Easter Inspiration

This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, leading us into Holy Week and then Easter proper. I'm planning to decorate with soft pastel still-lifes hither and thither, and while I have lofty intentions of painting eggs by hand (eggs which were collected two years ago, no less, and have awaited my gentle brush strokes ever since...) I am very tempted to order some of these everlasting ones as well

 Photo: Royal Copenhagen

I love this still life by Royal Copenhagen, where they have used pendant egg ornaments and egg bonbonnières teamed with simple green recycled glass. Fill a bonbonnière with Anton Berg or Waitrose marzipan eggs and watch them disappear in a twinkle...

Photo: Royal Copenhagen

Photo: Royal Copenhagen

Fill the bonbonnière with a posy of spring flowers such as anemonies and ranunculus from the garden

 

Photo: Royal Copenhagen

Photo: Georg Jensen

Georg Jensen's feather-light 'Daisy' ornaments appeal to those of us who like the golden warmth of brass...

Photo: Lene Bjerre

While Lene Bjerre has lovely earthy ornaments in soft grey

Photo: Royal Copenhagen

A little arrangement of pearl hyacinths and miniature narcissi in a pretty cup, like here, would make a beautiful decoration without spelling out Easter in capital letters..

 

Photo: Royal Copenhagen

And then there are these pretty Hydrangea vases from Royal Copenhagen, which aren't actually Easter ornaments and would therefore be infinitely useable throughout spring and summer