a few more magical eggs

I have found the formula for the delicate, magical worlds that glisten inside eggs.

As a child, I loved peeking into that tiny world inside a sugar egg......and I am delighted to have created something that gives me that same feeling I had once upon a time.

Though these photos do not show that the eggs have the soft glimmer that the sugar eggs have, both inside and out, maybe you can see that there are some pretty cool things going on in those eggs!

Easter is almost upon us....hippity, hoppity, Happy Easter Day!

Beautiful Eggs

What a day!

The class was great -

new ladies, returning ladies

and LOTS of laughter!

Here are the creations:

NICE JOB!

Becky, Ali, Nancy, Kerry, Kat and Penny!

Kaffe Fassett - wow!

I couldn't pass it up.

It leapt off the shelf and grabbed me.

The colors and the patterns....

I was breathless from the beginning (!)

Don't yet know what to do with it...

napkins? tablecloth?

Sew them a little "tighter" and make a full skirt?

I am in love.

EggS!

So, I actually got some eggs painted

and delivered to the shop for sale

Hope to get a LOT more done,

esp since we are only two weeks out!

Happy Easter everyone!

EGGS!

Here they are - some of the eggs that we put together yesterday.

Hope you enjoy our creative ingenuity:

Laura brought this one by this morning and I was blown away by her darling details:

blue & white polkadot ribbon around the opening and

(below) little cut-out images lining the seam -

soooooo cute! I just love it!

Here is Laura's egg in a nest with Cheryl's egg,

which I picked up last night.

I think the robin's egg blue with the tiny brown dots is perfect......

...and the little tinsel around the opening with little paper roses

is so old-fashioned.

...and a few of my eggs that I ended up working on today.

The one above is my first attempt, which I am not very pleased with.........

These, however, I like soooo much - great colors!

The next two photos are close-ups of these two in their eggs

with a little glitter added:

Last, but not least, is the little bluebird in a nest.

I attached the "bird in flight" to the top of the egg

and I think it is pretty effective....

...worth trying again.

Creative Ladies!

My Creative Group of Ladies was at my house yesterday and it was GREAT!

I "used" them as guinea pigs to help me work out the kinks for the class that I will be teaching in a couple of weeks. They rose to the occasion and made the most extraordinary EGGS!

Here is their process:

The cutting, placing, gluing, embellishing......EVERYTHING throughout the morning was FUN!

The last photo is Anika's egg - absolutely delightful! The other ladies finished theirs up later that afternoon and dropped them off for me this morning. I will show them as samples to the class and I will share them with YOU in my next post....

I think you will really enjoy seeing how everyone chose a different way to finish their egg and each is unique and special and I am a happy, HAPPY lady that the girls had so much fun and are as pleased as I am with the results!! Yay!

....and thanks to Laura, Stephanie, Anika, Cheryl, Beth - the "regulars" and Susan, who joined us yesterday for fun.

the "INSIDES"

Last night, I drew and painted the "insides" for the eggs we will "fill" at the workshop I am teaching at Los Poblanos in a couple of weeks. This Sunday, I will introduce it to my Creative Group to see what they think and figure out the best way to teach the process.

This photo is the original (on top) and a color copy (on bottom)

The color of the copy really isn't too bad....and should serve the purpose just fine.....

Below is a "close-up" of the original (hmmmm, same size, really)

I am looking forward to seeing how these images work around other people's imaginations.