While lunching with my neighbor Elisa a couple months ago, she told me about the colorful Easter eggs she whips up every year. So just in time for this weekend's festivities, I had to share these colorfully patterned eggs with you! The eggs in the bottom photo were dyed traditionally using Ukrainian dye and tools, including beeswax and candles, while the top image eggs were simply covered with chap stick and dipped in different colorful dyes. So fun! Thanks Elisa! — Joy
{photos by Teri Lyn Fisher, styling by Emily Henson}
omg, this post is eggs-ceptional 🙂
lovely colours! happy Easter to you!
Those eggs are amazing!! Happy Easter!
xo-kelly
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My eggs always turn out to be an embarrassing blob of colors. These look absolutely amazing!!
What a gorgeous post!x
I’m going to try this project tomorrow as a centerpiece!
Oh my, each egg is like a piece of artwork! I’m especially loving that colorful towel in the first pic. Where did you get it?
Sarah
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These are gorgeous! What a great take on the traditional Easter egg!
those are too fabulous! love them!
Love it!! Wish I had tried it this year, but I opted out of the Easter Egg game. Next year for sure!
So pretty. Like little works of art.
…this is why no woman of child bearing age has white carpet for long. I remember these days. It was if a Walt Disney movie had exploded in the breakfast nook.
I was always the kid who forgot about my egg in the dye cup and removed it once it was thoroughly saturated. 🙂 I do love a brightly colored egg! Happy Easter!
Those are gorgeous! I hope you have a happy Easter!
Oh my goodness, so pretty and the top one especially seems easy to do. Who would have thought, chapstick? Genius
Happy Easter Joy. I’ve really enjoyed your blog. Always makes my day a little happier looking and seeing new post about the loveliest things 🙂 Have a nice weekend
These eggs are absolutely gorgeous! and i am SOO in LOVE with that white porcelain spoon!
happy easter joy!!
LOVE! These are gorgeous. I love the mix of vibrant colors. Thanks for sharing.
These are all so beautiful. I would have never thought of chapstick, but it’s a great trick! Happy Easter!
These are so pretty! Have a Happy Easter!
Wow these are gorgeous! And I love the styling
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I’ve definitely never seen dyed eggs like this before! All the ones I’ve seen are so boring compared to these!
All I can say is: WOW.
So pretty! I haven’t dyed eggs in forever!
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I so wish I read this before I made a mess of my dozen eggs and paaz this evening!
Nice post! I bet the Easter bunny will love these psychedelic eggs, when he finds them! LOL
-Tallulah Doll
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Those are really neat designs. How did she do the ones with the really small lines? Those are pretty detailed Easter eggs.
Thanks for all your sweet comments!
Here are some technical details for anyone who’d want to make eggs that blow Paas outta the water. I used traditional techniques of “pysanky” egg art and also some non-traditional methods to make these.
I used Ukrainian/pysanky egg dyes and tools that can be purchased at http://www.hearthsong.com.
The thin lines were made by a special tool called a kistka that uses bees wax heated by a candle to keep certain colors underneath.
The more painterly eggs were done using psyanky dyes and chapstick (to hold certain colors in).
The dotted eggs were made dripping melted birthday candle wax onto eggs. All this wax has to be taken off by hand using a candle and cloth (except for the chapstick, which is just rubbed dry). Feel free to email me offline with any questions or tips.
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Joy- These are really fabulous! Next year I may have to order those dyes!
Happy Easter!
Loretta
I just want to say a big thank you! I am a fashion design student at university and whenever I lack inspiration I click on your blog and I get a rush of creativity!
However I do blame you for countless hours of non productiveness due to admiring your blog!! 🙂
We used the chap stick method and they turned out great! Thanks!
So great to see traditional psyanky in a modern and fresh way. Loving the technicolour!
love the colors on the eggs! so cute
Prettiest indeed. I love what you’ve done with the eggs Eisa. They’re colorful. I love it. Even if it’s not Easter anymore, I would love to display these eggs in my living room. They’re so vibrant.
Some pysanky, Ukrainian dyed eggs I did this year.
http://onelittlestar.blogspot.com/2011/04/more-pysanky.html
They are so much fun to do. You can blow out the egg by either poking holes in both sides and blowing in one side while the egg comes out the other. Or, you can get a little pump that they sell where they sell the dye.
stunning, I’ll make them with my little one next year when he gets an attention span.
These eggs are so beautiful!! great job!!
xoxo
those eggs are beautiful I like them all
Wow! Please can either of you do a tutorial? I read the details in Elisa’s comment and it sounds so simple, but I don’t get it! A beautiful, colourful, step-by-step would be lovely! 😉 ❤