One of my favorite things to do around Easter time is decorate eggs! You might have caught my recent Twitch stream where I created some for this coming holiday. You can watch it HERE.
Back in 2014, I had one of my most productive Easter egg-making years when I decorated one a day for 20 days leading up to Easter. I used a different style for each day, and had fun finding different ways to photograph them as well. I even submitted one to a Martha Stewart decorating contest on social media (the quilt-inspired one seen in the slideshow below) and it was featured in the final round of voting!
I’ve experimented a little throughout the years. Once, I painted Cadbury mini eggs with food coloring—so cute! I added rhinestone embellishments another time. Last year, I tried my hand at carving an egg shell with a Dremel tool. I have yet to master that, haha. Most of those have ended up cracked and ruined.
Although I would love to one day learn some of the traditional methods of decorating Easter eggs, such as the Ukranian process of pysanka, I mostly stick to just using markers and pens. It’s easy, quick, and not as messy as dyes and paint. If I use water-based markers, they blend very well but I do have to be careful not to touch with wet hands or risk smudging. Once in a while, I blow out real eggs, but have lately resorted to fake craft eggs—again easier, and also more durable. My kids got ahold of some of my past Easter eggs I had saved and smashed them to bits. Sigh.
For a closer look at the eggs I made this year using brush markers, go to THIS POST.
Anyway, enjoy the slideshow of some of my past and present Easter egg designs!
—Nicole
You might also enjoy some of my recent spring and Easter products…
