Pink Saturday, Easter's Past

Happy Pink Saturday !!!! A Thank you and Hug for Miss Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for being the Best-est Hostess !! :) Please go say Hi and visit with the other Pink Bloggers :)

I thought I would share PINK things I made from Easter's Past :) Enjoy !! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by !!! :)

Hugs,

Rhea

Go Ask Alice

In honor of My Bloggy Friends ( Karla :) ) who like Alice in Wonderland and are going to see Tim Burton's new version of it, I hunted deep into my bedroom closet, in the last box I looked into, to drag out my childhood memento's of Alice for your viewing pleasure :)

My Great Auntie bought me a lot of these Disney movie books, and would read them to me. :) I personally thought "Alice in Wonderland" was creepy, with weird undertones. The critters in the forest seemed to have no purpose, other than to annoy and mess with our sweet Alice. The cat was cool though. He was PINK and PURPLE. How could I not love that ? :) :) Although he was the worst tormentor of our heroine.The Caterpillar with the Hooka Pipe ? ummmmmm, what's up with that ???
And the Queen ?? Well, as Jar Jar Bing would say " How RRRRRRUUUUUUUUUDE" She was mean and frightened me. I felt so sorry for the Card men.
Now, the bunny was an ok sort of guy. But again, not in touch with reality. Here is a human girl chasing you all over the place, and you haven't even been properly introduced. Bit weird................Really.........

I must have liked Said Bunny, as I found this rubber Bunny toy in my Crown Royal bag. Did she just say, "Crown Royal bag" ? lol !! Well, Yepsie, I did. It was in the 70's when I received this book and Mr. Rabbit . Back when they had cocktail parties, and the before dinner drink. My Aunt and Uncle always had a toddy before dinner, and Crown Royal must have been a favorite, because in my toy box at their house, I had my treasures stored in Crown Royal bags. :) I still have one bag with treasures inside.

Did you notice I seemed to have chewed poor Mr. Rabbits ears ? Well, I think it might have been fair play really, considering the chase he led poor Alice on. That or maybe I was just hungry at the time:)

No, we probably wont be going to see this new movie.

But you can, and be sure to tell me all about it :)

Hugs,

Rhea

Easter Basket Swap Tutorial

Ok, I have THREE ways to cover the yogurt cups, and the first is the easiest.

First I sprayed primer onto my cups. You could use a brush on primer, or don't prime and paint at all. I use soft colors on my things and didn't want the yogurt label to show through. So, First prime, then paint with an acrylic paint. ( I did inside and out,because I am Anal that way :) )

I used Crepe Paper sheets and cut it to the width I wanted. ( Regular rolled crepe paper is too small unless you layer.)I used my ruler to pencil in a straight line for sewing. Now, normally I would use my sewing machine to do the gathering, but it is broken, so I gathered it by hand. You could also use fabric. Once I had the length I wanted, I traced the bottom of the cup onto a matching paper, and cut around the outside of the circle with decorative scissors. This will be hot-glued onto the bottom, after the crepe paper or fabric is applied to the sides. I also made a handle from chenille sticks that I wrapped with crepe paper and glued onto the yogurt cup on the outside.
So, there you have a covered cup that is ready to decorate !! :)
Here is my finished one. I added more crepe paper ruffle to the inner lip of the cup, trim to cover the sewn seam, ribbons, mica glitter, a rosette with a Vintage Victorian Scrap and Ta-Da !! Easy Peasy !! Right ? :)


Ok, Basket number two. Fabric covered. First you want to trace a large circle onto your fabric. Since my Yogurt cup is 3" tall and 2" wide on the bottom, I need something larger than 8 ". 3(one side )+2(bottom)+3(other side)=8. So, I went ahead and made a 10" circle so I would have enough overlap. You could do 2 more inches so that you could hem the tops. I opted to use pinking sheers on my finished edge.
After the circle was cut I traced the bottom of the cup in the center of the circle. This is so when I hot glued the bottom of the cup to the fabric, I could have it perfectly centered. Now, you sewers could do this in an easier fashion, but since I am a poor seamstress, I opted to whip stitch about two inches in and gather. From there I hot glued the fabric to the rim.

Again, you want to add your handle to the outside of the yogurt cup.
Here is the basket, after it has been gathered. At this point I pull up the fabric edges while hot glueing to the rim of the basket. This gives the fabric a tight look. See the Pink one below. At this point, you are done covering the basket. Now you want to embellish. I added gathered tulle to the inside rim of mine, trim around the gathered part, and paper ruffles to the bottom.
Ok, Third way to cover the basket. I wrapped my yogurt cup with a sheet of paper tightly , and with my pencil, drew a line below the bottom of the rim on the outside of the cup.Once that was traced, I cut along the line, and wrapped it around my cup again, and lightly traced around the bottom of the cup to make my pattern.
Once you have your pattern, you can trace it onto decorative paper, felt, etc. to make a cover for your basket. I used a glue stick to glue the paper onto the cup. It will only cover the smooth part of the cup and not the rim, that you need to cover up with your trim of choice. On mine, I added the handle, then paper ruffles, millinery and ribbons.
Ta Da ! Finished basket using third method. :)

I hope this helps you to be creative in making your own baskets for Easter and for this swap :) It is REALLY hard to do a tutorial while holding the camera in one hand and working with the other, lol !! Next time I think Hubby needs to help me ! :)

Hugs,

Rhea

Happy Pink Saturday !! :)

Happy Pink Saturday !!! :) A special thank you to our sweet Hostess Miss Beverly, of How Sweet The Sound :) Please go say Hi and visit the other Pink Posters :)

This week is PINK EASTER !! Yippee !!!! Easter is my MOST favorite Holiday. For many reasons, The sweet colors that sing to my soul , the birth of birds, and flowers. Sunshine and Rain, but Mostly is is because of My Savior. Who died and Rose again on Easter so that we ALL could have everlasting Hope and Life with Him. Should we just ask..............................

Let me show you some Pink pretties I finished this week :) A happy Pink Bunny Town :)
An itsy pink and white vintage birdie, Oh My !!! :)

A sweet Cream and Pink Bunny :)

Some of my real, hand blown faux sugar eggs with a Pink and white basket :)

My Pink Saturday Buddy this week is Sweet Miss Alaura of Cottage Rose, please tell her Hi !! :)

Happy Pink Saturday !! Can't wait till Easter !! :) Thanks so much for Hoppin' by !

Hugs,

Rhea

Swap is now Closed

*************SWAP IS NOW CLOSED***************


Tomorrow, Friday the 26th is the last day for sign ups for the Easter Basket swap. We have 53 participants so far and there is room for a few more :) Anyone wanting to sign up AFTER tomorrow at midnight, PST will be denied as I only have one day to organize all of the swappers into groups for emails going out on Sunday with your Partner's info.

So, to sign up, please send me an Email, with your Name, Blog Name, Email, Address and favorite Colors to sweetnshabbyroses@yahoo.com

Also, Next week, probably Monday I will give a few basic tutorials onto how to Cover the baskets. :)

Thanks SO much for Participating !!! :) May God Bless Each of You this Easter !! :)

Hugs,

Rhea