Monday, April 6, 2009

Tea-themed Easter eggs


If you're a reader of Martha Stewart Living magazine, or even if you just saw one while standing in the grocery store checkout line, you probably noticed the cover of the April 2009 issue with some lovely silhouette design Easter eggs. Inside are directions on making those eggs as well as others made with decorative paper napkins, so I spent part of a rainy afternoon yesterday making one of each, with results I didn't think were too bad for my first attempt.


The great thing about making these eggs was that I already had all the supplies I needed. In addition to some wooden eggs I've had forever (and you can use real eggs, blown out), I had paints, Mod Podge, embroidery scissors, a tea-themed punch and some pretty paper napkins.

Punching and painting was easy. The hardest part of making my blue and white egg was cutting out the individual motifs and then separating the top layer of the three-ply napkin. Once that was done, it was super easy to apply the decoupage medium and affix the napkin design to the egg. The punched teapots were a little harder, because the scrapbooking paper I used was thicker, so I had to use the Mod Podge both to affix it and to seal it. If you want to see how the pros do it, be sure to check out the latest issue of Martha!

13 comments:

  1. Wow! Those eggs are wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  2. The eggs you made are so pretty. Maybe I can sneak one or two of my own design into the batch that my grandsons will be decorating. I'm off to find my Martha mag.

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  3. Those are beautiful, Angela. Every bit as pretty as Martha's cover!

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  4. How funny to open your blog this morning and read this article. My daughter just gave me her MS Magazine this morning and showed the eggs to me to try and replicate. I'm looking forward to trying some.

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  5. I did see that article! WOW. You did an awesome job! Just as good as Martha's (and even better since it's tea-themed!)
    Hugs!
    Sheri

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  6. I love them!!!! How fun to incorporate the tea theme into Easter eggs!

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  7. Your Easter eggs are fabulous!!

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  8. Great job Angela!!!! Lovely~tammyp

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  9. Great job! They are so pretty I want to try to duplicate them. Can you tell me where you got the paper napkins? Or the manufacturer? Thanks Liz

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  10. Liz, here's the scoop on the napkins: I found mine at HomeGoods for $1.69 for a package of 20 (5-inch-square size), but the wrapper says they're made in Germany, and the company has a website at decoprint.net. Hope that helps! I've seen similar ones at T.J. Maxx, and I'll be scooping them up now that I know they can be used for decoupage!

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  11. I loved how your "tea" eggs turned out! I have this MSL issue and thought about trying some of these myself.

    p.s. if you'd like a teacup wristlet, I'd be happy to make one for you. ;)

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  12. Can't believe I didn't check my favorite blog until today! LOVE the eggs and that craft! And I would never think to punch out a napkin... excellent!

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