Every spring I try to create something by hand for my children. It is a bit of love to place in their Easter basket that perhaps they will cherish. This year is Vintage Inspired Resurrection Eggs.
Vintage Inspired Resurrection Eggs
This Easter project was one I have been wanting to create for several years. But it requires Papier–mâché eggs. Generally, by the time spring rolls around and I think about it the bins at the craft store that hold such eggs are EMPTY.
This year was no “eggception”. Empty Bins! WHO is hoarding the eggs?
Last week as I began unpacking our Easter décor I came across some paper mache eggs that I had purchased while we lived in Germany over 10 years ago. For probably the past 3 years I have not used them as the loud colors seem to clash with the quiet shades now used in our home.
In my recent quest to “use it or lose it” I decided the eggs were eligible for a makeover. I lightly roughed them up a bit and brushed on a coat of acrylic paint first. Ugh. FAIL!!!
Then I tried some cheapo spray paint I had in the cabinet. Not quite, but I saw potential.
I bought a few cans of Valspar spray paint from Lowe’s and it worked beautifully. Continuing with the science experiment I found that Rub and Buff in antique gold worked pretty well too.
Because we all need a golden egg.
All of the eggs received various forms of vintage trims as well as millinery flowers and leaves. They were simply hot glued on.
The color of this egg is close to my heart as lavender was the accent color of our April wedding.
I adore the color turquoise. It reminds me of happy robin eggs.
Soft pink makes my heart smile.
A gray metallic egg, yes, please.
White eggs don’t have to be boring.
The Fashionista’s favorite shade is soft coral.
My favorite egg though was the French Blue.
Such sweet eggs needed to be filled with something special.
Resurrection Eggs
I selected 12 bible verses along with a small token that represents each verse. In the days leading up to Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday we open an egg each night at dinner. The eggs are known as resurrection eggs. You can buy a set at most bookstores or easily make your own. In past years I used simple plastic eggs. But I was ready to create something lovely for this treasured tradition.
The verses I selected (and the token that accompanies the verse) this year are as follows:
Day 1: John 13:14-17 ( A piece of terry cloth.)
Day 2: John 19:1 (A leather shoelace.)
Day 3: Luke 22:33-34 (A feather.)
Day 4: Luke 23:34 (Dice.)
Palm Sunday: Mark 11:7- 10 (A miniature plastic donkey.)
Day 6: Matthew 26:14-15 (Three dimes.)
Day 7: John 19:2 (A sharp thorn.)
Day 8: John 19:29-30 (A piece of sponge.)
Maundy Thursday: Matthew 26:26 (A cracker.)
Good Friday: John 19:16-18 (A small wooden cross.)
Day 11: Mark 15: 44-46 (A rock.)
Easter: Luke 24: 1-6 (Praise be to God, it is empty.)
Happy holy week friends!
Laura
Very nice eggs! They look Victorian and very special!
Laura, What a cute post! So creative!
Your vintage eggs are wonderful!
~Lynne
w/L.
These are absolutely beautiful, and that empty egg gets me all goose-bumpish EVERY time. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
Blessed Easter to you!
~april
These are just gorgeous Laura!! So beautiful! I am sure the kids will love them!!
How sweet of you to make such beautiful eggs and then take the time to give honor to the bloggers who inspired you! Such a great idea to take those lovely eggs and remember what this season is really about.
Happy Easter! xo
I love this post! How you got the inspiration to transform so beautifully each egg and use them for your lovely tradition! Great!
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those are all lovely! And I love your header. AND good for you adding some ads to your blog!!!!
*That* is absolutely hilarious! I knew right away which egg was mine, LOL! AND it's my favourite. So good job. 🙂
I can't even begin to imagine how long it took you to do all those eggs. LOVE them. Thank you so much for including me! ~ karen!
This is such a beautiful idea. I wish I had known about this when my children were little.
Jocelyn @
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Oh Laura, how beautiful. I love that friends have inspired you with the design of your eggs. How lovely is that. Each one is so beautiful and your verses and tokens are all such special verses to remember.
