Easter Egg Hunt

With Wille’s Birthday I’m a little behind on my Easter egg hunt post. Yes, I still arrange Easter egg hunts for my now adult son…

This is our first real Easter at the house. Last year we got access to the house at Easter and we spent it doing demo in the kitchen. At the old house the Easter bunny used to hide the eggs in the garden but this year he decided it was too cold so he left Wille a Happy Easter note inside his door instead.

 

The note was attached to a ribbon…

 

… which led him though the house…

 

… and yielded eggs on it's way.

I guess you can never get to old to arrange egg hunts. I mean hunt for eggs.

 

Ps. 

Do you have any exciting new (or old that I might not know of) blog finds you want to share? I'm looking to add some fun new ones to my reader. You guys know what i like; modern, white, quirky, diy, organizing... I'm not so much into blogs that showcase trends and products and those that rehash other's work but I love those that share stylish family homes and fun projects. Can't wait to get your best links!

Comments

[Anne]

My adult daughter is so very mature and aloof (at least in her own mind) that she declared that she didn't want any eggs this year (I guess meaning: I could use some cash instead) but the little brother of twelve was very clear: I want eggs. With a lot of chocolate. And you must hide them. I am still a child you know!! :)

Oh yes I arranged the hunt. For the big child as well who in the end seemed pretty pleased.

[Elisabet]

http://husetimitten.blogspot.se/

[Barbara]

Well we kids are almost 23(me) and 20 (my sister).

Currently we are still living at home(we don't qualify for student support and it's cheaper that way....and mom's kinda happy too ;))and my mom arranges these every year too.

You're never too old for fun traditions!

Greetings and a belated Frohe Ostern from Germany

[Sarah]

Du läser kanske redan A beautilfu mess (http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/), men annars vill jag verkligen tipsa om den! Många fina DIY för dig :) Jag är typ kär i Elsie :P

[Judith]

Oh I'm a forever-young egg hunt arranger too! It's just too fun to ever stop, and my nearly 23-year-old who's now a mom herself would raise all kinds of heck if I tried to cancel the egg hunt :)

No blog tips, sorry! I do have my favorite one, but I guess I don't need to tell you about it since it's yours.

[Hansen Rio]

Aw. sweet! i hope mom will do that someday with me too D;

[Leena]

That egg hunt must of been fun, I would enjoy one myself too.

I like these blogs and maybe you like them too. You might know these already..
http://www.timeoftheaquarius.com/
http://www.theartofdoingstuff.com/

and then I'm going to be totally tacky and advertise my own
http://onshore-again.blogspot.com/
It's not white and fresh yet, but it's going that way.

[Anna]

Hej,
Här fastnade jag:http://www.fossil.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?langId=-1&storeId=12052&catalogId=25005&page=flsApp#/fls
Framför allt på bloggare dom gillar:)

Ha det fint!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Ja, de är söta systrarna :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Tack för tips!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

The first one is new to me, looks great! The second one I've read before and advertising your own is totally allowed :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Tack!

[elisa]

we love egghunts, i love it when we can do them in the garden. especially when i'm gardening the next day and find a few stragglers.

you probably know http://brightbazaar.blogspot.co.uk.
you may not have met http://www.saniapell.com/athomeblog.

watching for more with interest!
x

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I've heard of the first one. Both look great, thanks!

[@byebyebirdieuk]

i hope my little ones are never too old for easter egg hunts (or the tooth fairy, or father christmas ....).

my little bog has lots of little makes, bags of family-ness and some nice house stuff too :) http://www.byebyebirdie.co.uk/sewlattedoughblog ... would love for you to take a little look xx

[Fröken Prickig]

I found this blog recently, she makes furniture out of junk: http://brooklyntowest.blogspot.se/.

[María]

I like this blog http://dossag.blogspot.com/ but it is in Icelandic and I am not sure how good your Icelandic is.

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

My Icelandic isn't all that great, but I can always look at pretty pictures :).

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Look great! And she has cats so she must be a lovely person :).

[Catarina]

this is so cool!! :))

[alan]

Hi from Scotland..have you checked out mini manor blog?lots of craft & almost as organised as yourself..;-)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I'll be sure to check it out further!

[Lotten]

Hej Benita! Jag läser din fina blogg men kommenterar inte så ofta. Visst hade du tips på en amerikansk sida där man kunde köpa schabloner ?! Jag är på jakt efter en fin schablon till ett projekt.... Jag skulle bli glad om du kunder tipsa mig.
Jag har försökt att leta i din blogg men kommer inte ihåg hur längessedan det var....

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I haven't but I will, thanks!

[Sophia]

I don't know if you visited them before but I have a few you might be interested:
1)http://annaleenashem.blogspot.com/
2) http://daniellawitte.blogspot.com/
3)http://vosgesparis.blogspot.com/
4)http://weekdaycarnival.blogspot.com/

some of them combine house projects with other stuff but generally they have very original posts!

[Ana Hernandez]

My blog www.ourhause.co.uk is about renovating our first house, styling it and get bargains here in the uk!

