E is for Eagle, eggs and embossing

And now we come to the letter E in this little ABC book.  E is for eggs.  Did you know that the bird that lays the largest egg is an ostrich and the smallest eggs are from a hummingbird?  Ok, that was an easy one.  So lets talk about color.

Did you know that when it comes to egg colors, ground nesters eggs are usually spotted, blotched or in some way camouflaged?  And did you also know that owls that are crevice nesters don’t need to be so careful and their eggs are usually white?  What about tree nesters?  Well, the colors of their eggs are mostly tans, blues and greens. 

Ah but I was going to talk about eagles—the national emblem for the United States.  Did you know that Ben Franklin wanted the turkey and not the eagle to be the national bird?  He felt that the turkey was honorable and proud and that the eagle had much lesser qualities.  Of course Ben didn’t get his way, but can you picture the turkey as the national emblem?

And now I come to embossing.  I know it’s not a nature themed ABC entry but I couldn’t resist.  You see my daughter is graduating from college next week and I wanted to make her a card that is a bit more special than something store bought.  So in honor of her love of horses I made her an embossed 3-D table greeting card.  If you would like to have the instructions to make one for yourself, just follow the link below.  By the way if you don’t have a graduate to honor, you can make one for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, you name it.

                              3-D embossed table greeting cards tutorial at Make it easy crafts