Hello, Yellow!

 I really don't have much of the color yellow in my home.  I don't wear it and I don't usually decorate with it.  (I'm not sure why not since yellow can be a great accent color.)  It's not as though I dislike the color, it's just not one of my favorites.  It's a great color choice for Spring, though so I decided to break through my yellow phobia and make it the star of the show for our Ladies' church group meeting this last week.

I went with a primarily yellow, white and grey palette.  Fresh yellow flowers in a white pitcher was an easy way to bring color into the room.

 I used inspiration from Martha Stewart's monochromatic Easter basket (post here) to create an Easter centerpiece.

 I started off with eggs and cooked them on the stove until they were hard boiled.

 I then used yellow Easter egg dye from the grocery store.  (It was only $1)  I tried to color the eggs in three different intensities of yellow to give them more dimension.

For something a little different I used a white soup tureen instead of a basket.  Yellow paper filler and the three eggs were added.  I caught a white chocolate bunny for the focal point and added a little yellow and grey pinwheel (see tutorial) on a yellow no.2 pencil.  To complete the look, I added the rest of the scrapbook paper to a grey frame for the background.  I used some other yellow embellishments and brought a yellow, white and grey tablecloth I found at Target last year for the rest of the decor.  (Unfortunately, I failed to take any pictures of the finished tables at the actual event so you'll just have to imagine it looking spectacular.)

I have the yellow decor back at home now and actually like the pops of yellow in my kitchen.   And who knows, I may look to add more in the future.  (A yellow breakthrough!)

Have you taken a chance with a color that in the past you've either ignored or been afraid of?