Easter is this Sunday and I have been trying to think of a fun gift for Grandma... I know Easter isn't normally a gift giving holiday (other than from the Easter Bunny of course) but I always like to find something fun for such a special lady.
A few weeks ago I came across this great blog that had an adorable yarn Easter wreath here http://thesweetsurvival.blogspot.com/2011/03/yarn-egg-wreath.html
Perfect! So I grabbed a 12" wreath from JoAnn's, a huge bag of plastic Easter eggs, a bunch of hot glue sticks and some extra yarn that I had laying around (meaning all of the cheap yarn I bought 2 years ago when I was going to teach myself how to knit then got frustrated and stashed it away in the closet because there is no way in the world I can get my hands to do that) and got to work.
There is a great tutorial on the Sweet Survival blog.
Here is my end result:
My suggestion would be to splurge and buy some nice yarn... no cheepo Wal-Mart stuff like I used. Maybe a thicker version as well (ok, I know there is a term for that in the yarn world but I have no idea what it may be) I would also use more muted colors, mine were a little bright and the eggs seem a little "shiny" to me which I don't love.
So now I can't decide if I am going to give this one as the gift or make a new, prettier one and keep this for myself. Either way they are fun to make and look great on either the front door or maybe on a decorative wall in the house.
I couldn't give Grandma just a boring gift bag... so I dressed it up just a little bit.
I also made a cute Easter Bunny candy sack for the kids.
I have 13 nieces and nephews that I love to make things for. Now that I have my new Silhouette Machine there are so many cute things I can create for them. I made the "Bunny Bag Topper" and filled each bag with different candy.
The pictures are a little dark since I took them with my cell phone, but you get the idea.
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