I’ll have to interrupt the whole egg blowing business for a quick revert to writing and, more specifically, promotional advertising. Yes, if you’re an independent writer, heck, independent artist, you’re going it alone in everything, and that includes telling the […]
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Robot Egg
This is a crowd-pleaser. Not only is it cute, not only can it stand on its own two feet (yes, it has feet) but it’s fully customisable. The limit is only determined by what bits and bobs you have on […]
Read moreThe Prince and the Pauper
As you saw from the Deviled eggs and eggs Benedict, having ‘pairs’ or ‘themes’ of eggs is a fun way to mix things up at Easter. And there’s a good chance that if someone doesn’t like variant A, they can […]
Read moreDeviled Eggs and Eggs Benedict
I’ll keep the fun going with two popular designs: “Eggs Benedict” and “Deviled Eggs”. Rather than being ‘ornamental’, they crave to be picked up, felt and looked at closely. These two examples run with the idea that sticking boggly eyes […]
Read moreFlower Power
You don’t need to decorate all of an egg. In many instances, the egg will live its life sitting on an egg cup, behind glass. They won’t be manhandled, felt, held, thrown, roughed up, knocked about: they are purely ornamental. […]
Read morePrepping Your Eggs
You’ve blown a batch of eggs. That’s a great start. They’re washed and dried and ready for use. Now, the question comes: What to do with them? Eggs are a really wonderful canvas. They are porous, so they will happily […]
Read moreAdvanced Blowing Techniques
Blowing one or two eggs is not hard, really. You can have them done in time for dinner. When you have to do a bunch for Easter, it starts to get uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. Your mouth hurts, your lips go […]
Read moreSorry to Leave you Hanging
In the previous post I went over the basics of choosing, cleaning and making a hole in your egg. Now what? You’ve made the hole in the bottom. Good. Now turn the egg over. Don’t worry, it won’t come gushing […]
Read moreBlowing the Egg
You can paint or colour or dye or gloss any old egg – but it helps to get the stuff out of the inside first. Yes, you can hard-boil it, but that’ll only last for so long. If it’s longevity […]
Read morePainting Eggs for Easter
Some time back, don’t ask when because I can’t give you a date, and it’s not important anyway since you could read this without knowing the exact… you know what? I’ll start again. Start Again Some time back I began […]
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