an EGGcellent idea...

if you don't already read and love jordan ferney, then you most definitely should. she is a party loving, fun having, decorating genius (who is also living in paris right now which makes me envy her even more!). anyways, she's always full of AMAZING ideas and is a great resource for inspiration.

her latest easter post, on how her friend made confetti eggs sent me into a daydream about a massive egg-hunting extravaganza...

the dream goes a little something like this...
clever invitations have been sent to your closest family and friends inviting them to meet you at the lushest greenest park of your choice for an easter egg hunt and celebration of the grandest kind.

easter is a gorgeous and sunny day and everyone arrives, in their most dapper easter outfits, to see a large circle of blankets, one for each family. on each blanket are baskets for each family member and a larger basket filled with perfect picnicky food and drink. every family finds their homebase and settles in to hear the rules...

rules are simple.
eggs have been hidden. find them. collect as many as you can and return to your blanket when done.

music plays and everyone breaks into hippity-hoppity-hysteria scooping up eggs as fast as they can.

once everyone is back at their blankets...the real fun begins. everyone takes their egg collection, steps into the center of the circle, and the egg smashing begins.

yep... eggs meet heads.

confetti flies...contagious laughter fills the air..and everyone is living in the moment...their only care in the world is to smash and avoid being smashed on. pure delight ensues... and then slowly, as eggs run out, the game comes to an end.

and since, we'd be playing with a golden glitter egg... after the confetti settles, one person will be adorned in gold glitter and be given their prize. in my dream... the prize is a bottle (or two) of champagne for an adult and perhaps a most heavenly basket of treats for a kid.

from there, the music continues to play... blankets break out of the circle and start congregating together into one big happy picnic in the park.

then...there might be bocce, there might be horseshoes, but there will for sure be a blissful group of friends enjoying the sun & enjoying easter as one big happy family.

**photos via: oh happy day