Mum's 93rd Birthday ........ & Some Easter Makes

Greetings lovely friends & readers

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter - it felt like it went by in the blink of an eye.

Just before my last post I returned from a week down at my Mum's.  During this visit Mum celebrated her 93rd birthday.  She didn't wish to have a "celebration" as such, but my two sons & their families had arranged to all travel down & surprise her 

I really love this photo of Mum with my eldest grandson Alec ... they look like they have been up to some sort of mischief together 😉

Mum with her two great-grandsons, Sid & Alec.

Mum with my eldest son Aaron & his wife Sarah - (Alec's parents)

Mum with my youngest son Kayne & his wife Nicole - (Sid's parents)

We had a delicious finger-food lunch (catered for by yours-truly) followed by a sweet course.  My brother & his wife came as well so there were 10 of us around Mums kitchen table & we only just fit.

I made Mum a chocolate mud cake & she got to blow out 3 candles for "yesterday, today & tomorrow".  It was such a lovely day & nice to all get together again after so long.

My lovely friend Jane & I did a labour swap last year.   I sewed a Tilda Cat for her & in exchange Jane cross stitched this sweet Rabbit design for me.  This is a free download from Whilst Iris Naps website.

 I left the colour choices up to Jane & I absolutely LoVe what she chose to stitch it up in.

Just prior to Easter I decided to sew it up into a simple small size cushion which I filled with crushed walnut shells to make it sit up nicely on my table.  I finished it off by hand-stitching this fluffy yarn around the outer edge.  

This Bunnie pattern was purchased about 3 years ago now from The Makers Studio .   Once again I came across it & decided to sew a couple up.  I found the lovely piece of pale green linen - an Opshop purchase which looked like someone had started a cut-work piece & never completed it.   (I always pick up linen when I see it in the Op-shops)

I made both sizes, one in cream linen & the other in the pale green.  I used Tilda scraps for their ears & embellishments.

I added fine florist wire inside their ears to make them stand up a bit more

Such a sweet design & fun to stitch up.  It will be hard to pack them away after Easter I think.

The silver tray above left, was a $3 Op-shop purchase on one of my recent trips to Mums. I needed something about this size & shape for a "carrot bundle" I was making.  Over Easter I gave it a couple of coats of pale grey chalk paint.

I'd seen an image of this Carrot bundle on Pinterest & it had stayed in my head (!!!) 😉.  I sewed them up using scraps of fabrics - the carrot tops are just Jute String unraveled ... it gets this wavy curly effect.   My Primitive Carrot bundle just fits perfectly on the newly painted tray.

Likewise for this frame - yes, another 50 cent Opshop find.  I took the backing off, painted it the same grey as the tray & then hot-glued this birdnest, bird & real branches off my Plum Tree to the frame.  Another idea from the myriad of ones that float around inside my head !!!

My only purchase this Easter was the sweet little felted rabbit in the purple jumper - I adored him 💜

Instead of decorating my Coffee Table for Easter this year, I decided to decorate my Lounge Mantle.  This is mainly because of the 4-legged furry friends that Sit amongst my decorations !! I thought (hoped) the mantle was too high for them to get up 😉

I just used all Easter decorations from previous years & the Peter Rabbit bunting was purchased from Spotlight.  

The grouping of calico rabbits I sat in the chamber pot which I purchased in * this post * ... & sat this on the plant stand which I revamped in * this post *

Well done & Thank You if you've stayed to the end dear friends,

Its been another looonnng post,

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

Remember to be kind to yourselves & to each other,

With much love & friendship to you all,

Julie & the furry ones x0x0x