Brightly colored primroses look with happy faces from Melissa's kitchen window early one morning.
After several days (and late nights) painting Easter eggs, a whole collection has been made!
And even though there still may be snow on the ground, we're decorating for Spring!
Cute fabric bunnies were sewed together late one evening to be hung up in the windows of the barn.
Meanwhile, the wreaths I made last fall are patiently waiting for flowers to be woven among their willow branches...
Someone should probably refill that bowl.
After all that fun egg painting, we carefully glued ribbons, lace, and pieces of rickrack to our delicate creations for hanging on our blueberry branches.
I think mine turned out very well!
Although I'm not as talented at painting as Melissa or Abigail, I was still very proud of this egg in particular.
The bright red flowers turned out just right!
Here are a few of our best eggs:
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| (Bee egg by Melissa, Blackberry egg by Emily) |
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| (Lilly pads egg by Emily, Mushroom children and fairy by Abigail) |
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| (Rainy Day by Abigail) |
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| (All eggs done by Melissa, isn't she amazing?!) |
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| (Cute wedding couple done by Abigail, Clovers done by Melissa) |
Overall, an amazing time painting eggs!
Someone did refill the robins eggs!
Part 3 of this adventure can be read here!
Ladies, your eggs are beautiful! What a lovely idea. Imagine my delight when I saw the pages of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. Mine is among my most prized books. We would like to try making our own decorated eggs. Would you please tell the best way to remove the egg from the shell?
ReplyDeleteIf you wish to dye your eggs as well as paint them, we suggest dyeing them first (BEFORE you blow them out). We didn't do this. We wish we had. Haha! ;) If you blow them out first, your egg fills with dye and drips everywhere...As for simple blowing them out. We poked small holes on the top of each egg with a needle, then one on the bottom (it helps if you have a BIG, thick needle for this).We used a basting syringe (a big shot like thing that you'd have nightmares about if you were going to the doctor) to suck out the yolk and white. Once there was enough out, we blew and blew on the tiny hole on top till everything came out the bottom! It took Quinn and I a few tries before we had a handle on it, so don't give up if your eggs crack and spilt! (sorry this was so long) Hope this is helpful to you, Donna!
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