Project Ideas: Easter Projects.

Easter is coming up fast...and is just over a week away! But luckily you still have time to pull together some creative projects - especially since we have some great project ideas for you to create or take inspiration from today!

In addition to finding supplies to create Spring and Easter themed projects here at Crafts Direct - you can also find lots of items to fill up those Easter Baskets too - from crafting kits, to small toys, games, and stuffed animals and of course we have some Easter candy here too. (*Our current ad is full of great deals on Seasonal Easter items!)

You can find project supply lists and step by step instructions for each of the projects below by clicking on the project names - and can always find even more project ideas on our Project Page as well.

Happy Easter Fillable Frame

 Happy Easter Chalkboard Canvas

Happy Easter Glass Block

Happy Easter Photo Tray

Some Bunny Loves You 5x5 Tile

Some Bunny Loves You Scallop Sign

Somebunny to Love Metal Sign

 Spring Subway Art Frame

 Melted Crayon Glass Eggs

Win It Wednedsay: Easter Countdown Project Kit.

Welcome to another WIN IT WEDNESDAY! This week our Win It Wednesday Giveaway is a project kit with all the supplies you need to create your own Countdown to Easter Frame. The kit includes a 12x12 SPC Frame, a 12x12 Metal Sheet, "Countdown to Easter" and Numbers Vinyl piece, 12 large plastic eggs, ribbon and magnets. You can also find complete instructions on how to put the project together on the projects page at CraftsDirect.com. The finished project will look like this:

You can also find some great instructions about what to include in each egg and how to use the countdown to teach/explain the Easter story of Resurrection. There are many sources online for different ways to do this (or maybe you already have a set you could incorporate into this new project) - but THIS ONE is really great and even has some free printables that you can use with this Countdown Frame.

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Remember - to be entered to win - go to our Facebook Page and COMMENT & LIKE the Win It Wednesday post to get yourself in the running to WIN! Good Luck.

*A random winner will be announced Thursday, April 10th, 2014. (Facebook has complete release by each entrant or participant. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.) Winner will be announced on our Crafts Direct Facebook page and has 14 days to claim prize before it is considered void.

Easter Quilt Block of the Week - Week 3.

The Week 3 quilt block kit for our Easter Quilt Wall Hanging is now available in our Quilt Shop. Remember if you bring in a photo or your completed block from last week you will be able to pick up this week's block at a discounted price.

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More information about the Easter Quilt can be found below:

If you've taken part in our Monthly Quilt Block projects in years past the process will be the same, however we will be completing one block each week throughout the next seven weeks in order to have the quilt complete in time for Easter.

The quilt blocks are $7.97 per week, however if you bring in (or show a photo) of your completed block from the week before you can get the next weeks kit for only $5.97!

The quilt is already on display in our Quilt Shop (on the front endcap between aisles 29&30) and you can also view it below.

Whether taking time this spring to make this quilt for yourself or making it with the anticipation of giving it to someone at Easter - I know you will love the process and more importantly the finished quilt!

I hope you will join us for these 7 weeks of quilting fun!

Easter Quilt Block of the Week - Week 2.

The Week 2 quilt block kit for our Easter Quilt Wall Hanging is now available in our Quilt Shop. Remember if you bring in a photo or your completed block from last week you will be able to pick up this week's block at a discounted price.

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More information about the Easter Quilt can be found below:

If you've taken part in our Monthly Quilt Block projects in years past the process will be the same, however we will be completing one block each week throughout the next seven weeks in order to have the quilt complete in time for Easter.

The quilt blocks are $7.97 per week, however if you bring in (or show a photo) of your completed block from the week before you can get the next weeks kit for only $5.97!

The quilt is already on display in our Quilt Shop (on the front endcap between aisles 29&30) and you can also view it below.

Whether taking time this spring to make this quilt for yourself or making it with the anticipation of giving it to someone at Easter - I know you will love the process and more importantly the finished quilt!

I hope you will join us for these 7 weeks of quilting fun!

Easter Quilt Block of the Week - Week 1.

We have another Quilt Block project that we are currently offering! This project is the Easter Quilt Wall Hanging that you see below - and (like our other quilt block projects) will be completed by working on a Quilt Block per week.

The block for Week 1 is pictured above and is now available for purchase in-store from our Quilt Shop.

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More information about the Easter Quilt can be found below:

If you've taken part in our Monthly Quilt Block projects in years past the process will be the same, however we will be completing one block each week throughout the next seven weeks in order to have the quilt complete in time for Easter.

The quilt blocks are $7.97 per week, however if you bring in (or show a photo) of your completed block from the week before you can get the next weeks kit for only $5.97!

The quilt is already on display in our Quilt Shop (on the front endcap between aisles 29&30) and you can also view it below.

Whether taking time this spring to make this quilt for yourself or making it with the anticipation of giving it to someone at Easter - I know you will love the process and more importantly the finished quilt!

I hope you will join us for these 7 weeks of quilting fun!

