Easter Basket Ideas -- DIY Who says the Easter Bunny has to hide regular, boring old Easter baskets? Change things up this year by making your own custom DIY baskets from things you'll find stashed in your house! Put the fruit in the refrigerator and weave paper raffia through the open spokes of a wire fruit basket. Choose a traditional … [Read more...]
DIY Easter Eggs
DIY fabric Easter Eggs are not only great decorations, but they last forever. Making them is so fast and easy, you'll be tempted to make dozens. I think I'll place one at each place setting for Easter brunch. Everyone gets a party favor to take home. I purchased a couple "fat quarters" of pale yellow and white quilting fabric. It's … [Read more...]
Easter Table Setting in Blue and Orange
This year I decided to do something totally different with my Easter table setting. Forget the traditional spring colors of pink and green, I chose the unexpected combination of blue and orange. It all started with my love affair with shades of indigo and the lovely eggs I dyed with red cabbage. (See how I did it.) I haven't use my pretty … [Read more...]
All Natural Easter Egg Dye
I have been crushing over the color Indigo all winter. None of the paint companies have proclaimed it as an "official" color of the year, but it's showing up everywhere. It's the color between blue and violet on the color wheel, but I compare it to a well-washed chambray shirt. So I was inspired to dye Easter eggs in shades of blue using natural … [Read more...]
“Dressing” Easter Eggs
Have fun dressing Easter eggs with your kids this year. I'm not sure why, but fake mustaches are very popular. Personalize your eggs with markers, hats, rhinestones and mustaches! Ombré paint style is also very popular in interior design and fashion. I’ve even seen the look on fabric, wedding cakes, even fingernails. It’s a gradual change in … [Read more...]