Saturday Suggestions

Good morning, friends! I hope you are having an enjoyable Easter weekend. I am looking forward to celebrating tomorrow, and in the meantime, I have some links for you. Happy Saturday! 

ONE. 

Last Sunday I talked about being grateful for the things God has done. I saw this idea this week for counting blessings by numbers. It’s a fun spin on staying aware to the good things (and even the hard-but-good things) God is doing in our lives! Maybe this week is a great week to truly count blessings – by numbers!

TWO. 

Right after Ryan and I were married, I got a passport, so I could be ready for our first cruise! I’d never had a passport before, and I had no idea the rules for photos were so strict. We went to the store to have my photo taken and the lady had to borrow a scarf from store shelves to put around my shoulders. I was wearing a sleeveless dress and that isn’t allowed! She told me not to smile – and I think she meant with teeth, but I didn’t smile at ALL. So basically in my photo, I look like I absolutely hate the lady taking my picture. It’s so flattering. Since I am about to redo the old license picture, I thought I would brush up on tips to look less scary in my picture. Here’s what I found! (Any of you have good disastrous photo stories?)

THREE. 

Still need a centerpiece idea for tomorrow’s Easter lunch? How about this one with carrots (yes, you heard me right), parsley (still hearing me right), and hydrangeas? It’s pretty cute – and colorful, too!

FOUR. 

We had a burst of warm air earlier in March and some daffodils bloomed around our area, but then the cold came back (and has stayed until now), so we don’t have too much true spring happening around here. A few trees are showing signs of buds, but otherwise, I haven’t seen much warm, green, flowery spring goodness yet. So I’ll live vicariously through the pictures in this post – of spring springing elsewhere! Are the flowers out where you live?

FIVE. 

Clearly, I do not have time to do this this year, since Easter is, you know, TOMORROW, but I adore it and so want to try it next year in our outdoor planter box. It’s just about this shape and size, and I think it would be a magnificent little project. I guess it depends on when Easter falls, whether or not the flowers would make it, but I really love the concept. I am saving it and hope to remember it for next year!

SIX. 

And if the outdoor planter version isn’t something that works for you, here is an indoor version that I also love. Ryan has a little stone almost exactly like the one in the post – that says “hope” – so I think I could do this very thing using materials we already have. My mind is swirling!