easter decor

i thought our little apartment needed a little easter cheer. i found on pinterest {surprise, surprise}, some easter egg decor made out of paint chips. they are free to make and super easy, right up my alley! 

husband and i were at lowes picking up some spray paint for our scooter makeover {a post on that to come}, so i picked up some paint chips in various colors to create some easter eggs while we were there.

i drew an egg shape on the back of a paint chip and cut it out. i then used it as a guide to trace the shape onto all the other paint chips. i decided to leave the white line in various shapes on each egg to add a bit of a pattern. 

i couldn't find any clear fishing line to hang these eggs up, but i did have some pink thread that i figured wouldn't get used otherwise to "sew" onto each egg.

i hung them on a bare wall to take some photos, then decided to give them a home up in our kitchen window above the sink. it was the perfect quick project to do, that i won't feel bad taking back down in a week.

more to come soon on our big scooter re-do... it was pink, like pepto bismol pink, and although some people might like pink vehicles, we were not too enthusiastic about cruising around town on a barbie pink scooter. i will give all the juicy details and tips on how to paint a scooter {or anything plastic for that matter} in my next post. 

happy easter week everyone!

some of the first signs of spring outside of our apartment. 

pining to create more of my pins

I recently took down our Christmas decorations (always a sad day). I made a wreath using garland and a hanger to make our door more festive for Christmas and when I took it down I was feeling the door was a bit bare... so I took an idea I got from pinterest and created a year round wreath using burlap. 

I also used a hanger that I shaped into a wreath shape and found a strand of burlap at Michaels. It was nice since I didn't have to cut the burlap or hanger down to size. 

I scrunched up the burlap and strung it on to the hanger until I got a full effect. 

 The burlap wreath would be cute with a red ribbon at Christmas too, or you can switch up the color depending on the mood or season. Now I have two wreaths I can choose from during the holidays and one I can keep up all year!

Have you stopped pressing the "pin this" button long enough to actually create any of your pins? I want to hear about your wonderful creations! This blog post from the wonderful younghouselove blog helped inspire me to get off my lazy arse and actually do, rather than just dream of doing one day, maybe, if I get around to it... Thanks yhl and Bower Power for having a part in my new resurgence to be a doer!