Chocolate Bunnies and Pastel Eggs

You may have noticed that I haven’t been around to visit your blogs this week. If you’ve left me a comment and I haven’t been to visit your blog this week, I apologize. This week has been crazy! I’ve had work and some other important appointments during the day, and then at night I’ve been trying to finish up some projects and get ready for company this weekend. I’ve decided Monday will be my day to do whatever I want – and that includes coming by your blogs! Again, I apologize for my tardiness. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m being stuck up and just not responding, because it hurts my feelings when other bloggers do that to me. I certainly don’t want to be a hypocrite and do it to you!

***I’m looking for some decorating ideas for the towel rack in my bathroom. How do you display your towels? Do you have “don’t touch” towels or do you actually use your towel rack to hang and dry your towels? I have hooks on the back of my door for the towels we use everyday, but I want the towel rack to be more decorative. Did you jazz up your towels in some way? If so, could you take a picture and email it to me? If you have pictures on your blog, please leave the link in the comments. I would appreciate any ideas!***

I think this is the first time in a long time that I’ve actually had my holiday decorations up a few weeks before the actual day. I’m usually racing around the week before the holiday, trying to get everything gussied up. Then the decor inevitably sticks around for a few weeks AFTER the holiday because a) it just went up three days before and b) I’m lazy.

Not this Easter! This year I’m prepared. It’s also the first year I’ve decorated for Easter. I found some cute stuff and though I’d share with you.

I change out my hurricane glasses to fit the holiday. For Christmas, I added cranberries, and for Valentine’s Day, conversation hearts. This is just the filler for Easter baskets. **If you borrow my idea, don’t light your candles. That’s a fire waiting to happen.**

Here’s a little bunny I got from Pier One. He’s hiding in my stainless steel utensil holder, and he’s also kicking it in my table centerpiece. I’ve seen some other bloggers do some cute, cute stuff with these moss bunnies. It would make an adorable topiary!

The miniature vases are from Wal-Mart – three for $2. The birds are from Michael’s.

These cutie patooties are from Pier One. Glittery chicks – you know I was all over that. They’re hanging out on the ledge above my microwave.

I also purchased the chick’s cousin, Mr. Glittery Bunny, from Pier One. Love it! They remind me of Peeps. I stuck them in one of my apothecary jars.

This salt and pepper shaker set, which came in the nest, is from Target. I think it was about $5.00, if I remember correctly. I stuck a little butterfly in, just because. I have no idea if they would actually hang in nest, but who’s trying to be accurate? Not me.

The egg cups and eggs, which are actually candles, are also from Target. I got that cute little sign from Target. It says “And they lived happily ever after.”

I had a fit when I saw these chocolate bunnies popping up in pictures all over blogland. Oh my goodness, they look like the real thing! I found the bunny on the left at Tuesday Morning. It was chipped and they took 10% off because of it. I painted it and you could never tell. The bunnies on the right are from Big Lots, and the one in the middle is from TJ Maxx. Cutest thing ever!

I have no idea what to call these, but I love them. It looks like they are wrapped in painted tin foil. I walked around TJMaxx with the Mister in my cart for ages, and then had to go back for the Missus. It looks like they are courting, does it not?

I actually purchased these aapothecary jars from Sam’s Club a few months ago. They came in a three pack for $30.00. I thought that was a steal! The apothecary jar in the middle holds a bunny and some easter basket grass. The other jars have a little bit of Dollar Store moss, and painted eggs from TJMaxx and Target. The eggs from Target are actually candles.

The bunny is also from TJMaxx – I got her for a steal because her right foot is broken. Girlfriend needs to practice better posture, doesn’t she?

I got this bunny from Michael’s, and he’s sitting on a little moss, surrounded by painted eggs from TJ Maxx and Target.

Remember in Friday’s post, when I said I would be working on an Easter wreath this weekend? Well, here’s the finished project. I hate it. I would have tossed it (total cost: $3.00) but the husband made a special trip to Wal-Mart to get the ribbon for me, so up it went. I think it might get lost in the garage after Easter, though. What a bummer.

Do you decorate for Easter?

Where did you get your decor?