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Garden Inspired Easter Table

Garden-Inspired Easter Table

Happy Easter! I wish my Easter table post went up much early in the week, but I’ve had some things come up, so better late than ever! I hope you had a most enjoyable Easter. We had a wonderful time celebrating the life of our Savior. So much love for one another and gratitude on Easter. The theme this year for my Easter tablescape is a garden-inspired Easter table with ornamental cabbages, muted-colors roses and leafy greenery. The perfect hide out for Peter Rabbit. Potted plants make a perfect centerpiece that is easy to put together. For a garden-inspired easter table centerpiece it is best to walk though the vegetable aisle in your local garden center and buy a garden variety styles of vegetable plants, herbs and flowering plants. Place them in pots and scatter them through the central part of your table. After your Easter dinner, plant them in the ground. Such a great way to bring the outdoors indoors and enjoy them.

The macrame table runner is a new favorite item and currently on sale! I love the boho-chic style it brings to the table. Laid back and simple, yet it brings a pretty texture to the garden-inspired Easter table. For the name placements, I decided to make the sugar Easter eggs and decorated the outside with names for the table placements. This year, we have really become obsessed with these sugar Easter eggs and opted to make them instead of dying eggs. They are so easy to make and the kids love the imagination of them.

Happy Easter!!

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Sugar Panoramic Easter Eggs

DIY Sugar Panoramic Easter Eggs

One of my fondest memories of Easter is receiving a beautifully decorated sugar panoramic Easter egg in my Easter basket. The sweet joys of picking it up and peeking through the hole to see a tiny sweet Easter scene. I remember a lady at my church who was an expert at crafting these ornate sugar panoramic Easter eggs, and who taught my mom how to make them. During the month of Easter, my mom would have the house decorated with these sugar Easter eggs, each with a different unique scene because they really can last from year to year, especially if you store them properly. Making sugar panoramic Easter eggs each year, it seems, has become a lost tradition. At least in my house. Crafting one of these sugar eggs is similar to making a gingerbread house during Christmas. Well, I have decide to bring this tradition back and make it a yearly Easter family activity. It really is quite simple to make, and my kids loved it!

For the purpose of this DIY post, I kept the sugar eggs simple and minimal. Also, baking and decorating anything edible is not my forte! Simply said. But when we made these as a family, I had many different Easter candies and different icing colors and edible flowers, etc. So the ones the kids made were bright and colorful.

When I started making these, I followed a few different recipes I found online and many of these were a little time consuming. Through trial and error and making changing to recipes, I have found this to be the best DIY sugar panoramic Easter egg recipe that is for that mom who doesn’t have a lot of time and tends to bake the day she needs them!

DIY Sugar Panoramic Easter Eggs Supplies

3 1/2 cups of white granulated sugar

1/2 cup of confectioner sugar

1 egg white

Food coloring (optional)

Egg mold (or keep the Easter egg packaging from Reese’s pieces candy or PEZ dispenser candy–similar to the ones above)

Knife

Royal Icing

Easter candy

How to Make the Sugar Easter Egg Molds:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees and prep a cookie sheet with parchment paper
Whisk the egg white until it starts to be frothy. If you would like to color your egg, add food coloring to the egg white and mix well. Make sure to dye the egg white darker than your desired color because you will be adding a lot of sugar to the egg white.
In a large bowl, whisk together the granulated and confectioners’ sugars. Then pour the egg white into the sugars and stir until the consistency is damp sugar similar to moon sand. It will seem like there’s not enough liquid, but you want the sugar to be able to clump together when you squeeze it in your hand. Avoid adding additional egg whites or liquid or it will make the mixture too wet resulting in the sugar eggs not molding properly.
Once your sugar mixture is ready, start filling your egg mold. Scoop the sugar into the mold and packing it down firmly. You want the sugar to be smooth and packed, so press down on the sugar to prevent any small gaps or cracks from forming in the mold.
Use a knife to carefully scrape across the top of the mold, removing any excess sugar. Your eggs should have a smooth, even top that is the same level as the mold when you are finished. Do the same for your egg base, if you are using one.
Now before you transport the sugar egg from the mold to the cookie sheet, it needs to be hollowed out. If you have firmly packed the sugar in your egg mold and have a good damp consistency, the outside of the egg should hold up while the inside is hollowed. Pick up the egg mold and hold it in the palm of one hand and use a spoon to scrape out the moist sugar in the inside . If you are saving your sugar to make another egg, you can add this sugar to the bowl and re-use it later. Continue to scrape the interior of the egg until you have a sugar shell that is about 1/2-inch thick. You want it to be as thin as possible, while still being sturdy enough to hold together.
To transfer the hollowed sugar egg to the cookie sheet, hover the mold close to the cookie sheet and quickly flip it over. Slowly pull the mold up and the hollowed sugar egg should be in one piece. Repeat for the other egg half. If you have an egg mold that doesn’t have a bottom that is flat, take a sharp knife and gently cut off some of the sugar so one half of the egg mold can be the bottom stand. If you forget this step, it can be sanded down after it cooks. Repeat until you fill your cookie sheet up with sugar Easter eggs
Place the cookie sheet in the heated oven at 200 degrees for 30 minutes. After it is done, let it cool.