[Marcia Lavanda]

I just found this on Pinterest and remenbered your post about lenses ( i don't undersand anything about photografy), maybe this would interest you : http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/2/2663464/camera-buyers-guide

[Shannon8foot6]

I'm always looking to freshen up the blogs I read! I found two new ones from these comments -yeah!!!! I don't think I have any other modern, fresh, original blogs in my reader other than yours! I remember how happy I was to find you!

[Zosia]

In Poland we decorate eggs, a lot of people take them to church on Saturday before Easter to have them blessed, but we do not hunt for them all that much. It was a tradition when I lived in Canada. I do buy chocolate eggs for my daughter, but kind of leave them somewhere in her room when she is not there, which is not much of a hunt.
Love your egg trail this year. A sleepy teenager (oh sorry, adult) could follow the trail, gather the eggs and end up in the shower to fully wake up :-).

[Marcia Lavanda]

...and this has nothing to do with this post :)

[jja]

"With Wille’s Birthday I’m a little behind on my Easter egg hunt post. Yes, I still arrange Easter egg hunts for my now adult son…"

I do this for my grown up boyfriend und would adore if somebody would do this for me! Some blog tipps later today when I am on my home pc.

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I'm familiar with them, but thank you so much!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Ooh! Will check it out!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Här! http://www.royaldesignstudio.com/

[Margaret]

Check this blog http://sentymentyiprezenty.blogspot.com/
It is in Polish but pictures are great and that couple really made their apartment look different and unique. Very creative and artsy too. Google English translator does a good job too.

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thanks!

[Kara]

I like http://www.stephmodo.com/?m=1. And I love the ribbon idea. It's usually rainy on Easter in Seattle, so this would be great for an indoor hunt!

[DeNacho]

how about:

http://7thhouseontheleft.com/
http://www.housetweaking.com/
http://www.centsationalgirl.com/
http://theletteredcottage.net/

i notice some of these link back to you as well!

[Jodi Anderson]

While I am an avid reader, today I'm popping in to check out all the links. Yay!!

[Sara]

Read My blog! We're building our dream house. Moving in in 3 weeks. Excpect lots of organizing tips, pics etc as i am an organizing freak. Right now u can Read about My everyday life and lots of recepies, yupp a bake freak too.

[Maggie]

We did our first Easter egg hunt for our little guy this year, I just plopped them right out on the lawn and lead him past them. It was fun. As for blog tips one of my other favorites apart from yours is http://manhattannest.wordpress.com/ I am always amazed at what he manages to do in his rented apartment on a student budget. Funny too!

[Kari]

Your egg hunt reminds me of a game parents of a friend set up for a birthday party--called spiderweb. They would weave strings through up down and around the entire house (and they lived in a four story converted hen house so there was a LOT of house). The strings were intertwined and each child would get a string end tied to a spool to wrap it around--you would follow and wrap the string until you got a a gift bag of goodies at the end. Tremendous fun and very exciting even as we got older! Nowadays you could probably get different colors of string as well, to make it even more interesting.

[Maggie]

Whoops, sorry for giving you a bum steer, that was his old address. Here is the correct address http://manhattan-nest.com/

[Debbie from Chicago]

This was our first Easter in 20 years that we didn't have an egg hunt. Both my kids are away at college and it wasn't possible for them to come home. I still colored eggs, I am not ready to give that up too! :)

[Ruth]

The Easter Bunny did the hunt for our four year old grandson, and then he made a hunt for mom, dad, grammie and papa. All ages can enjoy this fun!

And for links, you may have mentioned it, but I don't see it on your list: http://chezerbey.com/. This is a Seattle blog that I think you will enjoy.

[Gro R]

Hi Benita

As one of your Norwegian readers, I would like to use the opportunity to introduce you to some good Norwegian bloggers.

Mostly family life, DIY, interior (in Norwegian):
http://dengodefeen.blogspot.com
http://mrs-hardy.com

Mostly recipes, DIY (in English, by a Norwegian in New York):
sweetpaul.typepad.com

[emily @ go haus go]

I hope Wille writes a post for us one day! We hear so much about him. I hope one day I can become a cool Mom like you! Anyways, I'll leave my own blog here (http://www.gohausgo.com) and hope you'll check it out! I feel sheepish requesting that but I think our styles are adjacent, if not similar.

[Giulia]

Hi Benita,
Have you read House of Earnest? I think you'd like her DIY projects. http://www.houseofearnest.com/
you might also like Yellow Brick Home: http://www.yellowbrickhome.com/
We are in the midst of renovating our 1950s house, with kids, a lot of DIY projects and some crafts as well, www.fishlynews.com
You know that your blog is the first one I started to read and every day I look forward to stopping by.

