Bunny Ear Napkin Rings

I saw these in the Sur La Table catalog and thought they were cute. I love that there’s a store in our town’s little downtown and when I walked by, I couldn’t help myself. I checked to see if they had the bunny ear napkin rings and they did. Even better, they were on sale. Half off. Clearly, they were meant to be mine.

Also, quick note if you’re looking for napkins: Williams-Sonoma. My quest for basic pastel napkins turned into a bit of a quest. No luck at Target or Pier 1, and Pottery Barn’s $9.95 napkins were way too pricey for me. Williams-Sonoma napkins were half that, and they had the largest selection of all the stores I checked. Also, I know I should learn to sew and make my own for a fraction of the price, but it just wasn’t in the cards this week.

Apothecary Jars with Plastic Eggs

Who said you have to get fancy? I know that the idea of filling jars with plastic eggs isn’t earth shattering, but it’s an easy, inexpensive way to incorporate the bright, happy colors of spring.

Tissue Box Cover

Here are a few more of my favorites from around the house:

My mom gave me this as a Christmas gift and it’s so cute. I had never seen one before, and love that it is made by hand and from my home state of Ohio.

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Put all your eggs in one basket: This idiomatic expression means “to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise.” It is often used in negative constructions, such as “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” to caution against the risk of such behavior. English speakers have been using this turn of phrase, if not heeding its wisdom, since the mid-1600s.

To egg someone on: The verb sense of egg in this case means “to incite or urge; encourage” and has no relation to the eggs we eat for breakfast. It comes from the Old Norse term eggja with a similar verbal meaning. However, if you drop the on in this expression, saying instead “to egg someone,” the henhouse connection is reestablished.

Nest egg: The phrase nest egg has been around since the late 1500s. When it entered English, it meant “an egg placed in a nest to induce a hen to continue laying eggs,” although it was often used in figurative contexts to refer to an object used as a decoy or an inducement. Nowadays, it is widely used to mean “money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.”

Egg on one’s face: This expression conveys humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise. It came into usage in the mid-1900s, and its origins are obscure. One theory is that it evolved out of teenage slang, and that it referenced a messy manner of eating that might leave food around one’s mouth.

See more egg-spressions that they researched in a slide show that you can see here, including explaining what’s behind the term “egghead” and “teach your grandmother to suck eggs.”

May your weekend be full of your favorite kinds of eggs and your favorite people, too!

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