Easter Decorating & Crafting 2026 ~ Part One ~

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Some jugs of dahlias & zinnias picked last week before Cyclone Vaianu hit the garden with winds & rain.

 

Easter came & went for another year.  My Easter decorations have now been packed away - a job that normally takes me half a day took longer this year as I appeared to be having "issues" with one of my storage bins  😖!!

I thought I'd share a few Easter decorating photos - very similar to previous years.

~  Kitchen  ~

~  Dining Room  ~

Primitive Rabbits made * here * & * here *

~  Corners of my Lounge  ~

I've tried to insert a short video here of my lounge mantle but blogger won't load it so if you click * Here * on my Instagram post, you may be able to view the video hopefully. 

~  Lounge  ~

On Good Friday we had a brief visit from my step grandaughters as they travelled south & I was able to give them their Easter bags.  Our neighbor spent a few days burning the large heap of trees that he had removed in * this post *.  It was perfect bonfire weather. 

On Easter Sunday I baked all day as I planned a trip down to visit Alec my eldest Grandson & family.  I baked Banana bread, Rice bubble crisp & (more) chocolate cupcakes with choccy eggs on top. 

 I couldn't wait to get my feet in Lake Taupo again.  We had a picnic lunch down at the Lake & then in the afternoon my daughter in law & I went for a 20 minute hike to a secluded Bay.  

    

I'm pretty sure * this * was the track we walked - to Whangamata Bay.  

Such a wonderful secluded spot with a stream running down the hills & into the Lake - Sarah said she often hikes down here & brings her book to read or swims.  

~  Easter Crafting  ~

On Good Friday afternoon I pulled this old wooden box out of the woodshed where it was buried under a plethora of rubbish other items.  I scrubbed it & then painted it using first some leftover white paint to really cover the wood & then chalk-paint in the colour Old Linen.  This was very much about using up what I had on hand.  It took 3 coats all up to get a good coverage.

I'd purchased this wooden embellishment on our recent trip to Paint me Vintage so I glued it to the Lid & once dry, painted it the same colour.  

I still had some transfers left over from when I revamped this drop leafed table so I added these to the lid & front of the box.  Then I lightly sanded the edges & gave it a good wax.  

Now it was time to tackle the inside.  I should have photographed it when I first opened it - it was a sorry sight indeed.  I vacuumed it out & then scrubbed it & left to dry.  I only painted the edges of the lid & the sides of the base as I planned to use up some left over wallpaper for the rest.  

I had just enough of this gorgeous Cath Kidston wallpaper left to do the insides.  I'm really pleased with how it's turned out & I'm sure it won't take me too long to find something to fill it up 😉 as it's a good big size.

Thank you so much for staying through this lengthy post dear friends,

I shall be back soon with Part two as I felt this was long enough for today.

Wishing you all a wonderful rest-of-the-week,

With much love & friendship to you all,