Easter recap: Family, Food and Flowers

Wow the long weekend flew by, didn’t it?! And setting the clock to day light saving time didn’t help either. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the coldest Easter of all times. My home was boasting with flowers in an array of colours. My dinner table was adorned by the branches with lovely birds as a focal point, and I also had a few smaller magnolia branches decorated with porcelain pendants. I spray-painted my eggs gold, and I made a delicious lunch including:

• sticky chicken
• a grapefruit, avocado and tuna salad
• an asparagus, goat cheese, pancetta, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes frittata
• Pesto soufflés
• mini crab balls with a watercress mayonnaise
• mini salmon fritters
• mashed potatoes with roasted garlic
• and for tea my raspberry cupcakes with fresh raspberry cream frosting

So despite the winter, it was warm and comfy inside and I just love to entertain and host events like these. I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend as well. Here’s a short visual recap:

Happy Easter Weekend

This weekend I’m very busy with cooking and baking. Like this colourful mini turband with a green swirl inside. Unfortunately it’s a family recipe I can’t share.  But I thought the visuals would suffice this time. Leaves me to wish you all a happy Easter weekend!

3 favourite resources for Easter

Are you still in need of Easter inspiration and the best spring recipes for your Easter Brunch? Today I’m sharing three of my favourite on- and offline resources to get you started with crafting, cooking and setting the table. Sure, no website will ever beat the endless stream of ideas of   international renowned domestic queen Martha Stewart, who has been around as long as I can remember. But nowadays there are a lot of upcoming inspiring cooks, photographers, bloggers and crafters with fresh ideas and plenty of different examples to follow.

1. Sweet Paul

Sweet Paul is, in my opinion, one of the best resources when it comes to recipe and styling ideas . I’m a huge fan of his website, his magazine and his pinterest boards. I can spend hours flipping though his e-magazines (they are free), and the print issues. His Pinterest boards are boasting with inspiration.

2. Luscious

Luscious Magazine is an e-magazine (also free of charge) by food blogger Marta Majewska. I’m especially impressed by her spring issue with scrumptious recipes and stunning photos. There are an array of easy yet fingerlicking recipes for asparagus, which are typical Easter vegetables. Her cinnamon rolls make you want to lick your computer screen.  Also have a peek at her blog. What a talent!

3. Marie Claire Idees

This French magazine, is available in print. I get my copies usually in Amsterdam at the train station since there are only a few bookstores in the Netherlands that carry it. However, their website and facebook page is full of great photos and ideas to get you started and to sparkle your imagination.

A Blooming Easter decor: flower arrangements

Easter seems to have crept up on us rather stealthily this year. We are all absorbed with the snow and extended winter freeze.  I feel it is a bit of a damper on the festivities. I have never bought so many flowers and flower bulbs as I did this year. The blooming flowers and their sweet smell cheer up my home and add colour to the gloomy cold days.

For centuries people have been buying and giving each other flowers during the Easter holidays. It signifies new life and the beginning of spring. Instead of one bouquet as a focal point, it’s much more fun to disperse different smaller flower arrangement throughout the house in different spaces to set the room in bloom.

Group an uneven amount of small vases filled with whimsical white and pink ranunculus and hyacinths  to create a romantically sweet arrangement.

Arrange two flowers on a vintage silver plate or basket for a classic French look.

Make a bold statement with a bundle of bright hyacinths or tulips in different hues. The odor fills up your room and the arrangement is a real eye catcher.

Single out a small vase  to create a dramatic look. This works extremely well in the bedroom, bathroom, the entryway or in a reading nook. It’s that little extra to make a space more inviting and warm.

Try to make unconventional colour combinations and you’ll notice that it adds a burst of colour into the space. Yellow and pink, or fuchsia and red might clash at first sight, but at a second glance add warmth and depth to a space.

