Vintage Bunny Nest for Spring

It's nest and bunny time so I'm busy creating nests of all kinds filled with speckled eggs. Today I'm using a vintage ladle to support a nest, not for eggs but for carrots. 

This project is another in a series of projects where I used what I had in the house to decorate for Spring. 

I began with an old black painted board. 

I painted a light coat of Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint in Lucketts Green over the black. 

When the paint dried I gave it a light sanding all in one direction, careful not to take off too much green paint. 

As you can see it gave it a beautiful texture.

I wanted to attach a vintage ladle to the wooden board. 

I used a metal clamp with wire to attach the ladle to the clamp. 

I used hot glue to attach a store-bought nest into the dish of the ladle.

I filled the nest with green moss and attached a small bunny from the craft store to the back of the nest, covering the clamp. 

I filled the nest with small carrots also from the craft store. 

For the next step I am using rub on transfers from ReDesign by Prima. 

The transfers came on several large sheets. 

I used them for several recent projects including the painted craft cupboard, the vintage soap saver nests, and the farmhouse Easter eggs. 

All I did was to cut off the words I wanted from the sheet and rub them onto the wood.

This cute little vintage nest is adorable to decorate for Spring with things found at home. 

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