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| I love this picture of Jesus |
Happy Tuesday!
I hope everyone had a fun St. Patrick's Day. Don't you just love holidays? I sure do. The next holiday we can look forward to is Easter. Easter is the day when we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. Jesus is the Son of God and heroically gave his life to die for our sins. Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday.
Easter is also a fun time for children.
On Easter Sunday, many children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them baskets of candy. He has also hidden the eggs that they decorated earlier that week. Children hunt for the eggs all around the house. Neighborhoods and organizations hold Easter egg hunts, and the child who finds the most eggs wins a prize.
The Easter Bunny is a rabbit-spirit. Long ago, he was called the "Easter Hare", hares and rabbits have frequent multiple births so they became a symbol of fertility. The custom of an Easter egg hunt began because children believed that hares laid eggs in the grass. The Romans believed that "All life comes from an egg." Christians consider eggs to be "the seed of life" and so they are symbolic of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Why we dye, or color, and decorate eggs is not certain. In ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Persia eggs were dyed for spring festivals. In medieval Europe, beautifully decorated eggs were given as gifts.
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| Pink Carrots~ |
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| Easter Eggs with Pearls and Ribbons~ |
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| Cloth Bunnies~ |
Here is a link that will take you directly to these products.
http://host12.shoppepro.com/~janetscr/category_32/Easter.htm
www.janetscreativecottage.com
I will be adding more Easter items in the next day or two so come back to take a peek.
Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by.
xoxo
Janet~
2 comments:
Hi Janet, what a wonderful post of Easter info and history. Love the vintage graphics.
Your new items are gorgeous and I just love those pink fabric carrots and your pearl and lace eggs are gorgeous. Everything you design is beautiful. Your talents are over the moon my friend.
So nice to see you and thank you for stopping by and your kind comment. Hope you enjoy a wonderful spring and the allergies are not too bad. We are feeling it here too but so looking forward to springtime.
Hugs and Blessings!!
Hi Janet, how are you? I practically skipped over St. Patrick's and I hope I don't do the same with Easter. I've been so busy planning my daughter's birthday. It's just us four and two of her friends but it seems like it takes me twice as long to do half of what I used to when she and her brother were children. :)
I absolutely love your gorgeous creations, you know I'm a fan. Those carrots are adorable. You are SO talented.
Thank you for visiting. Glad you liked the farmer's market and hope you can visit yours soon. It's such a treat.
Have a beautiful Sunday, friend.
xoxo's
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