Raspberry Cupcakes for Easter

Easter is a great excuse to indulge in sweet treats and guilty pleasures. Cupcakes with their colourful cups and pastel frosting are great eye catchers to spruce up your Easter table. While there are thousands of cupcake recipes out there, I prefer the ones with fresh fruit. For one, it enables you to reduce the amount of sugar, and two, you don’t need any artificial colouring for the frosting. I admit, they are still unhealthy and full of bad carbs, but they do taste better and lift you a little of that guilt when savouring one over your Easter high tea. So enjoy these fruity cupcakes, because at least they are partly healthy. (for the recipe and product details scroll down)

Product details: wire chicken basket – Flying Tiger | doilies – Tea in the City | cups – Dille & Kamille

Recipe

• 180g butter, softened
• 180g brown sugar
• 180g wheat flour
• 1 heaped tsp baking powder
• 3-4 tbsp bio milk
• 2 free-range eggs
• 150g raspberries

For the frosting

• 100 gr raspberries
• 2 cups of confectioner sugar
• 180 gr cream cheese (mon chou)
• 3/4 cup butter (softened)
• vanilla essence (2 tsp)

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper cases.
2. Place all of the cupcake ingredients, except the raspberries, into a food processor and mix until well combined. Add more milk, if necessary, to get the mixture to a soft drop consistency.
3. Put one spoonful of the mixture into the cases, then follow with 2-3 raspberries, and another spoonful of mixture.
4. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until risen and golden-brown. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, for the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese in a bowl until light and fluffy. Carefully stir in the confectioner sugar and continue to beat for five minutes. Beat in the raspberries and vanilla

6. Decorate the cupcakes with the icing and top each cupcake with a raspberry.

An Easter table bursting with colour

Who says your Easter table setting has to involve numerous bunnies and piles of coloured eggs? This year I leave out the conventional accessories and will instead mimic a blooming spring garden table (by lack of one outside). I decorated  the Easter branches with cute birds and a few dispersed hanging ribbons. As a centerpiece I group a large collection of miniature watering cans in popping colours, alternated by tin plant pots with flower bulbs in bloom. Each place setting includes a pastel coloured vase with a flower and a garden tool with a label as the name place card. The only bunnies I do use are the felt egg warmers.

If you want to go overboard on the ‘garden theme’  you can also use the faux grass mats I used in one of my previous posts. I didn’t because my signature style is to use as many natural things in the centerpiece as possible. I prefer real flowers and branches. (For my shopping list of the used items, scroll down)

Product details:

• clipping birds, pastel vases, watering cans, gardening tools, tin plant pots, pink votives, white beakers – Flying Tiger
• bunny egg warmers, blue napkins – Dille & Kamille

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• Easter Brunch Recipe: Pesto Soufflé

Easter Brunch recipe: Pesto Soufflé

Easter brunch is always so much fun to prepare. I browse my cookbooks and the internet in search of the ultimate fresh spring recipe to wow my guests. In an old issue of Seasons magazine I bookmarked a recipe for a green soufflé. Now the thing of soufflé is that it’s tricky. When you over-beat  those egg whites, your souffle will drop. Your oven’s temperature is also a decisive aspect in the equation, as is the size of the bowl. Everything has to be just right to get that fluffy inside and crusty top. Reason enough to have a rehearsal this weekend.

The green soufflé gets its colour from fresh basil. The more basil you use, the greener your souffle. I had less basil than the recipe required, so I got a light mint green result. To add even more flavour you add parmesan cheese and pine nuts. And let’s not forget that clove of garlic! Scrumptious, and rich in flavours, yet light enough to serve up as an appetizer or as a side dish. Enjoy! (Scroll down to the bottom for the full recipe)

Pesto-souffle (serves 4 small or 1 large)

• 75 gr butter
• 60 gr parmesan cheese, grated
• 100 gr fresh basil leaves
• 1 clove of garlic, mashed
• 40 gr flour
• 300 ml milk
• 50 gr pine nuts
• salt and pepper
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 egg whites

Preheat oven on 200° Celsius

butter the ramekins and cover the bottom and sides with cheese

Cut the basil and puree it in a blender

melt the butter in a pan and bake the garlic for approx 1 minute

add the flour while stirring and keep stirring until it turns a little white

continue stirring while you add the milk, bit by bit, till you get a creamy sauce

add the cheese and pine nuts while stirring frquently so the cheese can melt

Let the sauce cook for 3 minutes on very low heat

Whisk the whites of the eggs, in a large and clean bowl, until they stand in peaks on the whisk and look very creamy

beat the yolks in another bowl

Gently spoon the yolk mixture in and through the sauce, and do the same with the egg whites

Pour the mixture instantly into the ramekins

Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes

Serve warm

Decorating for Easter

I’m still decorating for Easter and thought you might like or would be inspired by what I have created now. I brought out the bunnies and the birds. I filled a pretty bowl with moss and decorated it with twigs, eggs, birds and flowers. A cheerful sight by itself and even more grouped with a vase filled with fresh bright tulips.

