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Decoupaging Easter eggs with origami paper is a fun and pretty craft project.

Origami Paper Decoupaged Easter Eggs — April Pinterest Challenge

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This post contains affiliate links which means I may receive a small commission if you buy something through my link or ad. This does not change your cost  - it just helps keep this blog running. Thanks for your support! Thanks also to Tuttle Publishing for providing me with my copy of the "Japanese Origami Kit for Kids." All opinions expressed here are my own. My daughter and I decorated some Easter eggs over the weekend. But we didn't use dyes of any kind, or real eggs of any kind. What we did use was faux craft eggs, origami paper and Mod Podge. Our Easter egg crafting Continue reading...

I love these decorated and iced lemon gingerbread cookies!

Lemon Gingerbread Easter Cookies

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Thanks to Ann Clark for providing Mom Home Guide with the quality cookie cutters used in this post. My teen daughters and I made gingerbread cookies for the first time ever last Christmas. We loved the cookies so much! Which got us thinking -- why is gingerbread often reserved just for Christmas? We thought gingerbread cookies would be equally as fun (and delicious) for Easter! I reached out to Ann Clark, a Vermont-based maker of tin-plated steel cookie cutters. All cookie cutters are made from USA-made tin plated steel and are certified food safe. Ann Clark sent me the adorable collection Continue reading...

I love these beautiful Easter egg decorating ideas!

Easter Egg Decorating – Merry Mondays #246

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With Easter just three weeks away, I'm looking forward to decorating Easter eggs with my kids! I love these bloggers' gorgeous Easter egg decorating ideas! Metallic Copper Painted Eggs by Made in a Day (Pin It) Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs by All Because She Saved (Pin It) DIY Plastic Glitter Eggs by Glitter on a Dime (Pin It) Decoupaged Floral Easter Eggs by Sweet Pea with Paulina Skulina (Pin It) DIY Painted Speckled Eggs by A Wonderful Thought (Pin It) Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs by Walking on Sunshine (Pin It)  Merry Monday Linky Party Now, on to the Merry Monday Link Continue reading...

These fun Easter crafts, recipes and projects are sure to add something special to your holiday.

Easter Crafts & Treats — MM #245

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Now that St. Patrick's Day has nearly come and gone, it's time to think about Easter! These super cute Easter crafts and recipes are bound to put a smile on just about any bunny's face! DIY Easter Egg Wreath By The Scrap Shoppe (PIN IT) Nutella No-Bake Bird Nest Cookies by SheSaved (PIN IT) Bunny Butt Easter Pudding Cups by Diana Rambles Home & Away (PIN IT) Hand Painted Robins Eggs Bird Nest Decor by Ann's Entitled Life (PIN IT) Spring Confetti Cookie Bars by Suburban Simplicity  (PIN IT) DIY Yarn Pom Pom Garland by SheSaved (PIN IT) Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs Continue reading...

An Easter appetizer -- scallops wrapped in bacon and served with buttery angel hair pasta and fresh asparagus

Hatfield Maple Bacon Scallops and Spicy Sausage Quesadillas

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HatfieldEaster #CollectiveBias Hatfield Maple Bacon Scallops and Sausage & Cheese Quesadillas  Even when I'm not hosting a big get together for Easter, I like to make a nice meal for my family. I always appreciate the special moments I share with my husband and kids. We usually serve a ham for our Easter dinner. This year, I’d like to take it up a notch by adding some easy and quick appetizers to our traditional Easter dinner – like also serving some maple bacon scallops and Continue reading...

easter egg chocolate bark recipe

Easter Egg Chocolate Bark

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Happy Monday! Welcome to the Taste Creations monthly recipe link up! The first Monday of every month my blogging friends and I get together to share recipes along a certain theme. With Easter coming up, this month’s theme is chocolate egg recipes. Ingredients 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup mini chocolate eggs with hard sugar shells Spring/Easter sprinkles Instructions Line a baking sheet with parchment  or wax paper.  Pour semi-sweet chocolate chips in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave semi-sweet chocolate chips for 1 minute. Stir chocolate well. Continue reading...

A beautiful farmhouse-style table decorated for Easter with a faux grass and Easter egg centerpiece

Spring Salad & Easter Tablescape

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This post is sponsored by Amara.com, which provided me with beautiful dishware and flatware  in exchange for my honest product review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Yesterday I invited my neighbor, Lynn, over for lunch. Since Easter is around the corner, I decorated the table in an Easter and spring theme. Luckily for me, I have new porcelain dishware and sterling silver flatware from Amara.com that made decorating my kitchen's farmhouse-style table easy! Amara offers fine accessories for every room in a home. I've been wanting new dishware and flatware for my Continue reading...

