Hi friends! First off, if you’re visiting us from Uncommon Designs, let me just say welcome! So glad you’re  here! Today I’m finally sharing a little more of our Easter decor this year – our dining room tablescape! Last year our Easter decor was based off of a bright and cheery palette by Design Seeds, but this year I wanted our decor to be much like our Christmas decor: neutral and natural colors with a lot of texture. I started out with an oversized metal basket that I found at Hobby Lobby (hello 50% off). It was dark and distressed and quite beautiful, but I knew that against our dark cherry table that it would just get lost. So out came the white spray paint!

Then the basket still felt a little empty in the center, so I placed it on top of a very rustic frame that I recently picked up at Goodwill for just $2.99. I’ve been meaning to build a square box for the center of our dining room table to “frame in” centerpiece decor for the longest time, so this helped to take the place of that item on my to-do list for now.

I filled the basket with a good amount of natural grass. I also purchased large paper mache eggs on my Hobby Lobby trip, and spray painted them with Krylon Pistachio (a great minty-fresh color) that I had leftover from last year’s Easter Topiary makeover. Once those dried they were a little too bright and shiny for my taste so I applied a little tan acrylic paint over top with a few speckles from a paintbrush and then applied like a glaze with a wet cloth. Just the look I was going for.

Then for the place settings, I placed our lovely World Market Nantucket plates on some natural IKEA placemats, and slipped our flatware into some adorable burlap sacks with a neutral, silk cloth napkin.

All in all I’m happy with how it turned out! It’s simple and natural, but with the large basket still has a hint of Easter goodness. What do you think? If you’re looking for more Easter Tablescape inspiration be sure to head over to Uncommon Designs! There is a  great group of ladies sharing their tables with you this week and Uncommon Designs is sharing a link to every one of them, every day!

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PS – Happy Pi Day! Check out our post of 50 Sweet & Savory Pies – and celebrate tonight!

Last week I was THRILLED to be a part of the Easter Egg Hunt with Aimee from It’s Overflowing! Aimee invited her friends and followers to be part of this fantastically fun project, and I joined in! I had the opportunity to meet Aimee at The Glitter Academy a few weeks ago and she’s just the sweetest gal around! I knew I wanted to be a part of whatever she was workin’ on!

There are a TON of EGG-cellent ideas from the series, featuring a number of beautiful bloggy gals! Go check it out and get some great ideas and inspiration!

With all the OMBRE love going on in the design world, for my contribution, I thought it would be fun to give it a try with Easter Eggs.

What you’ll need:

• Hard Boiled Eggs
• Food Coloring
• Vinegar
• Hot Water
• Cups
• Egg Holder (I used a small ladle)

And the steps:

• Lay out 4 cups for dipping the eggs.
• Add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to each cup.
• Add 3/4 cup of HOT water to each cup.
• Then, vary the amount of food coloring you add to each cup, increasing it from the first to the last. I chose to use 10 drops, 1/8 tsp, 1/4 tsp, and 1/2 tsp.
• Then starting with the first cup with the least amount of coloring and dip the egg all the way in.
• With the second cup, only dip the egg 3/4 of the way in, the third cup 1/2 of the way in, and the last one only 1/4 of the way end so only the bottom of the egg is in the darkest colored water.
• You may have to play with how long you dip the egg in each cup to determine how dark you want the result.

And here’s how they turned out!

I chose to repeat this process with three different colors and I love how they turned out! Just so cute and full of Spring-y fun! I can’t wait to see what everyone else came up with! Again, I really appreciate Aimee allowing us to be part of this fun event!

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