Roxie Growing up in the Crain house, we pretty much loved and thoroughly celebrated all Holidays. My parents were really great at taking advantage of every season to decorate and celebrate! There was sparkly green clover garland at St. Patrick's Day, hearts and vintage Valentine cards adorned the mantle at Valentine's Day, and I won't even try to explain Halloween as it was a month long extravaganza of sorts. Of course, there were little prizes wrapped and ready for us at the breakfast table to go along with the holiday theme.
As a kid, I just loved Easter time! As soon as St. Patrick's Day was past, the Easter decorations would come down from our little attic space. The mantles and buffets would be properly covered with "Snowbabies" bunnies and all of the various rabbits that my brother and I had received the previous years from the Easter Bunny. Dad always turned one of the trees in the front yard into the "Easter" tree by loading it with colorful, plastic eggs.
Even Ike and Tina (the two plastic flamingos that lived in one of the front flower beds) had bunny ears to wear for the occasion.
| The empty Easter baskets were set out and Troy and I would anxiously await Easter weekend. As it approached, preparations were made around the house. My mom would set the table with her pink napkins and Easter napkin rings. She even had vintage pink glasses to set out with the good dishes. She and I would plan our Easter outfits, and sometimes that meant a new dress! One spring we got to walk downtown and pick out an Easter dress at the little children's shop. I picked out a white, eyelet "Gunne Sax" dress with a matching bow and I thought I had died and gone to heaven! That was a splurge that I didn't get very often! |  |
| The week before Easter weekend all the supplies would be gathered to dye and decorate our eggs and as we got older the decorations became more involved. We were as happy as at Christmas time when we would go to bed and couldn't wait to wake up and see what treats the Easter Bunny had left in our baskets! When we got up Easter morning, we would tear into our baskets with such delight! Chocolate was always allowed for breakfast on such an occasion. |  |
We would head outside, usually still in our pajamas, to begin hunting the eggs that the Easter Bunny had already hidden. After finding all of the eggs, (they were carefully counted the day before so we would know how many to look for) we would have to head inside to get ready for church. After Sunday lunch, the name of the game was to re-hide the eggs and find them all over again! We would do this all afternoon, and when Dad got tired of hiding them for us, we would take turns doing it for each other. (I will go ahead and confess that Troy probably had to hide them for me more than I hid them for him.) This was our Easter fun, all afternoon.
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What is it about hiding and finding eggs all day that is so entertaining? We didn't even have prize eggs, it was simply the thrill of the hunt. The Southern Merc girls have deciced that this year, the kids shouldn't get to have all of the fun! We've carfully hidden Easter eggs all over our website, and we want you to find them! The person that finds all of the eggs first will be a lucky winner!
Here's how you play:
1. Click on the SHOP tab at the top of this page.
2. Search through each category by clicking on each product and looking for the hidden Easter eggs in the product images!
3. When you find an Easter egg image, write down the product name in which you found it under.
4. Once you have found all 8 Easter egg images, email us a list of the product names where you found them! (southernmercantile@fourthandcherry.com)
5. The first person to correctly submit the location of all 8 Easter egg images will receive the grand prize - $50.00 off your next purchase at The Southern Mercantile! The runner up will receive $25.00 off their next purchase!
All other players who submit the location of the Easter eggs by April 15th will be entered to win a $25.00 off coupon as well! Ready, set, go!
1. Click on the SHOP tab at the top of this page.
2. Search through each category by clicking on each product and looking for the hidden Easter eggs in the product images!
3. When you find an Easter egg image, write down the product name in which you found it under.
4. Once you have found all 8 Easter egg images, email us a list of the product names where you found them! (southernmercantile@fourthandcherry.com)
5. The first person to correctly submit the location of all 8 Easter egg images will receive the grand prize - $50.00 off your next purchase at The Southern Mercantile! The runner up will receive $25.00 off their next purchase!
All other players who submit the location of the Easter eggs by April 15th will be entered to win a $25.00 off coupon as well! Ready, set, go!
While you are on the hunt, be sure to check out the cute Easter selections in our shop!
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