Easter-Egg Paint Chip Garland
As a newlywed I didn't have lots of seasonal decorations--try none. One of the joys I've found of being a new home owner is decorating for the seasons. I'm trying to amass an arsenal of seasonal decorations, a little more each year so I have something to put out as the months change. After-season sales and DIY projects have been my friends for seasonal decor.
Paint chips have lately been a go-to as well since they are inexpensive, colorful, and versatile. The folks at Sherwin Williams also gave us a free paint-chip deck when we were last there picking out some interior paint. I don't know if they normally do this, or if they just felt sorry for us because we were really indecisive about picking our paint colors (although giving us a million colors to choose from doesn't help the indecisive). Either way, that paint chip deck has had many lives so far--from helping us choose paint colors, to a Valentine's banner, and now an Easter-Egg Banner.
Paint chips have lately been a go-to as well since they are inexpensive, colorful, and versatile. The folks at Sherwin Williams also gave us a free paint-chip deck when we were last there picking out some interior paint. I don't know if they normally do this, or if they just felt sorry for us because we were really indecisive about picking our paint colors (although giving us a million colors to choose from doesn't help the indecisive). Either way, that paint chip deck has had many lives so far--from helping us choose paint colors, to a Valentine's banner, and now an Easter-Egg Banner.
To make the banner I used an oval paper punch (1 5/8" by 1 13/16") I got off of Amazon (once you go Prime it is hard to stop). That gave me the Easter-egg effect with ombre paint colors. This was also really quick versus cutting all the egg shapes out by hand.
I hung the Easter-egg garland at my entryway table, and added a hyacinth from Trader Joes. Read more about how I made the garland one my blog.
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This is adorable!
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Very clever. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks for sharing.
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