Now it’s time for the fun part– decorate the egg! Use all sorts of Easter candies and dyed shredded coconuts. Royal icing will be the glue. Feel free to add color to your royal icing. Once the inside is decorated, use royal icing to glue the top on of the egg shell. Then decorate the outside. Have fun with it! No need for perfection. Sugar panoramic Easter eggs are fun to place in Easter baskets or decorate around the house. This year, I am using them for name placement for our Easter table.

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Easter Tablescape Using Flower Branches

Easter Tablescape Using Flower Branches

Easter is quickly upon us, so I am jumping at it and posting a Easter Tablescape using Flower Branches to help spark some Easter table ideas for you. Tree blossoms are everywhere in my neck of the woods. And while I enjoy them mostly in my car as I drive past them, I love bringing a few cut flower branches in my home during spring to enjoy them as much as possible. The best thing? They are free! I have a few trees that produce blossoms on my property, along with azalea bushes that are great for cut flower branches. And I have been known to ask neighbors if I can cut their flowering branches, and I may have cut some flowers off blossoming trees at the park, shopping malls, grocery store parking lots (shhh…I don’t encourage this.) Either way, there are many options to enjoy a Easter Tablescape using flower branches. I love the natural look of blossoms, and with that I wanted to keep the rest of the table simple.

The blue dishes are a must during Easter, and I bring them out every year. I have yet to find a replacement for them! I linked a similar style below. I get so many requests through the years of where I bought them from this Easter table post. They are originally from Home Goods. So if you ever see a great set of china there, don’t wait! You may never see it again. Has anyone see the darling Easter table decorations in the dollar section of Target?? Those little bunny name place settings are from there. They are so cute; I knew I needed to add them to my Easter tablescape using flower branches. The moss baskets were a find at World Market, but if you want to save money you could DIY it with baskets from a craft store then just add moss to it. Simple craft project. A previous craft project that I did last Easter was painting cake stands or ceramics. Here is the DIY for the gingham cake stand that I did last year. And last but not least, get creative with the flower branches and make a flower branch garland using floral wire. Or a flower branch garland using a large steel ring and floral wire. PS…how adorable are the tiny panoramic sugar Easter eggs? My mom use to get those us every Easter. They are my favorite. Now to do a DIY on those…

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Other options for your Easter Tablescape with Flower Branches

Spring Easter Table Decorations

Spring Easter Table Decorations

Spring is definitely one of my favorites seasons. Mostly because the world becomes alive again with color! I love all the spring flowers that bloom, and trees blossoming with tiny flower buds. Spring pastel colors are everywhere. So for my Easter table this year I wanted it to look and feel like I brought Spring inside my home. Bright pastel colors are perfectly expressed with watercolors! Using watercolor ceramics, watercolor egg placements and bright in-season tulip centerpiece, this Spring Easter Table Decorations is inviting for all Easter guests to enjoy a brunch or luncheon.

