Easter Weekend Recap

I know it's a few days late, but I wanted to share our Easter weekend. Saturday was spent doing things around the house and enjoying the beautiful 80 degree weather we had. I made some fun Easter cookies that turned out super cute. I used these cookies as my inspiration, but I totally cheated and did NOT make home made cookies or frosting. I added green food color to white frosting, so that counts for something, right? Either way, they looked cute, tasted great, and were super easy, so I'd definitely make them again.

Sunday morning we headed to Muskegon and went to brunch with Kevin's Dad's side, lunch with my family, and then stopped at my mother-in-law's on the way home.

It was a busy day, but we got to spend time with lots of family and eat lots of good food. And we brought home WAY too much candy.

I'll be spending this week preparing for the half-marathon that I am running in this weekend. Wish me luck!

Spring & Easter Home Decor

Even though the weather man says it's supposed to snow later this week, I'm enjoying the Spring weather we've been having lately in Michigan. Warmer temps, sunshine, and longer days make me so happy! I get super motivated to start doing projects and re-decorating this time of year. Adding Spring and Easter decor to our home is one of my favorite ways to refresh our house after the long winter months. Here are some my favorite ways to do that (and one of the projects I want to do).

I think my favorite Spring decor is greenery. I love that it can transition easily in to summer, so I can keep it up even longer. 

Wine bottle vase from CAIRfully Crafted.

I don't have much Easter decor, but I love adding little things here and there. I got these cute little ceramic bunnies from my mom and they are perfect on our new kitchen shelves.

Basket and lid from Longaberger.

Wreaths are one of my favorite ways to add fun decor, and it's so easy to change them out for different holidays or seasons. I made this Spring wreath last year. It's not my favorite, but it'll do for now. I made the Easter Egg wreath four years ago and it's one of my favorite DIY projects to date. It's held up great over the past four years, and it's super easy to make. You can check out my tutorial HERE.

Fun kitchen towels are an easy way to add pops of color to a space. I love this cute Spring tea towel I picked up from the Target dollar spot last month. The Spring colors and the tulip pattern are just too cute!

Like I said, I get motivated to start doing home projects once the weather starts getting nice. I'd love to change up our kitchen faucet and the light fixture over the sink, so that I could enjoy this area of our kitchen a little more. It's just kind of plain right now. I've seen some super cute pendant lights on Arhaus that I think would be perfect in this space. (This one and this one are my favorites.) Looks like I know what I'll be adding to my birthday and Christmas wish list this year! If you're looking for some ideas to add to yours, take a second to check out Arhaus' Instagram. 

What are you favorite ways to "refresh" your home for Spring? Any favorite decor pieces you use? Or things you want to do to your home this Spring? 

Easter Weekend Recap

Our Easter was pretty low key this year because a lot of my family was out of town for Spring Break.  Friday was spent running errands and doing things around the house, nothing exciting.

Saturday I went and saw my friend Kristen's baby girl who just born the day before.  Kristen has a little boy, and she also has EIGHT nephews!  This is the first girl, so everyone was pretty excited about that.  Saturday night we watched the basketball games and just hung out at home (so sad that MSU lost).

We were having a serious moment.

On Easter Sunday, we got up and headed to Muskegon to go to church with Kevin's family.  After church we had lunch with all of his family.  We headed back to Grand Rapids that afternoon to catch up laundry and things at home.

Typical Kevin....being goofy during pictures haha

Overall it was a good weekend.  I didn't end up getting as much done at home as I would haved liked, but I plan to catch up on things this coming weekend.  I hope you had a great weekend and were able to spend some time with family and friends :)

Our Easter/Spring Home Decor

I don't have a ton of Easter/Spring decor, but I do like to add some touches of Spring to our home.  I would love to add more, but just haven't done that yet.  I need to hit some after season clearance sales this year to stock up for next year!  I have a few Easter DIYs that I did a couple of years ago that I am still loving.  So here is a little look in to our Easter and Spring decor:

I got these cute ceramic bunnies from my mom....she was cleaning out her Easter decor and getting rid of them, so I took them!

