Bunny , Bunny Easter Hutch Tour

The countdown is on. Tomorrow is Easter so today I will be hustling and bustling about in the kitchen. 

Welcome , Sweeties and Happy Saturday.

Mr. Pinker and I will be hosting the Easter celebration this year. Yesterday, we purchased all of the groceries so today I will be baking.

 Nanny's Bundt pan is all ready for the task .

My Nanny always made the most delectable cakes and this was one of her favorite pans. I will be making a carrot cake. 

When Mr. Pinker and I were in Quartzsite this winter, we had the most delicious carrot cake that reminded me of Nanny's so I have been waiting for the perfect occasion  to bake my own.

 

Night time view.

Since we are in the kitchen, how about a Country Clutter tour. 😀🐰🐇 

My hutch is filled to the brim with country bunnies, old plates , pottery, and lots of stitching.

Daytime view

This year's color theme was an aqua and white . So I pulled out lots of vintage pottery , plates , and glassware. 

The old Maxwell House tin fit in perfectly with the color theme.

 

Are you ready to take a closer look of the top shelf. ? Be forewarned , there is a lot of clutter. You may find a dust bunny or two. Hee! Hee! I hope not. 

Most of the items are thrifted including the large white bunny in the Pioneer Woman bowl.  A handful of jelly beans are spread below my  Spring  stitch which I shared a few years ago. 

Lizzie Kate's  Spring Season cross stitch sits on top of an egg cup. 

The 2nd shelf is just as full.

 1869 Bunny Hop is nestled in an old pitcher.  I bought the little white bunny last year. I think from Walmart. 

I have always had an affection for McCoy pottery. In the little McCoy planter, I placed A Basket of Spring. "Happy Bunny Bunny Day" by The Trilogy is still one of my Easter favorites. 

The bottom shelf has a modge podge of Easter goodness.

Miss Flopsy's Spring Harvest  and 

Beatrice Bunny's Carrot Haul Stamp are in one corner. Yum! There are more jelly beans. 

Miss Flopsy  is in the opposite corner with some ceramic bunnies and rooster. 

Little bunny trifles are sprinkled here and the including: Bunny & Tulip Trifle , Bunny Trifle and...

... another  Bunny Trifle. I draped  Granny's beaded necklace in the bunny mug. 

That's my Easter hutch in an egg shell. I have to admit that I enjoy it best at night with the soft glow of lights . 

Now let's get down to the nitty gritty! That is the Carrot cake recipe. 😋

Carrot Cake Recipe

INGREDIENTS:

2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon of salt

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 3/4 cup of sugar ( you can just use 1 1/2 cups)

2 teaspoons of baking soda

2 cups of shredded carrots

1 cup of flaked coconut

1 cup of chopped walnuts

3 eggs

 1 (8 oz) can of crushed pineapple with juice

1 cup of raisins

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

3/4 cups of vegetable oil

3/4 cup of buttermilk

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease and flour 8 x 12 baking pan. 

3. Sift flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon  in a large bowl. 

4. In another bowl , combine eggs, buttermilk, oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix.

5. Gradually , add  the flour mixture until combined.  

6. In a separate,  bowl combine carrots, coconut flakes, walnuts, pineapples and raisins.  Mix and stir into  the cake batter. 

7. Pour  batter into baking pan and bake for 1 hour. ( Your oven may vary on time). 

8. Allow to cool for 20 minutes.

I am cheating on the icing and using store bought cream cheese icing though homemade would be awful yummy! .  

Thank you for hopping by. I wish you the most beautiful day! 

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"I still believe in  Santa , the Easter Bunny , the Tooth Fairy  and true love. Don't even try to tell me different. "- Dolly Parton

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who always made the best Easter cupcakes.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

Sprinkles of Yellow and Sunny Quilting

 Welcome, Sunshine!  A beautiful day it is! How are you doing on this lovely day?

And may I wish you a very Happy March? Will it roar in like a lion?  Hmmm, I am not sure yet. Right now the weather has turned to bright skies and sunny warm days.  Fingers crossed it will remain that way. 😀🤞

"March" a freebie from Rainbow Gallery website, Shamrocks Word Stitch a freebie from Helen D. on her flosstube #76, Putting on the Green and Shamrock Mini Sampler freebies of mine. 

Angela at So Scrappy blog has issued this month's challenge; we are celebrating the color yellow for the month of March.  What a perfect color to welcome in spring. 💛💛💛

 Oh, I do love the color yellow!  It is sprinkled throughout the house.

Yellow pottery on the mantle.  

Blue Transferware and McCoy pottery perched on the mantle. 

Last year's yellow Spring hutch decor.

A yellow border being quilted.

 

Yellow fabrics waiting to be cut into wee squares. 

Some of these fabrics were gifted to me from sweet Elaine. Thank you , dear. 🤗💛😘 They are so yummy. 

Five more On the  Positive Side Blocks pieced.  All pieced in yellows. 

Five yellow "On the Positive Side" blocks pieced. 

These blocks measure 10 1/2" squared. 

19 blocks are pieced. On the Positive Side is growing. I will set this project aside until next month.

Scrappy Plus blocks pieced 

UPDATE: March 1,  2025 Spring Flutter is completely stitched. I used the following DMC colors. 

SYMBOL     FLOSS COLOR

∆            924

U            433

H            504

G            3348

P            3721

L            451

O            356

•            3371

1            3821

X            754

Y            729

W            712

The stitching is complete on Spring Flutter. 

