When it comes to weddings, one particular of the 1st items that catches our eyes every single time is the backdrop. They are such an straightforward way to make an eye-catching statement, so we’re thrilled to have this a single to share with you all nowadays! Studio Cultivate by Kathryn Godwin + Ruffled collaborated to execute and style this DIY Easter egg backdrop with flowers by Springvine, while Emily Chidester took the reins behind the camera. Of program, this would be a fantastic DIY for any time of the year! If you follow us on Instagram, you will see the backdrop in action for Luna’s Very first Birthday 🙂
For this project, you will want:
– plastic Easter eggs
– scissors
– white twine or fishing line
– white spray paint
– acrylic white paint
– tapestry needle
– baster
– gray spray paint (the right shade of gray is challenging to find, so we utilized primer)
Directions:
one. Lower plastic egg halves apart – trim off the connecting piece. Lay on protected surface to paint.
2. Use a baster to drip acrylic paint above egg, enable to run and drip more than egg – this gave a great texture and variation to the egg. We varied the quantities that we dripped with paint versus what we spray painted.
3. After dripped paint or spray paint has dried, thread your tapestry needle with twine – staring on the inside of the shell, thread and loop by means of the two holes at the best of the egg, tie in knot.
4. Thread through the within of the next shell, loop once more by way of the two holes and back out the prime- slide shell down to virtually stack on the previous egg. By looping by means of the two holes, the twine will lock into position.
5. Generate various lengths of these tendrils from 5 egg halves to twenty-30, based on the length of the backdrop you need. Right after getting strung them, we dusted them with spray paint after much more to support cover any spot there may have been chipping.
6. Suspend from a sturdy bar that can stand up to excess weight, and cluster tendrils together – generating a heavily layered backdrop transforms the otherwise recognizable materials into anything sudden.
Alternatively, if you’re in a pinch for time, you can string plastic eggs and spray paint them (utilizing the paint + primer cans). Open them up, and starting up string the halves with knots in in between every single.
DIY Easter Egg Backdrop as executed and styled by Studio Cultivate exclusively for Ruffled