Scalloped Plates (old) (similar, similar)

Watercolor bowls (similar) | Gold Utensils | Blue Placemats (similar)

As you can see watercolors is kind of my thing recently. Don’t you agree that this Spring Easter table decorations makes this table look so happy and alive? Colors have that affect on people! The watercolor Easter egg place cards that I posted last week are perfect for a brunch or luncheon. You can use a hard-boiled egg for the place cards and your guest can then peel and eat the egg! The eggs are propped with old napkin rings that I spray painted white. I also painted ceramic cake platters fun pastel colors. I will post the DIY on it, but it is exactly like my watercolor jewelry tray post. Yes! I strongly encourage you to have a nice collection of white platters and serving pieces on hand and then paint them to match your table decorations. You can pick up white serving platters and plates from the dollar store. This Spring Easter table decorations is a simple display but full of so much life and Easter celebration.

Here are some other Spring Easter table decorations you may enjoy.

Easter Table

Easter Dinner

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DIY: Tulip Cabbage Flower Arrangement for Easter

DIY: Tulip Cabbage Flower Arrangement for Easter

For my Easter table this year, I wanted to create a centerpiece that had Springtime written all over it. Using seasonal flowers, this tulip cabbage flower arrangement does just that! Brings the garden to the table, the centerpiece is fresh and alive with colorful farm to table goodness. It reminds me of something Peter Rabbit might bring home from the cabbage field. Don’t you agree? Tulips are in season so this is the best time to enjoy and use them for your Easter table. I bought three bunches (30 stems) for $12 at my local Whole Foods. Talk about a deal! And the cabbage is about $1.50. Easy to arrange and budget-friendly, this tulip cabbage flower arrangement is inviting for all to enjoy and reminds us of rebirth and life during this Easter season.

Supplies

tulips (or other spring flowers like hyacinth, daffodils)

Cabbage with pretty leaves on the outside

paring knife

Wet foam block (or you can use a small mason jar, but I like the look of a foam block to make the arrangement look full)

flower shears

Take your cabbage and make sure the base is flat. Cut the bottom if needed. Separate the outside leaves away from the center. Discard any leaves that are brown or wilted. Using your knife, cut out a hole in the center of the cabbage that is large enough for the foam. Save all the yummy cabbage insides for a large Chinese chicken salad (yum).

Take your larger knife and cut down the wet foam to a small square. Make sure to fully saturate the foam in water and let it soak, so it’s heavy with water. Cut down the corners so it fits perfectly in the cabbage hole.

Take your shears and cut three flowers at a time and cut to the height you’d like. Remove any loose leaves. I like working with flower wet foam because you have ton of control of how you’d like the flowers to be placed. High, low, at an angle. Gently push the flowers in the wet foam, working in circular manner. Spinning the cabbage. You can stay in the center and work toward the outside or vice versa. I alternated colors every three flowers .

Once the foam is fully covered, place your cabbage on a tray or platter to protect your table. Make sure to add a little water every 1-2 days.

Enjoy your tulip cabbage flower arrangement this Easter!

Watercolor Easter Eggs Place Cards

Watercolor Easter Eggs Place cards

I am excited to share with you my Easter table decorations all this week! I love creating holiday entertaining tables, and listed below some of my past Easter tablescapes. But first DIYs to make it your own! I have been really into watercolor projects. It’s definitely a trend lately, but working with watercolor paints are easy and mistake-free. So, for my Easter table this year, I wanted to make watercolor Easter egg place cards. These are not only a pretty project, but easy and one that you can do with your children.your children paint the eggs and then once dried, you write the name on it. If you don’t know how to write calligraphy (like me) but love the look (like me), I am going to show you how use your favorite font using graphite paper (definitely a craft item you should always have on hand) on your painted Easter egg.

Watercolor Easter Eggs place cards

Supplies for Painting

acrylic paint

paintbrush

water

paint palatte

fake Easter eggs (or real!)

You can really do whatever you desire to make your eggs look beautiful. But I suggest, especially with children painting, to limit each egg to two complementing colors. You can keep your eggs simple by just painting a circle in the middle of your egg like above. Or you can paint the entire egg one color. Let it dry a couple minutes. Then go back and paint sections with another color. I used a lot of water when applying with the acrylic paint so the color wasn’t solid and would have versions of color tone. Acrylic paint is suggested to use instead of actual watercolor paint because the watercolor paint didn’t stay on the egg.

