Easter Decorations ~ Pretty Decorated Peat Pots

Altered, decorated peat pots! Looking for a simple and inexpensive Easter decorating idea? You can paint these, and decorate them anyway that pleases you and goes with your decor.  They can be dressed up or left more rustic, whichever way appeals to you. I love the combination of rustic with a touch of elegant. 

No matter what you choose, they can be very inexpensive to make and you will find so many ways to use them from setting the table, to making little gift baskets or using them to display some of your other decorations like the painted and embellished eggs.

The first one was left rustic and lovely

just the way it came without any paint. 

I added some vintage laces and trim

and a vintage rhinestone pin.

Items Used Above:

• Peat Pot - Unpainted
• Vintage Lace & Trim
• Vintage Rhinestone Pin
• White Ribbon
• White Coffee Filter Ruffle
• Craft Sphagnum Moss
• Burlap Twine
• White Ribbon
• Painted Egg, Paris Grey

 For the one above, I painted it with Annie Sloan Paris Grey Chalk Paint. 

You can use any paint that you like. 

Items Used Above:

• Peat Pot - Painted Paris Grey
• Vintage Lace & Trim
• Paper Leaping Bunny - Grey/Gray
• White Coffee Filter Ruffle
• Craft Sphagnum Moss
• Burlap Twine
• Gray Ribbon
• Painted Egg, Old White

I used this paint because the color was exactly what I wanted.

You can mix up any color you like with bottled or tube acrylics.

You could paint and decorate a batch of these in an afternoon, 

and they would be so pretty for your Easter decorating. 

Perfect for a little cookie or  treat, or a gift certificate. 

Or a chocolate bunny of course!

Two of the ones I made are on the entry table this year. The things I used for this display are:

• Paper Flower & Leaves Wreath with Burlap Bow
• Bunny Weathervane 
• Decorated Peat Pots
• Painted Plastic Eggs. Old White and Paris Grey
• Ceramic Bunny Painted ASCP Old White
• Bunny Nest of Vines & Moss
• Pink Paper Flower
• Antique Vellum Book

There are so many great ideas for you to try with these little peat pots. These also can be made into the sweetest little baskets if you just punch a hole in each side and add some wire for a handle. I hope you think of many more uses, too!

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The Decorated House ~ Etsy

~ Happy Easter!

Wishing You

a Very, Happy Easter!

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~ Decorating Peat Pots for Spring and Easter

Looking for some fun ideas for Easter decorating? 

How about making some pretty peat pots?!

Peat pots can be found in the garden section of the big box stores, nurseries and even ol' Big Lots and Target.  They can be dressed up or left more rustic, whichever way appeals to you. My choice was to

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~ A Little More Easter Decorating

The weather has been so nice out it is perfect for getting some new flowers in the ground. And lots of shrubs and things need a trim. So it's been a little hard getting any decorating done with Mother Nature calling so loudly to come out and play. 

It has been fun to find the bunnies and see exactly where they would like to go for Easter this year. I'm always happy that I didn't give away all of them when  Easter and Spring arrive, and they do brighten up the holiday so nicely.

The entry table this year is host to my other favorite bunny who is charming in his cute little jacket. He's been around for a few years and it's always easy to find a spot for him. The cement garden bunny came along and is joined by a sweet bunny inside a the large covered jar.

New to the Easter party this year is Abigail Bunny holding her little friend Chicka Dee and in her basket is a delicious chocolate bunny along with some decorated eggs. (She is available in the etsy shop.) I used the gray painted eggs with lace with some spring lime green eggs, and the color combination is a new love.

The paper flower wreath is wearing a white dotted burlap bow and another little bunny nestled in the  center of it. The Easter display is finished off with a succulent  and a moss ball both in sliver cups. And a little crown just because .......

