Decorating for Easter!

Our Easter, the Greek Christian Orthodox Easter is a week later than the Catholic Easter this year.
So yesterday I did the usual customs.
First I put some order on the big table that I decorate.

 I arranged all of my green vases on the one side and all of my red ones on the other side.And in the middle my white things.My mum's Easter handembroidery on the table.

Then I decided to add some branches in one of the vases and add some flowers too.
I took the paper from a recent parcel and cut the beautiful flowers and stuck them on the branches.

 I added a couple of knitted birds I bought from the Melissa Orphanage bazaar.

Then I added the sweet basket with the eggs that my dear Georgia (aka Ahtida) of Egina 62, e kai? blog gave me.

Then I dyed my own eggs. I wanted to try a tutorial I had seen on the internet.
I cut some old silk scarves my mum gave me.

 I wrapped them around my eggs.

 I wrapped some white cotton all around them.

 And boiled them the usual way in a pan with water and vinegar.

 Unfortunately not all colours were good enough.

 I dyed the rest of the eggs red.

 And here's how they all look.

I also decorated with the rest of my eggs.The animals I had made with my son when he was five.

 A collection from several gifted to me, or made by me or bought from abroad.

 Finally added a few recent etsy shop purchases about which I will talk in the next post along with some cards I received and my Prague eggs on the red metal tree.

 My Easter candle is waiting for me to use it on the Ressurection night at church made by sweet Georgia again.The cross stitched sampler I brought from the States and it was a gift by dear Marabeth.

 And there is all of my Easter decoration.

I also made some Easter bread (tsourekia).
They don't look very good but hopefully they taste good.It was the first time I made them!

I wish you all to have a happy Easter and those of you who have already celebrated it hope you have a great spring!