The grandsons and I have enjoyed watching the birds at the feeders. Isn't he a beauty?

I will be spending the day working on a spring cross stitch and perhaps piece a few crumb blocks.

Not a lot is going on in the holler , but it sure is sunny on this 1st day of March.

How is the month starting off for you?

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Create your own sunshine.  " - unknown.

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

Spring Green Saltbox , "You are My Lucky Charm", Truckin Along in the Luck Truck   and Erin Ewe 

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Chicks and Bunnies Easter Hutch Tour

 Good afternoon, Honey Bunnies!  Four more days until Easter! My this month is flying by. Slow down is what I say. How about you?  

Bunnies and Chicks have took up house on my hutch for the Spring season.  You guessed it! It is another Country Clutter post. I am no minimalist which I am sure you can already tell. Any whoo, I would love for you to join me as I share how I decorated the hutch for the season. 

I started out with the Dollar Tree yellow plates and some thrifted white plates . I used these as backdrops . 

I then gathered as many bunnies, chicks and all things yellow as I could find. I wanted a "Sunny Spring" display to brighten up the days. 

I rarely change out the top of the hutch, It usually holds my Campbell's soup tin and Coca Cola crates, but this month I did add the adorable Farm Bureau CO-OP chick sign. 

The top shelf is filled to the brim with bunny and chick  cuteness- Well at least in my eyes. Hee! Hee! 🐇🐰🐤🐥🐣

 Spring was a stitch that I  shared a couple of years ago. It is finished on a thrifted metal tray.  Nestled in the vintage Pyrex bowl is my large thrifted white bunny and big ceramic chick. All of these came from the Goodwill over the years. 

In the corner, is The Trilogy's piece  called " Happy Bunny Bunny Day"; it is still one of my Easter favorites. 

Let's hop down to the bottom shelf. Shall we? 

Normally, With Thy Needle and Thread's "Bunny & Co." hangs on a wreath in the  hall but this year I placed it on the hutch. 

 It is finished in a Walmart tobacco basket purchased a few years ago. Below Bunny & Co. is my  1869 Bunny Hop freebie. It was a super quick stitch and is finished as a pin pillow.  My dear sister gifted me the wooden spoon which has an egg in it and the glass salt and pepper shakers. 

Let's Bunny Hop to the 3rd shelf! Hippety! Hop! Hop! 🐰🐇🐰

White platters were used as a backdrop on this shelf The vintage juicer and scales always stay on the hutch.

I placed a vintage Pyrex bowl on the juicer and added a small chick appliqued pillow and the darling knitted dishcloth that dear Patricia sent me. I just love it.  Hi, Patricia!  In the Hull, pitcher is a thrifted chick and behind it is a darling freebie called  Peter's Day Out  from Lindy's Stitches, that I finished into a little pin pillow .

Little thrifted chicks surround  1869 Spring Chick Crock which was a freebie I shared a couple of years ago. I do have more crock stitches in mind.  I finished 1869 Spring Chick Crock  in a square candle holder that I turned on it's side. 

Beatrice Bunny's Carrot Haul Stamp  is nestled on top of a yellow berry basket. 

I shared Beatrice last year . She has a sister piece called Beatrice Bunny . 

Beatrice Bunny  

A darling vintage chicken handkerchief and doily drape along the bottom edge of the hutch.  My sweet friend , Kate, knows my love for chickens and sent me the handkerchief. 🤗🐥🐔 Hi, Kate! 😘

This year I pulled out some of my small old taper candleholders and balanced wooden eggs on them. One such candleholder landed on the hutch. Cute- don't you think? 

The old postal scale holds two small bowls that my sis gifted me. Nestled in the bowls  are more cross stitch pieces, an egg and some old pip berries from a floral arrangement.   Isn't that little vintage plastic bunny the cutest? I bought it a few years ago in East TN at a thrift store. I think is was a bubble blower but I am  not for sure. Do you know?  He sure grabbed this gal's heart though. 

The cross stitch pieces are The Tulip House  and "Spring" which is a freebie from Cosmic Handmade .

Oh my ! Are your eyes crossed from seeing all of that clutter? I sure hope not. 

My newest find is this Cadberry tin. I tried my darndest to squeeze it in but have yet to find a spot for it. Oh, well maybe next year. Hee! Hee! 

If you are interested in previous Easter hutch tour, I invite you to check out the links below. You will see a lot of the same items , but displayed a little different. 

 2023 Hip Hopping Easter Hutch Tour

2022 Carrot Pickin Easter Hutch Tour

2021 Sunny Yellow Easter Hutch Tour 

I have to admit that 2022's Carrot Pickin' Hutch is still my favorite hutch for Easter time to this day . 

Mr. Pinker and I are moving campsites tomorrow. Right now Mr. Pinker said I am able to use my phone hot spot to connect to my computer. Wheew! I didn't know I could do that.- I learn something new every day.  This is giving me a little time to blog, but I am not able to comment back yet. I am still worried about data charges. ( I am not very tech savvy either 🙄, but I am learning. 😀)Thank you , Sweet friends for all of the kind comments and always for the sweet visits 

Well I am off to enjoy the evening by the lake. Have a "Hip Hoppity" Day and ...

As always...

 Happy stitching and decorating, ya'll

Melisa

Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good. Behave yourself and never mind the rest. - Peter Rabbit. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!

Dedicated to my sweet baby sister, Amy. I love and miss you so much! ❤🦋❤

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