We hosted an Easter brunch yesterday which was quite festive and fun. Surprisingly the weather was very warm, in the 70's and all the trees and plants are in bloom in Brooklyn. What a nice celebration of spring.
I cut some flowering pear branches from the tree outside for some last minute arrangements.
I decorated eggs this year with a wax stylus, traditional Paas dyes and a few darker Ukranian dye colors. I drew freehand patterns and also made "placecards" using eggs for each person attending. The stylus is a little tricky to make perfect lines, so I decided to embrace the wobbly lines and more organic look.
Each person got a hard boiled egg with their name on it, to eat then or take home.
I was happy to set the table using my LuRay dishes which I think looked very Eastery in the pastel shades.
The napkins are from Winter Water Factory and the linen runner is from Dwell Studio.
Our friend Katie brought a nice assortment of cheeses and made these cute labels for them.
I made orange poppy seed cupcakes from the May issue of Martha Stewart Living. The whole poppy story is really inspiring!
All in all, a nice afternoon. Sorry I didn't get any shots with the actual people, it's always a whirlwind once the party starts when you are hosting. Hope everyone had a nice Passover or Easter!
It all looks so sweet. I particuarly like the navy egg with stripes going round. All very pretty.
Posted by: Jill Wignall | April 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM
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Posted by: hanna | April 25, 2011 at 08:12 PM
What a truly lovely display! I'm sure everyone attending had a wonderful time.
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Posted by: Barbara | April 26, 2011 at 07:10 AM
How lovely it all looks, you are clever !
Posted by: susan hall | April 26, 2011 at 09:55 AM
You are very creative! I love what you did to those eggs.
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Posted by: Carol Vargas | May 06, 2011 at 03:39 PM
Those eggs are beautiful! Love them with the names on, too.
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Posted by: Nadia | May 09, 2011 at 05:38 PM
I stumbled upon your blog and I Love what you did to the Easter eggs. They are so classy! The table arrangement is awesome as well and the colours just pop! :)
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Love the easter eggs. Just saw a cute idea using empty shells in egg cups. They decorated them as bride and grooms. I was thinking of putting a few herbs sticking out of the top and writing my garden party brunch guest's name on them.
Posted by: Birthday Party Babble | June 25, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Pretty nice post!!You did a great art work with eggs. You have good creativity. I will try this in my leisure time . The napkins,Cakes, flowers all are awesome.
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The eggs are lovely. I remember when I was a kid and we'd decorate the table very similarly for Easter dinner (as I'm sure many people do), though our eggs never looked quite that pretty.
Posted by: Bob Urbanowski | September 01, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Wow.. It's really amazing!! I like to your way to serve with each person name. I try out this with my group.
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The eggs are lovely. I remember when I was a kid and we'd decorate the table very similarly for Easter dinner as I'm sure many people do, though our eggs never looked quite that pretty.
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