Easter Flower Baskets my new carpeting and 2 new recipes! 

I have been busy! Well I really have been busy but I didn't make the flower baskets my friends did! I am highlighting them from last weeks linky party! We did get new carpeting and I did try 2 new recipes! 

I noticed 5 of them created spring flower baskets all unique from one another. One used an old fishing creel, another a bird cage, one used a wooden basket and you won't believe the one that used a mildewed basket and what she did with it! 

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My new carpeting

We have lived in this house for over 11 years now. You might remember when we first moved in and I blogged about it here. 

The original carpeting started to bubble just a few years after it was installed. I had it stretched 4 times! It still bubbled so it was time for new carpeting. 

I am in love with how it looks! 

It brings in even more a beachy look now. 

Even my craft room looks beachy! 

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Chocolate chip cookies with a secret ingredient

Have you ever heard of adding apple cider vinegar when making chocolate chip cookie dough? I hadn't either! I tried this new recipe and I have to say it is my new favorite recipe!

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Cheesy Penne Eggplant Dish

Since traveling to Italy lately we eat a lot of pasta and eggplant when we are there. I decided I wanted to try and recreate a dish we have eaten there. I think I nailed it! At least my hubby thinks so :)

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Children's Easter table

Oh I almost forgot to show you how cute the grandkids Easter tablescape turned out! I wanted it to be whimsical and brightly colored. It was really easy to create using jelly beans and Lindt chocolate bunnies! 

I folded the napkins to look like bunny ears and I made a video showing how easy it is to make them. 

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