I Love Easter!
If you wonder where I've been for the past few days, every one of these (25 total) little chicks would tell you that I've been hanging out with them in my studio!
Twenty of them are for friends in an art group I belong to, and five more are for my family. Perfect timing, since they fit Mixed Media Monday's"Come Fly With Me" theme, and are also perfect for the Created By Hand theme this week, which is "Easter Eggs". The next two photos show them both closed and open.
The first step in creating these delightful little Faberge-style eggs was to decide on a shape and cut twice as many as I wanted to make, which in this case amounted to 50 egg shapes. I painted layered watercolor backgrounds on all, using both flat and shimmering Gansai paint, then I cut 25 of them in half. The next step was to stamp the flourishes, flowers and dragonfly on each of the 25 fronts, then emboss in gold. Variously colored diamond accents were added next, and hinge holes were punched, and brads were chosen for each egg, according to its color.
The next step was to choose, print and cut out images of chicks and flowers to collage to the inside of the eggs. When this was done, I glued the bottom half of the front of the egg on top of the back, then added fine grain glitter to the images above. When the glitter was set and dry, I attached the hinged tops, outlined the eggs with a gold Krylon pen, and added the silk ribbon bows.
This was a fun project, and although I usually hate making multiples of things, this was a delight because of the paint and darling images.
Have a great day, Everyone!
Wonderful project indeed Barbara! Love your chicks and eggs! I can only imagine that everyone receiving one will be SO delighted!
Posted by: ~*~ Patty | April 03, 2009 at 04:36 AM
These look delicious! I could just gobble up a whole handful!
Posted by: Lisa | April 03, 2009 at 07:59 AM
Wow, Barbara, you have been busy! Everyone is going to love these! Diane
Posted by: Diane | April 03, 2009 at 03:55 PM
what a wonderful collection of Easter chics Barbara, you have been a busy bee:)
Posted by: gillian | April 04, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Great fun project, Barbara! I'm sure all recipients will be delighted with these colourful presents.
Posted by: Galina | April 06, 2009 at 06:50 AM
I'm not into Easter and all that stuff, but these are fabulous. And thanks to the very detailed instructions.
Posted by: Yogi | April 06, 2009 at 09:50 AM
LOVE these eggs! Very Faberge! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Susie Jefferson | April 07, 2009 at 02:37 PM
Your decorated eggs are just beautiful. I love the way you decorated them.
Posted by: Darlene | April 10, 2009 at 09:29 AM
Beautiful eggs! I am so glad your blog link is now is the AAWA links. I will enjoy looking at your blog.
Posted by: Nancy | April 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM
wow.. lovely eggs, my chickadee
Posted by: p | April 12, 2009 at 11:42 PM
These are FABULOUS ...... know everyone that gets one will be SO happy ....... Linda F
Posted by: Linda Manning Findley | April 13, 2009 at 07:28 AM
Barbara, These are so wonderful!!! I really miss decorating Easter eggs, since my "boys" are now grown men, so next year I'm going to try some of my own art eggs. You were just a regular little Eastr bunny!
Love,
Alberta
Posted by: Alberta | April 13, 2009 at 03:19 PM
Wow, these are SUPER gorgeous! Love them; the little chicks are just adorable and the colors - just, wow. It was worth every minute you spent (and I'm sure there were many of those)!
Posted by: Lisa Mallette | April 15, 2009 at 10:50 PM