I Like Thursday: Artistic Eggs

Our neighbors invited us over on Friday afternoon to make Ukrainian eggs.  My sister came with me.  There were six of us, engrossed in eggs, wax and dye.  What fun!  I haven't done this in a long, long time, but the process came back pretty quickly.  I got to know my neighbors better, which was lovely, too!  The smell of the beeswax lingered all evening bringing back good memories.

My sister made the egg with the tulips and swirls.  What a cool design!  My egg has the diamonds and flowers on the ends.  We spent hours working on each of them.  I also made the two-tone one, but unfortunately it cracked as I started melt the wax off (punched my finger right through it - raw egg and dye all over the place).  Ugh!  I continued to clean off the wax because I really wanted to see what it would look like.

I wish I had taken more pictures of the process.  It takes some guesswork and faith, since you cover the color you want to keep with wax before adding the next darker color.  By the time it's done, the egg is all black.  So the reveal is wonderful, watching the colors pop out. 

I hope they do it again next year.  I already have ideas on what I'd want to do differently.

My mother came for Easter.  She brought me tulips.  The pink is so cheerful.  I had my sister and nephew over as well.  Ham for dinner, and a variety of chocolates for dessert!  

My mystery plant I received as a cutting at Christmas time has bloomed.  We're all pretty sure it's a begonia.  I repotted it yesterday.  With the warmer weather and sun, I'm sure everything in my sunroom is going to start growing like crazy.

No sewing this week.  I've been working on the yard - there's still lots to do!

Those are my likes for the week.  Sharing with LeeAnna's I Like Thursday.