Download The Surprise Spring Screen Here

Hi, Creative Friends,

Spring is here and Easter is this Sunday! This is the season that is full of surprises like a sweet bird that sings a song at the tip-top of a tree right outside a window or a giant poppy flower found on a sunshine-filled walk. Spring is the season is of surprise and joy. That’s why…

This Week Let’s Make Surprise Joy With These Creative Easter Ideas…

1. Spring Into Friendship: Download this FREE sweet spring screensaver for your smartphone, add a message, and send a joyful greeting to someone special. It’s a great way to stay connected, renew friendships, and send a lovely Easter surprise.

2. Jam Up Easter: If you need a fast and delicious Easter breakfast, try this Jammy Biscuit recipe here. Surprise, it’s easy to make because it calls for pre-made biscuit rolls. Joy follows when someone takes a big bite of these sweet yet tart delights on Easter morning. If you are not short one time and want to dive into a more complicated recipe to try on Easter morning is Glazed Cinnamon Cardomon Buns from Epicurious. Add a few chocolate eggs such as Cadbury Mini Eggs on top of each roll and your Easter morning breakfast has never looked so beautiful!

   3. Dye & Decorate: What could bring more joy and surprise to this spring weekend than decorating a dozen eggs? Check out “45 different ways to dye Easter eggs” on Better Homes & Gardens. There are so many great ideas on this site but the washi tape idea seems simple and easy. I’m going to use 3 mm washi tape and create some fabulous easter eggs.

Drop me a message and let me know what you are working on or something that brings joy to your Easter weekend.

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xoxo,

Andra

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Hi, Creative Friends-

It’s officially springtime! Hopefully, vibrant flowers are blooming, the sun is glowing and birds chirping wherever you reside right now. As the season turns to spring and we welcome in the longer days, we might find we need to get outside and get creative. This week here are…

3 Creative Ideas That Will Help You Make A Happy, Beautiful Spring.

1. Take Up A New Sport:  Getting outside can make our bodies and minds thrive! Why not try out a new sport like running, paddle boarding, badminton, pickleball, surfing, or swimming? Grab some gear and get outside to feel the spring sunshine and air make us happy.

2. Garden Beautiful: Managing another thing in our lives might have us saying, “No Way!” but planning a spring garden can yield so much happiness in spring and beyond. To make planning a garden accessible, check out this “Spring Garden Planning: A Beginners Guide” on Home For The Harvest. It looks like a great way to make spring beautiful and if you need some inspiration as your garden starts to grow, purchase this California Wildflower art print from my shop on INPRNT.

3. Beets & Blackberries: Creating something delicious in the kitchen is always a fabulous way to make spring happy. Try this fresh recipe for “Beet & Blackberry Salad” From Salt Spring Kitchen. to make your body and mind feel beautiful.

   Drop me a message and let me know what you are working on and how you will make your spring creative, happy, and beautiful.

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   xoxo,

   Andra

Download The Surprise Spring Screen Here

Hi, Creative Friends,

Spring is here and Easter is this Sunday! Spring is a season that is full of surprises like the scrub jay that sings his song at the very tip-top of a tree right outside my window every morning or the giant pink cactus flower that is in full bloom in my neighbor’s yard. Spring is the season is of surprise and joy. That’s why

This Week Let’s Make Surprise Joy With These Creative Easter Ideas…

1. Spring Into Friendship: Download this FREE sweet spring screensaver for your smartphone, add a message and send a joyful greeting to someone special. It’s a great way to stay connected, renew friendships and send a lovely Easter surprise.

2. Jam Up Easter: If you need a fast and delicious Easter breakfast, try this Jammy Biscuit recipe here. Surprise, it’s easy to make because it calls for pre-made biscuit rolls. Joy follows when someone takes a big bite of these sweet yet tart delights on Easter morning. If you are not short one time and want to dive into a more complicated recipe to try on Easter morning is Glazed Cinnamon Cardomon Buns from Epicurious. Add a few chocolate eggs such as Cadbury Mini Eggs on top of each role and your Easter morning breakfast has never looked so beautiful!

