A couple of years ago I posted pictures of Christmas decorations my mother and I had made during the very late 60’s or very early 70’s. I still even had the original instruction pages from Woman’s Day. Since then I have shared the instructions with several readers who wanted to make some for themselves.
This February when my Ya-Yas and I were “wintered out”, we needed a Spring Forward project. And so we gathered supplies for these special ornaments. First, a pink one, of course.
I think Patty made this beauty. With all the lace and beads it’s difficult to tell that underneath is an egg carton. That’s right, an upcycled, reclaimed, recycled cardboard egg carton. We started with sections cut from the formed gray cardboard grocery store cartons!
Here’s another cut from a different style carton…
It had a scrap from an old crocheted doily along with tiny flowers. Mind you, nothing was purchased for these creations. Everything came from our combined crafts supplies! And another Pink ornament…And a sweet little bunny in her bonnet dangles from another.
Nancy of My Crafty Little Page made this cute basket using only one section of carton .
We loaded them up with vintage Easter grass and wooden miniatures and tiny eggs. I came home and made a couple of my own pinks…
Loads of lace on this one with baby little vintage flowers and woodland grass.
Don’t they remind you of a jack-in-the-box with the little Easter critters popping out? Most are about 6 or 7 inches tall depending on the way they are cut.This one is one of my favorites…
Or maybe this one is my favorite…
Look at this funny little bird singing his heart out…
I wish I had a picture of them lined up…but I was in a hurry to share them this beautiful Pink Saturday.
They were so much fun to make, I may just offer to teach a class!
While I ponder that decision, let’s head over to Beverly’s always beautiful gathering of everything Pink at How Sweet the Sound.
