Our Easter 2013

How was your Easter? We had a wonderful Easter break! The hubby got a 4 day weekend and it was so nice to be able to catch up on some stuff and just spend some much needed time together. We had planned to go to the Easter sunrise service and then come home to an brunch but we forgot to set our alarms. We did have an awesome brunch though!

Summer fruit salad, monkey bread (aka cinnamon pull apart bread) and egg and bacon "muffins"

(I'll be posting the recipe for the fruit salad and bread here soon!)

While I was getting brunch together, Steven hid easter eggs for the girls and they had a little hunt.

We relaxed all day, swam in the pool and then got dressed up for our annual family Easter pic. The girls looked so cute in thier dresses it kind of turned into an impromtu photoshoot! (This is what happens when you're a photographer haha!)

 A few of my favs of the girls!

 

Love black and white!

 

We are a goofy bunch ;)

 

Happy Easter from half the Brownings!

 

(We tried really hard to get our boys for a visit this spring but unfortunately thier mom refused to let them come. We will get a great family pic this summer though!)

Easy Easter Bunting

I'm making some cute props for my Easter shoot. I like bunting but couldn't find anything the exact style I wanted so I decided to make my own. Fabric bunting is generally sewn but...ain't nobody got time for that! So I was lazy and tacky glued it.

 

Anytime I have clothes or fabric with stains or holes, instead of throwing it away I cut large squares out of it and save for projects. I picked out a bunch of easter/spring colors from my stash.

 



I cut one square into a diamond shape and used it as a pattern for the rest of my squares. (Yes I know its not totally geometric. I was lazy, don't judge)

 

After about a half hour of cutting I ended up with a nice pile of diamond shapes.

I folded the diamonds over a piece of yarn to make sure they would match up nicely. I pinned a few just to get an idea of how much space I wanted in between each piece.

Next, time to glue. I used Aleene's Tacky glue, and put a line across the middle of the diamond (where I stuck the yarn) and also down each side. I folded the diamond over and pressed.

 

 

I made two strands with 9-10 traingles each. I can't wait to show you my Easter shoot set up!