What a lovely way to start your special day! Rohit knows just what his wife would love to do on her birthday. So, DH and my adorable daughter presented me with a bunch of my favorite flowers - Carnations - and I spent a lovely time arranging them in a simple, yet lovely fashion.

Starting with trimming the stem lengths, I took a different route to arranging them. Since the vase was slender enough to hold them beautifully without the need for floral foam or a frog, I first arranged the little posy in my hands mixing the gorgeous yellow and pink blossoms. Adding some ferns for greenery (not that much was required anyways), I slid the entire arrangement into the water-filled vase.

And there it lies on my table to make me happy all day. A classic example of how the simplest arrangements can be the sweetest. A lovely mix of color and healthy blooms can do away with the need for complex flower arranging methods, tools and a whole lot of time.

Leprechaun Hats Decorative Accents

Easy to make and quick to assemble, these cute decorations will perk up any surface or corner you choose to decorate them with. Click on the image for instructions.

Shamrocks, shamrocks everywhere! These easy cards took me just about 15 minutes to make and did not require a hoard of crafting supplies to make. Click on the cards for instructions:

Your Valentine’s Day heart punch comes to use here. Punch out little green hearts and glue together 3 or 4 to make shamrocks. Easy!

Same way of making the shamrock, but the only difference is that 3 heart cutouts are used since this is a large shamrock. I usually have an assortment of basic shapes in different color but I ran out of green heart shapes and hence had to use poster color to make white heart die-cuts green. Again, when searching in my sewing box for matching floss or yarn to use, I could find none to match the exact color. So the poster colors came to my rescue again. I trimmed the yarn and then painted it with the same color.

Making handmade cards for men is always thought to include stickers and die-cuts shaped in weird shapes like tools, trucks and gizmos. Give me a break! Just because it’s a man you are making a card for does not mean you have to make the card look like the front of a hardware shop. It’s their birthday and whoever said men don’t appreciate beauty!? Well, some of you might agree with me and some wont, but anyways, how do you like this card I made for my BIL?

The brown card stock gives it a rich feel and the pretty blue contrasts so beautifully. The daisies give it a touch of daintiness without being overbearing. All in all, it looks like a cheerful, no-nonsense card. The card is on its way to my BIL who is in London and I hope he likes it.

And that reminds me - I should soon send out Nat’s Easter card for she too is in the UK and I don’t want to be late.

Started my Easter crafting today. Click on each for instructions on how to make them.

Here is a card I made for my friend Nat who stays in the UK:

And this one is for kids to make and share on Easter!