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Eleven Incredible Egg Decorating Ideas!

March 21, 2013 By Caroline Urdaneta 1 Comment

Each year around this time I scramble (no pun intended) to find some good egg decorating ideas. Eggs are just about the most inspiring things for any person to get crafty with, and there are literally endless ways to decorate and dye them. But friends, I’m here to save you some trouble today because I’m am going to provide you a list of links to some pretty incredible egg decorating ideas. You can get your pinning and bookmarking finger ready because this one is a keeper! Are you ready? Are you set? Here you go!

Eleven Incredible Egg Decorating Ideas:

You’ve seen crayons melted to make crazy crayons but have you ever seen crayons melted to decorate eggs? Here are some that are stunningly gorgeous.
How about a yarn craft? Here are some awesome yarn eggs!
These wool felted eggs are so beautiful that I would decorate with them all year long.
Not into dying eggs? We made these mini egg crowns for our eggs and they were royally fun.
It doesn’t get cooler than tie dye Easter eggs. Seriously, these are amazing!
I had no idea that herbs and onion skins could make eggs look so beautiful!
Miranda has some amazing ideas here and it’s no wonder since she’s such a talented artist!
These Egg Dyeing and Drying Tips will leave you feeling like an expert.
For this project you simply wrap rubber bands around your eggs then dye them. The effect is super cool!
Want to make some paper eggs? How about turning them into bunnies? I love this idea!
Here’s another egg-to-bunny idea with paper mache from Mollymoo.

Happy Egg Decorating everyone!

Filed Under: holidays Tagged With: crafts, decorating, Easter, eggs

Dining Room Makeover Ideas: Dining Chairs and Tables.

August 19, 2012 By Jenny Yarbrough 5 Comments

Remember when I shared about our bathroom renovation? Well, it’s coming along slowly. My hubby is still gutting it right now, as the tile posed a bit more of a challenge than he expected. Sheesh! Who knew how hard it would be to get that tile out??? In the middle of all of that, I have gotten a little bit obsessed with trying to make our house look more like we want it to look, and I’ve been thinking about our dining room. There’s nothing wrong with it, per say. It’s just a bit blah. Basically it contains one big table and six chairs right now. That’s it. Nothing on the white walls or anything.

The chairs are the same dining chairs that we bought over 10 years ago, from Restoration Hardware (back when we were silly enough to spend big dollars on dining room chairs). At the time, we thought these upholstered chairs were beautiful, but now that we have three kids eating in those chairs, that upholstery has lost it’s charm. Can you say stains? Ugh, they just look gross now and I cannot get them clean! I’m dreaming of comfortable dining chairs. Dining chairs that are not covered in cloth! My best friend has a big chunky table with chairs similar to this, and I love the mix of traditional and modern…

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But how fun would these be?

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Both of these can be found at Tesco Direct, an online superstore, where you can find just about anything for your home! I’m totally into thrifting and finding an unmatched set of chairs that I can paint with some chalk paint though… I just can’t decide!

As for our table, it’s from Tom’s parents and it’s awesome! I love it! It’s a big,sturdy farm table and it seats our family of five comfortably, but I’d really like to paint it. Tom’s not so hot on the idea, but I would love to do something like this…

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I’m kind of loving this yellow though. It’s so bright and cheery!

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That one comes from Jamielyn at I Heart Naptime, and she shows you how to make your own chalk paint! She did a great job.

So that’s what I’ve been thinking about. Tables and chairs… I haven’t even made it to the walls yet?

What style is your dining room? Eclectic? Modern? Shabby Chic?

This is a sponsored post. All ideas and opinions are my own.

Filed Under: decorating, home Tagged With: chairs, comfortable dining chairs, decorating, dining room, home decor

Make It Work: Vintage Rock Collection Before and After.

August 16, 2012 By Caroline Urdaneta 2 Comments

If someone asked me to describe the home decor style of our tiny home, I would have to say that it’s, well…very… eclectic.

In other words, just about anything goes: antique, modern, mid century, yard sale. But some how, it all (sort of) works.

See the mix and match of things in my home here:

And here:

See?

It’s kind of a crazy style but it’s all our own and somehow we’ve managed to incorporate family things along with kindergarden art projects! The trick? I just kind of go with whatever we have.Here’s something neat: I once read that if you really love something, it will work in your home. But I’ve also found that a little make-over will make it work too. And it’s easier than you would think to give something a face-lift.

For example, if you are attracted to more modern things but your great aunt Matilda gives you a gorgeous family rocking chair that’s covered in an old-fashioned fabric–think about covering the chair in a really modern graphic fabric (like stripes, dots or chevron) as a contrast. You’ll be amazed how this will make the chair “work”. Or that bench you saw at the yard sale (you know, the one your husband rolled his eyes over when he saw you saw it?) how about a fun, bright colored paint job? What about hot pink? Go wild and love it, and that fun will show! Another trick? Accessorize in your home with modern elements to make something vintage, for example, look stylish and up-to-date.

I did just this with a Vintage Rock Collection from the 1970′s that my father gave my daughter. Not yet ready to put it in her bedroom (I was a little nervous with the glass) we decided to display her new collection in the living room.

What did we do? We painted the frame, removed some older tacks on the inside to spruce it up a little then we hung it. We also visually “anchored” it with some modern vases on the table below which made it look less 1970′s science project and more (hopefully) Domino magazine inspired home decor.