Easter Bunnies

Peace to you this day.

Let's do Easter bunnies!

Here is a bunny basket from the toymaker.

She has wonderful, wonderful paper toys you can print out and put together.

Free!

To help support her website, you can donate through PayPal,

which I would heartily recommend.

http://www.thetoymaker.com/Toypages/10Bunnybasket/10bunnybasket.html



Here is another Easter Bunny project from the toymaker:

http://www.thetoymaker.com/Toypages/22Bunnypopup/22BUNNYPOPUP.html

This bunny seems to prefer balloons over eggs:

Okay, I have to add the puppy to make the "few" make sense:

You can always color puppy like an Easter Egg!

Here is a super cute Bunny Basket by my favorite Craft Book author,

Sandra Lounsbury Foose.

This design looks so cute when you cut several from pastel colored cardstock.
You can decorate the bunnies with little flower stickers by the ears if you want.
Perfect for one special egg!

I think this is the book that has the bunny basket pattern in it:

http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Super-Paper-Projects-Twist/dp/0809228645/ref=wl_mb_hu_c_44_dp

She also has some adorable marshmallow peep bunny cards in:

http://www.amazon.com/Paper-All-Seasons-Projects-Presents/dp/0823038920/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Here are some more Bunny paperdolls:

 "Little Bunny FooFoo, hopping through the meadow,

picking up the field mice..."



and one last Easter bunny for today:

You really do need to color Easter Eggs this year....

:0)

inkspired

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dominoes@myinkspired.com

Bunnies Hop Hop Hop

Here's a Bunny-rrific kind of day!

Peter Rabbit Barbie celebrating Peter's 100th birthday.

illustration by Beatrix Potter

"Winston Churchill is always expecting rabbits to come out of an empty hat."

- Evelyn Waugh, writer

Here is a wonderful little paper doll bunny I found at OrigamiBears:

see more at OrigamiBears. See side bar.

Bunny slippers remind me of who I am.

You can’t get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers.

You can’t lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady

if you keep on wearing bunny slippers.

Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they’re so jaunty.

They make a statement; they say

‘Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can’t be silly and frivolous.’

If I died and found myself in Hell, I could endure the place

If I had bunny slippers.”

Dean Koontz, horror writer

for sale by cul8rg8er on etsy

Here is another fabulous design from Sandra Lounsbury Foose. It is designed to be made from felt, with a little embroidery on the front.

This joke is so old, I have no idea who originated it!

What do you call ten rabbits marching backwards?

vintage Nestle Quik mug for sale by Vintage4U, etsy

A receding hareline!

(har har har!)

 

Here is a sweet Spring coloring page for you, thanks to Dover:

Dover Publications

Here are 2 goofy bunnies, made from recycled bottlecaps and rubber stamps:

(I'm sorry, but I have misplaced the rubberstamp company that designed these).



Well, time to wrap up.

I think we should all go out and purchase some bunny slippers now,

especially for our loved ones!

inkspired

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

dominoes@myinkspired.com

http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/

Spring vintage clip, mazes and a Sandra L. Foose bunny project

What a beautiful day!

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open."

~ Jawaharlal Nehru

This is an illustration from "The Turned-Into's"

vintage book, 1930's

Here is the little poem that goes with it:

Let's have some rainy day activities, and do some exploring!

Sandra Lounsbury Foose is my all time most favorite designer and craft book author. I have every one of her books, and use them frequently. Although a book may be geared for a fabric toy, for example, her designs are so well done that I have adapted many to fit my craft of the moment. Perhaps into a paper card. Or I use the pattern and make a bulletin board decoration instead.
She even has a few books dedicated just for paper - Super Simple Paper is one of them.  Another is Super Simple Greeting Cards.
Here are some Amazon listings that can get you started on your road to a fantastic new scrap-saving adventure:

PAPER:

http://www.amazon.com/Paper-All-Seasons-Projects-Presents/dp/0823038920/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301152927&sr=1-1-spell

http://www.amazon.com/Simply-Super-Paper-Projects-Twist/dp/0809228645/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1301152852&sr=1-5

http://www.amazon.com/Card-Shop-Dazzling-Collection-Greetings/dp/0809225417/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_11

Here are a couple of titles that are Scrap Savers:

http://www.amazon.com/Scrap-Savers-Stitchery-Sandra-Lounsbury/dp/0024966800/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_7

http://www.amazon.com/Scrap-Savers-Hundred-Little-Crafts/dp/0848714199/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_6

Here is a darling bunny basket to make. Very simple, very cute!

I have made this little basket, and changed the ears to fit what I wanted. Using this pattern, I have made them into little kittens, and little bears. I also have made little children ones, each with their own hair style.

Mrs. Foose has another design that are snowmen, with fun black top hats.

What to do with them?

  - jelly bean holders

  - perfect for one special Easter Egg

  - fill with winter mints (snowman)

  - A special place to keep your erasers

  - a barrette holder for little girls

You think of more, and let me know!

dominoes@myinkspired.com

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.

It is already tomorrow in Australia."
~ Charles M. Schulz, creator of 'Peanuts'

"I think that no matter how old or infirm I may become,

 I will always plant a large garden in the spring.
Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy

that one gets from participating in nature's rebirth?"
-   Edward Giobbi

one of my daisy necklaces for sale on etsy

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

c.1918

c.1907

Well, I'm off to meet a friend for brunch, and then we're going to do some errands.

One of my errands is to go pick up a bottle of Modge Podge. Yesterday with my sister I picked up some darling napkins and clear glass items to decoupage on.

I am hopeful that I will be able to take pictures and present my first tutorial with photos soon!

It truly is a beautiful project!

I have to time it, as I hope to teach this at our Village Baptist Church's Women's Retreat, coming up April 30. I need to know if we can do it in the time allowed.

If you're in the area of 128th and Colorado Blvd, Denver, you are welcome to join me April 30!

inkspired

http://www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com/

http://www.inkspired.etsy.com/

dominoes@myinkspired.com