{TUTORIAL} painted easter eggs & nest

{TUTORIAL}

painted

easter egg decor

& nest

i love easter. 

maybe its the pastel colors or the abundance of candy & chocolate.

either way i love to decorate, entertain, & eat too much around this holiday...

the first of a few easter tutorials is this lovely nest i styled for the third issue of

my little jedi magazine

{see our feature on page 130-137}

WARNING:

i was sort of obsessed with taking pictures of this nest. 

there is a ridiculous abundance of pictures i am about to post.

i am aware of this. please excuse my obsession.

take dry grass {this was from my front yard garden}

and wrap it in a circle in a large bowl

spray the grass with water until moist

leave overnight to dry

when you remove the grass it will maintain the circle shape

note: could you try to make this nest without these steps? 

sure. but i tried. i wrestled with that dang grass until i was ready to quit!

this was my solution and it worked great & has maintained its shape for the last 3 weeks

buy wooden eggs 

i found these here and i thought they were a great deal 

and she shipped them quickly and was great to work with.

how to paint:

-i used martha's paint for the base

blue - "surf"

yellow - "couscous"

green - 50/50 mix of the two

- i used METALIC brown {any random brand}for the speckles

- use a toothbrush to speckle & spatter the brown paint

{PS - this is kinda messy.}

 

like i said... i may have gotten a little carried away with taking pictures of this.

but i just thought it was so pretty!! 

happy entertaining

mindy starr

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