Fabulous Foil

I mentioned in my previous post that I am loving the pastel-colored foil in my Easter decorations this year. That whole thing was inspired by these little lovelies that I got at a fabulous little store in Utah called Dear Lizzie. It's the kind of place where I'd be happy if every future birthday, anniversary, Mother's Day and Christmas gift I ever received came from there! Seriously, it's to die for. Like every blog and decor magazine that I read and drool over come to life. Sigh. Anyway, I picked up these little baskets there. IThey are from Seasons of Cannon Falls. It's hard to tell from the photo but they are decorated with vintage-style millinery flowers and silver tinsel and foofy tulle trim and they are just scrumptious! I have them filled with foil-wrapped chocolate eggs.

This pink egg is from the same line as the baskets and you may be able to find a few here at Miss Duffy's and you can also do an eBay search for "foil egg" or "foil basket" to find a few more. The egg opens so you can put goodies inside. The green and blue bunnies are from Cost Plus this year and they were so pretty and matched my little baskets so perfectly that I had to bring them home.

I dyed two batches of pipe cleaners today (pink and aqua) and so far, so good. I let them sit in the dye bath a good long time and I didn't rinse them, as the first time I tried it all the color came out! Hopefully they don't stain my fingers when I'm working with them. Tomorrow I hope to attempt some chickies and a basket. Wish me luck!