a tisket, a basket

hi! wow i almost felt like i couldn't remember what it is to write a post anymore, it has been a while! having company certainly cut into my crafting/blogging time but the upside is that i have a gazillion little projects on the brain and will be on maternity leave soon . . . although this doesn't necessarily equate to having more time at least once the new one is born! but for the month that I am just waiting around twiddling my thumbs i will be doing lots of stuff i hope.

on friday me and 2 other crafty mama types (blogs here and here) are getting together to make some crocheted baskets out of t-shirts. the one below was inspired by one spied on Etsy and i was forced to retrieve my rusty crochet hooks and start hooking. it was a satisfying project because i feel like it only took a few minutes (well the cutting of the t-shirts took awhile, but we won't count that). next basket will include a cute handle to make it more Easter-y.


i am kind of excited about Easter this year because i used to LOVE doing scavenger hunts when we were little, and i think Bea is old enough to do a little chocolate egg hunting. and although i'm not a hallmark holiday kinda girl, i like eggs and bunnies and chocolate, plus there are quite a lot of crafty things one might accomplish involving all of the above. I'd like to do this, this and this especially, as it is the cutest basket I have ever seen!. Baskets are so useful don't you think? We are going though some massive reorganization at ours, and I am thinking many baskets are going to be pivotal in getting the job done. Plus little Bea so loves putting bits and pieces into baskets and containers of sorts.

Back to scavenger hunting though - I am thinking maybe taking photos of the house and marking spots she might find a treasure, as she is probably a little young to figure out schematic drawings. My mum used to write these amazing rhyming couplets sort of riddles for us to puzzle over before the answer revealed the hiding spots, but i don't think Bea is ready for riddle-ry yet.

What kind of Easter activities do you do?