Hope you have a great week with all of your festivities going on, sounds like such fun. Hope to see you soon and catch up. Hugs, Marty
oh my word you are so precious!!!
xxoxo
Your egg creations are all so pretty and even more special to have your friends inspire them. What a lovely tradition to prepare for the Easter holiday. 🙂
Ooh I love all of these beautiful egs, and Yes, the French Blue!! Talk soon, and wishing everyone a Happy Easter Week~
What a great idea! And they are soooo lovely. Great job! Happy Easter! Kit
I've been trying to decide what to do with some plastic eggs for the grandchildren. Thanks for the inspiration! ~ Maureen
So beautiful! I just came across your blog, love it! you def have a new follower!
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I love this post! What a great way to celebrate the Easter season. Your eggs are beautiful.
blessings,
karianne
These are beautiful and very inspirational! We are on our way out to see what we can gather to do the same project. Thank you for posting. My daughter said “How does she come up with such beautiful ideas?”
SO lovely. Honestly I don't know where in the world you find the time to do all of these things.
I knew who the French Blue was for right away 🙂
Laura,
Your “Resurrection Eggs” are truly the most beautiful and inspiring Easter 'decor' I have seen. I must admit, my eyes grew wide when I read that you were painting over the sweet vintage paper mache eggs you purchased in Germany, but I should have known better. Your transformations are always better than the original form. I have never heard of Resurrection Eggs but what a wonderful tradition and one I will be implementing at the Fairfield House!
Love,
Deborah
FairfieldHouseNJ.com
Oh, I love this idea! And you made each egg so personalized. I am more than honored that you think I inspired you… in truth,. you inspire me!!! Such beauty, thrift, craftiness, art, and godliness!
Nothing but beauty here, my dear friend!
Have a blessed holy week.
xo Yvonne
They are gorgeous made all the more special by how you use them and the blogs that inspired their colors! Have a blessed, Happy Easter!
These are the best eggs I have seen in ages. Very inspiring and so beautiful. Happy Easter to you and the family!
Laura, these are so pretty, and I love the idea of the Bible verses. Hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend. laurie
Laura, your resurrection eggs are beautiful and so is this post! What a lovely way to celebrate the Easter season.
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I'm doing this too at our Easter dinner though my eggs are rather less impressive but just the plastic ones. It's what's inside that matters, right.
Thank you also for your comment regarding my daughters blog The Painted Porch. It's a real effort to help family since her dear husband has been out of work since November. Thanks for your support.
Very pretty project!!!
Your eggs are gorgeous! I love each and every one and how you chose each color with other bloggers inspiration.
It is a lovely way to celebrate Easter!
Hugs,
Donna
These are simply gorgeous! I love how they are each connected to a blogger…clever. This is a wonderful tradition and you really did an amazing job creating them.
Your eggs are beautiful and oh how sweet of you to do these for these wonderful ladies. I love how you use the eggs with scripture inside. Resurrection Eggs…such an awesome idea to do…Our family has a huge Easter egg hunt every Easter and what a lovely idea! I know I will want to do decorate some lovely eggs like this come another Easter. So glad I came on over today. God bless you and Happy Easter. And yes indeed, Praise the Lord that last egg is empty! Cindy
What sweet post and the eggs are lovely! I could guess some of the bloggers along the way. What a nice way to use inspiration.
Very nicely done, Laura!
And the nice things you mentioned about some awesome bloggers is very cool.
Happy Easter!!
Those eggs are beautiful!! I love them! I'm wondering if a similar version could be done using a Styrofoam egg??
I just love your blogger inspired eggs! So pretty and beautiful and feminine …
… and while I'm not a religious person, I just love your resurrection egg idea. It's nice to see make the egg decorating make sense in the context of Easter.
🙂
Wishing you a wonderful Easter celebration with your family and friends,
Linda
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Laura!!!
Your eggs are amazing. And what a sweet post!!!
Xoxoxococox
simply beautiful