Have y’all seen these?
I found them in the Easter stuff at my local Walmart.
Let me back up.
About two weeks ago I was browsing Pintetest for some easy/cheap Spring decorating ideas when I noticed a lot of the projects contained beautiful speckled eggs. So I went out to Michaels and brought home a plastic package full of multicolored plastic Easter eggs. You know, for kids. They twist apart in the middle. You get the idea. I had the great idea to chalk paint a pile of them and use them in my shop. I was so excite!
To begin with.
This was a disaster.
And a waste of good paint.
What a mess. Everyone says that Chalk Paint sticks to everything but I am here to tell you that plastic eggs are not included in Everything. So I threw them all in the trash and was really bummed for about a hour.
Back to the Walmart $2 eggs.
These are also plastic but they do not open and they have a flat CHALKY finish! I flew in on these eggs like the crazy woman I am known to be.
I chose three shades of blue chalk paint that I had in my paint hoard and did four eggs in each color.
Annie Sloan Duck Egg (duh!) and two Americana Decor colors Vintage and my own custom one I call Sea Glass. When they were completely covered with the paint and thoroughly dry I used I toothbrush dipped in chocolate colored craft paint and used my finger to splatter the eggs.
What a messy job but they are adorable!
So I really do not recommend doing the speckle part at your kitchen table.
In you favorite NFL shirt.
Messy, but not hard at all!
I really love all of the different shades of blue all in a pile together.
I think I may go back and spend another $2. I’m thinking some tan or cream speckled eggs might be pretty and a bit more neutral.
Happy Sunday!
Paige
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Love these! I have never seen the decorating eggs before.
Beautiful!
I love speckled eggs! I have bought some before, but I would love to be able to paint them in whatever color I wanted. Thanks for the tip!
Brilliant, they look fantastic and real. I'll have to make a trip to Wally World for some. Popping over from the party. Have a wonderful Sunday! Pinning!!!
Hi Paige,
Good to know about the plastic eggs! Sorry you were the one to have to figure it out the hard way, but glad you found these other eggs that worked. They turned out lovely! A perfect touch of Easter and so elegant looking. I am a fan of all your transformations Paige!
Thanks for sharing on #TALENTEDTuesday!
Cheers,
AJ
This is so cute- it's looks like it's right out of a Pottery Barn Catalog!
Love your eggs, saw them on the scoop party..