Happy Easter!

Wishing you all a Happy Easter from Squaw Valley! 

Enjoy time with your family and friends!

~An Easter To Remember and Simple & Sweet Fridays #212~

Easter

 is a wonderful holiday to have family and friends over!

Celebrate traditions that we all grew up with.

My mother and father loved having the whole family come home.

I have 6 brothers and sisters and the family grew to 

12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren.

My mother and dad would have loved celebrating with the kids.

I wanted to share with you photos of the cookies

 I made this year and our Easter table setting. 

Our family would love to wish you and

your families 

~A Happy Easter~

I used my mother's tablecloth for our Easter celebration this year!

I decided to have purple and yellow as the main color scheme.

I found this vintage candelabra for our centerpiece.

Love the purple dried hydrangeas!

  Cute little baskets to hold some goodies for Easter

at Michaels Craft Store.

I made sugar cookies then added fondant on top.

Added icing color gel and painted them.

I got the idea from La Table De Nana.

She is so creative!!

A pretty Easter bunny candle from my friend, Jackie!

Wishing you all a very 

Happy Easter!

Thank you all for joining Simple & Sweet Fridays every week and sharing your fantastic ideas and beautiful homes! I wish I could thank each and everyone of you, please know you have inspired us all!!

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~Easter at Roger's Garden~

Stan and I took a road trip to Roger's Garden

in Corona del Mar.

I wanted to share photos of all the beautiful Easter 

decorations they had.

If you're ever in Corona del Mar, 

you have to stop by Roger's Garden! 

2301 San Joaquin Hills Rd. | Corona del Mar, CA 92625 | 949.640.5800 
Open Daily 9 AM - 6 PM 
Roger's Gardens is dog friendly. 

~Baking Pretty Madeleines & Homemade Burlap Bulbs and Simple & Sweet Fridays #160~

I always love baking during Easter.

Madeleines are so pretty and just the perfect small dessert.

Even the mini madeleines are a bite of Heaven!

I just bought some new copper measuring cups, love them!

When you take the madeleines out of the oven and line them all up,

they make such a pretty photo!!

With fresh small roses make a beautiful centerpiece.

I have been wanting to make burlap bulbs.

I kept thinking about making them for a Spring vignette.

I took different colored burlap, pine cones and jute.

I used some fabric stiffening spray to hold them together.

I cut out pieces of linen and sewed them,

 to make them look like a leaf coming out.

Painted them with watercolors.

Painted some dark brown around the bottom.

 I glued string to make it look like roots.

You can really see the roots when you place it in a glass jar.

It was a fun project and makes a flower vignette outside.

No water needed too!!

I also wanted to make some popovers 

using fresh thyme from the garden.

I found a Martha Stewart recipe for Gruyere Thyme Popovers.

Loved using fresh thyme.

They were Delicious!

I made a special birthday card for a friend 

and wrapped the present with some fresh flowers.

A special touch with something from the garden.

I wanted to share with you the birds in our garden today.

New mama dove in our Stag Horn Fern.

A new mother hummer on the grape lights

 and of course,

 our chickens finding new spots in the garden.

An Easter bunny playing in the garden.

Always love seeing her.

Such a nice surprise.

 Can't wait to see what everyone has been working on!!

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