It’s only a few weeks till Easter and I have to admit my most favorite thing to do is to color Easter eggs. Very soon I will be taking out the food coloring and mixing up colors only seen in my mind’s eye. Some will be pretty and some will definitely be Egg-ly ducklings.
Guess I just love colors...and this time of year offers me the chance to color play with abandon.
There is a certain drawback however. Food coloring is a bit hard to remove from body and surface. I usually end up with blue hands almost till Memorial Day!
I was thinking that if the chickens would cooperate and just lay the eggs pre-colored, it would save me from becoming a Smurf-ette. What do you think?
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30 comments:
Love your nest!!! you are so talented!
I agree, i always make a huge mess when dying eggs....it would be a lot easier if they came pre-colored
hee!
have a great weekend, xo
love your beautiful nest. Are there really orange coloured eggs? I am a fan of colour too.
Great looking nest. I love coloring eggs too and have decided this year I'm going to dye the eggs a peachy pink. :^}
This is beautiful! I love the nest, and the colors, Crystal!!!
Here is what I do for some of the Easter eggs that I want to keep in the earthtone shades.
I bowl my eggs in yellow onion skins, a few drops of yellow, and red food coloring, vinegar, and of course water, and they come out in lovely shades of browns~~~
Hugs, Jan
Wow ..this is so beautiful! The nest looks so real and touchable..and the eggs are absolutely gorgeous..!! Spectacular piece!! Stunning!
Victoria
Wonderful sketch of a beautiful nest with colorful eggs ~~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
why not wear those light surgical gloves to protect your hands when coloring the eggs? ~
Over from Sophia. Love, love your nest. Even more though I love that one egg has a different color. We all like to be unique and stand out - for one or another reason. Love it
I really like that nest, yes, in a perfect world there is always someone different. Greetings.
I think you have a great idea, ha ha.Thats a beautiful nest, I love the way the eggs and the leaves just pop!Have a wonderful Sunday, I can't wait to see the eggs you color and maybe you can show us your Smurfette hands as well.
Love your easter nest! I am sure that sooner or later someone will come up with chickens that lay coloured eggs! Valerie
I just giggled when I saw your nest! Yes, in a perfect world... LOL! ;)
Lover your eggs! I'm picturing chickens laying colored eggs too, even colored chickens matching their eggs would be cute. OK my imagination is getting away agian! Deb
Laurie,
I had to chuckle at the smurfette and chickens laying coloured eggs. Tee hee. Love it.
Your nest with the coloured eggs is beautiful. I love it alot.
Thank you for sharing with us again. Hugs
love the red egg among the blue!
Easter time embraces all colors...;-)
Yummy nest... :)
Well maybe if you fed the chickens coloured corn then that might do the trick? Or perhaps provide them with brush and paint?
Tee Hee. Love your delightful piece. I think I can hear the little birdy tweeting.... quick she's coming back... we'd best leave her in peace :)
I say no to corporate eggs because those poor chickies work hard enough as it is to lay the white or brown kind. Plus decorating them later is fun. Love the colors of the eggs here though--they actually look real.
Now if someone could figure out how to have hens lay colored eggs, they would have the Easter egg market cornered for sure! Cute nest!
Your nest is so pretty. You always create the most beautiful pieces of artwork. Very inspiring!
Oh this is such a pretty piece LOVE those bright colours!!! Looking forward to seeing your coloured eggs! :0)
the nest is such a great archetype..
Beautiful. Love the contrast between the blue and the brown of the nest!
LOL! Maybe you could just put some stickers on them Crystal? ;o) Love your painting ;o)
such a wonderful nest and fun with your colored eggs.....
half the fun is having coloured hands I think... I usually end up with some strands of hair and a smudge on my forehead as well.... great sketch...xx
Beautifully done nest and eggs!
That would be something to have pre-colored eggs.
I love your eggs in a nest... that reminds me, I bought some food coloring when Maddy and I went to the Dollar Tree, now where is that bag?
Cute little nest!
There ARE chickens that lay colorful eggs. Blue and green! We used to get them from my mother-in-law when she kept chickens.
Egg coloring is fun, though! I haven't done it in years.
oh what a perfect nest!!! I love this painting!!!!
Love your nest pic! You've made me want to paint some eggs now. Can't remember the last time I did...
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