6 Easter Place settings to impress your guests

Only ten more days till Easter. The Easter brunch table setting is always my highlight as I love to create different festive table tops. I’ve been experimenting with a few sample place settings to inspire you. Which one is your favourite? (for product descriptions/sales points scroll down)

1. a bird’s nest

Not all of us like the candy coloured Easter decorations. For a more mature and modern rustic look you can opt for black and white, gold, and natural elements like eggs and feathers.

2. The indoor garden picnic

Spring or no spring weather, you can create your own garden look indoors with bright plant pots, flower bulbs, plant markers as name place cards, picnic cutlery, and faux grass.

3. Flower galore

If you opt for a luscious flower centerpiece as a focal point, you might want to keep the place settings simple. You can dress it down and still make it pretty and part of the flower theme by adding a personal small flower vase or in this case a mini watering can.

4. Vintage inspired

This place setting is a vintage and cottage inspired place setting with the felt bunny to keep your egg warm, a vintage Chinese tea cup and saucer, and deep red details. The colourful buttons are made of sugar. You can read more about the Belle de Sucre sugar buttons in a previous blog post here.

5. Fabulous fabrics

Bring out your pretty fabrics and do it yourself with fabric covered eggs and a bunny fold napkin. Like to know how to? You can read the instructions here.

6. DIY paper flower

Two years ago I made paper flowers from paper and an egg. I chose neon pink and yellow to give the easter table a pop of colour. Visit my blogpost about the paper flowers here.

Product descriptions:

1. Feathers – April and May | paper straw – Flying Tiger

2. paper straw, pink votive, faux grass, plant marker, beacker – Flying Tiger

3. mini watering can-Flying Tiger | spoon – Dille & Kamille

4. bunny egg warmer, flower spoon – Dille & Kamille | Loveramics plate A curious toile – Kleur op Tafel | sugar buttons Belle de Sucre – various tea and coffee shops

The first signs of Easter

Spring has sprung today. Well, according to the calendar, that is. Unfortunately, outside it’s still winter and snowing in parts of the country. Nevertheless, the first signs of Easter are popping up in my house. Just like Christmas, I like to decorate my home in anticipation of the holiday. I slowly started to haul out the boxes with accessories. Most of my Easter stuff is in pretty pastels or bright yellow, green and pink. But I wanted something different this year. What if I go blue? Combined with bright coloured flowers I think it looks fresh and interesting. I’m still experimenting, but I laid a first hand on it, and I’m curious to hear what you think…A blue Easter, NO or GO?

Looking for more Easter decorating ideas? Have a look at last year’s posts by searching on my blog for “pasen” “paas” “lente” or “easter”. Or look into my archives of March 2012 to easily scroll through them.

6 Easter outfits for a mademoiselle

Last week I went to help out my friend who owns Dutch childrens clothing webstore Petit Chic. As always I was in awe of the new collection which just came in. Petit Chic is the place to find high quality and distinguished children wear from Italy, Spain, and France. They carry big brands from renowned fashion houses in the Mediterranean and make them accessible online. Pili Carrera, Il Guffo, Cacharel, Simonetta and La Stupenderia are just a few names in their range of top notch brands. They already ship internationally, and are eager to expand. And here’s the good news: they have SALE!

So hop over to the Petit Chic website and get a designer piece for an affordable price. With Easter coming up soon, I thought these six outfits would be perfect for a small fashionista who likes to dress up for Easter brunch. The outfits come in sizes 28-129 (European size). The tulip dress is my favourite bursting with colour,  although the neon yellow blouse and dotted pants are a close runner up. I say YES to the dress!

All photos ©Petit Chic

Easter decoration revisited

I was going through my Easter photos of last year’s and the year before that, and I was thinking: How am I going to top that? I would like to do something different each year to keep it fresh and interesting. But then I realized that a big part of my new readership might not have gone back into my archives to see what I did last year. So today I’m sharing a few never shown before photos, and I revisit some old photos of my Easter decor of last year to get you inspired and in the mood for the upcoming holidays.

By adding little vignettes throughout your home, you can bring spring inside. All it takes is a bell jar and a bit of creativity.

