Easter Circle Skirts

This year I decided to make matching skirts instead of dresses like I did last year. I used Casey's circle skirt sew a long and Patty The Snug Bug's circle skirt tutorial to make our Easter skirts. Patty has an easy to use circle skirt calculator! You can even calculate 3/4 and 1/2 circle skirts using her calculator page. I love Casey's longer blue skirt with hand embroidered bumble bees that she made! So cute!

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Casey's Circle Skirt Sew A Long

I messed up my hem and in order to even it out my skirt ended up shorter than I would have liked it to be. The skirt was very easy to put together. I made mine and Amelia's circle skirt in about 1 1/2 hours. I used Heather Bailey fabric for our skirts. She has great fabrics! I am definitely making more because they are so easy. I want to make a half circle skirt next. I feel like it will be more flattering on me than a full circle skirt. Below is Casey in a half circle skirt she made.  Looks great and it has a very vintage look.

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I opted not to wear crinoline or a petticoat. :-)

Bird's Nest Cookies

 I made these when I was a kid! It was the first thing we made in Home Economics class. So easy and fun but unfortunately they are not gluten free. I mixed the cookies up and Amelia put candy eggs in each nest. We took them to great grandma's house for Easter.

 Bird's Nest Cookies

1 12 oz bag of milk or semi sweet chocolate chips
1 12 oz bag of butterscotch chips or peanut butter chips
1 12 oz bag of Chow Mein Noodles

The great thing is you can mix and match the flavors or you can do all chocolate or all butterscotch. What ever your little heart desires. Just make sure you stick with 24 oz of candy chips to 12 oz of Chow Mein noodles. Melt the candy in a double boiler or microwave then pour over the chow mein noodles and mix together until they are coated well. Put spoonfuls of the mixture on parchment paper then top with any egg shaped candies before the cookies set up so the candies will stick to them. Let harden completely.