Soo's Creaxions: Easter eggs

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Friday, April 19, 2019

BUNNIES AND BONNETS

Every Easter we see shop fronts decorated with bunnies and eggs. Although not related to the actual meaning of Easter, who can resist the cute bunny and the delicious chocolate egg?

So I decided to make a soft toy bunny. As I have no paper pattern for the bunny I created my own resulting in an eighteen inch tall bunny complete with contrasting coloured ears and feet.

Every good bunny deserves a bonnet so I made the bonnet as well.

And here she is, Betsy Bunny adorning her new bonnet.

Still with bunnies on my mind, I also made a baby quilt for someone special. The

different layers of fabric are held together by hand sewn decorative stitches.

And now the all important eggs.....

These are decoupaged foam eggs.

Multi coloured foam eggs cascading out of a floating cup.

And this Easter I received 2 very special Finnish Easter chocolate eggs from a lovely friend. Most chocolate eggs are hollow but the Finnish Mignon chocolate egg is solid full of almond hazelnut nougat chocolate goodness inside a real egg shell!

This Easter confectionery is made by the Fazer company, dating back from 1896, when Karl Fazer brought the recipe from Germany. Enduringly popular as parts of Finnish Easter celebrations with around two million eggs sold per year, Mignon eggs are handmade at the Fazer factory in Vantaa.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Egg-citing Easter 2016

Today is Easter and it is the most important event in my Christian life because without Easter, there is no Christianity. When Pastor Kevin asked me for suggestions to make Easter tokens, I thought decoupage eggs would be an interesting idea.

Since I was away in Malaysia for the early part of the year, I decided to get most of the supplies from home as they are much cheaper. Kevin got some lovely volunteers and together we made 70 decoupage eggs.

And so we completed the eggs, put them into organza bags with a note inside each of the bags and gave them to all the families who attended Easter service at Abundant Life Christian Church Limerick.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Easter treats

Christ the King at Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary

The month of Lent is a wonderful month of fasting and remembering what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. Fasting is a beautiful act where we want to spend time with God to know His plans and purposes for us. If I were dieting, yes, I would feel very hungry. But fasting is a spiritual act and somehow there is added strength.

Life goes on as normal, cooking meals for the family. Am I tempted to eat? No. Do I get upset if others eat or drink in front of me? No. I can sit together with others who are feasting and no, I don't feel hungry at all, peckish maybe.

The power of prayer and fasting can never be denied. I see strongholds broken and captives set free. There are many things that we cannot wrestle with our physical strength but victories are made in the spiritual realm. God is no man's debtor and if we honour Him, He listens and acts.

So with the seconds and hours that I save when I'm fasting, I go into crafting instead. These are just little fun treats although bunnies, chicks and chocolate eggs have nothing to do with Christ's crucifixion or resurrection.

Felt bunnies all dressed and no where to go sitting in a decoupage tin filled with real chocolate eggs

Chick fridge magnets

Felt pouch for one single chocolate or hard boiled egg

A bunny card

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Matchbox Mania

As a child, I had a big box where I kept lots of used stuff for handicraft - pegs, ice-cream sticks and matchboxes etc. I created a whole convoy of trucks and cars out of matchboxes. Now that I'm using matches again to light the fireplace, I've decided to turn these boxes into keepsakes for friends.

A Vintage Dresser