   3. Dye & Decorate: What could bring more joy and surprise to this spring weekend than decorating a dozen eggs? Check out “45 different ways to dye Easter eggs” on Better Homes & Gardens. There are so many great ideas on this site but the washi tape idea seems simple and easy. I’m going to use 3 mm washi tape and create some fabulous easter eggs.

Drop me a message and let me know what you are working on or something that brings joy to your Easter weekend.

Also, thanks for reading. This newsletter takes some time to pull together. Consider showing your support by forwarding it to someone who might need some inspiration or buying some of my artwork at INPRNT.

If you are seeing this newsletter/blog for the first time and want to keep seeing content subscribe here.

Keep going, creative friends!

xoxo,

Andra

Hi, Creative Friends,

Spring is here and Easter is Sunday. Are you falling short on simple ideas to make this time of year special?

This week, in the spirit of Easter, here are 3 ideas that inspire & lift up the Spring creative spirit.

1. Traveling to far-off places has always been a source of inspiration. The food, the architecture the people can light up the old grey matter and bring on unique ideas. What do we do when we can’t travel? Try watching “Searching for Italy” by Stanely Tucci on CNN. It’s a feast for the soul. It’s bouncing full of so many creative ideas like Stanely’s Easter bread which has been added next to my creative bucket list. It looks delicous!

2. If the Easter bunny is cramped for time and needs something fast to make for Easter breakfast, try my Jammy Biscuit recipe here. It's a super easy recipe since it calls for pre-made biscuit rolls and it brings joy and delight to everyone who takes a bite on Easter morning. Another great recipe to try on Easter morning, Glazed Cinnamon Cardomon Buns from Epicurious. Add a few chocolate eggs such as Cadbury Mini Eggs on top of the recipe and your Easter morning breakfast has never looked so beautiful. Be warned this recipe is a bit complicated but nonetheless delicious.

   3. Who feels like getting a bit messy but keeping it simple with a spring forward craft? How about checking out “45 different ways to dye Easter eggs” on Better Homes & Gardens. There are so many great ideas on this site but the washi tape idea seems simple and easy. I’m going to using 3 mm washi tape and hopefully create some fabulous easter eggs.

Drop me a message and let me know what you are working on or something that puts a spring in your step.

Also, thanks for reading. This newsletter takes some time to pull together. Consider showing your support by forwarding it to someone who might need some inspiration or buying some of my artwork at INPRNT.

If you are seeing this newsletter/blog for the first time and want to keep seeing content subscribe here.

Keep going, creative friends!

xoxo,

Andra

Day 87 - Hoppy Easter everybody! As I have mentioned many times before, holidays are big in our life. It got me to thinking about all the different ways holidays effect us and why they are important to celebrate. It seems like everyone I know is in transition. It occurred to me that spring is a transition in itself. Spring is the start of something new but it's also about saying goodbye to the old. It's about starting new customs but savoring the past traditions. It's the only season that celebrates reformation.

Today's thinking brings me to today's project. Pull out your note book and write down all the old traditions that you have celebrated in the spring. Think of ways the past has influenced how you celebrate a holiday. Now, take a few minutes to write down and create a new custom. Now go and celebrate at least one past tradition and the newly created custom. 

Here are a couple of old traditions we celebrate every spring.

Here are two new customs we will celebrate every spring.

What do you think? Does celebrating old traditions and creating new customs create a transformation in you? Either way Happy Easter folks! I gotta get back to eating my gigantic chocolate rabbit.

Day 86 - Hey folks. Keeping up with the trend of failures this week, my SLR camera stopped working right in the middle of taking photos for today's post. After 3 hours and two hardware stores, the good news is the camera for now is fixed. The bad news is the cool post about decorating eggs using salt could have been way better had there been time.

Shot On An I-Phone 5 And Retouched In Photoshop. A Lot.

Here is where I could stop and say technology failed me and there is no project for today. I could throw in the towel and go to bed but in the words of a Home Depot commercial, "Let's Do This!" I promised a project everyday for 365 days so bear down and let's see if we can salvage this eggcellent project.

