They seem to sit so happily inside the glass and you can get glasses in the most beautiful colours and designs. Looking at that egg sat in its cup (and flicking through the latest Country Living magazine!) gave me an idea for a lovely easter floral centrepiece for your table.
YOU WILL NEED:
- egg carton
- 6 to 12 small shot glasses
- flowers
- coloured paper
- glue
- brush
- scissors
- water flowers
- Eggs (chocolate or regular)
1. Start off by getting an egg carton, we used a 6 quantity carton but if you want your centre-piece to be larger you could use an 8 or 12 quantity carton, and find a load of lovely vintage shot glasses preferably the size that would sit nicely inside the carton.
2. Choose some nice coloured/patterned paper to decorate your carton with, we used papered origami paper that I had left over from my trip to Japan. I would recommend choosing bright colours with a spring/easter influence. Cut the paper up into little strips and decoupage them on to your egg carton.
3.Simply brush some glue on to the carton, stick on the paper, and keep brushing and papering (over lapping the strips of paper) until your carton is completely covered. You could just decorate the bottom half of the carton but we did top and bottom. Make sure you give the entire surface a coat of glue to seal it in once you have covered the entire area with paper.
4. Once the glue has dried, place the egg carton in the middle of the table. take your shot glasses and place the inside the carton. If you have an odd number of shot glasses don't worry! In the empty spaces place a regular or decorated egg.
5. Fill the shot glasses with water and start placing flowers into the glasses. The flower's stems will have to be cut short in order to stand up properly in the glasses. Keep adding flowers until you have a nice full centre-piece.
And hey presto you have a gorgeous centre-piece for your easter tea parties! Once easter is over you can always remove the eggs and glasses and use the decoupaged egg carton to keep your regular eggs in. I would also recommend using flowers that are in season such as daffodils but all flowers will look pretty so have fun with it.
I hope you all have a very Happy Easter - I'll be eating my weight in chocolate!
xx
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