Lamb, Daffodil & Easter

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“I have seen the Lady April bringing

the daffodils,

Bringing the springing grass and the

soft warm April rain.”

-John Masefield

Posted on Pinterest from the Daily Mail

I found this adorable lamb and daffodil photo,

and knew what I had to post today.

Lambs

&

Daffodils

 Vintage greeting card

What could be more Springtime-y?

Vintage graphics posted by

Bumblebutton.blogspot.com

‘...Come and let us seek together

Springtime lore of daffodils,

Giving to the golden weather

Greeting on the sun-warm hills.’

-Lucy Maud Montgomery

‘Tahiti’ double Narcissus posted by Colorblends.com, Pinterest

What are some things that we see

and immediately think of -

Spring!

Easter!

 Vintage Easter graphics by Vintageholidays.tumblr.com

For me, that would be

Lambs

Daffodils

and Decorated Eggs.

Vintage graphics
Posted by amybarickman.com

But not necessarily in that order!

Vintage Easter card, happyholidays.ca

...and really, you have to throw in a few

Ducklings

Chicks

and Bunnies!

Painted rock, homahomi.14mag.co

Unknown artist

Enhanced with my photo apps,

By Unknown photographer and inkspired

My daffodils are blooming now! 

Vintage Easter card, gallery.ru

And Now It’s Spring
By Lhtheaker

“The grass is green across the hill,
But yellow blooms the daffodil.
It’s sunshine on a little stalk,
A friendly flower, I bet they talk...

Of little kids, too long inside
They burst outdoors to play and hide.
Tracking mud and bringing bugs.
Look, there’s footprints on the rug!...
....”

1929 magazine cover art by Jessie Wilcox Smith

Just the Right Shoe, Raine Willets

Isabel Florrie Saul, British artist, born 1895



Let’s find a fun Springtime craft!

If you crochet...these are quite pretty:

There are many free patterns on Pinterest,
Or some you pay for like those above.

These below are free, offered by
Your Crochet

Don’t crochet? That’s okay!

How about these lovely beaded daffodils?

By Lauren Harpster, vk.com

Still not your style?

How about paper flowers!

 Made from upcycled egg cartons!
AllFreeKidsCrafts, Pinterest

You can find a similar pattern at
eHow.com

3 D pop up daffodil card

By Red Ted Art

 Still not your thing?

Then get out your printer, and scissors!

joan walsh anglund Easter fun page

joan walsh anglund paper doll page

Isn’t she cute?
I have followed Ms. Anglund’s art since school years.

Tip:
Print the pages out. 
Trim roughly around the paper dolls.
Glue them to the opened up inside of a 
cereal cardboard box.
Then cut out!
This is especially great for base paper dolls.
Use regular printer paper for the outfits.

Here is one last daffodil for you -

A 1913 postcard, posted on Pinterest by Coco K

Have a dilly-dally
Daffodilly kind of day!

‘Til next time,
inkspired

Truth of the day:
Usually experienced before 10am or coffee.
Do not attempt to play with the dog.
Do not attempt to throw a toy in the house.
It frustrates and startles the dog,
the loud crashing noise of vases and trinkets
will only irritate your significant other,
and then you have a sharp mess to deal with.
(Suggest you wait on clean-up until
After 10am, and or coffee.)

Easter chicks galore!

Hi!
First of all, don't you just love the word 'galore'? We just don't use it enough.
So, today we will have paper dolls 'galore', chick coloring pages 'galore', and darling chick photos and vintage clip 'galore'!

Since I know you have that big ol' box of crayons out from yesterday, here is a fun Easter Chick coloring page for you!

and another:

Here is a rubber stamped card from Peddler's Pack:

Okay, okay, I know these wonderful eggs will not become cute little chicks,
but the card was so pretty I had to add it!

So, here are some more chicks:

and another vintage postcard:

“Our theories of the eternal

are as valuable as are those

of a chick which has not broken

its way through its shell

might form of the outside world.”