Today's project is to decorate eggs with salt. Here are the items needed:

•  Wilton® food coloring
• hard boiled eggs
• salt
• a paint brush
• rubber gloves (if you want to avoid stained hands)
• thick paper or an old cloth to protect work surface
• egg carton for drying eggs

Step 1: Put on the gloves if using. Paint the eggs with the paint brush and the food coloring. Sprinkle with salt.

Step 2: Let dry 24 hours in an egg carton.

That's it! It's easy, a little messy and it makes jewel tone spotted eggs. 

Well, in the words of Annie the musical "Tomorrow... Tomorrow...There Will Be A Great Post Tomorrow...It's Only A Day Away!" See you tomorrow kids.

Day 84 - Ta Da! How's that for an intro to Thursday? Let's throw in some jazz hands for a little drama. You can't see me but I'm waving my hands wildly. Speaking of drama, who's hosting a holiday dinner at their house this weekend? I always love to dream about perfectly arranged spring tablescapes. They are always cue the start of spring and renewal. When they feature beautiful spring flower arrangements, an array of pastel colors and gigantic dark chocolate bunnies these spring tablescapes make me sigh.

All this spring jazz got me to thinking about what I would put on my spring table, which brings me to today's project, succulent egg cups. Since we most likely have a few egg shells lying around this time of year, they are a simple and creative way to be kind to the earth and add beauty to any spring table.

Items Needed:

• tiny succulent plants 
• 3/4 egg shells
• egg carton
• green moss
• fresh cut flowers (optional)
• old tea cups

First find a work area and place down newspaper. Cut the top off the egg carton. Cut the egg carton in half if only creating six egg cups or less. Now remove the succulents out of their pots and break up the roots. Fill the egg shell with 1/2 dirt and then add one succulent plant per egg shell. Put the egg cup in the egg carton. Repeat until all egg cups are done.

Fill the tea cup 3/4 full with moss. Add a egg cup. Add a little moss next to the succulent and then add a fresh cut flower on top and bam! Place the egg cups on the a spring table for a lovely spring tablescape accent. When the spring entertaining is over, take the egg cups out of the tea cup and plant them directly in a pot. 

Who knew creating could be as simple as throwing together some dirt and eggs? Dirt & Eggs? I think I have a post for tomorrow. Kidding folks. Or am I? In any case, see you tomorrow!

Day 75 - Hello. Hello. It's Tuesday. At least it isn't Monday! Whew. As the weeks fly by it has hit me that Easter and spring holidays are right around the corner. I have mentioned a million times but let me say it again, holidays are big at our house. It's hard to imagine our holidays without boats full of glitter, a truckload of DIY projects and copious amounts of buttery food. 

However, as life gets more busy, is it just me or is it harder to make time to make holiday's special? It's nearly impossible to fit in a hour to create a big project found on Pinterest. Thinking about making Aunt Bettie's traditional holiday recipe becomes a chore. Creating a holiday table that is well styled and memorable isn't happening. There is just no time!

Well, let's try a fast and easy project today. The painted daises table runner project will start to to make any spring table burst with style and it should only take about 10 min, if all the supplies are available.

Painted Daisies Table Runner

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• 1 roll of butcher paper or art paper {affiliate}
• acrylic paint {affilate}
• 1 bunch of fresh daisies
• 1 paper plate
• 1 large paint brush (optional)

Step 1: Measure the table where the runner will be placed. Cut the paper to the measurement. Place paper on a flat work surface. 

Step 2: Cut the tops off a few daisies. Pick your paint color and apply paint on the paper plate. Now, either paint the daisy with a paint brush (optional) or dunk the daisy into the paint face first.

Step 3: Go to work stamping the daisy face down the paper. Make the daisy stamps overlap or create a deliberate pattern. Let the creativity spring. Let dry and poof! You have a super fun and stylish way to kick off a spring celebration table.

We are now one step closer to creating a special holiday table that is fast and stylist. Ok, gotta go work on that recipe from Aunt Bettie. See you tomorrow and keep creating!