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A Beautiful Easter

By Patricia Petro
Thursday, April 5, 2012 | Filed under Easter, entertaining, holidays, wheatgrass | Comments (3)

Happy Easter (Photo: Pottery Barn) Celebrating Easter and decorating for the holiday is a lot of fun.

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Popular customs include coloring eggs, wearing new clothes, exchanging Easter baskets filled with chocolates and other goodies, an Easter egg hunt, the Easter bunny, and an Easter parade. Gone is wearing your “Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it.” Too bad . . . it was so lovely to see ladies wearing hats.

Another tradition is the Easter meal and setting a beautiful table for the occasion.

Setting a beautiful table for Easter

Easter table 2009 (Photo: The Gypsy's Corner)

This sophisticated spring-green palette is offset by a brown-and-white floral print
salad plate, brown eggs, and chocolate bunnies.
Note the ribbon around the stemware—nice! (Photo: The Gypsy’s Corner)

Daffodils and heirloom blue egg centerpiece (Photo: Jenny Steffens Hobick)

Simple, easy-to-make centerpiece—planted daffodils with green moss . . . brown and heirloom blue eggs . . . everything in white cereal bowls with a single daffodil at each place setting. (Photo: Jenny Steffens Hobick)

DIY Supermarket Centerpiece: Cookie Jar Creation (Photo: Better Homes and Gardens)

A clear cookie jar is filled with a fat bouquet of spring flowers and a mix of white, brown, and pink-dyed eggs. To achieve the effect, put a smaller vase inside
the jar for the flowers; then fill around the vase with eggs.
(Photo: Better Homes and Gardens)

Bunny napkins, easily made from spray-starched square napkins, offer simple decor. (Photo: Delish)

Decoupaged with paper napkins, eggs are placed among pansies in a basket. Ribbon wrapped around the handle is a nice touch.

Dyed eggs, covered with glitter-glue spray, shine when displayed on crystal candlesticks
among lit candles.

Birdcages, at each place setting, are filled with Easter treats for guests. (Photo: Wunderweib)

Candle eggs

Egg Candles

Hard-boil, dye, and dry the eggs. Break the shell crown of an egg by gently tapping with a spoon. Discard and remove the egg’s contents with a small spoon. Pour colored dye inside the egg shell, drain, and place the shell upside down on a paper towel to dry.

To make the candle, first melt candle wax (from a craft store) in a double boiler. Next, using a glue gun, place a small drop of glue inside the egg, on the bottom. Put a wick in the glue spot; it should reach above the eggshell. Wind the wick around a toothpick three times, and gently place the toothpick across the egg opening. Using a small ladle, spoon, or funnel, pour the wax into the egg. Fill 7⁄8 of the egg with the wax, making sure to evenly surround the wick. Allow the wax to harden, remove the toothpick, and cut the wick to size.

Place the egg candles in eggcups. Never leave burning candles unattended.

Edible Nest Place Card Holders (Photo: Delish)

For edible place cards, twist two or three black-licorice laces together to
create a cup. Soften in microwave for 20 seconds. Reshape. Let cool, then nestle candy eggs inside. (Photo: Delish)

Heirloom blue egg on a nest of green moss and twigs (Photo: Jenny Steffens Hobick)

An heirloom blue egg rests on a nest of green moss and twigs. (Photo: Jenny Steffens Hobick)

Colored eggs in a bowl (Photo: Wunderweib)

Simply-colored eggs in a bowl and a pitcher of flowers on the table provides country-casual elegance. Love this for breakfast! (Photo: Wunderweib)

Grass-and-egg Easter table setting (Photo: Better Homes and Gardens)

A cheerful place setting incorporates an egg name card, Easter candy, and artificial grass with a bright blue plate and rickrack-edged napkin on top of a yellow gingham tablecloth.
Wheatgrass would work well, too. (Photo: Better Homes and Gardens)

Tulip egg basket (Photo: Martha Stewart)

Assorted tulips and wheatgrass in baskets compliment the apricot tablecloth for a formal look. Jelly beans in orange, yellow, and green add a bit of fun.
(Photo: Martha Stewart)

White eggs and white tulips (Photo: Decor Pad)

An ultra-sophisticated Easter tablescape has an all-white palette—white eggs and white tulips
in glass jars on raised cake dishes . . . candles in floral votives . . . hollowed-out white eggs
hold a single tulip on each dinner plate. (Photo: Decor Pad)

Pretty spring nest (Photo: Country Living)

For a pretty spring nest: Start with dampened moss in a medium-size bowl,
then tuck small flowers around the edge. Next, place a smaller bowl filled with speckled candy eggs in the center, making sure the rim of the bowl is well camouflaged with moss and flowers. (Photo: Country Living)

If you’re looking for more Easter ideas and inspiration, I have enough on Pinterest to choke a bunny. Check it out!

Have a beautiful, blessed Easter,

Patricia

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share your thoughts on "A Beautiful Easter"

Karen | Friday, April 6, 2012 at 4:17 PM
I LOVE the ideas and will definitely try some next year! Thanks for posting.
Lisa Blount | Monday, April 9, 2012 at 11:19 AM
I like the ultra-sophisticated one. Not having to color eggs, but still decorating somewhat, appeals to me.
Lisa Blount | Monday, April 9, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Just found you on Pinterest and joined. I’ll be following all your boards!