Happy Easter!

Easter Eve Update

Easter eggs by 3rd Coast Chick, on Flickr

International Easter Traditions @ BuzzFeed

Easter at Dartman's World of Wonder:

• Here Comes Peter Cottontail
• Eggbert The Easter Egg
• Easter Parade

Gary LeMaster: The Eggshell Sculptor @ She Walks Softly

Mental Floss shares 13 Exquisite Easter Eggs

Wheatgrass Easter Egg Centerpiece and Downloadable Easter Owl Goodie Bags And Bookmarks @ Craft

Peeps Easter Crafts: Taking Candy to the Next Level @ DIY Life

Easter @ Serious Eats

delish examines The Meanings Behind Easter Eats

Wired: What's Inside: Easter Candy

zakka life's Easter Printable Roundup

Happy Easter @ Vintage Kid's Book My Kid Loves

Easter Eggs and Easter Kids @ Vintage Holiday Images

Easter Jones @ Para Abnormal

Vintage Easter Clip Art - Funny bunny with Daffodil, Easter Bunny with Family and Violets, Girl with Eggs @ The Graphics Fairy

To Greet You All On Easter! Vintage Postcard @ A Vintage Cottage Home

Chronically Vintage: Reflecting on the timeless beauty of Easter

Monday Morning Easter Update

Cute vintage celluloid duck ducklings toy by eg2006

Erin Bradley Designs Easter Paper Pack & Photoshop Template Freebie!

Organized Christmas offers a pair of Easter treats: Easter Nest Cookies and Easter Bunny S'Mores in a Jar

Under the Table and Dreaming has a terrific roundup of 50 Easter Egg Ideas and Inspiration

tatertots & jello spotlights 20 Great Easter/Spring Ideas via Pinterest!!

Cascarones for Easter! @ Hot Glue Gun Helpers

Photojojo shows how to Turn Your Photos into Mosaic Easter Eggs!

How-Tos: Tie Dye Easter Eggs and an Origami Bunny Box @ Craft

paper, plate and plane has a couple of neat ways to spruce up your Easter Eggs this year: Ruffled Eggs and Ric Rac Eggs

Mental Floss runs down 6 Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs

delish asks How Many Calories is the Easter Bunny Bringing? plus Recipes for Leftover Hard-Boiled Eggs

Cooking With Candy: Peeps Two Ways @ Gothamist

Picky Palate makes some decadent Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs

Carrot Cake Truffles @ Serious Eats

Easter Bunny Buns (Yum!) @ Mommy's Kitchen

Tipnut offers Easter Lily Care & Tips For Transplanting Outdoors

It's A Wonderful Movie has a rundown of Easter TV Programming for Families

Vintage Holiday Images looks back at Eater Kid's and Grown-ups plus some Easter Cheesecake

Chicks and Bunnies and Eggs, Oh My! and My Eater Wish @ Postcard Roundup

French Kissed Postcards has a lovely vintage Easter Card Project

Vintage Clip Art - Precious Child in Egg @ The Graphics Fairy

13 Hilarious Peeps Candy Easter Dioramas @ Neatorama

Wednesday Evening Easter Update

Seattle school renames Easter eggs 'Spring Spheres' @ MyNorthwest

The Daily Mail reports "Chip shop owner serves up Creme Eggs... deep fried"

Easter at Me and You and a Blog Named Boo includes A Family Circus Easter, Cadillac Cats, "Cottontails, Chickens, and Colored Eggs", Yogi The Easter Bear and, Classic Easter Commercials 2011 Edition!