[Alex]

Hi Benita,

I love this blog/online magazine: freshome.com
It showcases sooo great houses and resorts.

btw: I love all those DIY you do and admire your nearly never ending energy :-)

Greets from Germany,
Alex

[t]

This blog falls into the realm of fun and quirky--a great little pick-me-up. http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/

[Gabor Berger]

Hej Benita,
Min blog kan vara just motvikten till den du söker? ;)
Det är inte hemmiljöer precis den handlar om utan jag observerar resultatet av att skapa något kreativt med objekten i rummet - skyltfönstren.
http://bergerness.com
mvh,
Gabor

[sunny]

Since mine is a collage of pretty photos I find, no need to read mine :) but here are some I like.

the ones not in English I use Google Translate as a google chrome extension which asks me if I want a web page translated. and in google reader - I use the "translate into my language" option.

http://shinedotdesign.blogspot.com/
http://www.ishtarolivera.com/blog/
http://laloleblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/me-reporto.html
http://in-myhouse.blogspot.com/
http://ledansla.blogspot.com/
http://audreyjeanne.blogspot.com/

There's a sampling :)

[Maiken]

My favourite: http://nyclq-focalpoint.blogspot.com/ She is VERY good at incorporating colour into interiors and does lots of DIY-projects.

[nan]

Please take a look at our blog...

www.CuratorsOf Lifestyle.com

We read yours every day!

[Sarah]

Jag läser inte så många inrednings/DIY-bloggar, men har fastnat för "1000 idéer och en fröken". Mycket omgörningsprojekt hela tiden, snyggt och smakfullt även om jag har den vita stilen själv. (men jag gillar tydligen att läsa om den....) Bloggen är dessutom snygg i sig och texterna alltid välskrivna.

[Kensie Cutter]

http://writeread-kensie.blogspot.com/ :)

[Tracy]

i checked out yr link.agree that the apartment really rocks :D such an arty feel

[Marie]

Do you know this one?

http://www.stayathomeista.com/

[Sarah]

Hej, jag igen. Skrev visst lite fel. "...även om jag INTE har den vita" ska det ju vara.

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

That looks like good one! Added!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I check in on three of those on a regular basis but I hadn't heard of Housetweaking!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Kul, jag ska kika in!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I've read Daniels blog ever since the beginning because he actually read mine and mentioned he was starting one himself :). He's very cute and funny!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

That is such a great idea. Must pass it on to someone with kids. And something bigger than a small apartment :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I actually recently stumbled on their blog so it's in my reader!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Fina! Sweet Paul känner jag till och har läst lite då och då :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Ooh! Love the bedroom! And the doggie! Consider yourself followed. I sound like a stalker...

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Love the two you mentioned! And I can tell that I'll be able to pick up some ideas from you too!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I'm familiar with the magazine, but I'll have to check out the site, thanks!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

It looks really fun!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Oj, det kändes nästan lite för mycket som jobb för mig som jobbat med skyltfönster sen stenåldern :). Men vädigt kul nischat!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Those are all new to me, will check out!!!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I'll take a peek, thank you! :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Vackert!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I don't. Will check it out!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Förstod det :)

[amycapdet / May Zaragoza]

I was going to suggest http://www.sweetpaul.typepad.com/ too and maybe http://pm-betweenthelines.blogspot.com.es/ I love her sewing projects :)

[Kari]

Yes, do. The spiderwebs each year are a real childhood memmory for me--if we had had kids, we would have done them every year!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[desiree - vosgesparis]

So nice to see this ;) Thanks for mentioning and thanks for the great hunt !

[Elisabeth]

You might like this blog. I love her posts.The interiors are often white and simple.
http://tinywhitedaisies.tumblr.com/

[Marcia Lavanda]

Oh!! I love it Elisabeth, i don't know why ;-) but i'm getting a taste for white these days...

[Soffia@ HeartSweetHome]

Hi there :)

Im the owner of dossag.blogspot.com.

Thanks so much for you kind words and glad to know that the pictures transend words. However I have started to blog in english, if you want to take a look: www.heartsweethome.com

[Jillian]

I Don't know if you've heard of them, but Mini Manor is one of my favorites. She's almost as organized as you :)
Here's a link to her organizing posts, hope you like it:
http://www.maillardvillemanor.com/search/label/Organizing

[YuLie]

http://whiteswallows.tumblr.com/

[Giao]

Benita,
The following is a blog that I read on a daily
basis alongside yours:
iheartorganizing@blogspot.com
The blog is filled with organizing & DIY projects
Enjoy!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Some one else mentioned that one too, will check it out further!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

That one's already in my reader :)

[Zuhal]

Probably you will like this one:

http://herz-allerliebst.de/

she writes also in english.

[Shelley]

So many new blog suggestions! I don't know if you like craft-type blogs, but Craftberry Bush is really pretty and from her heart.

[Filipa]

Hi Benita,
I don't know if, sometimes, you check my blog (I know you checked it at the beggining when I e-mailed you - you was so sweet replying to me - thanks!!!) but would be a pleasure to me if you keep reading it - and suggest new improvements!

Thanks,

Filipa
www.welc-home.blogspot.com

[Gro R]

Hi again Benita,
I just remembered that you are re-working your garden. I am in the same situation, and find a lot of inspiration from a Danish blog. He works in a completely different scale than us........but he has some really nice colour-combos!He is also good on leafs (shape, colour etc).

www.clausdalby.dk

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Will check him out, thank you!

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

I'll pop back in again :)

[Benita ~ Chez Larsson]

Very pretty!