I love filling this lantern with different things depending on the holiday/season.

Easter Egg Tree Tutorial HERE

Easter Egg Wreath Tutorial HERE (don't mind that mine is missing an egg...it fell off and I haven't glued it back on yet haha)

Do you decorate for Easter and/or Spring?  Any great Spring DIYs I should do?

Easter Weekend Recap

I hope you all had a great Easter weekend!  Ours was spent with family and at the Tigers game.

FRIDAY:  After work, we packed up and headed to our parents' for the weekend.  Friday night we went to Kevin's dad's for dinner and to hang out for a little bit, then we headed to Kevin's mom for the rest of the night.  I made Slutty Brownies and brought some with us for the weekend.  They were amazing and super easy to make.  You can find the recipe HERE.  I ended up baking mine about 5-10 minutes longer than the recipe said.

SATURDAY:  We went to a soccer game and then out to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings with Kevin's brother, sister-in-law, and mom.  We went to my parents for dinner Saturday night and of course, my mom had Easter baskets for Kevin and I...and a bone for Admiral!  Saturday night we had game night and had a blast!

SUNDAY:  Kevin and I got up early to get on the road to Detroit.  It was a PERFECT day for baseball.  Sunny and 70 degrees.   Apparently I forgot how to apply sunscreen, because I got some weird sun burn lines on my arms, but they'll be gone soon enough. And the Tigers won 2-1 so that made it even better!  The Tigers played the Angels, so it was kind of fun to see Mike Trout and Albert Pujols play, since I've never seen them before. 

Overall it was a great Easter weekend and I didn't want it to end!  Now it's back to reality and back to work.  Happy Monday friends!

Five On Friday

Linking up with Christina, Darci, April, and Natasha and you should too!

ONE.  Totally random, but I'm really itching for a shopping spree.  I really haven't "gone shopping" for clothes in a LONG time.  We're talking probably 6-8 months.  At least.  I've picked up things here and there...some dress socks for work, and maybe a shirt or two from the Target clearance rack, but that's it.  Maybe I just need the weather to warm up so I can start wearing more Spring/Summer clothes and that would satisfy my itch.  I think I'm really just over these winter-ish clothes I've been wearing for far too long!



TWO.  Kevin grilled some delicious chicken and pepper kabobs for dinner the other night.  I love that it's finally warm enough to grill again!  Grilling out is one of my favorite things about Spring/Summer/Fall.

THREE.  I didn't make any Easter/Spring decorations this year (fail), but you can see how I used some of last year's creations in our decor in our home by clicking HERE.  My favorite is probably the Easter egg wreath.  I just love the pretty Spring colors it adds to our front door!

FOUR.  Kevin and I are going to the Detroit Tigers baseball game (our first one of the year) on Sunday and I'm super excited!  I'm hoping for some sunny weather and of course a win for the Tigers!

FIVE.  Since we won't be in town to celebrate Easter with our families, we are getting all of our time in with them Friday and Saturday.  I'm excited to be able to spend time with both of our families this weekend...I just wish my sister could be here too!

Enjoy your weekend!

Spring & Easter Home Decor

I didn't decorate as much as I would have liked to for Spring and Easter, but I wanted to share the few little touches I have added to our home.

I found these glitter eggs on a stick at the dollar store.  I put them in a vase with some green paper grass and have them on our kitchen table.

 Last year I made this mini Easter egg tree using glitter eggs from the dollar store.  You can find the tutorial HERE.

All I did to our entry table is add a little yellow flower candle wreath to a candle.  I meant to print a Spring printable for the frame but I never got around to it.  You can find the "What I Love Most About My Home" printable HERE.

I added a fun Longaberger Easter basket to one of our end tables in our living room.

I also added the Easter egg wreath to our front door.  You can find the tutorial HERE.

Like I said, not a ton of decorations, but just a little touch of Spring here and there.  Do you decorate your home for Spring or Easter?