Modern Mechanix : Easter Eggs Masquerade as Cartoon Characters (May, 1938)

How To: Make Decorative Angry Birds Easter Eggs @ Bit Rebels

A Holiday Haven offers a Free Printable Easter Banner and Cute Little Easter Chick Craft

dabbled offers loads of Easter ideas

How-To: Vintage Doily Easter Basket, Monster Easter Egg Nesting Dolls, How-To: Crepe Paper Carrots and Sewn Easter Egg Wreath @ Craft

Eighteen25 has bunny tails + more i love us prints

Cooking Light helps you prepare "A Glorious Easter Dinner Menu"

Plan An Italian Easter Dinner with Rachel Ferrucci

Easter @ The Family Kitchen

Eating Well shares some Lighter, simpler Easter dinner mains

Hot Cross Buns with Spiced Fruited Butter @ The English Kitchen

30 Free HD Easter Wallpapers @ New Evolution Designs

Christoph Niemann's The 2011 Easter Egg Audit

Antique Easter Fantasy Chicks Rabbit Postcards @ postcardiva postcard blog

Easter @ The Daily Postcard

Easter at Postcards, etc.

A Happy Easter Chick @ Postcard Roundup

Vintage Printable Image - Easter Lily - Instant Art @ The Graphics Fairy

Today's Easter Roundup

"The League of Shadow Bunnies by LexnGer, on Flickr

Easter

2011 White House Easter Egg Roll

Ohio town is taking the 'Easter' out of its annual egg hunt @ NBC17

Wired: What's Inside: Easter Candy

An Easter Treat From the ‘Cake Boss’ @ NYT

Check out Zakka Life's Spring Egg Cup Craft

How-To: Temari Easter Eggs @ Craft

Easter Treats–Bunny and Duck Cookie Pops @ The Idea Room

Delish showcases 7 Cute Easter Desserts

Lot's of great stuff at Dabbled's Easter Idea Roundup

A Pretty Life in the Suburbs has Easter Inspired Yarn Ball & Twig Garland

Mommy on a Shoestring offers Free Easter Craft Ideas, Games, and Food Fun for Kids and Families

Pink Sparkles Easter Bunny Ears @ I Love To Create

See what's new for Easter 2011 at Disney's Family Fun

How to make candy-free Easter baskets @ Canadian Press

Easter Egg Ballons @ paper, plate and plane

Elegant Vintage Easter Cards @ The Back Porch

Vintage Easter Clip Art - Sweet Girl in Bunny Suit @ The Graphics Fairy

A Happy Easter To You and Happy Easter-Tide @ Postcard Roundup

Holiday Roundup (Spring, Easter, Christmas)

Spring by rankinz302 ♫, on Flickr

Spring

Tipnut has lots of great Spring Cleaning tips.

Martha Stewart's Spring Cleaning Checklist

Spring cleaning tips, tools and techniques from the professionals @ Chicago Sun Times

Spring Cleaning: Seven Steps to Get Your Financial House in Order @ WalletPop

The Graphics Fairy shares a lovely Spring themed Digital Collage Sheet

Yumsugar's 10 Dishes You Must Make This Spring

Eating Well's Top 10 Most Popular Spring Recipes

Merry and Bright shares some New Music for Springtime

Easter

How-To: Easter Egg Hunt Bags @ Craft

10-minute Easter/Spring Wreath @ Tatertots and Jello

easter egg carton chicks @ Paper. Plate and Plane
Check put Zakka Life's Upcycle Craft: Easter Egg Containers

Parents.com has loads of neat Easter Crafts and Activities

Use Google Recipes to find great Easter food ideas

Collider has 7 Clips from Universal’s HOP

Judy's Postcards Plus shares a Happy Easter Postcard from Finland

Christmas

Mark Steyn has a two part audio profile of the late Hugh Martin, composer of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas".

Stubby's House of Christmas remembers Ferlin Huskey

Holiday Roundup (Purim, St. Patrick's Day, Easter)

The Maccabeats - Purim Song

Purim

Wikipedia's article on the history of Purim

Chabad.org has a full featured section for Purim 2011 (March 19-21)

Purim history and activities @ URJ.org

Purim @ MyJewishLearning.com

Ask the Rabbi: Are all costumes allowed on Purim? @ JPost.com

Purim at the Jewish Virtual Library

Purim And Passover Pastries @ epicurious

About.com's Kosher Food editor 's Purim Recipes guide

St. Patrick's Day

Chicago Tribune's Travel Picks: Top 10 St Patrick's Day parades

Recipes for St. Patrick's Day @ SF Gate

Lucky Science: Make your own Green Carnations @ second story window

How to make a recycled wool felted sweater shamrock for St. Patrick's Day @ Craftside

