Setting Pretty: Spring Table Settings

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To Dye For

Give hard-boiled eggs a graphic look with an unusual tool -- dental floss. Wrap a length of the flat, waxed kind around the egg once, tie a knot to secure it, then continue winding it around the egg. Experiment with horizontal and vertical bands or try a random all-over pattern. Tie the ends in a tight knot, dye as usual, then remove the floss. To make the centerpiece, place the eggs in small faux birds' nests, arrange on stacked cake stands and fill in empty spaces with cut flowering branches.

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