I wasn’t going to decorate the mantel this year for Easter… I had just updated it a little bit for Spring/Summer, although I don’t know what inspired me, certainly not the weather…

We’ve had so, so, so much snow this winter… the ground has been buried under feet of the stuff for months, and if I didn’t have as many years of life experience concerning winters in NW Wisconsin, I may doubt that Spring will ever come. But I know from history, that spring eventually will win out and arrive… right?

I had finished some Easter decorating with fun DIY projects this year, but that is all for the dining room… and I guess I felt that we needed a little bit of Easter décor in the great room too.

So here’s what I came up with:

Trying to stay in the neutral color scheme I’ve been working on in the great room, and only using leftovers from other projects, I simply made this pendant banner with a Bible verse on it.

I wanted a verse that I want my grandchildren to learn… and had to do with Jesus’ resurrection, and how that great event impacts us, so I chose Romans 10:9.

I just simple typed in on the computer in the font I wanted and used that for my reference to first sketch, then go over that with a paint marker on the fabric pendant.

The burlap, leftover from the dining room tablescape, is from Walmart and actually supposed to be used in landscaping.

The fabric I wrote the verse on is a leftover scrap for some pillows I made for the family room… haven’t posted on that yet.

So when the paint was dry, I simply glue-gunned the layers, burlap and fabric, onto a length of jute I cut from the spool I originally used for this project: click here to see burlap and jute table re-do

I used tiny brad nails to string up the banner.

One of my granddaughters was over the other day, and I think she already has the verse memorized! Yay!! That was my hope!

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