Canadian Living show us how to make cute Leprechaun Hat Favours

Holidash shows us how to make our own St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Coasters and Glasses

Check out Simply Recipes' simple recipe for Colcannon

Easter

Check out the upcoming Tweetvent Easter Live 2011

Vintage Easter Images - Bunnies with Egg - Silhouettes @ The Graphics Fairy

ILoveToCreate Teen Crafts: Edible Easter Centerpiece

Easter recipes @ Food.com

A Southern St. Patrick's Day Celebration @ About.com

VeggieTales: 'Twas the Night Before Easter has just been added to Netflix Streaming

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Holiday Roundup (Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Easter)

Shamrocks by Tracy Hunter

Mardi Gras

Chewbacchus Krewe Brings Sci-Fi to Mardi Gras @ Underwire

Mommy's Kitchen has a Super Easy King Cake recipe

Mardi Gras @ Food Network

Let the good times roll – at Mardi Gras @ SunTimes

Mardi Gras Parade Cam 2011 @ Nola.com

Mardi Gras Advertisements/Posters @ Vintage Holiday Images

St. Patrick's Day

delish offers Healthier Recipes for Your St. Patrick's Day Menu

St. Patrick's Day @ Food Network

St. Patrick's Day @ Disney's Family Fun

St. Patrick's Day printable art and tags @ eighteen25

Ellen Clapsaddle St. Patrick's Day Postcards @ postcardiva postcard blog

St. Patrick's Day Greeting Cards, Fonts, and Images @ Desktop Publishing (About.com)

March is St. Patrick's Month (in NYC) @ Gothamist

Easter

Canon's Creative Park has a free Easter Basket papercraft you can print and make

Check out these Make-Ahead Easter Brunch ideas from delish

DIY Stuffed Animal Easter Baskets @ The Idea Room

Holiday Roundup (Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas)

by Whipped Bakeshop

Valentine's Day

History Of Valentine’s Day @ Today I Found Out

Terrific Valentine Ephemera Clip Art @ Pugly Pixel

8 million hearts and "It's Magic!" valentines @ A Vintage Cottage Home

Tatertots and Jello has instructions for making a Bow and Arrow Valentine Wreath plus Valentine's Pillows!

{Valentine Inspiration} Cookie Cartons @ Whipperberry

Learn how to make Heart Cake Balls/Pops @ Tip Junkie

Umm, Organized Christmas has Cupid Poop: Valentines Day Gag Gift

Mutant Cupid's papercraft @ castleforte

Victorian Beehive Cobweb Card tutorial @ Marissa Louise via Craft

Vintage Romance Commic blog Sequential Crush shares an "Are You Ready for Marriage?" Quiz from 1970 and the story "Made for Each Other!" from Heart Throbs February/March 1971

Easter

Sweet Bunny Softies To Make Pattern Roundup and 300+ Easter Crafts, Printables & Sweet Treats @ Tipnut's new Easter Goodies site

Christmas

bongobells re-shares a rare/out of print Christmas album from Hawaii - 2001's A Father-Daughter Christmas by Stardancer

Holiday Roundup (Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas)

Chinese New Year / Year 4708 / Year of the Rabbit

Chinese New Year info from Wikipedia

Chinese New Years @ Kaboose

Celebrate Chinese New Year with Family Events in New York City @ Mommy Poppins

San Francisco's Chine New Year's Festival & Parade

Valentine's Day

Vintage Valentine's Day Clip Art - Stunning Woman @ The Graphics Fairy

From Grathio Labs (via Craft) comes a rather unique free printable: Patent Illustration Valentines

Download you free PaperToy Monsters Cupid Papercraft

Pugly Pixel has news of a soon to be available free Valentine's Day blogger background from Powered By Pastries

Easter

Our first Easter Bunny link - Easter Bunny Art by Peter Gray

Giggle at The Daily What's Easter Prank of the Day

Mental Floss lists their 16 Favorite Rabbits with our friend the Easter Bunnny coming in a disappointing 12th

Christmas

and everthing else too has a neat vintage kid's cookbooklet from Betty Crocker that features a number of delightfully illustrated recipes with holiday themes including Sugar Plum Dreams, Silver Bells, Flaming Monce Pies, Tiny Tims and Mr. Pickwicks.

