The home we are renting is furnished and actually furnished quite nicely.  Most people would find this to be a great convenience and it really is.  Except….it means there has been little opportunity for me as a diehard hunter/gatherer decorator.  Since Christmas life has been transient and on the go. By Easter I was itching to make SOMEthing, to carve a tiny bit of personal creative space. The table seemed promising, so one girl and I ran out to see what we could make on a small time and resource and space budget.  This is what we came up with.

Though I love bright clean color in other spaces it seems that at home I am drawn to earthy, subtle tones, much like the woods and trails we frequent and much like the old faded treasures we have collected.  Probably no surprise we kept walking past the bold candy colored decorations right on towards the garden department, picking up bits of natural materials as we went. 

We came home and smoothed out a $5 roll of burlap then topped that with an oblong grapevine wreath.  Into that we stuffed some spanish moss.  We tucked in a couple plaster birds and speckled eggs. It worked great for Easter dinner and will be perfect for some weeks to come.  

Because we are all about simple, especially this month, we made an Easter dessert that fit right in.  We picked up storebought vanilla cupcakes from the bakery and topped them with malted eggs. Cheating?  Maybe. It all came together in minutes which meant more time on the trail – where my kids run back to show me more of same. (tiny nest dead center)  Do you see a theme coming together here? 

Win, win.