Easter Motifs - Part Four

I have some more progress to share on my Easter motifs project.  If you want to see the other posts related to this they are here: {part one} {part two} {part three}.  If you remember from my last post on this, I was undecided on which green color to use for the leaves and grass. 
After some experimenting, I used a combination of two colors.  These two beautiful greens:

The light green is DMC #907 and the darker green is DMC #906.
Here is how I combined them.  I cut a length of each of the colors.

Then I separated the strands of each color from six strands into two sets of three strands:

I separated the strands in each set into single strands:

Next I arranged the single strands alternating the light and dark:

When I had the all arranged, I threaded my needle with the six strands. 

This is a really nice technique because the combination of colors gives an interesting dimension to the featureless leaves and grass.  I think it solved my problem of not having enough definition between the flower stems and the leaves.  I really like the effect this combined floss gives on the little grass blades.  I used a straight stitch for each blade. 

 

 

Now to finish the eggs!