Bring out your vintage teacups to create a whimsical high tea, or use them as planters for hyacinth bulbs.

These cute little houses are from Studio Ditte. You can fold them yourself, and they also come with a name tag. Perfect for your tablesetting!

Use an old paint can as a planter for spring bulbs. Decorate it with masking tape, craft label and string, and you made your own unique planter! A white ceramic milk jug (Ikea) works perfectly as a vase and gives your flowers a county look.

I made these jars myself. It’s quite easy: all you need is lace, empty jars, string, a button, spray glue and paper. You can use the jars as vases, or to hold treats. Or put in a tealight and you have a pretty candle holder.

Pompoms are still hot and trendy, as are honeycombs. I get mine at LangzalzeLeven.com (cheapest address I know) but I recently noticed that HEMA is now also into the pompoms mania.

Last year I painted my eggs in pretty pastels and decorated them with ribbon and lace.

 

10 Inspiring table settings for Easter

In only a few weeks time it is Easter again. Time to start thinking about the table setting and Easter decorations. I’ve been browsing the internet and Pinterest to come up with creative ideas, color schemes and inspiration. On digdigs.com I found the following inspiring photos of spring table settings. With the addition of a few eggs and bunnies these would make perfect tablescapes for Easter. I like to pick different elements out of each photo and combine those ideas into my own. What are you planning this Easter? I would love to hear your ideas! And which one of these ten is your favourite?

Looking for more Easter inspiration? Visit my Pinterest Easter pinboard with over 100 photos here.

Setting the table with Mellor Ware

Easter is only a few weeks away. Have you started thinking about the theme and colours for your tablesetting yet? I’ve been a fan of Mellor Ware for quite some time now and I think it fits in perfectly with Easter. Mellor Ware is designed by Sheffield based Lianne Mellor. Her drawings are influenced by the quintessentially British past times of afternoon teas, garden parties and quirky dances. Mellor Ware is inspired by the idea that when our backs are turned, foxes, birds, squirrels and hedgehogs come out and act out these very English activities.

Watercolour animals adorn cup and saucers, plates and mugs. The fun thing is that you can mix and match the different collections and create your own animal party and tell your own tale

My blogfriend Titia recently extended her range of collections in her webstore Kleur op Tafel. For other stockists, click here.

photo source: Kleur op Tafel

Basking in the simple things

During my holiday break I finally got to have a closer look at two books that have been sitting on my desk. One was a birthday present, and is a Dutch book called Gezelligheid in Wintertijd. (coziness in winter time)

The book inspires us to have a cozy winter at home by celebrating traditions, playing games, making ice candles, cooking and baking heartsome foods and celebrating winter in our decorations. It’s all about creating total bliss at home outside the Christmas season but still in winter. The book features a lot of photos that are inspiring enough without reading the texts.

The other is a book by one of my favourite bloggers, the talented Yvonne Bauer, better known as Fräulein Klein. Her book Die Wunderbare Welt von Fräulein Klein. Backzouber und dekolust, published by Callwey, is a lovely resource to bask in the simple things by making them prettier and more festive.

Although her blog and book are in German, it is “readable” by anyone due to the great amount of stunning photos, something Yvonne is renowned for. As on her blog she captures mundane things in a feminine, and charming way. Every photo is like a little party. Her book has four chapters according to the seasons in which she shares seasonal recipes for baking, decoration examples, and crafting to build your own private party for just you or host one in a unique way for guests. All the annual festivities are highlighted, giving us ideas and inspiration for e.g. Valentine’s day baking and decorating, Easter, Halloween or Christmas. She shows us how to make cute napkins, how to decorate with masking tape in summer, or how to set an adorable Easter table setting. It is the perfect incentive to start being more creative and savour the seasons and its small celebrations by just adding small details.

Both books are available at bol.com and amazon.

Pretty Pastels Paastafel

Vandaag deel 2 van mijn Pretty Pastels paasdecoratie en paastafelsetting. De tafel is gedekt! Het aftellen is begonnen. Komen jullie aan tafel?

