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    Home » Holidays » Easter

    Easter Egg Inspiration

    By: Jane · Updated: 7 Jul, '18 · This post may contain affiliate links · 11 Comments

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    After almost a week of cold temps and dreary rain, the sun popped out this morning, and I'm into full spring mode.  I can't wait to start decorating for spring now that the weather is cooperating so I decided to start with the quintessential symbol of spring-the EASTER EGG!

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    So to gather some inspiration,  I went through the links at The Scoop's Mega Spring Linky Party looking for posts about eggs.  And I found some of the most beautiful and creative ways to decorate eggs. So I'm sharing these in case you've been hit with a little Spring Fever, too.

    Just a note: If you'd like to pin these ideas on Pinterest, be sure to click on the link below the pictures to pin from the original source.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    First up are these gorgeous eggs by Designs by Cleo. If you're like me and you don't want to mess with dying eggs, then here's a great alternative. Just wrap inexpensive foam eggs with some colored embroidery thread and embellish with flowers. So pretty!

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads
    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads
    Easter-egg-ideas from cottage at the crossroads

    Chiara from Gocce Argentate covered plastic eggs with rice paper and hand-painted these flowers onto her eggs. The tiny crocheted flowers were even created by her as well, and she has the pattern on her blog if you'd like to make some yourself.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    These French decoupaged eggs are another great way of transforming those plastic eggs, too. Debbie from the blog Confessions of a Plate Addict used sheet music, dictionary pages, and a black and white illustration to create these eggs.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict also created these pretty Pottery Barn inspired eggs. So easy to do this with those speckled eggs that are readily available now.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    And just look at these botanical decoupaged eggs that Debbie from Confessions of a Plate Addict created! You'll never guess what she used until you click over to see.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    Heather from Setting for Four  covered her eggs with the words from a French poem. C'est magnifique!

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    More French Script eggs were created by Sondra Lyn at Home using torn pieces of  decorative napkins.

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    Vickie from Life in My Empty Nest wrapped her eggs with colored twine. Wonder where she found pretty pink twine!

    Easter-egg-ideas by cottage at the crossroads

    Yvonne from Stone Gable used real eggshells to serve as pots for pansies on her spring table. Gorgeous, I tell ya!

    After seeing all these inspiration pics, I'm ready to start my spring decorating this weekend. How about you?

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    1. Cynthia

      February 02, 2015 at 8:01 pm

      What a great post. There are so many great ideas, I don't know where to start! Thanks so much for including my jute eggs!

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    2. Debbie

      March 12, 2014 at 9:52 pm

      I really need to decorate some eggs! These are great ideas!
      Debbie

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    3. [email protected] this top that

      March 12, 2014 at 1:46 am

      decorating eggs sure has changed over the year. what happened to good old food coloring!!! 🙂

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    4. Melanie

      March 11, 2014 at 7:52 am

      Such lovely motivation Jane! I too am ready for spring, allergies and all. It is good to see what you have shown us today!

      Reply
    5. Vicki @ lifeinmyemptynest

      March 09, 2014 at 10:57 am

      Love this! Thanks for featuring my twine wrapped eggs and FYI the pink twine in from Michaels. I am now following your blog on bloglovin 🙂

      Reply
    6. tonia conner

      March 09, 2014 at 9:58 am

      Great motivator for me, as I have chickens the real egg shell will be the way I go. I'll share later what I did with these ideas. Thank you for gathering the eggs 🙂 and the other contributors.

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    7. Suzy @ Worthing Court

      March 09, 2014 at 8:23 am

      I'm sooo ready for spring and everything that comes with it, Jane. This is a great roundup of inspiration for decorating with eggs! Thanks for pulling them all together in one place!

      Reply
    8. [email protected]

      March 09, 2014 at 8:20 am

      I love all of this Easter egg decorating inspiration. Thanks for sharing so many great ideas in one spot.

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    9. Liz @ Infuse With Liz

      March 08, 2014 at 3:58 pm

      What fun inspiration ideas. I love that last one with the real eggs and the pansies- how cute is that!!

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    10. Moni ~ Zu Haus at Home

      March 08, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Delightful inspiration….thank you for sharing!

      Reply

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