EMBROIDERY EGG
   The top one is ribbon embroidery that I found in my mother's estate and was not willing to toss, I knew it had a reason.  Took me almost 2 years to figure out how.  I embroidery the 2nd side in Brazilian Embroidery, a skill she directed me to and I have enjoyed for years.  The "pin-point" edges were suggested by a friend, Krystal, I have the ornament she gave me to show me the how.  It all came together and just got finished.  Well worth the time and effort.

"GHOST" EGG
     The one on the right is an Ameraucana egg, slightly blue/green and normal sized.  The one on the left is called a "Ghost Egg" or sometimes called "Chicken Fart"  When a hen starts laying for the first time, or after she's been thru a moult and "recovering" it seems like they need to "remember" how to lay, kinda clearing the pipes and these mini eggs are the results.  My grandson K. saved this one for me, he knew grandma had to have a least one "Ghost" in the cabinet.  Now I do.
Thanks guy

TOLE EGG
   I keep saying I'm not an artist, I keep disproving myself.  Maybe I'm just never satisfied with the results.  The term "Primitive Art" keeps coming to mind.  I could be just a might proud of this egg though.  I'd never find an egg with Columbines and having been in this state over 30 years now, I call it, home.

THE 3 THAT STARTED IT ALL
     Bought in 1973 in St. Paul Minnesota.  I have then at odd angles to show off their markings.  Look up the art someday.  It's quite a delicate, dedicated art.  Takes almost a whole day to make one.  I usually make 3 or 4 or 5 at a time, when I make them.   I love the story that goes with them and why they are made.  I try to make an egg or two my self every year, gotta do my part to keep the "demon" chained where he belongs.    The collection will go on, and now I'm not done posting.  Just going to take a break, It's springtime and the garden calls.

    

RAINBOW MAKER EGG
   Prism type crystals, set in a framework of an egg shape. Delicate, lovely, and can fill my living room with rainbows on a sunshiny morning.   Thank you Keith, where ever you are.
 

JUNGLE EGGS
     Silly and fun.  2012 Lynette gave me the set.  It took me almost a year to figure out what to do with them and not quite another year to build the tree.  Who looked at an egg and saw a lion and a toucan and a monkey, hippos, and tigers.  The human mind never ceases to amaze me.

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2 TURKEY EGGS

   The Turkey egg at the start of this had been with me several years, but it never felt like it dried right.  A non fertile egg is actually porous and over time will dry out over time until the yoke is a hard ball inside and will detach itself from the shell and they rattle, like a child's toy.  If it was fertile, it doesn't dry right and that one literally "popped" as I was moving it back to the case.  I was not happy, especially since it was mid-winter and the chance of finding a local turkey egg was pretty helpless.  Time passes and one afternoon I found a gentleman in La Salle , Co selling non fertile turkey egg.  Yee-Haw!  A lovely Sunday afternoon driver, we met some lovely birds of several kinds, and joy of joys actually got to pet a very large Bourbon Red Tom, named Tim.  The smaller of the two came from his mate, it was still warm and the larger one had been laid earlier in the day.  We came home with  4 new eggs and a friend in La Salle, Co.  Thank you Mike, was a pleasure to meet you and hope to again, soon.

DISCO EGG
    Saw this in a Christmas shop, must be over 10 years ago, being a child of the 70's I could not resist.  Boogie Nights egg style.  Forgive me, I reminisce a moment. 

THE REAL REASON FOR EASTER, EGG
    I've always wondered about people that worship the cross, when I'd much rather remember the open tomb.  Christ is alive, well and busy and to me that empty tomb reminds me that I too shall live, be well, and busy in the life to come.  That why we celebrate with joy the season of Easter.  All my eggs remind me of beginnings without end, Of eternity and hope. Finding a holder with Easter Lillies was just a plus and I prominently display this egg in the cabinet, for it IS why.

PAPER MACHE GIFT BOX
       One of the oldest eggs in my collection, I found in at a gift shop in Sacramento, and it took a while to realize it was made of paper.  Long time before fimo or other clays.  You can actually see the small strips of paper it was made of inside under the many layers of enamel paint.  It quite pretty art work, but I wanted to show the form that makes it stand.  I think it's quite unique

MOURNING DOVE
     I never expected to have  Mourning Dove egg in the collection.  I have a Dove that lays eggs every year in my big blue spruce tree, and have hoped that, maybe, as she was cleaning out her nest I would find a broken one, mostly complete, but would never have taken one from her nest.  I didn't have to.  As hubby was crawling in the attic of the Central Denver Presbyterian Church, he and the building engineer found this in a rafter.  Not knowing what to do with it, the engineer almost threw it away, but hubby brought it home, thinking it was probably pigeon.  Nope.  It's definitely Mourning Dove.  It's dirty, I've washed it a few times, and I may try one more time, but I'm totally tickled to have this one in the collection. 

NOT PERFECT QUAIL
   Of all my imperfect eggs, this is the top of the mark.  How did that happen???  The woman than sold me the swan egg, gave me this one.  She had saved it for about a year, never knowing what to do with it.  When I told her about my collection, she made the offer, and I accepted.

NOT PERFECT CHICKEN
     It's flat side is not as visable as I could like, but it really is there.  This egg will not roll, apparently the hen laid his on a flat surface, and it stayed that way.  Lori wanted it in the collection and so do I.

NOT PERFECT TURKEY
   HOW????  No clue, but it is fun to look at.