Tip: Wil je meer foto’s van mijn paastafel en paasdecoratie zien? Bekijk dan Pretty Pastels, Eggciting paasdecoraties, 3 maal DIY Paasdecoraties, In de Paassfeer, en Ranonkels

Antieke theekopjes en schotels – Kringloopwinkel | Mintgroen porseleinen schaaltje – Hema | Gekleurde knoopjes van suiker – Belle de Sucre | Zilveren schaaltje – Kringloopwinkel | Eierdopjes blauw en mintgroen – Miss Etoile |  Papieren servetje wit – Albert Heijn | Botermesje met 3 gekleurde glazen kralen – Cotton & Stone | bordjes met strepen van het merk Medard de Noblat – Galleries Lafayette Paris | Cupcakes – Alice in Cakeland | mintgroene pompom – Miss Etoile | roze Honeycomb waaier en lila Honeycomb bol – Lang Zal Ze Leven | wit houten vogelhuisje van Countryfield – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp | blauw houten vogelhuisje Clayre & Eef – SwartWit | lila vogelhuisje – Intratuin | 4 tapa’s schaaltjes – Dille & Kamille | dienblad met bloemen – Action | wit porseleinen potje met vogel – Dille & Kamille | gestreept roze lepeltje – Sabre Paris | naamkaarthouders theepotje – Dille & Kamille | Tafelkleed wit kant – H&M | decoratief boomstammetje – Intratuin | Vlinders – het zijstraatje | kip en nestje – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp | Witte melkkan – Ikea | ijsschaaltjes – Ikea | Glazen potten met kant – zelfgemaakt | Papieren vogelhuisjes – Studio Ditte | Kaarsen in glas roze, lila, mintgroen – Ikea | kleine vaasjes – Ranzijn tuincentrum | porseleinen hangertjes in bloesemtakken – Villeroy & Boch

Pretty Pastels

Het is bijna Pasen. Dit jaar is het thema van mijn paasdecoratie en paastafelsetting ‘Pretty Pastels’. Tijd om de tafel te gaan dekken! Vandaag deel 1, morgen volgt meer. Take a look… (onderaan de blog staat de informatie over de producten)

Antiek theekopje en schotel – Kringloopwinkel | Mintgroen porseleinen schaaltje – Hema | Gekleurde knoopjes van suiker – Belle d Sucre | Zilveren schaaltje – Kringloopwinkel | Eierdopjes blauw en mintgroen – Miss Etoile | Porseleinen lepeltje mintgroen – Miss Etoile | Clayre & Eef kanten mandje wit – Intratuin | Papieren retro rietjes roze/wit gestreept – Lang Zal Ze Leven | Kaarsen in glas roze, lila, mintgroen – Ikea | Gekleurde theelepeltjes, merk Sabre Paris – Galleries Lafayette Paris | Papieren servetje wit – Albert Heijn | Botermesje met 3 gekleurde glazen kralen – Cotton & Stone | Gebakbordje met lila strepen van het merk Medard de Noblat – Galleries Lafayette Paris | Cupcake – Alice in Cakeland | mintgroene pompom – Miss Etoile | roze Honeycomb waaier en lila Honeycomb bol – Lang Zal Ze Leven | wit houten vogelhuisje van Countryfield – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp | blauw houten vogelhuisje Clayre & Eef – SwartWit | lila vogelhuisje – Intratuin

Last-minute Paasinkopen

Mis je nog de finishing touch voor je Paastafel? Clayre & Eef heeft in haar lente collectie een hoop leuke spulletjes om het helemaal af te maken. Ik kwam bijvoorbeeld deze mooie accessoires tegen in mijn zoveelste tripje naar de Intratuin…

 

3 maal DIY Paasdecoraties

Eieren verven, knutselen, plakken en knippen. Do It Yourself  (DIY) paasdecoraties zijn eigenlijk veel leuker dan gekochte spulletjes. Je hoeft geen doorgewinterde ‘crea Bea’ te zijn om toch heel leuke accessoires en versieringen te maken. Vandaag deel ik 3 van mijn eigen geknutselde paasdecoraties.

Maak van een leeg verfblik een sierpot: Leeg verfblik beplakt met vlinder maskingtape (PSIkHouvanJou) met een craftlabel met craft vlinder en vogelstempel (artjourney) en bloemetjes decoratietape (Hema). Het kleine blikje was van een Hip and Hippie geurkaars en heb ik beplakt met deco tape (Papiermier of Studio Stationery). Porseleinen haasje (Intratuin)

Geinspireerd door Caroline van de blog The Little Things heb ik deze twee potten gemaakt. Je kunt ze vullen met bloemen, een kaarsje, iets lekkers, wat je maar wilt. Benodigheden: glazen potten, kant, touw, lint, mooie knoopjes, spray-lijm, maskingtape en mooi papier. Knip het kant op maat en spray het met lijm in. Plak het op de glazen pot. Beplak het deksel van boven met mooi papier en aan de zijkanten met maskingtape. Wikkel het lint en touw om de pot.

