Every year I have been writing a post about French Easter chocolates on Easter Sunday! I just adore their chocolatiers and these little works of art need to be seen by more than just the French!
A La Mere de la Famille
Hugo et Victor
Cafe Pouchkine
Laduree
La Maison du Chocolat
Fauchon
Christophe Michalak –
Lenôtre
images via Sortira Paris
Today I’m sharing antique hen on nests for a Vintage Easter Joys blog hop! I’m joining 11 other bloggers and we are sharing vintage Easter in our homes! A big thank you to Amber at Follow the Yellow Brick Home for arranging this hop! If you are coming from Jann at Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson, welcome!
Antique hen on nests began in the late 1700s and were made by Staffordshire and Dresden. The original form came from China but became popularized in Europe (like, everything, it seems!).
The Victorians were all about the animals so they were mass produced in pressed glass in the late 1800s to keep up with the demand! In the 20th century, many American companies, such as Westmoreland and Fenton started producing these and turned them into the beloved kitschy classic. They also come in version of milk glass, carnival glass, ironstone, and majolica.
This one below is antique Staffordshire. Notice the glazed paint. The antique glazed ones are generally Staffordshire. (Do you see the little chick under the wing? So cute!)
This one below is German. It is bisque. In general, the bisque ones are from Germany.
This white one below is ironstone. It comes from Scotland – specifically from Jon Thomson and Sons in Glasgow, circa 1860-1880.
This lustrous black glazed hen on nest is called Jackfield Staffordshire. Jackfield was most popular in the 1750s but there was a revival in the late 1870s. This one is late 1800s. Jackfield has this dark black (lead!) glaze.
The one below is German – it is bisque. The one above and below I had a hard time getting pictures of because they roost (hehe!) high up on my kitchen over the range.
Sometimes you can still find them with their inserts still in them. This one above still has its insert in it!
They were originally used to serve eggs or butter. This one is for eggs. Hen on nests may not be what you traditionally think of for Easter decor, but I thought… why aren’t they more popular for Easter? They were meant to hold your eggs!
Hope you enjoyed seeing how I feather my nest with antiques this Easter! If you missed it, I shared my Easter Bunny Table and French Farmhouse Easter tour. Also, on Friday please be sure to stop by and add your on Easter posts for the weekend link party!
Now hop on over to Linda’s Itsy Bits and Pieces to see her fabulous vintage Easter decor!
source about hen on nests, source for info about Jackfield Staffordshire
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I made these mini Easter basket cakes and am so delighted with how they turned out – I just had to share them!
They are so cute and pretty easy to make – you just have to have the correct pan, that’s all!
I had received a little basket pan as a gift last year – these are supposed to be for strawberry shortcakes but I think they look pretty cute as Easter baskets! 
I filled each little basket with some Robin’s eggs and a little Lindt chocolate. 
I sprinkled them with a little powdered sugar so you can see the basket pattern better!
French Yogurt Lemon Cake (recipe adapted from NY times)
Ingredients
Directions
You can just make this in a loaf pan too instead of the basket pan. Bake instead for about 50 minutes.
Now it can be a little dry – I would actually recommend serving it with some fresh fruit. While the robins eggs are cute, I don’t think they will actually go well with the cake! It would also go well with some lemon curd! I love using the Lindt chocolates – see my Easter sweets bar here.
You can get the basket pan here or at Amazon!
I’m delighted to share my Easter Bunny Table with you all.
The Easter bunnies have hopped onto my table – and brought their veggies stolen from the garden with them! Affiliate links are used in the post.
A French linen runner sits below the bunnies.
Vintage French pink goblets go with the pastel colors of the china. The blue chargers were a find at Homegoods for an absolute deal!
The bunny plates, white plates and chargers are all Juliska.
I found these little napkins and thought they would go perfect with the table!
The bunnies pulling the egg carts are still a favorite of mine. I have had them for years. A new checkered egg sits in the cart.
We do have rabbits in our garden – jack rabbits, that is. They aren’t as cute as these rabbits here!
Little nests also sit in the center of the table.
I hope you enjoyed this Easter table!
If you missed it, my French Farmhouse Easter Tour is here – also with a Spring Blog Hop with 10 amazing bloggers sharing their homes! Last year I shared an Easter sweets bar idea here.
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Welcome to my French Farmhouse Easter Tour!! If you are coming over from Decor to Adore, welcome! I know you were inspired by all of her beautiful Spring ideas!
Also a big thank you for Amber at Follow the Yellow Brick Home for organizing the tour!
Recently found this vintage pitcher at a flea market and fell in love with the blue. When I saw these ranunculus at the flower market I knew they would look fabulous here!
I have some vintage style paper mache Easter eggs surrounding the pitcher and vintage hankies below to catch drips!
