I don’t tend to decorate a lot for Easter. With a house full of girls, my energy was always spent making Easter dresses and finding fancy socks (or gloves in this case).
But those days are gone now so I have decided to try my hand at a little decorating.
I remembered back to when my best friend’s son was getting married…we made these cute place cards for the reception…
I think they scream “Spring!” so I decided to make some for Easter this year.
First, I grabbed some index cards and cut them into 3×3 squares…
I didn’t have any white card stock handy so the index cards worked perfectly. I then folded the square in half.
See that little line on the side of the stamp? We marked the stamp halfway and then matched up the mark with the fold mark on the square. This is so every bird would be placed the same on the placecard.
We stamped the bird so it looked like this…
We then cut out the top half of the bird with an X-Acto knife.
You can see how the bird now looks like he just landed on the card…
I loved them at the wedding, but I am really excited about using them for Easter this year.
What Easter decorations are you making this year?
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What a cute simple idea that has a lot of impact! My son is getting married next year so I will have to remember this!
These are so sweet~~you could easily sell them!
I found you on the twitter stream for Relevant 11 and I can totally relate to writing a bio! I attended last year and you will absolutely love every minute, I hope we get to meet. I am really enjoying clicking around your blog.
how very sweet!
That is just adorable. What a great idea. Thanks for sharing. (Love the polka dot plate too!) Lori L
Thanks…my girlfriend made a set of those plates at one of those ceramic paint shops..she did all of them in different colors..I love them
These are adorable!!! One of the best ideas I’ve ever seen (AND one I can actually do! LOL) I’ve saved this to my folder of “cool stuff to do for a party” and I’m also your newest follower. I came over from Green Door Designs and so happy I did!
I’m so glad you stopped by
I am definitely going to have to try that one. I have tons of stamps. My daughter will love it! Thanks!
These are so beautiful! I love when there are special touches done to make an event that much sweeter.
Oh they are fabulous! I love how you cut out the bird!
wow! such adorable cards! i love them and I am so happy that I found you through Flamingo Toes:)
gina
very cute. and I LOVE the Easter pic. brought back a lot of memories.
megan
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Those are so cute! I love the bird for spring but you could other holidays, too. You have inspired me.:)
VERY pretty! I don’t really decorate for Easter, but I could see this with a very cute Thanksgiving (with a cornucopia) or Christmas (with holly) dinner setting.
These are very sweet…and I love your egg dishes. Stop by Pandora’s Box to enter a giveaway!
Wow, so cute and simple. I’ll have to try this. Thanks for sharing.
I’m doing a month long series on Easter/Spring party tutorials and would love to feature this tutorial on http://www.purejoyeventsblog.com/.
Those place cards are so cute!! I love the little polka dot dish too!
Thanks …my girlfriend made the plates…I love them too
those are really cute! I also like your polka dot egg plates =)
Found you on the Spring Fling party! LOVE THIS TUTORIAL!!! And the plates are gorgeous too! I’m your newest follower
This is gorgeous!! Hope to see you at My Dream Canvas.
How adorable. I’ll file this away for future use.
Warmly, Michelle
PS – I always wanted little girls so that I could make matching Easter outfits, but I had ALL boys!
Well I’ll let you in on a secret… if you notice …the mother’s of boys always look better on Easter than the mothers of girls…we have know time left for us by the time we get done doing everyone elses hair.
are you kidding me?
this is DARLING! what a great idea. i adore paper. i really do. this is awesome.
thanks for sharing.
kellie
These are beautiful and so easy! I bet my daughter would love to help me make some of these for Easter.
Oh my gosh.. so so pretty! Love that little birdie stamp.. I’ve got to go hunt for my stamps now.. and see what name cards I can make.. wow.. Hope you’ll pop by to my blog.. too..
Have a lovely weekend!
LOVE how you cut the top part of the bird out. That was a genius idea. I agree with you–this is neat b/c it can be used for a variety of different projects.
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Adorable. Creative. Genius.
I am having a spring craft linky party and giveaway on my blog this Friday. I would love for you to showcase this wonderful project.
Details are on my blog today.