A simple and elegant place setting for an Easter brunch

Dress up your spring table with easy-to-make place cards and modern egg decorations.

By Emma Reddington and Rayna Schwartz

Updated September 27, 2018

Easter place setting with egg decoration

Photo, Sian Richards. Prop styling, Julia Black.

Whip up these place cards in minutes. An ordinary gift tag gets a stripe of colour with a piece of fluorescent washi tape, while a hard-boiled egg wrapped in neon thread proves the perfect paperweight. Complement your place card with a hot-pink-edged natural linen napkin.

Get the instructions to make a thread-decorated Easter egg.

Napkin, Smith Handmade. Tags, thread, The Paper Place.

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