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Easter Basket Favors

April 13, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

In my opinion, holidays are the best excuse to get crafty. I love making little gifts or favors for each and every holiday. With Easter just a few weeks away, I thought I'd share with you this fun idea: Easter Basket Favors. I'm making mine for friends and coworkers, but this is a gift anyone will enjoy and a great project to do with kids! Supplies Needed: • Small party cups or dixie cups (I found mine at the Dollar Store) • Your favorite Easter candy (I chose mini robin's eggs) • Green … [read more...]

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Daffodil Centerpiece

April 11, 2011 By Rachel Leave a Comment

With Spring officially here its time to enjoy my favorite flower, the daffodil! One of my favorite springtime activities is taking walks through my neighborhood in NE Portland and seeing all the flowers start to bloom. I especially love all the pops of yellow, which is what inspired my latest project, creating daffodil centerpieces for my friend Sabrina's wedding! Daffodils are perfect decoration for any kind of springtime event, whether it be a wedding, baby shower, birthday, or Easter. To make … [read more...]

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Simple Gifts: Passover Coins

April 4, 2011 By Jeanne Leave a Comment

As part of Jewish Passover festivities, children ‘steal’ the afikomen (a piece of matzoh), and the adults have to ‘buy’ it back from them with coins or other treasures. Chocolate coins are also a part of Hanukkah when children play dreidel games with coins as the prize. Our family is not Jewish, so our way of distributing the treasures is to hide them in our pockets, and then when we (or the children) arrive, they must search us to find their goodies. Somehow it is always a really nice … [read more...]

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