT to quit my day job.

What about you guys? Decorating yet? Easter? Jumping right over St. Patty's day? Giving up anything more difficult than Fried Food for Lent? (good luck)