Rustic Easter eggs

By Jayne Daimo

I unpack my Easter boxes, revisit old heirlooms with joy, but also some boring marbles that I don't want to look at anymore. There is also some cheap junk that I probably found at a flea market, because that's what I do. But now it's time for a change! Here I want to change some marble eggs, a crazy flea market purchase (porcelain column) and make an Easter picture. Some techniques are used to make things look very worn and vintage, and I work from layer to layer, so you can scratch your way to the colors you want to see, so you can just choose the color that you like better.

You will need:
- One or two eggs - I used marble eggs
- Something to put the eggs in. I used bird nests, but egg cups or napkin rings are ok.
- A brush for the paint, and maybe also one for the wax, a knife, small spatula, or something else that you can scrape off the paint with.  

All paint is from Cadence.
White Vintage Legend, which is the mushy paint that gives it the rustic look (available in several colors). 
Brown Very Chalky glass paint
Yellow Very Chalky glass paint
Liquid wax, which is a liquid wax. I mostly use clear, but wanted to play with the green one.

Here's how you do it:
Paint first with the brown chalk paint and let dry.
Then once the wax is liquid, let it dry. If you use the green one, give the egg holders that color too.
Now vintage legend. Stir it well before use, so that the “porridge” is distributed. Let it dry.
Another coat of wax, let dry.
Now the yellow chalk paint, and let dry.
If you want to tone down the color a bit, you can dry brush on some white Antique Powder.

Cadence advises leaving it until the next day before scraping, as Vintage Legend takes a long time to dry inside the many layers. I chose Very Chalky glass paint because it is easy to scrape off. The chalk paint I use for my outdoor pots is much harder to scrape off, and is only good when they are going to be outside. 

The paint/effect paint is from Det Kreativ Univers