 - Budha

Here is a fun little paperdoll by Lucinda Darbin, courtesy of OrigamiBears.

Be sure and make some extra outfits!



And we can't leave out Betsy McCall, now can we?

"We can see a thousand miracles around us every day.

What is more supernatural than an egg yolk

Turning into a chicken?”

- S. Parkes Cadman

Here is a tip for making your own Easter egg stands:

Cut a toilet paper cardboard core into 1 inch cylinders.

Have fun decorating with stickers, scraps of fancy paper, lace and ribbons!

Now, how easy is that?

Here is a darling little cupcake recipe from McCormick's seasonings:

Chick Cupcakes

Hatch a batch of these cupcakes this Easter with your little kitchen helpers.

Makes 12 (1 cupcake) servings.

Prep Time: 30 minutes

1 container (16 ounces) vanilla frosting

McCormick® Assorted Food Colors and Egg Dye

2 cups flaked coconut

12 unfrosted cupcakes

12 plain donut holes

12 pieces candy corn or 6 orange jelly beans, halved lengthwise

Miniature semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Tint frosting yellow, using 18 drops yellow food color. Place coconut in resealable plastic bag. Add 12 drops yellow food color to coconut in bag; shake until coconut is evenly tinted.

2. Spread top of each cupcake with tinted frosting. Press opposite sides of each cupcake into tinted coconut. Spread donut holes with remaining frosting. Press a donut hole into top of each cupcake to form the chick’s head.

3. Press coconut on top of the head for feathers. Insert a candy corn or jelly bean half into the face for the beak. Use the chocolate chips for the eyes.

Test Kitchen Tip: For ease in frosting donut holes, first insert small wooden skewer into donut. Use skewer as a handle when frosting donut. Invert frosted donut onto cupcake then remove skewer.

Copyright © 2008 McCormick & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. | www.mccormick.com

And for a final too cute end:

Hope today's blog has made you smile at least twice!

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Having a daffodil dazy day!

Merry April Fool's Day!

Today I am in a Daffodil Daze.

My first daffodils have bloomed, and they make everything look soooo cheerful!

I also have one giant grape hiacynth. No more, never has been. I have no idea where this lovely came from but I sure do like it!



“If you've never been thrilled

to the very edges of your soul

by a flower in spring bloom,

maybe your soul has never

been in bloom.”

~Terri Guillemets

Daffodil crochet afghan:

MaggiesCrochet.com

1-888-454-2101

from 40 Free Patterns

I apologize that the picture is not better. It's what came with it.



38. Daffodil Afghan # 2

Size: 46” x 66”

Materials: Worsted Weight Yarn; Lt Yellow (Y) 24 oz, Gold (G) 22 oz, and White (W) 16 oz

Gauge: Square Motif = 4 ¾”

Crochet Hook: I-9 (5.5 mm) or size needed to obtain gauge.

Diamond Motif: (Make 32)

Rnd 1 (right side): With W, ch 1 (center ch), ch 4, (dc, ch 1) 7 times in center ch; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.  (8 dc)

DO NOT TURN EACH RND.

Rnd 2: Sl st in next ch-1 sp, ch 4, * (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 3, dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, (dc, ch 1, tr, ch 3, tr, ch 1, dc) in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in next ch-1 sp, rep from * around; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.  (20 sts)  Finish off.

Rnd 3: With Right Side Facing, join G in any ch-3 sp between 2 tr, ch 3,  (dc, tr, ch 2, tr, 2 dc) in same sp as joining, *2 dc in each of next 4 ch-1 sps, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp, 2 dc in each of next 4 ch-1 sps, (2 dc, tr, ch 2, tr, 2 dc) in next ch-3 sp, rep from * around; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-3.  (54 sts)  Finish off.

Flower Motif: (Make 45)

With Y, ch 12, sl st in first ch to form ring.

First Petal: 

Row 1: Ch 2, hdc in same st as joining, 2 hdc in next st. (4 hdc) Ch 2, turn eaCH row.

