Having an elegant tabletop for your Easter dinner doesn't mean you have to run out and spend a lot of money. Host Rebecca Kolls shows how you can take your everyday dishes and dress them up with plants and blooms growing in your garden. You'll be surprised just how easy it is and how beautiful it turns out.
The first thing to do is create place cards. Buy some little grapevine wreaths at a craft store. Glue two of them together with a hot glue gun. Then glue them on top of a saucer, or you can use a lid from a margarine container or even a terra-cotta saucer. That's the base.
For the next step, take bits and pieces of sheet moss, glue and tuck it in and around the wreaths to make a nest. Next, take a dyed Easter egg and write the person's name on it with a metallic pen. This looks great as it is, but if you want to give it a little sparkle, then add a little glitter. Before you add the glitter, though, spray the egg with hair spray and then sprinkle on the glitter. Place the egg into the nest--very gently, of course. Then, cut off little blossoms of your spring flowers and tuck them into the nest. Isn't that sweet?
Next, the centerpiece: The technique is the same as for the place cards. The only difference is size. Use a larger saucer for the base and add a larger grapevine wreath. In the center, place a dish with oasis foam. Arrange more dyed eggs and flowers.
The napkin rings are quite simple to make. All you need to do is take some nice, thin ribbon, tie it around the linen napkins. Add a satin bow and a sprig of flowers, and they're set to go. You can also decorate a clear glass votive holder with some sheet moss and a little glitter.
Most of the materials--the flowers and greenery--came from the garden. You can create these festive Easter table decorations for less than $20.
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