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~ The Decorated House - Easter Mantel 2014

There was a time when there were a lot of bunnies around here. None of them were real rabbits; those do not come to play in my garden. Which is probably a good thing since I've heard they like to eat a lot of plants and flowers that you did not intend growing for them.

But when Easter and Spring come along each year, it seems that the my bunnies have multiplied even though  I haven't bought one in years. And I swear I gave a bunch away. None the less, this time of year, I'm usually surprised and delighted to see them and quite happy some have stayed around.

The mantel is dressed this year with an Art Print from my Shop, The Bunny Chandelier. Printed in gray, it looks really wonderful in that old gray painted frame that I used the chalk paint on. The altered - decorated peat pots and the paper and fabric covered eggs with the leaping bunnies are also being used again this year. Along with the vintage style bunnies, I've added a couple of hand made clay mushroom houses that I  have had for 30 years. They stay in a cupboard with glass doors so dust doesn't settle on all that intricately made elements.

The Bunny Chandelier is available in 8 x 10 in or 5 x 7 inch in my shop

by clicking on this word link.

The Decorated House Bunny Chandelier on Etsy
It is available in Tiffany Blue, Pink, Black and Gray.  

You can click on the picture link below for last Easter's decorations and

some directions on how to make you own pretty peat pots.

This little Easter bunny is my favorite. The plastic gray egg next to him is painted with Paris gray ASCP. From the closeup of the mushroom house you can see how fantastic details the artist gave to each of her magical creations. Perfect for welcoming the magic of Spring!

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~ Decorating for Easter

It's time for Easter decorating this weekend, I hope! Here are a couple of pictures from a couple of years ago. One of the best things about blogging is that you can go back and see images from other years. I totally forgot about that cute garden bunny. Wonder where he is? He might hop back inside again this year.

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The bunnies are running wild in the house this year. Even this little old garden bunny is inside. I think he has been somewhere on the porch for couple of years, although he was an outside bunny once upon a time. He is sitting beside a reindeer moss ball in a slightly tarnished bowl. Together they are perched atop a beautiful antique Italian vellum book from 3 Fine Grains.

Thanks for the nice comments on the last post, but I deleted the whole thing due to an overactive spamming party over the weekend. Thank goodness blogger has that spam filter now. I've included the same picture below that was in that post. An open shelf cupboard with drawers in the kitchen. It won't be there forever since open shelves are too much work to keep clean for me.

This coming week I'll add a few more pictures of Easter decorating around the house.
Thank you for stopping by!

Have a Great Weekend 
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~ 101 Easter and Spring Decorating Ideas!

101 Easter and Spring Decorating Ideas : CLICK HERE
curated by Donna ~ The Decorated House ... Enjoy!

Happy, Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

See Y'all Soon

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Bunny Hop Easter 2013

This vintage style bunny is certainly one of my favorite whimsical goodies for Easter.
He is back on the mantel again this year.

Here are a couple of quick projects shown in the picture that you might like to try.

Bunny Easter Egg ~ The Decorated House

A little different twist on the decorated Easter egg. I experimented with covering some cheap plastic eggs with different materials.  Burlap, antique ledger paper, antique French book pages, cheesecloth, linen, and paint! Sometimes combinations of two or more. This is one of my favorites. 

A black silhouette would have been pretty, but this year I'm using light and medium grays instead. The grays are a great combination with the green of the moss and very complementary to the shades of gray in the antique tart tins.

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Tips for making your own & What I used in the picture above:

Leaping Bunny Rabbit Pillow ~ The Decorated House Easter 2013

It's getting closer to Easter and about time for some Easter decorating around here! This year I made another bunny rabbit pillow.  In yesterday's re-post there was a picture of  last year's pillow with a cute girl bunny silhouette in black which I drew from the outline of my Abigail Bunny Art. (see below)

~ Easter Decorating - The Decorated House 2012

It was hard to resist these reproduction vintage Easter decorations a few years ago. They are all delightful, but I have to say this one is a favorite. How can you resist