A PROMISE OF SPRING

Capture the essence of the season with handmade decorations for Easter entertaining with family and friends

EASTER TREATS

Fill enamel buckets and baskets with eggs and sweets decorated with grosgrain ribbon and speckled feathers – then hang as decorations or hide them in the garden for a fun egg hunt FOLDING stool, £48, THE STRIPES COMPANY. CREAM WIRE basket, £9.99; RECTANGULAR basket, £12.99; LARGE SPECKLED eggs, £1.99 EACH: ALL NORPAR. WOODLAND CHORUS SKY BLUE/MULTI COTTON fabric (IN BASKET), £59/M, SANDERSON AT STYLE LIBRARY. BLUE JUTE TWIRLY twine, £2.50 (60M), NUTSCENE. Ribbon AND ric rac, FROM A SELECTION, JANE MEANS. ENAMEL buckets, £1.65 EACH; ASSORTED feathers, £7.50 (THREE BAGS); NATURAL-BLOWN QUAILS’ eggs, £5.70 (12): ALL PIPII. PAPIERMÂCHÉ Easter eggs, £3.38 (SIX), LITTLE CRAFTY BUGS