I participated in some really fun swaps this Easter!! The first was for the nut cup basket swap hosted by Heidi of
Birds of a Feather. I received the most beautiful basket from sweet Heather from
The Speckled Egg. The basket was covered in yummy purple foil, and filled with sweet spring goodies. The handle is a beautiful velvet ribbon, and has a sweet butterfly on it. I love it. It will stay out all year at my house!! Thank you Heather.
The second was hosted by
Miss Rhea...at Sweet n Shabby Roses. We covered a yogurt container, and filled it with 5 Easter goodies. It was so much fun to do. My first basket was from Bridgette at
The crowned bird. She made me the most beautiful pink confection. It has beautiful vintage ribbons and flowers on the side, and a sweet bird nest and eggs in the basket. It is beyond beautiful. It's as if she knew me, she made me pure sweet perfection.
She also sent this wonderful collection of goodies. Beautiful tickets for my craft projects, and beautiful old papers that she punched with hearts and birds, and wonderful flashcards with sweet spring words on them. They are all so beautiful.
This is a close up of the sweet birdie in the nest.
This is the collection of goodies and the basket that I sent her. I made this cup similar to the nut cup I sent sweet Cathy.
My next basket was from
Jennifer of Jenn's Three Graces. The picture does not do justice to the sweetness of this basket. She pleated paper around the cup, and then covered it in tulle. She put eggs, and feathers in the basket along with a key. It was really quite sweet. She sent along a sweet smelling sachet, and a bag filled with goodies.....mini sea shells, charms, a feather a ticket and other small trinkets. It was so much fun to open all the goodies. Thank you Jennifer
This is the basket I sent her. It was quite simple, but I loved the soft ivory color. I hope she enjoys....(she said her cupcake didn't survive the mail, so I will be sending her a new one)....
I hope everybody has a wonderful day. Remember to stop by
Miss Rheas and check out the other beautiful baskets.
xxoo Valarie
This is my Dad with Dustin right after he was born.
Have a lovely day.
My Grandma and her Husband Arvene. They married each other 8 years ago. I love that they are holding hands....they adore each other. 
Tim Tebow was chosen by the Denver Broncos in the First round!! I have never seen my son so happy!! So, it will be a good weekend at the Kraft house. Welcome to Denver Tim...we are excited to have such a good young man coming to represent Denver.
I also found this silly album, and it brought back memories from my childhood. My parents loved Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass...they played his album all the time.
I thought the album cover was amazing.....I was probably 7 years old, and I dreamed of having a wedding dress made of Whipped Cream. I thought it would be the greatest....(when I showed my husband the album, and told him the story, he said he would have gone for the whipped cream dress at our wedding!! haha)... I spent the whopping .40 cents on the 2 albums, and love them both.
This clock is my favorite...I love the sweet cherubs on it.
Can you believe how unbelievably cute these cards are??? The cupcakes and cakes look good enough to eat!!
The mini cards are so stinkin' cute, I can hardly stand it....
In my rush to buy one of everything, I ended up with a few duplicates, so if you would like a set of the chocolate cake note cards, and a sweet magnet with an ice cream cone on it, just be the first person to leave me a comment, and I will send them to you!!
I decided that they should stay out year round. They are hanging on the shelf in my craft room. I think they look perfect with my bird garland above them.
This sweet vintage birdie is wearing a bonnet......so adorable.
The top hat on this boy is sooo cute. I wish you could see them in person...hey, come over and spend the day with me, and you can!!!
We are delivering it to her office today. I hope she has a wonderful day!!
I hope everyone has a sweet, lovely day.
Jill and Jenny made these beautiful crackers.....each one had a different decoration on it.
We set the kids table.....(haha..the youngest was 16, and the oldest 26) with my favorite bunny plates .
See the sweet centerpiece? An original by Jen at J Nichelle Holiday.
I wish I would have taken a picture of our dessert table....we had pies, cupcakes, cookies and lots of other goodies.
The second was hosted by Miss Rhea...at Sweet n Shabby Roses. We covered a yogurt container, and filled it with 5 Easter goodies. It was so much fun to do. My first basket was from Bridgette at The crowned bird. She made me the most beautiful pink confection. It has beautiful vintage ribbons and flowers on the side, and a sweet bird nest and eggs in the basket. It is beyond beautiful. It's as if she knew me, she made me pure sweet perfection.
She also sent this wonderful collection of goodies. Beautiful tickets for my craft projects, and beautiful old papers that she punched with hearts and birds, and wonderful flashcards with sweet spring words on them. They are all so beautiful.
This is a close up of the sweet birdie in the nest.
This is the collection of goodies and the basket that I sent her. I made this cup similar to the nut cup I sent sweet Cathy.
My next basket was from Jennifer of Jenn's Three Graces. The picture does not do justice to the sweetness of this basket. She pleated paper around the cup, and then covered it in tulle. She put eggs, and feathers in the basket along with a key. It was really quite sweet. She sent along a sweet smelling sachet, and a bag filled with goodies.....mini sea shells, charms, a feather a ticket and other small trinkets. It was so much fun to open all the goodies. Thank you Jennifer
This is the basket I sent her. It was quite simple, but I loved the soft ivory color. I hope she enjoys....(she said her cupcake didn't survive the mail, so I will be sending her a new one)....
I hope everybody has a wonderful day. Remember to stop by Miss Rheas and check out the other beautiful baskets.
