Pinterest Inspired Easter Egg

Looking at all of the gorgeous springtime pictures pinned on Pinterest inspired me to whip up another decorative Easter egg over the weekend.  It feels kind of vintage to me and I'm really lurving it!

It's a pretty easy but oh-so-time-consuming project.  The kind best tackled snuggled on the couch watching a movie or ten ;)  If your up to the hot-gluing challenge - here's the breakdown...

Start with an egg shape  (I found these eggs filled with Pop Rocks at both the Dollar Store and Walmart - I like the size and that they're flat on the bottom)



Since the colors were a little...um, bold, I sprayed the eggs with a beige paint for plastics

Cut fabric strips (for the mini rosettes) 1 inch wide by 4 1/2 inches long (I used two coordinating cotton fabrics from a Quick Cuts Stax)

To make the rosette, start by folding a strip of fabric in half longways

With the fold facing up, fold the right corner to start the rosette

Release the lengthways fold and wind the strip around the center, twisting as you go to create the rosette

Hot glue the edge of the fabric to the underside of the now-formed rosette

To assemble, hot glue the rosettes to the egg (I ended up using approximately 250 rosettes - there's alot of gluing here!)

For the finishing touch, I glued in a few hydrangea petals that I had left over from the Hydrangea Easter Eggs

I am thrilled with the result!  Here's the inspiration board again

And here's a little Easter vignette

Luckily the weather is still unseasonable chilly, or I don't think I would have finished it in a weekend!