Here's a roundup of all of The Second Disc's terrific Christmas music related posts from 2010

Easter Bunny Costumes for Easter 2010

Over 30 different cute bunny costumes to choose from for Easter 2010!

Make sure the Easter Bunny visits you this year, so visit EasterBunnyCostumes.com and order your Easter Bunny Costume online today.

Featured bunny costume:

PREMIUM RABBIT WHITE MASCOT COSTUME Includes: Parade head, fur jumpsuit, fur hand mitts, and fur shoes. Available in One Size. Regularly $429.95 On Sale for: $389.95.

Also available: biblical character costumes for kids and adults, perfect for church plays, passion plays and Easter reenactments.

You can't eat just one Peep

This is from a cute article on Marshmallow Peeps, to get you into the Easter spirit…

I've had a lifelong fascination for Peeps. So, with Easter approaching and me in need of a Peeps fix, I decided to go Googling to get some important questions answered. You can never have enough data about Peeps. But if you're an addict, too, keep in mind the Peeps Web site hasn't been updated since 2003, or, in my case, a few thousand Peeps ago.

Just Born Quality Confections in Bethlehem, Pa. has been the primary Peeps manufacturer since 1953, when it acquired Rodda Candy. It's motto: "Peeps ... Always in Season." Rodda may have produced the marshmallow confection as early as the 1920s.

Chicks were the original shapes, Bunnies later. But Easter no longer corners the Peeps market. There are Spooky Cats for Halloween, Snowmen for the winter holidays. Colors? Besides yellow and white, blue and violet, we have red, white and blue Peeps for the Fourth of July, cocoa-flavored Bats for Halloween.

Peepaholics know there's no such thing as a stale Peep. Some like them hard and crunchy. The 12-page Google report calls this "an acquired taste."

If you eat only a Peep or two, you've found a new low-calorie dessert -- each Peep is 32 calories. But it's pretty hard to resist finishing a whole pack once it's opened. And I can knock off 50 Peeps without making, well, a peep. That's 1,520 calories. The Peep-sheet points out, however, that five handsful of M & Ms equates to 50 Peeps. So I'd rather have Peeps, thank you (Good news: There are small amounts of fat in Peeps)

Q. What happens if you decide you want a warm Peep on a cold night and stick one in the microwave?

A. You don't want to know.

The Web site also reports there is a Peeps Fan Club with two levels of membership: $9.95 for basic, $13.95 for premium. You get one pack of Peeps with both. The different is you get a Peep cap if you go premium.

Just Born's Bethlehem factory had an electrical fire in 1999, damaging large quantities of Peeps that were then sold as an animal feed ingredient. But a few weeks after the fire, production resumed and there were no shortages during the 2000 Peep Season.

I'm well stocked for Easter 2008 in Mantua.

But I've got the same problem all Peeps-lovers share.

I can't eat just one.

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Now you can do more than just eat peeps, you can BE one! AnniesCostumes.com has Peep costumes for kids and Peep costumes for adults.

Cute Easter Activity Site for Kids

If you've got little kids in your life, here's an adorable website called Happy-Easter.com, which has "egg-citing" ideas, crafts, activities, recipes, jokes, games and more.

Here's the text from their home page:

Welcome to Happy-Easter.com! Our egg-citing new site is packed full of cracking good ideas for the holiday season so roll up, roll up to join in the fun.

There are lots of craft ideas for little fingers to get stuck into as well as traditional recipes for your Easter eggs-travaganza! The origins and traditions of Easter are revealed in our special features and you can find out more with our eggs-traordinary Easter Facts.

Don't forget the fun with our side splitting Easter Jokes and easy to use Easter Games and you can spread the goodwill of the holiday season by sending cards, greetings and gifts to friends and family.

Have a Hoppy Easter!

