Carrots for Spring
It's important to say that I don't do much decorating for Spring. I thought about looking for some bunnies in the thrift stores, but we all know what happened to that plan. In the meantime, I thought some carrots might be cute, so I made a pattern and cut it out of some pallet wood that's been laying in the basement. I cut two and gave them a good sanding. They needed a good sanding too! You may notice two jigsaw blades in upper right corner of the picture. They were used blades and were not as sharp as they should have been. These two carrots were their last cuts. After sanding, the carrots were painted with acrylic paint. Two coats of clear and they were almost done. I found some pretty green ribbon to dress them up. One went in my china cabinet with this cute little chick: The other one went on top with my bear/bunny: And that is the extent of my decorating for Spring/Easter. I guess I should try a little harder next y...