Geinspireerd door Lesly’s gastblog op decor8 heb ik deze paaseieren geverfd met acrylverf. Vervolgens haal ik met een lange naald raffialint door de eieren heen en hang ze boven de paastafel.

Paastakken versieren

Ik ben geen fan van paastakken, maar gebruik liever bloesemtakken. Deze versier ik evengoed met leuke decoratieve hangertjes. Inmiddels zijn mijn bloesemtakken voller geraakt met nieuwe porseleinen hangertjes van Villeroy & Boch. Het zijn echte cuties. Zo heb ik een aantal lieve miniatuur stillevens van ontwakende diertjes in bloemkelken van de ‘Flower Friends’ collectie. Daarbij heb ik een paar ‘Flower Bells’ gekocht. Dit zijn bloemkelken met een lief belletje erin. De bloemkelken worden per set van 2 verkocht in 2 maten, of in een trio-bell waarbij ze aan elkaar gekoppeld zijn.

Eggciting Paasdecoraties

De Paasdagen liggen in het vizier. Ik ben dan ook druk bezig met het huis te stylen met Paasaccessoires. Het is work in progress maar een hoop is al klaar en laat ik jullie dan ook graag zien. Kom binnen!

Clayre & Eef decoratie-eieren mint en oudroze – Intratuin | Countryfield Vaasjes voor plant of waxinelichtje – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp | lila keramiek bloempotje – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp | porseleinen haasje – Blokker | eitjes – Bloemenhof Leiderdorp

Vaasje voor plant of waxinelichtje – Countryfield

Dit mandje is van Clayre & Eef, en ik heb er zelf raffialint doorheen geweven. DIY: Je kunt dit mandje ook zelf maken door een oud geborduurd kleedje of kanten kleedje in textielverharder (Pretex) onder te dompelen en op een glazen schaal te vormen. Laat het een nachtje op de schaal liggen en opdrogen/uitharden.

De eieren heb ik geverfd met voedselkleurstof en gedecoreerd met kant, lint en crochet

Clayre & Eef mand – Intratuin. DIY: Je kunt dit ook zelf maken door een geborduurd of kanten kleedje in textielverharder (Pretex) te dompelen en te draperen over een emmer of grote pot. Laat het een nachtje erop liggen drogen en inharden zodat het goed de vorm van de emmer aanneemt.

In de Paassfeer

Ik ben druk bezig met de paasdecoratie en in mijn hoofd ook al met de paastafel. Omdat het allemaal work in progress is, kan ik er nog niks van delen. Wat ik wel kan delen om inspiratie op te doen,  is mijn kleurrijke paastafel van vorig  jaar. Ik had toen vooral veel felle kleuren.  Ik had tijdens de paasbrunch speciaal voor de kinderen een vrolijke tafel gecreëerd met grasmatjes, kuikentjes en chocoladedieren, afgewisseld met heel veel kleine vaasjes in verschillende vormen en hoogtes gevuld met verschillende bloemen. Dit gaf een echt weelderig tuingevoel.  De grasmatjes vind je o.a. voor een prikkie bij de Xenos.

De servetten had ik als kleine haasjes gevouwen, naar een idee van Martha Stewart. De instructie vind je hier. Martha Stewart is voor mij elk jaar weer een grote inspiratiebron. De katoenen servetten en het groen-wit geblokte tafelkleed zijn van Dille & Kamille.

Voor het paasdiner had ik op elk bord een gekleurde bloem gelegd, gemaakt van een ei en crèpe-papier. Een aantal had ik gegroepeerd in kleine vaasjes op de salontafel gezet ter decoratie.  Het idee kwam van Martha Stewart en de werkbeschrijving om ze te maken, vind je hier.

Pasen is voor mij geen Pasen zonder de vrolijk gekleurde zoete jellybeans. Ze kwamen super leuk uit in Martha Stewarts Daffodil Candy Cups. Heel simpel om te maken en de kids vonden het super. Jellybeans zijn o.a. te verkrijgen bij de Hema.