Magpie Ethel

Spring Etsy

There is a shortage of holidays between Easter and the Fourth of July, and this gives me time to do some fun crafting.  I've got birthday themed, spun head cooks, cats and lots of spring creations heading to Etsy on May 4th, 5:30 p.m. (pacific time)

That birthday song was going through my head as I crafted this group.
I have lots of bingo birthday girls (although they just wear a hat, so can be for any celebration)

Who doesn't love cherries and strawberries?
Hope to see you on Etsy on the 4th!

Easter...Magpie Ethel Style

I still go all out for holiday decorating despite having no kids living at home anymore.  I enjoy getting out all my vintage decorations and it is fun to see neighbors slow down and peek in as they walk by.  Easter is in full swing of course.

This is my front window.  For the past few years I have displayed my old headboard from a crib.  That bunny just sets the mood for the craziness that is inside.  It is surrounded by my vintage honeycomb eggs.

Picture heavy post.  I have LOTS of Easter.  My mantel holds my collection of spun head bunnies.  

My coffee table holds my collection of metal Easter baskets and cotton chicks (with wire feet...I have a quirk about only collecting those with wire feet)

I switched out the lambs this year into this spot.  I added my Easter baskets full of vintage packages of Easter grass and my sweet little pixie bunnies.



A few ceramic bunnies.
A collection of well loved stuffed bunnies.

A pair of the sweetest stuffed bunnies with great rubber faces.  The one on the right is new to me this year.  Ive been collecting these old cottage cheese containers for years.  They came with Easter graphics on the sides and directions to poke holes at the top edge, add a string and make an Easter basket.   There are a huge variety of them out there.  I am lucky with those that I have found. 

I've got a thing for vintage Easter nodder candy containers.  I usually end up adding a couple each year. 

Easter egg dying boxes and packets. The graphics are wonderful.

My china hutch is always grand central for holiday decor.  Old candy boxes and vintage bunnies decorate the top. Inside the hutch live an assortment of old chicks.

So many chicks and ducks in assorted sizes and designs.



Bunnies live above my window on a skinny ledge.

Vintage hat shaped candy boxes work really well for stands for my collection of old Easter candles.

I hate to play favorites, but I REALLY love all these bunnies clustered together in my kitchen nook.  Its a tiny area, but those bunnies are crammed in (in an orderly fashion)
I just got the little green and yellow bunny with the baby carriage last weekend.  



So many Easter treasures.  I really love this holiday. 

Happy Easter. I'm hoping for some jelly bean snacking.