A Haitian Easter Celebration

This Easter we celebrated part of our day with some new friends Hatian style. We had been invited over to the home of a friend who is an international student and we weren't expecting such an amazing feast! But, lucky us, we got to experience a traditional Hatian Easter meal with all kinds of new flavorful foods. Here are a few mouth watering photos:

fried tilapia

I got to try plantains and lobster for the first time-delicious...And I loved the different rices with beans.

It was fun making new friends, learning about Haiti, singing a few worship songs together to celebrate our risen King.

Earlier in the day, I even got a little catnap in with the newborn baby. Needed that...

Later, we did an Easter egg hunt with our boys and gave them their basket full of goodies.

(By the way, did you know putting an Easter egg in a whisk is a great way to let little kids dye their eggs? That is, until you take the egg out and they squeeze them. Gotta love strong little two year olds...)

It was a really fun Easter to remember! 

Faux Capiz Shell Chandeliers

Who has seen these gorgeous chandeliers on Design Sponge or Pinterest? I think they look so pretty hanging in my trees and would be gorgeous for an outdoor wedding. I have loved the idea for a while now and finally got to make not one, not two but four of them! They have kept me so busy these past two weeks and here they are 300 ft. of wax paper, over 400 ft. of ribbon and ton of hot glue and only 1 burn later.

 I was asked to help with the new stage design at my church and they will be so pretty hanging with lights shining up into them. Can't wait to see what they will look like with stained glass printed panels-of course I'll be posting pictures when it's all set up. Below is the tutorial and materials list if you want to make your own:

Do you know what these are made out of? Wax paper. 

Something ordinary turned into something beautiful. (It's a lot like what God does when we let Him transform our lives...)

Before you begin, you might want to know that it took me 6-8 hours to make each one and I used 24" planter baskets-but they probably could be done smaller in a lesser amount of time. 

Here's the link to Brenna's tutorial on Design Sponge

trimming the ribbon ends

checking over the details

I'll be making one next for my dining room

...and one for my bedroom...

Now that I'm an "expert" at making Faux Capiz Shell Chandeliers I plan on making some for my own house. I wonder what it would look like if I melted silver crayon shavings into them? That will be an experiment for another day...Can't wait to show you how it all looks up on the big stage-stay tuned for more pictures and thanks for visiting ReMadeSimple!

Linking up with these parties. 

My Spring Decor

Can't believe Easter is less than a week away! I have been really busy working on a big decorating project for my church I can't wait to reveal. But for now, here are a few photos of my simple Easter and Spring decorating I did throughout my house. All I have left to do is dye eggs with the kids and fill up their baskets with treats!

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