Last week I talked about how to refresh your home for spring (see that post here); this week I am bringing you a few ideas of how to create a spring or Easter vignette for your home. If you aren’t sure what a vignette is, be sure to check out my posts: How to Create A Vignette for Any Room in Your Home, and Vignettes: Tell me a Story.
A Few Reminders Of The Basics
A vignette is just a grouping or gathering of items, arranged together in a manner that is pleasing to the eye.
Here are a few things to keep in mind when creating a vignette:
· Add an odd number of items to your vignette
· Use objects of varying heights
· Use objects of varying texture
· Try using something quirky or unexpected in your vignette
· Add a natural element when possible
A Few Ingredients
Here are a few items (I think of them as the key ingredients) that I like to keep on hand for spring. Just as flour, sugar, and baking soda make a good base for some baked goods, so too these items will help you to pull together a vignette.
In a vignette, you want to have a few items that you are showcasing. What really upgrades your vignette are the little connecting pieces that don’t steal the show but support the showcase pieces. For a spring vignette, I like to include:
· Green moss balls
· Faux moss
· Twine balls
· Pinecones
· Faux eggs
· Something seasonal like dried flowers, bird or bunny figurines
Things to Keep in Mind
· Remember you want to keep an odd number of items in your vignette but some items, grouped together, will read as one item. Say for instance that you have two faux eggs with a pinecone grouped together—that will read as one item not 3.
· Don’t overcrowd your vignette. If you are putting items together and feel like there is a lot going on—there just might be! Try taking a few items away and see what you think.
· Set it and then walk away. It is easy to start over-analyzing everything you are doing so try setting the vignette and then walking away for a bit before coming back. If you do this, you will most likely easily see what needs to be changed—or you may decide that it is perfect the way it is!
Especially for Spring
I love adding faux moss and moss balls, Easter eggs and twine balls to my vignette but what about the bigger pieces? For spring, I love adding bird figurines, little bunny figurines, a plant, and possibly even an Easter sign or vintage floral postcard.
Easter Vignette Ideas
Here are a few things I have added to my vignettes this spring.
This vignette was done in a dough bowl and I added:
· Moss balls
· Faux Easter eggs
· Pinecones
· A twine ball
Birdcage Vignette:
· A wooden bird figurine perched on a candlestick
· Two antique bobbins
· A round little vase for some dried flowers
· A Faux Egg
· Moss in the bottom
Vignette in a box:
· Moss
· Two bird figurines
· Vintage bottle vase
· A sprig of dried flowers
I hope these ideas help to inspire you to have fun and get creative with your decor this spring/Easter season. As always—happy decorating!