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More Easter Eggs, some metal playing

Between cleaning the basement (the never ending job ) fixing my leaking wall - the outside water is accumulating at the foundation and coming THROUGH the wall - like its weeping. Got some Hydraulic cement and have been slowing refacing the wall to keep the leaks out and today was nice enough to redirect the flow of the basic river running to my house -I'll have to keep on this till I finish the wall

But in between I did a couple more eggs - getting up there - almost a dozen

I found my embossing heat tool which takes the wax off way better than a candle

(that is crayon wax in muffin tins on a hot plate underneath it - another story)

Then I wanted to try out my new punch I got - its a guitar pick cutter I got off ebay - and found the 24g too thick only made two marks on the metal

so went looking for my 36 g that I use for my Microfolding and I had to remember where I put that (I've been out of the studio toooooo long - was in my metal cupboard (where I keep my metal sheet, tubing and wire - duh !)

You can see the difference between the thickness of the 24g and the 36g- the 36g almost like paper

I love 36g cuts like butter with a pair of scissors -

I then cut up one of my diet coke cans to test out how it would work up (free silver colored metal !!!! Aluminum) for an accent

First - I punched out pieces with my new punch from the 36g

then I cut a piece of the 36g and ran it through the tube wringer

most craft stores that sell tube paint carry this

some craft stores carry the 36g

then I ran the coke can material through

voiola - some accent pieces

I'll have to go through how to make a bead with this material later

but you can find the earring tutorial here : click here for the start of the 5 step by step
very easy and you can use the aluminum as well

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More Easter Egss - Zentangled

Last weekend was great with the grandkids making easter eggs - and of course once I did a black and white I just had to do a zentangle - well one led to another - so I never got down to the basement to start spring cleaning Had lots of fun I could just not stop

So much fun to be had making easter egss
couple of tips
1. get the blow out egg thingy (as you only put one hole in the egg )

2. get the end piercing - although you could use the end of the bead reamer - but I find the nice sharp end possibly means no breakage - so something very very sharp

3. I used a dremel with a bead reamer on end to enlarge just enough to blow out the egg

4. do not empty till finished
5. when finished dying eggs and wax off be sure to put a coat of spray sealer on so that when you do blow the egg your dyes do not wash off (this is the big one to remember and makes everything so much easier)
I used the kyrlon clear spray
6. use room temp eggs ( they are really cold from fridge and affects how easily the wax goes on
7. use cardboard containers for storage as the foam ones can cause condensation
8. wash eggs before using with a little vinegar and rinse and dry - dont leave the vinegar on too long (dont soak) as vinegar eats away at the shell

I set up my goodies
candle

got out the kiska and wax

make sure your dye container has a wide mouth and can hold 1-1/4 cups of liquid and I bought big spoons at the dollar store - I put egg on spoon and slowly put into jar that I hold slightly sideways so the egg does not drop into the jar - let sit for 2-3 minutes to get color

while egg in I leave the spoon and then scoop out and grab with paper towel and wipe off

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Making Easter Eggs Day

The grand kids got up early so we started right away

Zoe (the oldest ) was going to do the Pysanky with me and the little one Ave was going to paint and dip and put on stickers

we had a really good time

Zoe made two eggs - the first one she dropped a bit and it cracked when were taking off the wax - it does take time to make even one

oops. she dropped while making and did not think she cracked it - when we emptied it sort of popped more

Her second was tremendous

the littlest one made the cutest eggs (hers were hard boiled)

and then they got bling

Mine I had some fun -

Totally loads of fun - the Pysanky dies I got at Michaels along with the tools and beeswax (nope - went to michaels and checked - they no longer carry any of the kits ) best choice is on line to order your tools and wax - candles from the dollar store

I bought a dozen medium mason jars and put all colours out - and labelled them

good for up to one year

Easter Eggs

I finally remembered I wanted to do some Pysanky (Ukrainian) Easter eggs - BEFORE Easter this year
I typically remember day before or right on the Easter weekend

I must have looked all over up and down for my materials and took a couple of hours to finally find the box

so the grand kids are here tonight and we have all the colors made for dipping and all the tools out to start on Sunday morning after breakfast