Easter Items.

Our Seasonal Department is getting ready for Easter...are you?

Easter is coming early this year (it is April 8th) so make sure your bunnies are ready before the big day!

In aisle 8 you can find most of our Easter items, including eggs, Easter grass, baskets, candy, stuffed animals and decor items, etc.

Across from the front of aisle 8, you can also find this room filled with more baskets/bowls/containers, decorations, and of course some candy!

We also have an endcap (between aisles 4&5) filled with baking and candy making supplies for Easter and Spring events.

 

And finally, I also wanted to share a few Easter ideas I spotted out on the floor that use a few of our Easter vinyl pieces - placed on buckets, glass blocks, and shadow boxes.

 

Easter Egg Make & Take

I thought I would give you a preview of the FREE make & take that will be happening from 1-3pm this Saturday. A new product for Easter this year is the transparent eggs that are similar to Christmas bulbs so of course they have endless ways of decorating them. You can hang them on an Easter tree or you can also tie a ribbon around the top and hang them alone. A simple way to decorate them is to fill them with Easter treats like Jelly Beans and sprinkles or just use multi-colored Easter grass. For the make & take we will be using Easter grass. They are an easy and unique way to decorate without a lot of fuss, plus you get one for free if you stop and make one on Saturday!! Tiff

Easter Decor

Hello Hello, Easter is quickly approaching! Earlier this month I gave you a few ideas for decorating your table for the big day but we didn't talk about how to decorate your house. One of the ways I get ideas is by finding projects online or in magazines that get my ideas flowing and then make it my own. Here is an idea from Martha Stewart's website that caught my eye. We have traditional Easter wreaths hanging in our store with the usual plastic eggs and Easter grass but I thought this was a fun update. In her project they used real eggs that had been hollowed out and dried leaves. We thought that we could get a similar look with the plastic eggs that we carry. They aren't the ones that you put candy in, they are a softer plastic that we were able to easily poke a hole in so that we could thread our eggs onto a wire. Make sure that you use a 16 gauge wire otherwise your wreath will end up a little droopy! After we had all of our eggs on we tied coordinating ribbon in between each egg and ended with a bow on top. Your wreath could also be used as a simple centerpiece with candles in the middle. Have fun decorating, see ya tomorrow! Tiff

Handmade Embellishments

We are getting down to the last week of National Craft Month, how sad! Well I will still be here to give you more project ideas so don't fear. This weekend I had a bridal shower to go to, I figured since I work at Crafts Direct I better represent! I decided to attempt my first handmade card, now keep in mind that I am not a big scrapbooker so this was a challenge for me. It ended up being the easiest thing I have done and now I am addicted. So I decided what better time to share with you some ideas for your Easter cards that you might be sending out this year. I started with a sheet of 12x12 double sided cardstock from our new line Tres Jolie by My Minds Eye. I cut it down to the size I desired (8.5 X 5.5) and folded it in half. Next I took my ribbon and cut it to fit my card. To finish off the ends of the ribbon I cut them at opposite diagonal lines to one another, then attached it to my card using double sided tape. The last part is the most fun and the title of my project today! I can never find exactly the right embellishment or phrase that I want especially for holidays. I found a great way to get what you want is to just do it yourself! My "Happy Easter" crest was created using parenthesis brackets with a regular font and rotating and stretching until they formed my crest. Then I was able to type the phrase that I wanted with my favorite font. A great place to find free fonts to download is www.dafont.com, this one is called Porcelain. Make sure that when you are printing you use a heavier weight paper such as cardstock so that your embellishment is not flimsy. To add dimension to my card I used 3D dots to adhere the phrase. It is a really simple idea and easy to do, hopefully you like it as much as me! Tiff

Vintage Easter Spread

I can't even believe that it is almost April! That means that Easter is right around the corner. We had the St. Cloud Times call and ask us today about what kinds of ideas that we had for Easter centerpieces and place settings. All we had as of right now was pre-made items so we thought we better fix that. The centerpiece is what I would recommend starting with and then you can use it to base your colors and accents on later. We created a three tier centerpiece using terra cotta pots and trays. We started with the largest tray, then placed a pot upside down on the tray. Now you have created the next platform for another tray and so on. Sizes of your trays and pots should be decided according to what you will be placing on your tiers. For the bottom of the centerpiece we used pots filled with floral foam, moss, and small bushes of spring flowers. You will probably need only a few bushes because you will cut them down to fit into your pots. For the next tier we experimented with a new way of displaying your colored eggs, instead of egg cups we used small cupcake liners. It gives it a more elegant look. We topped it all off with a chocolate bunny. Instead of using the usual Easter grass, which, lets face it can look a little cheesy at times, we used shredded scrapbook paper. For a really colorful look use double sided paper. We just used a paper shredder to do the work for us, you will be surprised you actually won't need to shred that much paper, we only used one 12x12 sheet. Hopefully we have inspired you to do a little holiday planning and make a festive setting. Tiff