Ready for Spring {Friday Favorites}…

 

Happy Friday friends and welcome to another Friday Favorites!

I have spring on my mind this week.  How about you? About this time every year, I start getting antsy to see something pretty bloom, see more of the sun and spend more time outside.  I know many of you are getting hammered right now with ice and snow today (ugh!!) and I’m sure you guys are more than ready for the long winter to end! I think we could all use some spring inspiration today to get us thinking about what we are looking forward to the most when spring finally arrives.

Really more than anything, I look forward to the first blooms of the spring and they can’t get here fast enough for me.

 

 

One of my favorite flowers/trees are the cherry blossoms and if i can get my hands on a few branches this spring, I would love to create a pretty centerpiece like these:

 

 

When I think about spring, I think about lemons for some reason.  Isn’t it funny how certain foods remind us of a season?  I’m sure it’s something from my childhood that makes me crave lemons and I can’t wait to make my Lemonade Cake:

 

 

I’m also looking forward to trying some new recipes for other lemony cakes, cookies and cupcakes:

 

 

I’m really looking forward to making plans for our Easter and I love to come up with fun Easter projects that I can do with my daughter.  I ran across this adorable free printable template from EAB Designs for making this elegant stuffed bunny that I think would be so fun for us to make:

 

 

By the way, EAB Designs blog is one of my favorite blogs out there and Julie is so talented and every blog post is so amazing and beautiful.  Two years ago, I used Julie’s free printable template to make my daughter’s class these gorgeous little Easter paper favor cones that I filled with goodies.  They are so easy to make and they were a big hit:

 

 

Of course, a girl needs one or two spring accessories just to lighten up the wardrobe for the season and bring us a little smile.  I came across a fabulous Etsy store this week called Tangerine Jewelry Shop with tons of potential baubles to make us smile. Here are two of my favorites;

I love this brushed gold faceted square aqua chalcedony ring for $69.00:

 

also these brushed gold faceted earrings for only $35.00 are so beautiful and are perfect for spring:

 

Finally and one of the things I’m looking forward to most as spring arrives is spending time outdoors entertaining with friends and family, once the weather gets prettier.  I love this idea that I have been seeing all over Pinterest for freezing fruit and making skewers to keep cocktails chilled.   I can’t wait to try it and it’s perfect for nights on the patio or mixed in with champagne on Easter:

 

 

I hope you guys getting all the snow today thaw out quickly!! I also hope that you see something today here that reminds you that spring is just around the corner! What are you looking forward to the most?
Thank you so much {as always} for hanging out with me today for Friday Favorites. If you happened to miss last week’s Friday Favorites “Favorite Kitchen Cabinet Paint Colors”, you can get to that post by clicking the image directly below:

 

Have a great weekend friends!!

Cheers!
Cyndy