Happy Weekend! Happy Easter!
Just the right pictures to leave you with for the weekend.
Yesterday, the older 3 kids and I dyed, then découpaged our Easter eggs. For the dye, we used food coloring drops, boiling water and vinegar, mixed. We also gave the boiled eggs a rubdown with vinegar before putting them in the dyebath, and they seemed to take the color more intensely.
For the découpage, we used Maude's origami paper and two sizes of shaped hole punches. The origami paper was just the right weight. We punched out shapes in the spectrum of colors, then put a bowl of Mod Podge in the middle of the table. Each child had their own sponge brush and they just went to town.
We went through 4 dozen eggs and were still going strong, but the babies woke up from their naps which meant the whole production had to be put away. I wish I had reserved a dozen eggs to work on tonight just by myself. It was very therapeutic. And pretty much every color combination and pattern had some merit about it, so the work was very satisfying as well.
And a last quick reminder: you have until Sunday night (4/8) at midnight EST to enter the Nordic, Etc. Summer Collection Giveaway involving 2 pillows, a platter & some candleholders. Just leave a comment on that post.
To my Christian Friends: Happy Easter! He is Risen!
To my Jewish Friends: Have a Blessed Passover!
Labels: giveaways, holidays, kids, make something
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Friday, April 06, 2007
25 Comments:
Um, those are the prettiest Easter eggs I've ever seen.
I love projects like that! Because they are disposable, I don't feel any anxiety of perfection and just enjoy the process! So satisfying!!
Your eggs look great!!
Those are beautiful! I never thought to decoupage them. What a great idea!
Love this idea!
Beautiful eggs, Gabby. Happy Easter to you, Ben, Ralph, Maude, Olive, Oscar and Betty!
so cute! what are you going to do with all those eggs now?
Liz, the kids will hunt for them and then we'll eat them.
We're already down by almost a dozen, because the kids have eaten the ones that accidentally broke while we were découpaging.
A family of 7 can go through a dozen eggs in a matter of minutes.
Those are amazing!! I've never once decorated an egg, maybe once in school but that was (if memory serves) with tempura paints, so it wasn't really worth it.
It'd be a great how-to, I'd love to tackle that once Damien gets a little older!
What beautiful little treasures! Happy Easter, my friend!
I love those eggs, they look great..
Just my two kids will eat a dozen hard boiled eggs a day, it is their favorite snack. We are boiling 5 dozen...thank you Costco
I have so much origami paper. Thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful eggs. Thank you for sharing such a pretty and doable project!
These are truly "decorated" eggs! Beautiful! Happy Easter and enjoy spring break!
Love those decoupaged eggs. I used to decoupage boxes before having kids and it was very therapeutic when I think back maybe I will do a project with my daughter over this weekend. Thanks design mom for being such an inspiration.
I ran out and bought ModgePodge to decorate eggs tomorrow. And we bought a butterfly shaped hole punch. Can't wait!
gosh. those are just beautiful. we're going on an easter egg hunt today where they're bringing in baby lambs for the kids to pet. wish i had eggs that pretty to put in our baskets.
happy easter to you and your sweet family.
Love those eggs!
Wow, your eggs are beautiful. I can't wait till my little one is old enough for us to tackle something like that.
Come drop by my blog sometime!
http://designonpost.wordpress.com
very mod eggs gabrielle!
they did a great job!
Happy Easter, Gabrielle! He is risen indeed!
I'm sending my wife the link to your site, because she is a designer/artist/mom of three who wants us to move back to nyc.
For now, loving the Boston suburbs.
*********
http://surfcountry.blogspot.com/
Ok I am officially a craft-tard. Those are the most gorgeous easter eggs ever.
Ooohh...brilliant! I can't wait till next year to copy you. Love your blog and visit often. I've linked you on mine (hope you don't mind ;))
Hippy hop, hippity hop.
Will the Easter Bunny stop?
Will he leave a treat behind,
An Easter basket for me to find?
I'll look over here,
I'll look over there,
I'll look behind things,
I'll look everywhere
I'll look until I find my treat,
And then I'll sit right down and eat.
Happy Easter!
Your eggs are just gorgeous! And it sounds like a project even a goofus like me can do!
Thanks for including the easy steps!
These are beautiful eggs! I can't wait to try this next year...if I can remember that far from now!
Post a Comment
<< Home