I have a collection of Easter photos in an album in Minnesota. But I have a lot of digital photos on my computer..
Here are some Easter memories of my past:
This Easter was in our home in Redwood Falls. I love my Mottahedeh tureen! It was a gift from Don.
In 2009, I did an egg tree in my Redwood Falls sunroom.
Our granddaughter Audrey was two. She was excited to get a visit from the Easter bunny!
Bunny P j's.
My friend, Loree, had just been to Paris and brought me Laduree macrons in the lovely cylinder box!
Someone new joined our family in 2011, Betsy Elizabeth!
We celebrated at our lake home. This was Easter breakfast. I planted Violas in empty egg shells. This year you could buy reproductions of this idea at Michael's.
The girls discovering their bunny surprises.
This was the year that Audrey ate all of her chocolate at once. She was ill on the trip back to her home and stopped eating chocolate for years!
Our table in 2014. We did not entertain. I staged this for a photoshoot for an online magazine. I had brought my sterling (another Christmas gift from Don) down from Minnesota. It is Repousse by Kirk Stieff.
The kitchen island with the Durr basket.
New Walmart mirrored eggs.
Walmart glitter eggs.
Forsythia and lemons with gold nest and bird.
This basket was purchased from Durr Ltd. in Edina when my daughter, Jennifer, was the manager there in the early '90s. I remember Don really hating to pack this basket in the car and bring it to Arizona from Minnesota!
More eggs from Walmart, this time mirrored eggs.
Here are the bronze bunnies again with my large "Egg" container. It is filled with all types of gold eggs, mirrored, glitter, plastic, etc. This large oval container was my dining room centerpiece when our home was in Phoenix Home and Garden in December 2014.
You will see these rabbits and hydrangeas are used over and over again, since most of my Easter decor is in Minneapolis.
My kitchen island. I went straight to Trader Joe's for flowers when we arrived back in Minneapolis for the holiday.
Gold foil chocolate eggs for my granddaughters.
That green lamb box has been separated from it's lid until this past summer. The egg box with the chick is from A J's Fine Foods.
The girl's table only seats 4-5. A couple of years ago, we purchased a 60" round table top for this table and now we can seat 8 at this table when we entertain. Most of the time it seats 4.
The cute chick is from A J's Fine Foods in Arizona. Both granddaughters got one! The crackers were from World Market. They match the plates.
The men's table!
My salad
The old Durr Easter basket from the '90s
Another Durr Ltd Easter basket, purchased at the same time, decorating the guest bath room.
I used my minaudiere.
This was the year that I purchased my set of antique Rose Medallion dinnerware, which was made in China. A few pieces were purchased in an antiques shop, but most from a consignment store in Surprise. What a find!
My monogrammed napkins are from Ballard Designs.
I made chocolate "nests" with chow mein noodles, M & M's and Peeps. I should have dipped the white side of the Peeps in pink sugar.
The quiche had a hash brown crust.
How the rest of the house looked. The candelabra on the buffet was a find at The French Bee when they were reducing inventory before their move to their new store.
I found an arrangement in "Flower" magazine and went to Michael's and bought materials to duplicate it in my antique Rose Medallion bowl.
These obelisks went back to Minnesota last year to use in the 2019 Christmas decorating there.
I found the Rose Medallion vase for a steal in the consignment shop in Surprise, where I got my dinnerware, because it has a chip in the rim (which is always covered by flowers or in the back!)
It was fun to use my antique Staffordshire pottery lamb spill.
The small gray table has a glass glitter bunny and egg from Home Goods. I have three of these eggs, a gray, a mauve and a celedon one. They have been in past pictures.
Here is the celedon one in my bathroom:
I played with different gold tablescapes. I had just brought these candlesticks down from up north last fall.
There is a new gold bunny from Home Goods. Here the pink tulips are mixed with the Peonies.
My daughter gave me this 2-piece riser set for Christmas one year. It is usually on the kitchen island, when I use it. It is from Wisteria.com.
'I used thee blue hydrangeas on the island.
And mini bundt cake "nests" for dessert.
No glitter, no gilt or mirrors or overblown floral arrangements! Here was my kitchen island a couple of days ago.
The pansies are also from the '90s. Gradually my holiday decor is migrating from the north to the southwest.
I love the iron cross.
The santos has a crown of thorns that is made of silver. That little crown was another gift from Don. The wire mesh "eggs" are actually flower or grape cages to keep birds away from the flowers or fruit. I think they were from Rustic Stuff.
The stone reminds me of the stone rolled away from the tomb.
This is how it looks today.
The living room.
My bedside table now has a Staffordshire rabbit, again, a gift from Don, but my friend, Marcia, also gave me a matching one.
Here are some Easter memories of my past:
2009
In 2009, I did an egg tree in my Redwood Falls sunroom.
2010
Our family came to visit for Easter.
Now Audrey is three! This is in our Redwood Falls home. Lots of nests and baskets! She is a happy three year old!
Our Easter dinner table. I had used white tulips anchored in real chicken eggs! Those nests will appear again!
Easter decor in 2010, in my Antelope Trail kitchen!
2011
Someone new joined our family in 2011, Betsy Elizabeth!
For Easter 2011, our family came to visit our new house on Lasso Lane! We had just moved in.