Someday I hope to have my own farm fresh eggs in this egg tree! For now the colorful marble eggs will do!
A look across the main living room. The room is filled with the scent from the queen of flowers in Provence gardens, the rose geranium, with its citrus-scented leaf.
The Easter animals have marched their way onto the mantel.
An Easter garland with hidden Easter eggs hides behind the miniature Steiff animals.
Circling back to the entryway, these rabbits are here to greet you!
I got carried away with ranunculus – one of my top three favorite flowers. These ones match the carrots!
Ah, more ranunculus! These are getting ready to go into a vase. But they are so picture-perfect on the farmhouse sink I had to take a picture!
The flowers have jumped into the vase and met some bunnies who hopped onto the island! The little chicks are actually ornaments but they are so perfect for Easter I use them during this time of the year instead. Many cute Easter items can be found in the Christmas section – also great if you look at after-Christmas sales!
Easter eggs are now perched high up on the mantel hood.
I saw this cute little rabbit pulling the egg carriage this year and knew he’d have to come home with me. I adore the little egg carriage filled with candies!
Onto the baking side of the kitchen – of course Easter chocolates are over here. Some of the chocolates are real and some are faux – can you spot the difference?
Also, can you believe some of these pictures I shot with my new iPhone?? 
These bunnies are in the dining room. You can see my Easter Bunny Table here and an Easter dessert so stay tuned!
Here are a few of my Easter decor favorites (affiliate links):
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Thank you for visiting my blog today and that concludes the home tour hop for today. Tomorrow will kick off with From my Front Porch to Yours. Please stop by and check out all of these wonderful blogs for tons of Spring and Easter inspiration!
Wednesday March 14, 2018
Thursday March 15, 2018
Every year I do an early post about Easter decor finds because the cute Easter decor *always* sells out quickly.
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Mackenzie Child Courtly Check Rabbit
Mackenzie Child Rosie Rose Rabbit
Easter Bunny Vase, Easter Bunny Candy Bowl
Easter Bunny Meadow Tablecloth
Floral Bunny Salad Plate, Black and white Gingham plates
I will continue to update my curated shop here as I find more cute Easter items!
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In this post: Easter chocolates from Paris
Every year I take a look at the Easter chocolates from Paris.
I think they are more creative and fun than the Easter chocolates here!
La Maison du Chocolat
Inspired by rabbits, chickens, cows and sheep!
Prince de Galles Paris
Inspired by a beehive
Michalak Paris
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Le Meurice
Chocolate nest and eggs covered in gold dust.
Hugo et Victor
Lenotre
This years theme is a bridge of little pastry chefs!
Nicolas Bernarde
Chickens, pigs, sheep…
Maison Fouquet
A la Mere de Famille
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Arnaud Lehrer
Laurent Duchess
Alban Guilmet
Christophe Rousel
Angelina Paris
The pen egg with copper feathers
Fauchon
a marbled egg
This weekend is Easter so I am looking for Easter Brunch Ideas!
First, let’s set our table. Maison de Cinq shared a beautiful Easter table. Of course I love it, I have the same bunny plates!
Now let’s dye our eggs. Bacon Coffee Mama shares four different ways to dye your eggs.
Mix Helen’s Country Cottage shares tons of recipes for your Easter brunch. Let’s start giant these hot cross buns!
Sugar Spice and Family Life shares these bird nest treats perfect for dessert!
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In this post: Easter Entertaining Ideas – a Sweets and Treats Bar.
Easter is just around the corner and I know that many of us enjoy Easter sweets and treats!
So I came up with this cute little Easter entertaining bar.
It is so easy for you to replicate at home.
All you need is some lemonade or drink of your choice, a variety of sweets and some Easter decorations!
I used a cake stand and a hat box to display some of my treats.
A chocolate bunny (although he is faux) sits at the top, but Lindt sheep and rabbits are dancing below him!
I made some raspberry and orange blossom macarons. Click for their respective recipes.
I set them on an Easter plate. An antique French plate serves as a dramatic back drop.
The glasses are on the table, but you can have some tasty pink citrus lemonade. Some vintage linens in Easter colors are here to catch your dribbles!
More Easter treats sprinkle the table…
I just love how cute Easter chocolate is! Every year I buy Lindt chocolate.
Here are a few of my favorite Easter candies (affiliate links used)
Mini Lindt GOLD BUNNY – Milk Chocolate,(pictured above)
Lindt Milk Chocolate Mini Lambs (picture above)
Lindt Chocolate Carrots, 4-Count, (these are so good!!)
Lindt Large Chocolate Carrot Box – a mixture of many different types!
Lindt GOLD BUNNY – Milk Chocolate one larger bunny!