Row 2: Increasing at beg and end of row hdc across. (6 hdc)

Row 3: Rep Row 2.  (8 hdc)

Row 4: Decreasing at beg and end of row, hdc across.  (6 hdc)

Row 5: Rep Row 4.  (4 hdc)

Row 6: Rep Row 4.  (2 hdc)  Ch 1, turn.

Sl st along side of petal back to starting ch.  Sl st in same ch as last of Row 1 of Petal.

Next Petals:

Row 1: Sl st in next ch of starting ch, ch 2, hdc in same ch, 2 hdc in next ch.  Ch 2, turn eaCH row.

Rep Rows 2-6 of first petal.

When 6th petal is complete, work the following rnd:

Rnd 1: Sl st along side of rows 6 and 5 of petal, * ch 3, sl st in side of 5th row of next petal, working behind petal, ch 4, sl st opposite end of row 5, rep from * around, ch 4, sl st in same sp as joining.  Finish off.

Flower Center:

With Right Side Facing, join Y in any unused lp of beg ch-12. 

Rnd 1: Working in unused lps of beg ch-12, ch 2, (2 hdc in next ch, hdc in next ch) around; join with sl st in 2^nd ch of beg ch-2. 

(18 hdc)  Ch 2, do not turn. 

Rnd 2: Ch 2, hdc in each st around.  Join.  (18 hdc)  Finish off Y.

Rnd 3: With Right Side Facing, join G in any st, ch 1, sc in same st, * (sc, ch 3, sc) in next st, sc in next st, rep from * around; join with sl st in first sc.  (27 sc) Finish off leaving long end.

Next Rnds:

Rnd 2: Join W in any ch-4 sp of Flower Rnd 1, ch 4, dc in same sp, * ch 1, (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 2, dc, ch 1, dc) in next ch-3 sp, (ch 1, dc) twice in next ch-4 sp, rep from * around; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.

Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch-1 sp, ch 4, (dc in next ch-1 sp ch-1) twice, * (dc, ch 3, dc) in next ch-2 sp, (ch-1, dc in next ch-1 sp) 5 times,

ch 1, rep from * around; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-4.  (42 dc)  Finish off W.

Rnd 4: With Right Side Facing, join G in any ch-3 sp, ch 3, (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in same sp, * dc in next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in each of next

4  ch-1 sp, dc in next ch-1 sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-3 sp, rep from * around; join with sl st in 3^rd ch of beg ch-3. (84 dc)

Finish off G.  Weave in ends except for long one.  Use long end to tack cup of flower flat as shown in photo.

Finishing:

Sew 5 Flower Motifs Across and 9 Flower Motifs Down.  Fill the spaces in between by sewing in the Diamond Motifs.

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here's a simple daffodil for you to color: 

A simple card technique:

These cards are a form of dimensional card making. It involves having several copies of the same picture. You can make these on a copy machine, just watch that the ink doesn't run.

1. In my Daffodil Daze, I would choose the daffodil ones! You start with the first one, the whole flower.
2. Then you cut the second one, with only the leaves and bottom layer of flower. Glue on top of the first.
3. Third, you cut out only the center of the daffodil, and glue in place.
These especially pop if you use double sided sticky foam dots - you can find these in most hobby/craft stores now. Definitely in a rubber stamping store if you are fortunate to have one in your area.
.....You can also make it look more realistic by slightly curving the top 2 layers over a spoon or wooden dowel before glueing in place.
4. Optional: you can brush a clear coat of acrylic sealer like JudiKins Diamond Glaze (my favorite) or Ranger has one that is also good, over the flower.

c.1912

A special gift from my sister. Those really are daffodils in her garland!

Here is another darling Joan Walsh Anglund paper doll for Spring and Easter:

yes, there is a daffodil in her bonnet!



"Everything is blooming most recklessly;

if it were voices instead of colors,

there would be an unbelievable
shrieking into the heart of the night." 

-   Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke  

Go look for some blooms today! Make it a search and find with the kids when you take a walk! Practice addition with them while you are doing it!

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