Stylish Settings
Any special occasion can be made all the more memorable with the addition of thoughtful handmade touches. Decorate personalised place cards for the Easter table with the motifs of the season using Cambridge Imprint’s Easter Printing Block Set (cambridgeimprint.co.uk). This set of eight easy-to-use printing blocks will depict patterned eggs, a speckled hen, a chick and a dancing hare. The blocks could also be used to make pretty greetings cards or even your own wrapping paper.
Alternatively, try your hand at potato printing, à la Molly Mahon, who often uses leftover tester pots of emulsion or chalk paint for truly budget-conscious crafting. Cut up old sheets or pillowcases and turn them into block-printed napkins using the same technique, setting the paint in place with a hot iron so the fabric can be washed. Visit mollymahon.com for inspiration.
Spring Kokedama
Make temporary displays of spring-flowering bulbs and bedding plants by transforming them), use clumps of muscari, which you can lift from the garden or buy in small pots at this time of year. Take a handful of damp compost and shape it into a ball around the plants’ roots, then wrap the ball in a sheet of moss, either lifted from the lawn or bought from a florist. Use a long length of string to work your way around the ball securing the moss in place.
