Want to try something a bit different? Grab some pretty paper and try wrapping an egg!
Category: Unusual teggniques
No fluffy chickens here today…
Be warned - eggstremely soppy post coming up... Back when my husband Neill and I were romantic young things, in the throes of young love but still too shy to say it in public, we would made lengthy phone calls to each other. Since this was back when phones were all firmly attached to the … Continue reading No fluffy chickens here today…
Uneggspected things…
Well, this is not the post I intended for today - I'm at the coast, so I had planned to do a bathing suit post - but today we've seen so many uneggspected things that I felt a different egg was calling me. To set the scene, we are staying in Dalmeny, a tiny town … Continue reading Uneggspected things…
You’re never too young to paint an egg!
The evidence is right here, with this cute little egg, 'painted' by Tori when she was about three months old. It was her very first Easter, back in 2014. I suspect the biggest issue was how to stop her from stuffing those enticing pink hands into her mouth! Oh, and how to keep pink paint … Continue reading You’re never too young to paint an egg!
A made-up egg tale…
Over the years of egg-decorating, we've eggsperimented with many different mediums - paint, textas, pencil, wax, dye and more. I'd have thought we'd tried just about everything possible by now, but apparently not! This year, Katie, who is a make-up artist, decided to try something new to egg-decorating, though not new to her. She's an … Continue reading A made-up egg tale…
The oldest egg of them all (we think)
Way back when we first started decorating eggs, we didn't realise we were starting something that would last for generations to come. We didn't think to date the eggs at the time, but we think this little Hedgehog is the oldest of them all. It was decorated by my sister, Robyn, using a dripping candle. … Continue reading The oldest egg of them all (we think)