Friday Egg

I am trying to fit this in during JoJo's naptime. She is having a rough week and home sick today with a fever and fussiness.  Perhaps teething.

To business:  I have a more contemporary Friday Egg today.  Stylized poppies on a pink background.  I am feeling the need to create more Springtime themed eggs for my upcoming trunk show and Easter shows.  I like the raspberry fluff shade of pink.

Here's a close up.  I don't think you can see, but the surface was etched a bit to add another dimension.

You can tell just a bit by the thin red outline on the shapes.  That is actually the vertical "wall" made by etching in vinegar.  Since dark red was my last color before I rinsed it down to make the raspberry fluff color, the etched egg picked up that color and it makes an interesting effect, I think.

Thanks for looking!

Nursery Rhyme Egg

And for a trip down memory lane...

A few years ago I was inspired to try something a little different.  A friend was expecting a baby girl and I made an egg to commemorate the occasion.  I thought it would be fun to do a double sided egg based on the "There was a little girl" nursery, with one side featuring the "good" girl on one side...

and the "horrid" girl on the other:

I circled the egg with the nursery rhyme:

I think it turned out pretty well, though of course there are several things I would do differently next time.

I would love to hear what inspired your latest project.

Friday Egg

This is one of my all time favorite eggs.  It is a brown chicken egg (about 2 1/2 inches tall) showing salmon swimming over river rocks.  It was purchased by one of JoJo's daycare teachers for her mom's Christmas present. They live in Washington, so she was really excited to see this egg because salmon is such a big part of life up there.  I love it when my eggs find their perfect home.  I was sad to see it go, but it will be happy and loved where it is now, so that makes me feel better. Yes, I am kind of sappy sometimes.