Listen on: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube!

Our First Guest!

We are so excited to have our first guest on the podcast, Theresa’s friend, Andrea! Andrea is a crafty friend

Current Projects:

Theresa: Kite Pants by Matchy Matchy Sewing Club with a quilted side panel
Cecelia: (never shared, we moved on too quickly!)
Andrea: junk journaling a trip with my family, dying kids clothes (great way to cover up stains!)

Fun Question: What is your favorite Easter Dessert?

Theresa: Carrot Cake from local restaurant, Aladdins
Cecelia: Reeses Easter Eggs
Andrea: Whopper Robin’s Eggs

Easter Decorating/Crafts

• Egg Dying
  • traditional egg dying that you get at the super market
  • shaving cream egg dying
  • natural egg dyes

• Easter Egg Tress
  • Grandmother’s Easter tree
• Fabric Easter eggs
  • great scrap buster that is a great way to be sustainable during the holiday
• Easter Garland/bunting
  • Can sew bunting (scrap project) or use paper 
  • Paper chains
  • Sewn paper garlands
• Can Make Cute Things with Clay
  • Daffodil candlestick holders
  • Daffodil snack plates

Pysanky Eggs

• What is the art of Pysanka?
  • A series of wax resist (batik) and dye in repeated layers to create a beautiful design on a hollow (or un-hollowed) egg
  • Yes! I will share this backstory
  • (Andrea, can you cover? Don’t have to type out, you can just go with it in the moment – if you don’t know that’s fine we can cover it!)

• How to do Pysanky Eggs
  • Materials
    • Egg (preferably hollowed)
      • Personal favorite hollowing tool
    • Beeswax
    • “Writing tool” (called kistka)
    • Candle
    • Dyes 
    • You can source any of these on Amazon but please consider using Etsy or a specialized site like Polish Art Center or  UkrainianEggcessories instead!

• Favorite Designs
  • Basic
    • Can do simple dots, dashes, or lines
    • Can also make swirls of different colors that look like galaxies!
  • More advanced/traditional looks
    • Traditionally Pysanky Eggs have intricate geometric designs
    • The book, Endless Egging by Jennifer E Kwong has a lot of great tutorials and inspiration

• Tips and Tricks
  • Light pencil lines for design
  • Use rubberbands for straighter pencil lines
  • Plan out design in advance
  • Ensure inside of egg is fully dried out
  • Pop open the sealed hole before applying heat to remove wax