Lindt Easter Chocolate Novelty Pack contains sheep, chicks, rabbits and carrots! SaveSave
In this post: 6 beautiful Spring tale setting ideas all from Thursday Favorite Things.
You know one thing I love about Spring?
All of the pretty flowers that we use as inspiration for our home decor!
Rosemary and Thyme has a beautiful Spring table with beautiful flowers – there is a secret about them, go check it out!
Bird’s Party shared this colorful table. I love the flowers in the center!
Sweet Sensations shared this fun fern and floral Spring table! How fun is this centerpiece?
Everyday Living shares a beautiful table with hyacinths. I love the china and the pretty flowers – I imagine they smell so good!
Blue Sky Kitchen shared this table in bright pastels. I love the teapot full of flowers!
Penny’s Vintage Home shared a Mackenzie Childs inspired Easter table. I love the bunnies!
Here is one of my Spring tables that I shared recently
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In this post: Easter Decor Ideas for the Home
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The bunnies hopped onto my dining table last week and now this week I’ve finished decorating the house for Easter!
Besides Christmas, Easter is my favorite holiday to decorate for. I think it’s because I’m a sucker for bunnies.
In fact, maybe I should rename my blog Maison du Lapin. HA! I’m giggling to myself because there are tons of jack rabbits all of the time in my yard too!
Every year I look forward to seeing my little mohair Steiff bunnies and sheep.
These are all still handmade today in Germany – I went to the Steiff Museum in Germany when I was there last year.
Some of them are redone vintage designs. Some are new designs. The one below is a vintage design that was remade.
I have little Easter vignettes around the house. Here is a vintage Easter egg holder with alabaster eggs and little vintage cards. The Staffordshire couple stays there year round.
I like this little Easter egg ornament tree. I just set it actually into a serving piece and it fit perfectly!
I think it would look cute in the center of your Easter buffet with snacks in the tray itself!
The swan vase holds flowers and is flanked by Easter baskets!
These ornaments are actually from Christmas but I keep them instead in my Easter box!
Over on the French buffet is my pair of white ceramic bunnies. I got the standing one last year – he’s so cute with his little basket that serves as a vase. Unfortunately it has sold out.
I got the matching salt and pepper shaker years ago but there is a similar one here, nearly a replica!
A last look at this bunny pair. One year they were the centerpiece for an Easter table.
In the corner is an Easter bar… ready for treats and drinks! Sharing this next week…
Last week I shared the Easter table!
My favorite part of the table are the little nests with Easter chocolates sitting on each place setting!
And last but not least, I have the most fragrant orchid in an ivy vase with a moss bunny perched in it. Isn’t it adorable?
That concludes this year’s home tour!
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Easter is just around the corner and my bunnies have hopped on out of storage and into the house!
The bunny trio serves as the centerpiece for the Easter table this year.
I had to restrain myself and not buy more Easter plates and use the ones I have instead!
I used the same little nests I found at Roger’s Gardens some years ago but this year I stuffed little Lindt Easter chocolates into them!
Aren’t the little chocolates cute? Each of your guests gets a little treat when they sit down!
The carrot and vegetable garland are new this year and match the other carrots I already have!
I had to try not to buy any new Easter plates this year!
These ones are from Pottery Barn several years ago and sold out quickly. The bottom plate is Juliska.
The little bunny carts pulling Easter eggs were a Pottery Barn find as well – they are filled with marble eggs.
Vintage French goblets add a nice pop of pink.
I could not stop taking pictures!
Are you decorating for Easter already?
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Every year there are tons of cute bunny plates that just want to hop onto my table! I have to try not to buy them every year – otherwise I would have a whole cabinet just full of bunny plates!
I have rounded up some of this year’s Easter plates!
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Top Row, Left to Right: Spring Garden Salad Plates || Floral Bunny Salad Plate || Lilly the Bunny with Carrot Salad Plate
Middle Row, Left to Right: Damask Bunny Dinner Plates || Easter Cabbage Salad Plate || Easter Bunny Faces Salad Plate ||
Bottom Row, Left to Right: Pasture Bunny Salad Plate|| Juliska Bunny Party Plates || Martha Stewart Easter Salad Plate
Now, this post I made last year and some of them are sold out, but I left the original links as above. I have updated links for this season’s Easter plates below:
I can’t decide on my favorite, can you? Well, maybe it is this one.
Aren’t they all CUTE?!?!
Look at this!!
SO CUTE!
Here are some of my past Easter tables…
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Happy Easter everyone! As I know most of you are all hopping off to church and then to brunch, I’ll keep it light today and leave you with a few Easter pictures!
Hope you have a nice day with friends and family! Back on Tuesday with the next regular post!
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