Spring and Easter cupcake table with vanilla buttercream cupcakes with buttercream icing and bunny carrots and bunnies

Buttercream Cupcake Recipe & Easter Party

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*Thanks to Oriental Trading for sponsoring this review. I received free product in exchange for my honest review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links.   Now that spring is here and Easter is around the corner, I thought it'd  be fun to come up with a party idea should my twin teens want to host a mini get-together with their friends. They all love cupcakes, so I came up with an idea for a fun spring/Easter cupcake party! The centerpiece of the party are delicious vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing that my daughters and their friends can decorate. The recipes for the Continue reading...

four beautifully decorated spring spaces

Beautiful Spring Living Spaces

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I just love decorating my home for spring! For me, decorating for spring means lightening and brightening everything and bringing in some spring colors! I recently gave my living room a completely fresh look for spring by sewing some new envelope pillow covers and stitching some super easy panel curtains for the windows. I love the pretty and happy look in our new sunny living room! I also gave my home's front door a fun new look for spring by creating a quick and simple scrapbook paper banner for the front door. I also cleaned away any winter grime from our front Continue reading...

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Six Adorable Easter Ideas

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Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I am sharing six really great ideas for Easter! I co-host the Motivation Monday and the Craft Frenzy Friday linky parties, and there were so many fun Easter ideas shared! So I picked six of my favorite Easter egg and Easter decor ideas from those parties! I love coloring Easter eggs for my kids and decorating my home for the holiday! I haven't done any Easter decorating in my home this year so far, but last year I did create a cute Easter bunny wreath for my home.  I also have a really simple Easter flag that I sewed for my garden: For Continue reading...

teriayki salmon and broccoli

Teriyaki Salmon and Broccoli

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SamsClubMag #CollectiveBias Now that spring is almost here, I've been working to lighten up my family's diet and serve healthier meals. My kids love Japanese Food and teriyaki sauce, so I decided to make teriyaki salmon with broccoli one night for dinner. The fun part of the meal is that I served our dinner with chopsticks, which both my kids and I are hoping to get better at using! It turns out that broccoli was highlighted as the superfood of the month for Continue reading...

yarn wrapped easter egg wreath

Yarn-Wrapped Easter Egg Wreath

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! I don't know if you've heard, but I am now a DIY Community Lead at The SITS Girls! That means that in addition to blogging here at Mom Home Guide, I will also be sharing blogging tips and DIY/crafting tips at The SITS Girls! This week I am sharing my Yarn-Wrapped Easter Wreath tutorial at The SITS Girls! My kids and I love decorating our home for the holidays, and with Easter coming up, we had to put something together quickly! So I grabbed some materials that I already had on hand (like a grapevine wreath and some plastic Easter eggs), and got to work! For Continue reading...

easter basket wreath

Easter Basket Wreath

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*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click a link and purchase an item, I'll receive a small commission to help fund this blog. Thanks! Easter snuck up on my this year, so I had to make a quick Easter wreath for my door. I did some scrounging around in my home's basement, and found a few materials for a quick and easy Easter basket wreath! Easter Basket Wreath Supplies Easter Basket Plush Bunny Plastic Easter Eggs Easter Basket Grass Yarn Scrapbook Paper Scotch Tape Markers Scissors To make this wreath, I simply placed my stuffed bunny, Continue reading...

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Monday Favorites (Easter Crafts)

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Hey, everyone! Happy Monday! Hope you had a great weekend! Today I am sharing my favorite projects that were shared at last Wednesday's A Little Bit of Everything Link Up Party. Easter is coming up soon, so I just adore the DIY Recycled Easter Bunny Vases by Weekend Craft! Her tutorial shows how you can turn any ordinary glass jar (in this  case, a jar for store bought salsa) into fun Easter decor! I also love the DIY decorative fabric pin board by Curly Craft Mom. My twin daughters' birthday is coming up soon, so maybe this is something I can make and customize for their rooms for Continue reading...

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Follow Friday (#FF) March 20

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Happy Friday, everyone! Today is one of my favorite days of the week, because today is the day when I share some fantastic projects from some of my favorite bloggers for Follow Friday (#ff)! I really adore the rabbit door hanger for spring by Paula of Sweet Pea. It doesn't look too difficult to make, and it is so sweet! It would be the perfect door accessory for Easter! I love Eat Sleep Be's Tutorial on How to Start a Backyard Garden -- I can see why I always get so many weeds in my home's raised gardens ... I don't use enough mulch! I gotta get some work done on my raised gardens for Continue reading...

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A Little Bit of Everything Link Up Party (#07)

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Looking for craft ideas and inspiration? Then every Wednesday be sure to visit Mom Home Guide for the A Little Bit of Everything link up party, where five blogs, Mom Home Guide, Captivating Corner Blog,  Frugal and Coupon Crazy and YUM Eating get together to feature crafts and projects and give bloggers a place to share and link up their creations! So what's a link up party? A link up party is an opportunity to share YOUR projects and get inspiration from other crafters and bloggers who will be linking up their projects! PLUS, when you link up your project to the A Little Bit of Everything Continue reading...

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