(Remember, if you're looking for cute costumes for Easter, visit anniescostumes.com and EasterBunnyCostumes.com.)

An Easter Tradition: Marshmallow Peeps

Easter is right around the corner. And with it come many traditions: Coloring eggs, the Easter Bunny, egg hunts.

But another tradition is the consumption of that staple of Easter: Marshmallow Peeps!

Ever wonder where they come from? How are they made? Or do they just hatch? Are there adult peeps? These and more burning questions can be answered on the Peeps FAQ page at Wikifaq.com.

(One thing they won't tell you is the magical thing that happens to them when you put them in the microwave. But you didn't hear it from us.)

If you're looking for alternatives from the standard Easter Bunny Costumes, check out the Peeps costume at EasterBunnyCostumes.com.

Easter Sunday is March 23, 2008!

Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon of Spring. In 2008, this happens almost as early as possible, so we have an early Easter as well as an early Mardi Gras this year.

Please plan early for your Easter celebrations. EasterBunnyCostumes.com carries over 30 different Easter Bunny mascot costumes for you to choose from.

As well as all the multiplying rabbit costumes, they also have a full selection of biblical character costumes for both children and adults, which can be used for Passion Plays and displays for church and school presentations.

As well as the costumes, you will also find accessories: wigs and beards, hooked staffs and more.

And for makeup for your stage productions, visit www.StageAndTheaterMakeup.com. There you will find makeup and plenty of fake blood for reenactments of the death and birth of Christ.

Where did the Easter Bunny Come From?

Easter is Sunday, March 23, 2008

The traditions of painting Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny are ancient history - literally!

The ancient Greeks colored Easter Eggs and rabbits and hares (being such famously fertile animals) represent the fertility of Spring and are symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox.. Eggs are also symbols of fertility, thusly, painted and decorated eggs were given as gifts representing new life. The name Easter is thought to have derived from Eostre, an ancient pagan goddess of Spring.

Yes, that's correct! Some Easter origins, as well as those of the Easter Bunny, come from pre-Christian lore. Dating back to the time before Jesus Christ, parents told their children to expect presents from a magic hare. Since hares are quite rare in many regions, the bunny rabbit widely replaced the hare; this is how the Easter Bunny has become so famous now. Eostre is related to the German Ostara; and according to a popular piece of folklore, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became the modern Easter Bunny.

More Easter Bunny Origins and Folklore

Who says costumes are just for Halloween?

Upcoming Costume Holidays and Events in 2007:

Mardi Gras: February 20th
MardiGrasCostumes.com carries costumes, masks, beads, party supplies to make your Mardi Gras party or parade the best ever!

Purim: Sundown on March 4th
Purim is a Jewish holiday often celebrated by masquerading in costumes and masks. Costume are also needed for plays that re-enact scenes from The Book of Esther and The Story of Purim.
AnniesCostumes.com carries costumes featuring characters from Purim as well as many other masquerade styles. Many Purim costume parties often have a masquerade theme - use your imagination!

St. Patrick's Day: March 17th
Yes, this is a costume holiday for Leprechauns, Irish Maidens, Irish Dancers & more. Plus hats, beads and party supplies. Show your Irish pride!
AnniesCostumes.com carries Irish costumes, hats and party supplies to make your St. Patty's Day Party great.

April Fool's Day: April 1st
This is also a holiday for costumes: jesters & clowns, of course! Or dress up as whatever it is that you are a fool for! Love women, dress as one! Love food, how about a hamburger costume or a Hershey's Kiss? Dog lover? You get it! Plus, we also have gags and tricks for that perfect April fools prank. Or check out the great selection of magic at my brother's magic website: Wizard's Apprentice Magic Shop.

Easter Sunday: April 8th
EasterBunnyCostumes.com carries over 30 different Easter Bunny mascot costumes, bunny costumes for kids and babies, sexy bunny costumes for ladies and biblical costumes for children and adults.

It's Renaissance Fair Season!
Check out Renaissance fairs and festivals coming to a city near you!
AnniesCostumes.com has all of the garb you need to attend your festival dressed as the lord or the lady you are!