Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Today's Easter Roundup

The League of Shadow Bunnies
"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

Monday, March 21, 2011

Holiday Roundup (Spring, Easter, Christmas)

Spring
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

Saturday, March 12, 2011

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



Monday, March 7, 2011

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

Fat Tuesday
Fat Tuesday by bitzcelt, on Flickr

Mardi Gras

Serious Entertaining: A Cocktail Party for Carnival @ Serious Eats

Mystery Fanfare's put together a list of Mardi Gras related Mystery novels and short stories.

Matador has a terrific Photo Essay: The Colors of Carnival Around the World

Another Photo Essay over at National Geographic's Intelligent Travel blog: 'Parading Up to the Big Day

Vintage Mardi Gras Parade Pic @ Retrogasm

Vintage Mardi Gras Postcards @ Clearly Vintage

vintage holiday images has Vintage Mardi Gras Raphael Tuck Postcards


Daylight Saving Time

Check out Wikipedia's entry for Daylight Saving Time

Here's NASA's Daylight Saving Time site

Holidash has the scoop on Daylight Saving Time

Daylight Saving Time Around the World 2011 @ TimeandDate.com


St. Patrick's Day

Luck o' the Irish: 15 St. Patrick's Day recipes @ L.A. Times


Easter

Make Easter Baskets out of Fruit Baskets @ Tip Junkie

Vintage Easter pics from Rankin/Bass Historian Rick Goldschmidt

Thursday, March 3, 2011

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

Shamrocks
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