Spring and Easter Decor: Jeweled Wood Carrots

 

I mentioned in my "Peep My Eggs" post that I also had some wood carrots I picked up at Dollar Tree last year that I'd be playing with. Here they are! 

Wood Carrot Cutouts

• Green and Orange Acrylic Paints
• Mod Podge
• Self-adhesive Gemstones
• Faux Greenery
• Jute Twine

I grabbed some green paints from my stash in English Ivy and Kelly Green and painted the tops. 

Here's the Enlish Ivy coat.

Then I dry brused over the English Ivy with the Kelly Green to give it a bit of variegation.

I traced around the carrot shapes and cut out the tops from a sheet of orange ombre scrapbooking paper from the Bright Ombres stack from Michaels in my paper stash. 

Squirted some matte Mod Podge on my carrots, then applied the scrapbook paper. 

As with my eggs, I used my Cricut Mini to get a good seal on my paper and then went around the edges with a sanding thingy. 

I forget where I found this leafy bush, but wherever I did, I thought the stems worked as carrot tops. I pilled a few of them off, and hot-glued them to the carrot tops. 

Then I grabbed some jute twine and wrapped it several times around the top of the carrot and the carrot top, hot gluing it down. I also made a bow from the twine and glued that down as shown.

I grabbed some orange paint (Waverly Multi-Surface) and lightly went around the exposed wood sides of the carrots. 

If you've been to my blog before, you know I'm a "it don't mean a thing if it don't have that bling" person, so I grabbed some irregular shaped self-adhesive rhinestones (Dollar Tree) and place them atop the carrots. 

Voila!

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Spring and Easter Decor: Peep My Eggs

 

Hey look...I made something! I picked up these thick wood eggs last year at Dollar Tree and never got around to using them, so I broke them out this year to play with. I don't know if any of the stores have them again this year. I also picked up some carrots I'll play with this week.

Supplies:

• Large Wood Egg Shapes
• Scrapbook Papers
• Peeps Candy Containers
• Mod Podge Matte
• Assorted Self-Adhesive Gems

I chose some yellow ombre paper from my stash, traced the egg shape, then cut out. 

I went around the edges of the egg shapes with Waverly Multi-Surface Paint in Maize. 

I applied the paper cutout to the egg shape using Matte Mod Podge, then used my Cricut Mini Press to ensure good adhesion. 

These rainbow strips, I cut from a sheet of paper from the "Candy Brights" paper stack from Michaels. Applied with Mod Podge, then trimmed the edges with scissors. 

To finish, I sanded the edges with this "sander thingy" I picked up at DT, then sealed it all with one more coat of Mod Podge. 

I found these Peeps candy holders at Dollar Tree this year and, of course, now wish I'd bought another set! I also found this sheet of multicolored gemstones. I glued one to each of my prepared eggs, then added some gemstones and VOILA!

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Spring and Easter: Straw Carrot Raised Bed Boxes

 

Whenever Mr. Chocolate asks me "How did you think of THAT?" the answer is always the same: No clue. 

Just what my brain does. I found these straw carrots at Walmart the day after Valentine's when they were doing their switchout from Valentine's to Easter. I sometimes wish I was a pushier person because they were unboxing some cute bunny cloches but I didn't want to be that person so I figured "Oh I'll come back". WRONG. Anyhoo...

Back to the carrots. 

Supplies:

• Straw Carrots (Walmart)
• Wood Boxes (Dollar Tree)
• Floral Foam (Dollar Tree)
• Acrylic Paint (White)
• Ribbon and Paper Roses
• Moss Bunnies (Dollar Tree)
• Bamboo Skewers

To the stash closet Batgirl! I knew I had some paper roses and ribbon that would go perfectly with the idea that came from nowhere. Likewise, the wood boxes I knew I'd use for something that I'd picked up from the Dollar Tree. 

I have a bunch of those wood cubes from DT so I glued them to the bottom of each box. I then painted each box with one coat of white acrylic paint. I was going for a subtle contrast with the wood and left the cube "legs" bare. 

Once the boxes were painted I grabbed my ribbon and used hot glue and tacky glue to attach.

Then I trimmed the stems from the roses and attached with hot glue. 

Next, I cut the floral foam to fit and placed inside the boxes. I didn't glue these in so I can deconstruct or re-use if needed. 

I grabbed some bamboo skewers from the kitchen because why are they even there?! and inserted them into the bottom of the carrots, cracking myself up mimicking Arya from "Game of Thrones" saying "Stick 'em with the pointy end" but I digress. I then trimmed the skewers to size and stuck them into the foam. 

I had some moss left over from something which I used to cover the foam. 

To finish, I added a couple of moss bunnies from my stash. 

They're being guarded by the Greek Wrestler Chicks. 

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Spring and Easter: Black White and Gold Chickies

 

I mentioned in my Bunny Candy Holder to Ornament post that I also bought some Chick Candy Holders at Dollar Tree. I thought I was going to make these into ornaments too but I decided they were cuter free standing or placed in a basket. Mr. Chocolate thinks they look like ancient Greek Olympic wrestlers! 

Supplies

• Chick Egg Candy Holders (Dollar Tree)
• White No Prep Paint (Waverly)
• Gold Acrylic Paint (Craft Smart)
• Gold and Black Baker's Twine

Like the bunny version, they're cute as is. But we're Makers right? Does anything remain as is?!

Same process as the bunnies, I used a sponge spouncer to apply white Waverly no prep paint all over. 

Again, I didn't glue the two halves together since I knew I'd be wrapping something around them that would hold them. Yes, the eyes disappear but we'll take care of that!

I grabbed some black self adhesive rhinestones from my stash and added a drop of glue for extra stick. I used a small detail paint brush to paint the wings and feet gold. This took a couple of coats to cover the orange. It's also odd to me that Waverly makes a silver but I've been unable to find that they make a gold. 

I had this black and gold baker's twine in my stash that I thought worked well with these, picking up the god accents and the black eyes. I dabbed one end with glue to keep the fraying to a minimum, then wrapped as shown and did the same with the second end. 

For now, they're sitting on my entryway table until I finish my decorating and they may just stay where they are. Or not! 

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