These eggs are my favorite spring decoration. (I actually even painted them several years ago.)

Here's the painting... I wish I still had it!

I wanted to use real dishes tonight, so I brought out our 16-year old wedding china, and our new everyday square white dishes that I found at TJMaxx a couple of months ago. I love that they match!

Here's our dining room. I still can't part with my Christmas Poinsettia. Mostly because it matches my red walls. I have 10 votive candles around it that I will light tonight to make the room more cozy. Don't my flower prints look cute? I had to figure out what to put on this wall because last month I sold the painting that was hanging there. I hate when that happens! 🙂

The sticks in my blue vase are actually Forsythia branches that I am forcing. I keep adding warm water, hoping the leaves will pop out tonight, but I guess I got started too late. There are teeny-tiny green tips of the buds starting to open up. Maybe by next week they will begin to leaf out and flower.

This is still my favorite room in our house. Probably because of all the windows and the fun color everywhere.

My fireplace mantel for spring. Do you remember this painting? SUNFLOWER #5 I said I was keeping it because it was my favorite. But then sure enough, in a moment of weakness I listed it on my web site and it SOLD. I decided I'm going to make full-size Giclee print on canvas in the beginning of April so that I can have one for myself.

BOTTLES! All from TJMaxx last summer. I have a collection of colored bottles that I rotate between my mantel and on top of our kitchen cupboards. I switch them around to complement the rest of the family room decor for that season. I don't think I paid more than $10 for each of these. I love how they add a luminous color to the room.

GRASS BALLS! If I had to choose one decoration to rescue from our burning house, it would be these. I put them away for winter, simply so that I can appreciate them again for the rest of the year. I got them in Florida several years ago. They weren't terribly expensive, but more than I wanted to spend. My mom talked me into buying them. She was right, it was totally worth the investment because they make me happy every time I look at them.

CRACKERS! How cute are these for spring? There are little butterfly and flower crackers. Not much effort involved in making a super-cute, spring appetizer. Step 1.) remove crackers and put on cute plate Step 2.) remove Merkt's cheese spread and put into cute bowl. DONE!

These Hyacinths have been blooming in a pot since last week and smell sooooo delicious. They got so tall though that they were tipping over in their pot. So today I cut them and put them in this vase. They will be the centerpiece on my kitchen island tonight. (I just liked how they looked with the eggs on this tray. My vase of sticks is outside right now sitting in the sun on our warm patio... I'm still hoping it will bloom for tonight!)

I even cleaned up my desk! The corner of my desk under the calendar has literally been one big messy pile of papers since last spring. It just dawned on me Monday that if I got a file organizer that I could file everything and make it neater. (Why did it take me 10 months to realize this? Oh well... I'm so happy that it's organized now. I definitely felt more inspired to paint today once I finished my filing and my workspace was neat and tidy.)