Easter Egg Art

Let's have an Easter Egg challenge! See just how creative you can get with the beautiful little white surface.

I made two red ones in honor of "Greekster" (Greek Easter) because they dye all their eggs red.

Maybe after you've all made your Egg Creations, taken pictures and shown your Egg Pride you could try this Greek Easter Egg Game. (I played it in Greece at Easter time.) Here's how it goes:

Cracking Eggs

In Greek culture, eggs are usually dyed on the Thursday before Easter. This particular Thursday is called Red Thursday, or Kokini Pempti. Nothing is done on Good Friday. No one works or cooks. You basically act as though someone in your own family has died.

So you've got your eggs, it's Easter Sunday, and you're rearin' to go. Here's what you'll need to know:

* It takes two to crack eggs properly.
* First, you and your partner must chose your eggs. you want an egg that seems as though it would hold up to a good beating.
* Hold your egg in your fist as though your fist were an egg cup.
* You will want to chose which side you want facing up first.
* Tops will smash tops and bottoms will smash bottoms.
* All actions are done vertically.
* Next, decide who will try to smash the other's egg first.
* It is very important to attack your partners egg head on, otherwise it is considered cheating.
* If you have succeeded in cracking your partner's without cracking your own, you get the next hit. (If you started tops, bottoms are next).
* If no one's egg has cracked, your partner gets a try.
* The winner is the one with the least damage.
* The top winner is the one who's egg has withstood it all. Unless of course you are really wanting to eat your egg, because you can't crack it on your own unless it's the very last egg left!.
* Remember to have fun.

We'd even make wishes before beginning battle and the one to win, had their wish come true!

Share your egg fun! Get creative! And Smile!

P.S.
*Did you know? -- A great way to color your eggs red is by cooking them in red
onions?

Lavender Octopi On The Loose!

These guys are filled with stuffing, rice, lavender flowers and oils. If you put the octopus in the microwave (don't worry, they like it!) for thirty seconds, the rice gets real warm and they are even more cozy to snuggle. Love lavender? Love Octopi? Best of both worlds. Want one? Email me.

Stringballs- Snowballs- Glitterballs!

So Martha Stewart has this great idea. I tweaked it a little. Let me show you how to make really cool string balls. These can be left white, or covered in glitter, hung by string as a christmas tree ornament, given as a present, or used to make snowmen. I can think of a thousand uses, what can you come up with?

First, let me show you how to make the string ball. The basics.

You'll need little balloons. The water balloons work best. I got these!


Blow one up!


Spray with any cooking spray you have (try to stay away from flavors though.)


You'll need some string like this. But maybe you'll experiment with different kinds!


Tie the string on the balloon end.


Dab a little bit of glue on the other side.


I use PVA glue because I'm a book making freak and this stuff will really hold your ball together. You can use elmer and other kinds, a little watered down (water down your PVA a little too) but I thought PVA did the best job.


Start to wrap your string around the balloon, going through the glue dab to hold the string in place at first. Don't wrap too tight, but don't wrap too loose. You'll get it!


Keep wrapping, make sure you move the string around, try to cover the whole surface area. the more crossed points the stronger your ball will be!


When your ball starts to look covered, or like this. Cut the string!


Dab some glue on the string end to hold it down.


Take your PVA and small amount of water mixture and start to spread it across your ball with a brush. You'll be able to see the difference in the wet and dry string.


Make sure you cover the whole ball!


When you are finished let it dry on wax paper or clip it up from the tie.


After if it dry, you want to pop the balloon with a needle.


But take care, if your balloon isn't dry, this will happen!


You want yours to look more like this.


Once you pop the balloon, you want to untie of snip the string holding the balloon tie and then gently pull the balloon out. (Sometimes you have to do some fishing)


Well now you've got a pretty white string ball. What will you do with it? This one is covered in Green Agate glitter. (Not sure I like it, but I had some lying around so I thought I'd try.)


You can make different colors to match your tree. Glittering them is as easy as wiping the surface with more PVA/water and then sprinkling to your liking.

I hope you like my craft! Tell me what you did with them!

Other Creations From Maker Made

Shrimpie, the shrimp, simply named and spending most of his time in an empty pickle jar, looking out at the world through wobbly glass, while construction paper and candy flies around the room.





D'Or the goldfish, is hanging out with his friend, Bleaux'd the French squid, sharing a frenchie moment on their red velvet throne.

Attack of the Colossal Squid!

Ohmygoodness! It couldn't be, could it?! Not a... colossal squid!

Yup, it is. And his name is Hugo.














More information on this alarmingly large squid to come. For now, enjoy the mystery of his when and where!

A Special Commission

Her name is Rancine. She's old school 80s Punk. Nuff said. She'd buy stock in hairspray, if she wanted to be a corporate pig. But as it is, she'll just steal her mum's.

Commission Form For Maker Squids

Want A Squid Of Your Own?

Its easy, fill out this commission sheet and send it to me in an email. Within a few days, (usually the same day you fill it out) I will send you an email back and ask you any questions and give you a heads up on price and ETA.

Imagine yourself any kind of squid at all!

Commission Form

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1) Commission price will be determined based on expenses, including price of yarn, accessories and size of squid.

2)Accessories beyond the person of the squid, such as furniture or housing, etc. will be priced separately.

3)Commission is to be paid upon completion of squid. Delivery charges are not included in price of commission.

4)Commissions are completed at the leisure of Morgan Kristy Reynolds (here-on referred to as the "artist").

5)The artist reserves the right to take artistic license in interpreting the personality of the squid.

6)The artist reserves the right to photograph and display images of the commissioned squid, online and otherwise.

7) After shipping the squid, the artist is no longer responsible for its condition upon arrival or delivery.