Matt and Shari » Easter http://mattandshari.com Real Decorating for Real People Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:50:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Awesome Old Fashioned Easter Eggs http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/awesome-old-fashioned-easter-eggs/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/awesome-old-fashioned-easter-eggs/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:41:30 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=8332 Did you know that the original PAAS Easter egg dye was invented by an American named William Townley? “Mr. Townley owned a drug store in Newark, New Jersey, where he concocted recipes for home products. In the late 1800s, he came up with a recipe for Easter egg dye tablets that tinted eggs five cheerful...

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]]> http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/awesome-old-fashioned-easter-eggs/feed/ 5 How To Sew Felt Chicks and Bunnies for Easter http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-sew-felt-chicks-and-bunnies-for-easter/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-sew-felt-chicks-and-bunnies-for-easter/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:34:21 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=4284 We dare you to make just one of these adorable felt bean bag sweeties – we promise they’re addicting! I would be in crafter’s heaven if one of the felt companies would give me a job creating crafts out of felt! I love sewing and crafting with the bright fun colors and am thrilled that the...

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]]> http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-sew-felt-chicks-and-bunnies-for-easter/feed/ 0 How To Make an Easter Tree with Beaded Eggs http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-make-an-easter-tree-with-beaded-eggs/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-make-an-easter-tree-with-beaded-eggs/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:10:51 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=4270 This is an Easter project that will get attention and the easy step by step instructions allow anyone to be successful. Easter eggs are a mainstay of Easter decorations.  They can be decorated and displayed in a variety of ways, but one of my favorites is to hang them on an Easter egg tree.  My family...

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]]> http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/how-to-make-an-easter-tree-with-beaded-eggs/feed/ 0 The Secret to Colorful, Unbreakable Easter Eggs http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/the-secret-to-colorful-unbreakable-easter-eggs/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/the-secret-to-colorful-unbreakable-easter-eggs/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:04:46 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=1373 Are you tired of coloring beautiful eggs just to have them break into pieces? Try painted wooden eggs instead! So, my son, at age 7 loved the idea of painting eggs for about 4 minutes.  He painted three of them, (which I touched up) then added faces and splotches that looked like we rolled the egg...

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]]> http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/the-secret-to-colorful-unbreakable-easter-eggs/feed/ 0 Try These Creative Easter Egg Decorating Ideas http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/try-these-creative-easter-egg-decorating-ideas/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/easter/try-these-creative-easter-egg-decorating-ideas/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:02:43 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=1277 Once you get started you’ll want to try all three of these creative ways to color Easter eggs. Well, it’s that time of the year again and after nearly 50 years of decorating eggs….I needed a change.  I’m so tired of buying the egg decorating kit, bending the wire holder, dropping the pellet into vinegar...

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