Saturday, April 3, 2010

{Easter traditions}


we were a bit nostalgic yesterday


every Easter we bring out the dye

and dip our eggs

simple
sweet
fun
and
eggceptional
{a tradition we all enjoy.... do you have a Easter family tradition?}

40 comments:

Castles Crowns and Cottages said...

Yes! We stay home quietly and just enjoy the stillness of the gift of life. ENJOY, KORALEE! Gorgeous photos, as always! Anita

French Kissed said...

Oh how I miss coloring the eggs with my sweet daughters who are far away in NY and Paris. How fortunate you are to still have your girls close. May you and your family have a wonderful and blessed Easter weekend.

~jermaine~

Kathysue said...

It is the simple things in life that usually stay with us as sweet,sweet memories. I agree!! Your eggs look darling in your little polka-dot egg cups, Enjoy your wonderful family time this weekend, Kathysue

Julie Harward said...

Kids...carrot cake...dyeing eggs and hiding and finding them...lots of food...General Conference...lots of love and laughter! Come say hi :D

Kathy's Red Door Welcome said...

I love the colors of Easter. I'm thinking about painting my dining room robin's egg blue. Your photos are very inspiring! Happy Easter!

It's me said...

I may have the Pink one??.my dear Koralee............enjoy your easter weekend !!

Lots of bunny hugs from me..........bye !

Blondie's Journal said...

I still get all giggly anticipating coloring the eggs...which we still do!! Love yours!!

Have a Happy Easter, Koralee!!

xoxo
Jane

Jill said...

OH! the coloring Easter eggs is one of our favorite Easter traditions!!
Yours are lovely!
Happy Easter!
Many Blessings!
Jill

~*~ saskia ~*~ said...

Colorfulness, sweetness Easter~ness ... Your eggs are beautifully colored, love these soft colors. We do it to every year, last year we sticked some stickers on the eggs too. Hiding, seeking, tomorrow is D-day! Four cute little baskets, two blue ones and two pink ones are all ready to be filled...
I wish you a very merry happy Easter weekend with your husband and 3 lovely beauties. Hope there will be a lot of sunshine and chocolate eggs, many many CHOCOLATE eggs, sweet friend. xoxo

LuLu said...

We share the same tradition... the dye is out, the eggs are cooking...let the fun begin!!!
happy blessed Easter to you and your family!
xo,
LuLu

Kissed by an Angel said...

The eggs look delightful!
Happy Easter.
xxxx

Haleigh said...

agreed! EGGceptional! Wish I could have had time to color some eggs :-(

xoxo bardot in blue
http://bardotinlbue.com

Regina said...

How fabulous!
A blessed Easter to you and to your family.

My Life And Loves said...

What a great tradition with such a pretty result! Once again your pictures are fab! x

Rosie said...

...egg~straordinary... once again! Our family is very competative ( yes, even at special times like Easter) They are now in there 20's and so we do a toned down version now ...but they each had certain freinds that would attend. Each person would have a different color, this came about because of a few "full on tackles". If they came to a pile of eggs, they were only allowed to take there color,(there were a few side deals happening in return for "location information"...very entertaining to watch...so much fun!!!

Love the Decor! said...

No coloring eggs at our house but maybe again in the near future wit grand children!!

Janean said...

we always did the *egg thing* until the kiddos were all too old, so now it's church and ham for dinner.

adore those egg cups!!!!!

Magpie's Mumblings said...

When the boys were small we used to do the egg hunt. Now, believe it or not, we have a family 'Christmas at Easter'. I know it's odd, but we started doing that when my mother became too old to have Christmas in the traditional way. We decided that, because everyone is SO busy at Christmas with other commitments, we would have our family get-together at Easter time. We are an 'odd' family!

Maria said...

Hi Koralee!
So colorful and pretty!
I've just put my homebaked {Easter tradition} in the oven :o)
My Swedish tea rings for us!
Bringing one to my brother's for the gathering there...and one for us for breakfast!
Easter Joys to you and your beautiful family, Koralee!
~Maria

My Farmhouse Kitchen said...

this brought back so many HAPPY memories..

sending Easter Blessings to you, my sweet friend.

Kary
xxx

Unknown said...

Koralee, they look so pretty! Wishing you a wonderful Easter!

Unknown said...

we colored eggs too, the kids love it! happy easter sweet friend! xo susan

Elyse said...

the weather was so nice today (at last) that we colored our eggs outside at the picnic table. it was nice not to worry about drips and messes.

happy easter!

xo
elyse

Teresa said...

Oh how lovely your dyed eggs are!
Makes me miss my Mother.
Mom loves to dye eggs...and of course we grew up dying eggs the night before Easter.
Loved the smell of that vinegar and the way the little dye tablets fizzzzzzed in the vinegar.
Boiled eggs never tasted so good!
And they were tinted BLUE....and so good salted! Yum!
I can only imagine how much FUN it is to dye eggs for Easter in YOUR SWEET home!
Your daughters are so blessed Koralee...and so am I to know you!
xxooxx
Happy Easter my Sweet Friend!
I love and adore YOU! xo

Rose said...

We use to dye and decorate eggs too to hang on an easter tree. Mum still does this occasionally, but not this year.
I love the pink and blue eggs in the egg cups :)

Rose

{oc cottage} said...

Aaaahhhh...that vinegary smell is so "Easter"!
LOVE your eggs! Happy Easter to you!

m ^..^

Simple Home said...

We did this today, but all the kids are here and most of them were eaten almost as soon as they were colored :-)
Have a wonderful Easter!
Blessings,
Marcia

myletterstoemily said...

everything you do is exceptional, because you are
an exceptional lady! thank you for all the lovely
ideas you give us (which i NEVER do.) :)

Catherine said...

Such sweet and colorful eggs ~ our only Easter tradition here is to eat lots of chocolate eggs! :) Have a wonderful Easter Koralee!

Draffin Bears said...

Hi Koralee,

What a lovely family tradition you have and love the pretty eggs you have designed.
One of our family traditions is to make hot cross buns, which I made on Easter Friday.

I hope that you are having a happy and blessed Easter.
Hugs
Carolyn

Anonymous said...

Happy Easter, Koralee!!

michelle b @ every little thing inspired said...

i love how the dye brings out such a nice pastel color!! beautiful!

our family is still pretty young, but i am going to start a new tradition of the easter bunny leaving something nature related...rather than always sweets!! this year its birhouses and flower seeds!

happy easter!

xoxo

Dylana Suarez said...

I haven't painted eggs in so long! I miss that!

Just came across your blog!
It is lovely!

colormenana.blogspot.com

Jill said...

Eggs look lovely. Happy Easter

Hugs RosieP x

Luiza said...

Your eggs are beautiful!!!
We had that tradition when I was a child.

Your choice of colours always brings me happiness.

Hope you had a wonderful easter.

Wish you a great day!

Hugs/
Luiza

Unknown said...

Absolutely beautiful posts this week Koralee, I love visiting here!!

We are off for our egg hunt very shortly.....Happy Easter to you and yours!! xo

DaShannon said...

i love your egg cups... they are so hard to find these days... the colored eggs look so magical placed back in the gray carton... have a blessed Easter~

Kalee said...

What a charming post! Ihope that you had a wonderful holiday!

Martha said...

Coloring eggs is such a fun tradition...do you know I absolutely forgot to do this year...I know, I will never forget again I tell you:)

HC said...

I adore the colour combinations you use <3
Wonderful blog.