Cottontail Candy Sign-The end of the Easter Signs, for this year!

This is my final Easter sign of the year.  My friend, Lesli, designed the sign on her Cricut.  After I applied the vinyl, I free handed jelly beans and painted them randomly.  It was another quick Easter decoration to make. 

I have 5 more Easter projects to do and very little time to do them.  None of the projects involve wood or paint. We'll see how it goes!

Great Things-Felt Jar Etsy Shop-Giveaway

Once again, we've discovered a fabulous etsy shop.  We wanted to pass on this "Great Thing" to you.

You may remember the heart tree Shannon made for Valentine's Day:

Those sweet little hearts were hand crafted by Laura Malek, the owner of Felt Jar.

It's so exciting to receive something, you ordered, and see that it's even better than what you expected!  That's exactly how I felt when I got these cuties.

Now, this little cutie can be yours.  Laura, has handcrafted this little felt bunny, and is giving it away to one of our subscribers.  All you have to do to win, is leave comments below.  You have until Saturday, April 23rd,  at 11:59 pm (EST)  to enter this contest.  Good Luck!

Comment 1-Visit Felt Jar and tell us your favorite item in her shop. (This is a mandatory entry)

Comment 2-Like Our Seven Dwarfs on Facebook and tell us you do. (This is a mandatory entry)

Comment 3-Follow Our Seven Dwarfs on Blogger and tell us you do. (see sidebar)

Comment 4-Subscribe to Our Seven Dwarfs, via email, and tell us you do. (You must be a verified subscriber.  See sidebar.)



The bunny winner will be announced Easter Day.  How appropriate is that?

A Lighter Meal-Using Big Organic Garden's Goods

Here's just one reason I love getting great food from Big Organic Garden.

On the menu:
Grilled Basil Lime Chicken-This was super easy to make.  Thirty minutes before putting the chicken on the grill, I zested an entire lime on top.  I then squeezed all the lime juice on the lime.  I took about ten basil leaves and tore them and put them with the chicken.  That's it.  I then let it "marinate" and grilled it on low. It was delicious!
Grilled Portabella Mushrooms-I sprinkled salt and pepper on the mushrooms and put them on the grill (on low). They were really good.
Pears-I sliced them and put them on the plate.  Simple.
Raw Sugar Snap Peas-I washed them and put them on the plate.  It couldn't get any easier than that.

*All of the ingredients in this meal, aside from the lime, came from Big Organic Garden.

Big Organic Garden Giveaway Winners

We'd like to congratulate the two winners of the Big Organic Garden giveaway. Please contact us with your email addresses so we can pass it on to Big Organic Garden. They will contact you!

Congratulations to The Boddies and Chris Newman!

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1. The Boddies said...

I "liked" big organic garden this morning. Jamie was telling me about it so I looked it up. It sounds awesome

April 11, 2011 8:39 AM

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28. Chriw Newman said...

I like Our Seven Dwarfs on facebook

April 11, 2011 7:27 PM

*Please excuse how the random generator looks.  I am having technical difficulties and can't get it to print the screen like Jill can.  I have tutorials in front of me and everything!  This proves, I need Jill! Anyway, I wanted to get the winners announced.  Congratulations to both of your families for winning a truly great thing.

Scrap Wood Signs-A Tutorial

These were made out of scraps and completely without a cutting machine!  Anyone can do this!

I used a ribbon spool to draw a bunny head.

I cut ears out of paper and traced them on the wood.

Very easy!

Can you see the chicken I drew free hand on this wood scrap?

They're ready to paint.

I did a very thick layer of white paint for the bunny.  I really wanted him to STAND out.

The yellow chick is coming along.

They're done. This was an easy, fun craft. You don't have to have a fancy cutting machine for great crafts.



Easter Sign-A Tutorial

I wanted to make a simple, vertical, Easter sign. This is what I came up with.

First I painted a board a fuschia color.

Then, using my Silhouette, I made a stencil from vinyl.  I used Annabel Antique Script.

I painted each letter a different Spring color.

Here's the sign after it dried.  It's a little dull to me so I decided to glaze it.

After the glaze dried, I drilled holes at the top for the ribbon.

Then I distressed it.  If you look closely, you can see how the glaze brightened the sign.

I love this yellow polka dot ribbon with the fuschia board. I made a bow and sealed the edges with the lighter.  If you just put it close, it melts the edge to keep from fraying.

I put the "hanging" ribbon through the holes I drilled.  The ribbon is knotted in the back, to keep it in place.

Here's a close up so you can see the great effect the glaze added.

Here's the finished board with the bows hot glued on.

Bookpage Bunny Sign-A Tutorial

I have seen so many projects, using pages from a book.  I wanted to create an Easter decoration using a book page.  I decided to make a book page bunny.  Since I've been working on signs, I decided a sign would be a great way to display my book page bunny.  First, I took an 8x8" piece of 1/4" birch plywood and painted it a great blue.  I painted very lightly so you could still see a little of the wood peeking through.

My friend used her Cricut to cut the bunny out.  I used my distressing pad to distress the edges of the bunny and distressed the actual page.

I dry-brush painted some grass on the bottom of the board.

I Mod Podged the bunny to the board.  I waited for the bunny to dry (about 30 mins.).  I then Mod Podged the entire board and let it dry.

After the board dried, I used my mouse sander to distress the board.

Then, I used my Silhouette to cut out the words, "Hippity Hop" on vinyl.  I used the font: Monster Paparazzi.

I used the vinyl as a stencil.

I painted a light coat of brown.

After the paint dried, I peeled off the vinyl and this is what I had!  It's a keeper!

The Bunny Stops Here Sign-A Mini Tutorial

Here's my latest sign:

I am so happy with the way it turned out.

Here's the board I started with.  I painted it green running cream paint through it to give it a dimensional look.

My friend Lesli designed the sign and saying.  She used her Cricut.  She cut it on vinyl.  I pulled the vinyl off and used it as a stencil.  I carefully positioned everything and rubbed it down well, so paint wouldn't "leak" under the stencil.  I decided to paint the bunny brown.  I ran some tan paint through the brown to try to give the effect of fur.  I wanted the words to be lavender but thought the hot pink was close to the typical red used for stopping.  I really like my color choices.  Sorry I didn't take pictures of the process.  I simply forgot. After the paint dried, I used my mouse sander and distressed it well.

I drilled holes in the top of the sign to thread a ribbon through.  I knotted the ribbon in the front and cut off the excess. I then hot glued bows on top of the knots.  The bows really helped balance the overall look.

Here's the finished product.  It hangs on our house, by the front door.  It's another sign I LOVE!