Rabbits, Carrots ......................................... & Teasel Hedgehogs

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Goodness I did not mean to be gone for so long 😉 (again!!)

After the two Primitive Rabbits I made in my last Post to give my Grandsons for Easter, I decided to make one for the biggest kid of all ...... Yes - Yours Truly !!

Once again I had an oddment from an old candlewick bedspread.  When I got the name tags made for my Grandsons I also got one made for the actual name of the Rabbit Pattern  - "Wesberry Wabbit"
 

Of course I had to give her a Tilda scarf 💜

She is displayed on my old Telephone Table amongst a few Easter decorations & I love looking at her sweet little face.

I think it was on Pinterest that I first saw the idea of taking apart wooden clothes pegs & then gluing them back to back to make into carrots.  I thought the sizing of these would be perfect to go with my little Tilda Rabbits - A free download from Here (scroll nearly down to the bottom of the page)

However - I didn't want bright orange carrots - I wanted more of a salmon pinky colour.  I mixed together some yellow, pink & dark red paints until I was happy with the colour & then painted my carrots.  I used some Dark Green Perle thread for their carrot tops which I hot glued on.

They are just the right size (& colour) to accompany the Tilda Rabbits I am making 💗

I wanted a jug to keep my Easter Egg Picks in ... the one I used last year was pretty but it got broken.  I saw a lovely pastel one Online with flowers on it, but the price tag was $40 plus $9 freight.  $49 for a Jug .... I don't think so 😕.  I saw the green one above left in Hospice for $3 .... perfect size - wrong colour  ... I painted it with my pale duck egg chalk paint then sanded it ever so lightly.  

I applied some oddments of transfers that I had left over & scuffed the edges of my Jug just slightly before waxing it.

Seriously dear friends ... you do Not need to spend alot of money to get what you are after ... just try thinking 

outside the square sometimes.

The second hand Bookstore in my local village of Kihikihi has a large cart out front with Free Books written on it.  It is full of hard cover & paperback books & they are All Free !!    I came away with an armload last week as I was more than happy to help her disperse with some books 😉.  I removed the dust covers, hot glued 3 of  them together, & then chalk painted them.    I downloaded the Hare Picture free from The Graphics Fairy onto plain photocopy paper 

I modpodged the picture onto the books & then cut through each gap individually ... before tying with some twine & faux greenery. I thought it made a very cute Easter display with my mossy rabbit on top. 

(I also distress inked the edges of the books to give a time worn look)

There is a really great tutorial here on Julies designs & signs YouTube channel where I got my inspiration for the book bundles. 

It is well worth a watch as she explains the whole process very clearly.

Before I sign off dear friends I have had a few emails & comments left lately requesting the pattern for my Teasel Hedgehogs. Unfortunately when you come through as a no-reply-blogger I am unable to contact you to pass it on - so I will insert the instruction sheet here for you to copy off & also if anyone is wanting pictures of the Teasel Hedgehogs then go to this post Here from 2017 ... & there are lots of photos from the class I taught. 

                                          Have a lovely rest of the week dear friends

Remember to be kind to yourselves & to each other,

With much love & friendship to You All,

Julie & the furry ones x0x0x