4 Fun Ways To Display Your Easter Eggs!

The other day I thought...

It's a shame to spend so much time dying eggs when they end up going straight to the fridge until they are ready to place in an Easter basket.

So, I played around with some of my random dishware and found a few fun ways to display my freshly dyed Easter eggs...

A few days ago we were able to dye our Easter eggs and it was so much fun! With all that has been going on lately, I didn't have time to do anything extravagant like I did last year with the Onion and Tie Dyed eggs.

So, we went the old fashioned route and bought the plain old box dye from the grocery store. I think they still turned out pretty nice! I used a white crayon to make the designs on the eggs before dying them.

Wake-Up Casserole

Wake-Up Casserole is a great recipe for breakfast or brunch and would be perfect to make this Easter Sunday!

It's easy to make, pairs well with any other breakfast foods, and feeds large groups.

It's also one that little hands can help with because it only requires a few basic ingredients...

View the recipe and tutorial below!

What are some of your favorite Easter brunch foods? 

Chevron Potato Stamp Art

So, I have this wall in my living room that has been looking a little lonesome and awkward. Mostly because I have all of these awesome vintage frames from thrift stores hung on the wall... but most of them don't actually have any art/pictures in them.

A few weeks ago, and right before having baby #2 I decided it was about time to start filling the empty frames with a little homemade art. I have seen so many fun chevron inspired wall prints all over Pintrest and really wanted to do something similar.

I really didn't want to buy any art and I didn't want to have to run to the store for DIY supplies either. After spending a little time brainstorming, I remembered making 'art' out of cut up fruit and veggie stamps when I was a kid, and then realized that I could make my own "potato" chevron stamp!

The wall has made a little progress since, but as you can see it still needs a little help.

Click below to get my tutorial, it's super easy and tons of fun!

A Minted Giveaway!

Have you thought about sending out personalized cards or even egg hunt invites this Easter?

Minted has a beautiful selection of Easter cards and even Easter related birth announcements that are absolutely adorable! 

Lucky for you, they have kindly offered to do a giveaway for 25 free cards!

For those of you who have never heard of Minted, it is one of my favorite online card and stationary stores that offers stunning designs for a variety of occasions!

Here's how to enter...

Visit Minted, and choose your favorite card from their Easter collection. Then, simply come back here, leave a comment below, and let me know which card you chose!

*For en extra entry, you can blog about this giveaway or share it on Facebook (make sure to include a link back here :)

The giveaway will close This FRIDAY - the 30th ! So, hurry and enter!

An Update

I can't believe it's already been over a week since Charlotte was born! It was a tough first week especially without family here, but I have some great friends that have been so very helpful and have made the adjustment so much easier.

The toughest part about last week was our first trip to the Dr. office to check on baby's weight and overall health conditions. The first thing my doctor said to me as I past her in the hallway was..."uh-oh, she is looking yellow." Then after weighing Charlotte, she informed me that she had lost too much weight (about 1lb) and I needed to start supplementing with formula. She said if her weight wasn't up in 2 days she would have her admitted into the hospital.

The words "You need to start supplementing with formula" was something I have been dreading through the whole pregnancy.

With my first child, I had wanted to nurse exclusively but found that right from the start, I wasn't producing enough milk to do so. In an attempt to increase my milk supply I would first nurse my baby, then rig-up this unpleasant SNS tubing system, followed by about 15-20min. of pumping. Each feeding would take 1-1/2 to 2 hours...the whole thing was incredibly exhausting and I'm sad to say nothing worked.

So, you can imagine my frustration when I began to re-live my last experience. Following the Dr. visit I spent the rest of the day with the "Baby Blues," (I had really hoped that my body would respond differently this time around and that I would be able to nurse like a normal mother).  After meeting with a lactation counselor and spending A LOT of time weighing my options... I have decided to just deal with what I have been given and not stress over it too much. I am just going to nurse my baby whatever I can and supplement when needed.

Other then that, things have been going very well! Baby Charlotte still spends a lot of time sleeping, and Nolan (my 2 yr old) has been adapting much better then expected.

I am planning on posting a great DIY project this week (since my mom is now here to help out) hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!