Once your watercolor eggs have completely dried then you are ready to add the names to make it a watercolor Easter egg place cards and use on your Easter tablescape.

Supplies for Writing Names

sharp pencil or pen

graphite paper

print out of names in font

sharpie

Graphite paper is basically transfer paper. I love it and use it all the time! One side of the paper can transfer patterns onto wood, plastic, ceramics, paper…whatever! Make sure you use the correct side. You just have to trace over the design (or in this case–the font) with a sharp pencil or pen with the graphite paper behind it and the design lightly transfer over to the item. I typed out the names with the font I liked in microsoft word. Printed it out. Cut to size along with a little strip of graphite paper. Using a sharp pencil, I traced over the name a few times so it transfers over to the egg. Then using a sharpie, retraced it.

Do you remember the constellation jewelry dishes I made using graphite paper? Or this love pillow?

You are now ready to display your watercolor Easter eggs place cards on your table!

Want to see more Easter egg decorations?

Lacquer Easter Eggs

Non-Painted Easter Eggs

Glitter, Crayon, Tie-Dyed Easter Eggs

Don’t want to decorate Easter eggs? Here are some options:

Lacquer Abstract Easter Eggs

easter egg decorating table with spring flowers, easter decorating

Lacquer Abstract Easter Eggs— We are celebrating our family Easter traditions a week early this year, since our spring break falls right on Easter Sunday. We are planning to do our feast this Sunday and my kids decorated their eggs. We love decorating Easter eggs and trying out new techniques. Below are links to Easter egg decorating techniques that we have done in the past. This year we decided to use lacquer to make the eggs look like glass and acrylic paint to give it a strong color. This is a fun project for kids to explore mixing colors with adult supervision.

For this project we blew out the egg yolk and whites by poking holes on each end and blowing through one side as the insides dripped into a bowl. This helps for the eggs to dry without sticking to anything.

Pick out three to four acrylic paints that complement each other. Also, so when you allow your kids to paint the eggs the colors won’t get too messy during mixing.

Pretty, bright rich colors. Let your kids paint and get creative with a palate of paint!

Allow your eggs to dry. I used an egg carton, turned it over and put toothpicks in for the eggs to properly dry without touching anything. Once you can touch, spray two coats of Rust-oleum Lacquer spray paint over the eggs. Make sure to do it in a well-ventialated area. They will look like glass eggs!

easter eggs decorating and table with spring flowers

Style your easter table with potted spring flowers. We spray painted terra cotta pots white and modge podge white lace ribbon around each pot to dress up the pots.

Here are other Easter egg decorating techniques that we have done in years past:

Easy Easter Egg techniques –no paint dying needed to make your eggs beautiful

Beautiful and Color Egg techniques— we use these techniques. Favorites ones.

Easter Picnic in an Egg--favorite idea for lunchboxes or picnics

Easter Table

A small glimpse of our Easter table–earthy tones and white flowers. I love pulling out my scalloped plates that don’t get used that often. For the name table pieces I used tiny bird nests from Michaels and filled them with chocolate white egg candies and nestled a white tag with their name in the nest. Sometimes simple can make a big impact.

Hope your Easter was fabulous!

More Easter Egg Decorating

When decorating eggs for Easter, I love the idea of having different technique stations set up on your table so you can get a variety of decorated eggs. There is a little planning before the decorating happens, but it runs pretty smooth when all the materials are right there. And you will love looking at your bowl of decorated Easter eggs. A perfect centerpiece for your Easter table. These techniques are really easy. And don’t require you to do a color bath beforehand so less mess.

Twine-tied Easter Eggs

Washi-taped Easter eggs

Ribbon Easter eggs

Easter Egg Decorating Ideas

Celebrating Easter in the month of March completely throws my holiday scheduling off. I haven’t put much thought into what Easter crafts we will do, but decorating eggs is a must. So we will probably be doing the egg decorating table that we did last year. I set up different stations and the kids rotated between each decorating one egg per station. Last year the kids did glitter eggs, melted crayon eggs and tie-dye eggs. See the complete post with instructions.

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