Welcome to the Easter Basket blog hop!  I hope you have a good time hopping from blog to blog and seeing some ideas for Easter baskets and their contents this season.  I LOVE the way this Easter basket I decorated turned out.  I think you’ll be amazed when I tell you that this project cost me under $6.  😀  The Easter basket was $1 at Michael’s.  I used less than $3 worth of flowers.  The candy was $2 for a bag.  Everything else I already owned.

I used that (much loved) glue gun to attach all of the flowers to the basket and the plastic eggs I decorated.  The Tim Holtz Scissors are wonderful for clipping ribbon as well as plastic.  They expertly clipped the plastic ends off of these flowers.

Using a plain plastic egg, I hot glued the flower tops to the egg.

I assembled some of the leaves along with pink flower centers to cover the sides of the basket.

The tops of the plastic eggs are decorated, but not the bottoms.  That way the recipient can grasp the bottom of the egg and easily open it for a treat.  In this case, the treats are wrapped in some pretty pink paper, embellished with pearl ribbon/string and topped with a flower.

The floral Easter eggs help fill the basket and turn it from a simple Easter basket into a centerpiece. 😀  I hope you enjoyed this project.  Now I have to go un-glue my fingers.  LOL! 😀

NOW … On with the Hop!!

Joy – https://joyslife.com/ (You are Here!)
Amanda – http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/
Rosy – http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/
Ruthie – http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Theresa – http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Tammy – http://tammyjennings.blogspot.com/
Melissa – http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/
Jin – http://www.underacherrytree.com/
Kyle – http://thegreencricut.blogspot.com/
Amy – http://amydesigns.blogspot.com/
Julie – http://www.cricutchick.blogspot.com/
Abbey – http://www.2ndhandstamps.com/
Erika – http://crafty-creations-by-erika.blogspot.com/
Sheryl – http://igottacraft.blogspot.com/

Time for a Give Away!!

My friends at Cri-Kits.com are giving away a set of Cri-Kits gel (10) pens and holder to TWO WINNERS on Joy’s Life.  The winners can choose from metallic, regular/neon, glitter or pastel pens.  Just leave a comment to be eligible to win!  I’ll choose 2 winners on Friday, April 1 and post them both here.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

GrannyCharlotte
2011/03/26 at 5:49 AM
What a great project. Love the colors and the design. You rock!!! Thanks for sharing and Happy Easter 🙂

dartmom
2011/03/30 at 10:13 AM
So very pretty – Joy, your creativity is amazing! I can think of a lot of things I’d love to try with these pens sets! Thanks!

Good luck AND Happy Hopping!!

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  11. Awesome project! Love the candy eggs with the flowers….May have to lift this project. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.

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  13. This is such a cheery basket and very creative! Thanks for sharing such a great idea!

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  17. Love the idea, I hope to be trying something similar soon, just found your blog and hope to visit often. love the giveaway idea. :), cant wait to see if I won!!

  26. This is beautiful Joy!
    I really love flowers and this makes for an adorable gift!
    BTW…thank-you for the Birthday wishes…you are so sweet!
    Lisa H.
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  28. I love the flowers, so springy and we need that right now. You are right that this would make a lovely centerpeice
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  33. Oh Joy, this is beautiful! I love the idea of wrapping the bars and adding them to the flowers – they are not totally noticeable at first but what a sweet surprise :)Thanks for sharing this fabulous idea!

  35. I’m just hoppin’ along looking at all these awesome creations!!! I love your springy basket. Thanks for sharing.

  36. Oh my stars this is just adorable!!! Love it.
    I’m a follower.
    Thanks for the chance to win.
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  37. wow you did a wonderful job… I want that basket sitting on my table… it is BEAUTIFUL!!!

  38. This basket is amazing! I can’t believe you got it for only $1! Just beautiful with the pink and green.

    Kristin
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  39. I love this basket!!! great idea for the flower cover eggs…. I may have to try 🙂

  44. Very cute I am so excited about this hop, I am working on a Breakfast with the Easter Bunny project and this is exactly what I need for inspiration!

  47. I love this basket. Everytime I see your posts I want to go to the craft store and make something similar! Thank you for sharing Joy!

  50. Oh, I would love to try out Cri-kits! I have always wanted a Cri-kits! . . . The basket is so cute! I loved all the ideas, I got from the blog hop! Thanks for the inspiration!

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