Thursday, March 28, 2013

Easter Fun by Kaleb and Marilyn

This weekend we bought a few of those Paas egg dying kits. We got together and set out our eggs and cups of dye like we were kids again. This was so much fun, but we must admit we were a little impatient with the egg-dying process and forgot about how long it takes for the eggs to reach their brightest color. While we were waiting, we had a chance to put together a few centerpiece ideas. We hope you will be inspired to celebrate Easter this Sunday!





Photos by Kaleb Nimz and Marilyn Nimz
Pictured above: Chocolate Mini Cadbury Eggs, White eggs dyed with Paas coloring kits and then dipped in gold paint.

27 comments:

  1. I love the mini eggs separated by color. They look so pretty. Never would have thought of gold dipping the eggs!

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    1. Thanks Cerise! We really enjoyed making these and were inspired to try something different!

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  2. The half gold and polka ones are so pretty! Did you use just regular paint??

    http://www.makinglifeslemons.com/

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    1. Thanks so much Lisa! We actually did just use regular gold paint that you would normally paint your house walls with, but we decided ahead of time that these eggs would just be for decoration. We've heard though that there is an edible gold paint that you can use, but it is more translucent. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. This looks so pretty! Love the half god eggs

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  4. Brilliant idea with the gold paint! Did you also paint on the stripes on the blue and pink egg? Any painting tips... what kind of paint, brush type, egg temperature... you can share?? Thanks!

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    1. Thanks Staci! We actually boiled our eggs first and let them cool off. We taped a few of them off using masking tape to get the stripes. We left the masking tape on when we dyed them in the first color. We then removed the tape and dipped them in the second color. We didn't use any brushed this time around. Thanks for stopping by!

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  5. I love the mini eggs, we have the same from Milka.
    What kind of paint did you use for the gold? Love this idea!

    xo from Germany
    Nicole

    www.justbe-happy.net

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    1. The mini eggs are so delicious! We bet the Milka ones are excellent as well. For the gold paint we used a house paint that you would normally paint your walls with. We planned on only using these eggs for decoration. We do not recommend painting them with house paint if you plan to eat them. Thanks for stopping by!

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  6. These are so cute! I love the gold paint :)

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  7. is it normal to lust over eggs? because I am lusting over these so much right now!
    I'm colouring eggs today and I'm going to try these (but probably fail miserably)
    thanks for the inspiration!
    :)
    http://theeoptimist.blogspot.com

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    1. Haha you made us laugh when we read this comment. We love that we could create something lust-worthy for you! Hope your egg colouring went well! Glad we could share some inspiration!

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  8. I love those pretty eggs!

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  9. I love how you dyed the eggs then dipped them in paint- such a pretty combo!

    xx Kait

    ChickadeeSays

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  10. They're fantastic, what a bright and fun way to celebrate Easter.

    Alyssa
    http://squibtoday.blogspot.com.au

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  11. I just love the eggs with the little gold polka dots! Happy Easter!

    Jess
    Styled by Jess

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    1. Thanks Jess! We really enjoyed decorating these.

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  12. Loving the colours! Wished I got to celebrate Easter and do fun things like this! :(

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  13. The eggs dipped in gold look fantastic.

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  14. What a pretty post! I'm a little late but happy easter!!

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  15. Beautiful pictures! Happy Easter.

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