Beautiful Easter Centerpiece you can make in minutes
Beautiful Easter Centerpiece you can make in minutes with items from the garden.
Sometimes all we have is a few minutes before the guests show up and we want to add something pretty for the table. So today, I am sharing a beautiful Easter Centerpiece you can make in minutes. Like maybe 3…… 4 mins if you are slow, 2 mins if you’re fast. I am also joining several amazing blogs to share other Easter ideas that I am certain will provide you with loads of inspiration. In addition, you will have a chance to win a beautiful linen and napkin set, that will be perfect for your Spring table. All the links and details for the giveaway will be at the end of this post.
My Easter centerpiece, resembling a birds nest, has been a favorite of mine for several years. It actually got it’s start one year when I didn’t have anything for the table and scrambled to put this together using a grapevine wreath and clippings from my house plants. Since then, I also rely on my chickens to provide the colorful eggs that I place in the center.
What I love about this Easter Centerpiece is that the items are fresh and natural, which is a perfect way to usher in my favorite season. For the base I used a grapevine wreath. I actually made the wreaths. Making a grapevine wreath is easier then you may think, although for the time it takes, it may be more cost effective to buy them. I filled the center with a generous amount of natural excelsior moss, aka spanish moss. You can pick up a bag in any craft section. I even found some at the Dollar Store. To ‘authenticate’ my nest, I inserted clippings from a fern plant along with some Yellow Yarrow that I have in the pastures. Any clippings from trees or plants that you have in the garden would work as well. Go outside, see what’s blooming….and clip. It’s all about natural simplicity.
Last but not least is placing a few freshly laid eggs in the center of each of the centerpieces. Since I have several different kinds of layers, I get several different colored eggs. I think the blue shade is my favorite and always get excited to find them each morning in the coop. Do you have a preferred color when it comes to eggs?
To hold the ‘nests’, I placed them on some cake stands. You can read how easy those were to make here. The clear base of the stand, almost gives the effect that the nest is floating. Don’t you think?
Now let’s talk about the giveaway! Visit April Cornell’s website and look around at all the beautiful items and come back and leave me a comment telling me your favorite item or pattern and you’ll be entered for a chance to win this gorgeous Greta’s Garden tablecloth plus 4 napkins! Don’t forget to leave me your email in the comment so I know how to notify you. A winner will be picked this Friday, March 17th! This giveaway is open to US and Canada residents. Good luck and thanks to April for a lovely giveaway! I’ve got my eye on the Fiesta Stripe tablecloth.
Ready for more Easter inspiring ideas? Here’s the lovely lineup for today.
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Here is the full 3 day lineup. I hope you will enjoy this beautiful tour as much as I did. Special thanks to Jennifer Carroll from Celebrating Everyday Life for putting this tour together.
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You are always the creative one and I so love how you gather your pretties from you own garden and have your own chickens (who also have a beautiful home) to gather eggs! I can always count on a beautiful and creative project for any season. Happy Spring….Happy Easter to you and your beautiful family!….Love partying with you today!!!
you are always just the sweetest person in the world. thank you !
i can do this with my eggs, too! i am only sad our americauna was taken by a hawk so no blue eggs for us. we have a swedish flower though and she lays the tiniest white eggs! they’re so cute!
insert sad face
OH! I love this, so beautiful, and easy to do. It looks just amazing on your table, and has such a lovely look of Spring. Thank you for sharing this beautiful idea! I am so happy to be on this All Things Easter Blog Tour with you today! Happy Spring! Xo Lidy
thanks so much lidy. all about easy over here at duke manor!
Love the Felicity’s Flowers Tablecloth.
oh that is a pretty one too!
I love the fresh, simple look of this:)
thanks Patty!
Every time I come to your blog it’s like a breath of fresh air. It’s all so pretty and simple…which makes it amazing. Your nests are adorable. Happy Spring Laura!
oh Ann, that is so sweet of you. thank you!
I love the naturalist of your beautiful table settings. I too use nests to decorate our home. Sometimes I use birds, eggs or flowers to help pretty them up. But they are my favorite decoration for me.
Thanks for the sharing time.
My kind of nesting Laura! So pretty. All this Spring and Easter inspiration has me hopping:)
thanks Debbie!
Natural,simple & beautiful what more could you want.Thanks for sharing. In love with Felicitys throw.
You can’t beat the beauty of fresh and natural Laura. Loving these homemade nests for the table and such a lovely way to display your fresh eggs…. how pretty is that pale blue one!
Beautiful nest…just my style. April Cornell, some beautiful things there! I loved the Margarets Em table topper. It would be pretty over a white cloth with amethyst glassware…think I may have to indulge 🙂
Your centerpiece is lovely! We even have our own grape veins so I may have to give this a try. I like the Beckoning Bocas tablecloth from April Cornell.
t a neat idea using them with a wreath for a nest. Thanks for sharing .
I think the April Cornell Savannah seersucker is my current favorite, but hard to choose!
This is so creative, I never even thought of using a wreath with spanish moss!
Nests are my favorite, Laura! Happy Spring to you! Send some warm weather to me please 😉
Your centerpiece is beautiful, Laura! I love the tips about adding what you have growing to the nest to give it a natural look and by the way, blue eggs are my favorite, too! Have a Happy Easter.
Thanks Mary Beth!
I appreciate your blog post!
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thank you
I love the pretty twig nest. Just by adding the greens and yellows it made it so fresh!!
thanks susan. happy spring!
Love how sweet it looks with the fresh eggs. I’m going to try this.