A Robin's Egg from Nutmeg!

Yesterday I was sharing with you my love of Robin's Egg Blue, and the photos that I shared with you inspired me to make some cute little eggs of my own. I have had some whole nutmeg sitting around my house in various jars and vases---when surrounding a candle they smell glorious when the candle heats them all up---and I thought that I could put a few to use as "robin's eggs" since they are the perfect size. Here is what I came up with to make my robin's eggs from stuff I had on hand...yet another "free" project!

I pulled out some lovely Jamaican Blue, Victorian Green and Espresso brown acrylic paint from my small store of paints.

Whole nutmeg are usually expensive...but I found these at World Market for about $1.00 per pkg...compared to the $7ish dollars or so that they cost at the grocery store that is a steal!


I mixed up my own cocktail of colors from the 3 paints, and then left a bit of the espresso brown to speckle the eggs.


To make painting easier, I stuck a toothpick into the bottom of the nutmeg.


All painted up and getting some speckles!


Here are my eggs, drying and waiting to be placed in their nest homes!


Finally, a real home for my little nutmeg eggs!


They are a little too speckled...if I do this again I will lay off some of the "freckles!"


This little nest looks cozy here on my lovely blue plate.


I read somewhere that robin's usually lay 2-5 eggs, with 5 being very rare...so this little nest is pretty much at capacity!


My nest also looks cute in this sweet little spot on my kitchen window sill.


Take note of the "Nest" in my inspiration words...perfect spot for these little beauties!!!

Now I'm not bragging or anything...okay, maybe I am...I think these little robin's eggs are pretty darn cute! Hope y'all are having a fabulous day!




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