Audrey, now 4, dyed and decorated eggs.
My basket is from Pier One. I have a wreath to match.
Golden eggs in a bowl and forced blossoms.
How about a few fake chocolate eggs? The fresh flowers are from Fry's.
2012
In 2012, our family visited again and Audrey dyed more eggs!
For Easter dinner, I used my fern placemats from Pier One and my majolica plates from Target and Tuesday Morning.
The plastic "chick" eggs had treats inside.
Do you see a theme here? I love baby chicks at Easter!
Miss Betsy with mom, Jennifer.
2013
We went to our friends for Easter dinner. It was a pot luck and I made these fruit skewers.
2014
These eggs were the start of our Easter decor. I remember buying these glitter eggs at Walmart. They will show up again!
The bathroom.
2015
Some Arizona decor.
My bronze bunnies are from my days working as a designer at 509 Design in Marshall,Minnesota. I use them frequently at Easter.
2016
The wreath was probably from Home Goods. There are the pastel foil bunnies that were in the Antelope Trail kitchen. A variety of pink eggs are in the bowl on the left (on the riser.)
The guest bath.
My beside table with a gold nest and eggs. The Home Goods floral arrangement was in the Antelope Trail kitchen photo. I have also used these gold nests from Home Goods at Christmas with gold birds.
Below is 2016 in our new Minneapolis home. We have not been back for Easter since this one (four years now.) We have been fortunate to be Easter dinner guests of two different friends' homes in Arizona. I found these egg shaped plastic plates at World Market that year and thought they were charming. There four patterns, but I selected 8 of these.
I love photo props!
That green lamb box has been separated from it's lid until this past summer. The egg box with the chick is from A J's Fine Foods.
Our fancy asparagus.
Betsy with another photo prop, all from World Market.
2017
Our coffee table in Arizona. The Herend rabbit was a Christmas gift from Don. I would love tons more!
During the season, I played with different tablescapes. I bought these two lovely unusual orchids at Fry's.
The blue hydrangeas were joined by white tulips and forced blossoms. Accented with my Staffordshire bunny and my small collection of Limoges eggs.
We did not host an Easter dinner per se, but held a brunch on the Saturday before.
The centerpiece was made of purchased orchids from the grocery store, the gitter eggs, the bronze rabbits and a Rose Medallion chestnut bowl.
My monogrammed napkins are from Ballard Designs.
I made chocolate "nests" with chow mein noodles, M & M's and Peeps. I should have dipped the white side of the Peeps in pink sugar.
Recipe: https://happilyunprocessed.com/spinach-and-gruyere-cheese-quiche-with-a-hash-brown-crust/
I also molded "bunny"butter. It is a tradition in our family for everyone to get individual molded bunny butters! Since my small mold is not here, I did one large one.
I also molded "bunny"butter. It is a tradition in our family for everyone to get individual molded bunny butters! Since my small mold is not here, I did one large one.
I also made these rolls, but only a few of mine looked this nice as this photo from Pinterest.
We were invited to a Easter dinner potluck. I chose to make cake balls for dessert.
There were a few that didn't fit on my tray!
2019
These tulips are silk. I use either pink tulips, white tulips, blue hydrangeas and forced branches in the house every spring. I keep an wardrobe of silk flowers for the house!
The coffee table has silk cabbages that I had ordered for a fall arrangement and the wreath that was on the island a year earlier.
I played with different gold tablescapes. I had just brought these candlesticks down from up north last fall.
Of course, I had to have a princess chick for myself.
See the glitter bunny pick?
Because we had been guests for Easter dinner for several years, we hosted Easter dinner this year. I started with another fairly recent purchase. The dinner plates and luncheon plates were from Antique Gatherings. I had wanted dishes like these for years. I even bought some accent pieces years ago, but it took me so long to finally buy the set that I had given all my pieces as gifts to a friend who also loves this pattern.
I started by choosing the dinnerware. I knew that I wanted some kind of chocolate rabbit under the dome, but I couldn't decide if it should be a hollow rabbit or a solid one. Cost won out and I chose the Russell Stover solid rabbit that I "glued" to the bottom of the pedestal with frosting. By the way, the white pedestals were $1.00 each from the dollar spot at target and the domes were over candles that were on sale after Christmas at Fry's, for 90% off, so I bought 8 of each.
The centerpiece? Those old glitter eggs and two of the four rose arrangements that I had bought at Home Goods. You can see them in my Christmas dinner party blog where they were the centerpiece for that party as well!
I was given a set of gold flatware at Christmas (from one of the guests) so it was natural to use it!
I used a few serving pieces on the console.
The finished table.
A guest brought the salad but I found the palmiers at Basha's in Verrado.
And here was my asparagus this time.
2020
This year I bought the two lambs from my wholesale ribbon company. They were a closeout! The tulips were a splurge from Home Goods.
I also bought two rabbits at Fry's on sale last year. I used them on the dining room table and now in the kitchen. You can read about the Easter luncheon that didn't happen on a previous blog. I was an ode to my carrot plates.
I wanted to keep my Easter decorations informal this year.
My desk.
Happy Easter 2020. I wish that you are your family are social distancing and staying safe!
The reason for the season.
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