NOT PERFECT TURKEY
       I understand the wrinkles in eggs, strange shapes in eggs, come from calcium deficiency.  Eggs do not come out of the hen nice and "egg shaped"  they're actually soft at the start and harden with air.  I don't care how it happen, I just think it's fascinating.

FABERGE STYLED PYSANKY
    There is a necklace, much smaller than this, that I took the idea from.  It's all gold, but the different layers makes the detail work.  On mine, I had to play with color density to get the same effect.  It was fun to figure out how to do the design.  For someone's who not an artist, I do OK

STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
      I do sing the song in my head as I move this egg around and maybe I should have posted a video of this one turning, 'cause its all there.  Vincent Van Gogh's work, especially this piece, has always intrigued me, and it didn't help when Doctor Who did an episode with his character, and yes I get teary-eyed when I watch it. 

DRAMA EGG
   Made this one for my daughter, the drama teacher, but she's never taken it home, so here it sits in my cabinet and rolls back and forth between tragedy and comedy.

SPRING TIME  L.D.S.EGG
     It took me several tries to get this egg right.  I've got so many L.D.S. symbols on it and I wanted it right, and I got it.  The Book of Mormon, and the golden stairs, the ocean waves on both sides of the brick walls of the fountain, the temple with CTR, the 3 degrees and the tree of life, all on one egg with Moroni at the top of the temple

SPRINGTIME BASKET OF FLOWERS
     That off angle divider is a little tough to lay out, but I do like the "playing" field that you get and have used it several time.  Psyanky is limited by only your imagination, and I have a very large imagination.  Just wish I had as much time.

SPRINGTIME RAINBOWS AND FLOWERS
     Yes, it really is a hippie egg.  The rainbow was a patience project in Psyanky, I'm very disappointed it has faded so badly.  Did not know the dyes would fade in the sun and unless I find the right bumpy egg, I can't redo it.  But it's still pretty.

SPRINGTIME TRADITIONAL
        As I said, I've done traditional Psyanky, but frequently not in traditional colors.  Some times the amount of black on traditional eggs makes me wonder why anyone would want black on an egg that was for a Springtime celebration.  I love the longer days of spring.  More sunlight makes me a happier person.

SPRINGTIME
    Took a Psyanky class about 20 years ago and continually play with it.  Yes, I make some traditional one, but I find the art very useful for other designs.  This just happens to be on of my favorites.  I love butterflies and was able to make duplicates on each side of the egg, wings just barely touching.
It makes it home on my Springtime display.

STUFFED EGG
    Somedays I think I could make 100 of these.  Their so easy, and use up all those little scraps and bits of fabric and lace, and besides they're great for tossing at each other.  I remember a day when I toss one, didn't mean to do this it, but it hit the vac tech right in the back of the head, like he had a target there.  He turned and accused the other vac tech of tossing it, and I was laughing so hard I couldn't apologize and take the blame.  Did eventually, but it too a good long minute.

CRAZY QUILT EGG
     I sew.  I have lots of fabric.  I have lots of Christmas fabric, and ribbon, and cording, and lace and appliques and this egg is just not large enough for all of it, But this is enough....oh wait, I could add a bit of........SHHHHHHHHHH

CHRISTMAS NATIVITY
    But not all of my Christmas eggs are ornaments.  Some simply and beautifully tell the Christmas story.  I'm amazed at the small carving, and the white of this egg almost glows. 

CHRISTMAS
    Who thinks of eggs at Christmas?   Apparently a whole lot of people.  I have enough Christmas Ornament eggs to fill a small tree.  This was part of Mom's estate, my collections a good place for them. 

HALLOWEEN TREE
     All together now, and I wish you a Happy Halloween, All Hallows Eve, or what eve you chose to call it.

HALLOWEEN VULTURE
     Looking at a cartoon vulture the egg body just came naturally.  Some day's he's hard to find in the tree. 

HALLOWEEN CANDY CORN
        I initially did this one in Pysanky dyes, but they sun faded so bad, I had to go over them with Sharpie.  Yeah, for all the colors of Sharpie

HALLOWEEN ANOTHER PUMPKIN
    And another one that needs both sides shown.  Frown on one side, smile on the other.  I've made pumpkins that way, why not an egg

HALLOWEEN MOONLIGHT
     Maybe I should post both sides of some of these eggs.  Thanks goodness for the edit feature.  Owl on one side, witch on the other, perfect Halloween moon.  Ok, so the moon's not egg shaped, but....

HALLOWEEN GHOSTS
       Almost too easy to make, just cover enough of the egg with the bees wax and then dip them in black dye.  but it is fun to play with the expressions
  
  

HALLOWEEN EGG
     Grave markers, skeletons, witches, eyes in the dark, all make a very fun egg set for Halloween night.  Psyanky really has some abilities once you walk away from Easter

HALLOWEEN WISHES
    The old (I think) Irish blessing, get turned around to a wish for good time on All Hallows Eve.  I made this saying on a hoodie several years ago, and recently had to remade it.  It's a fun statement of Halloween
'WITH Ghosties and Goulies and Long Legged Beasties, and things that go bump in the night.....LET'S PARTY."

HALLOWEEN SPIDER
     Very simple, very psyanky, but the tree really needed this one to be complete.  I've since seen better and my try and remake this one...but for now it's just fine.

HALLOWEEN-FRANKENSTEIN
      Another Halloween charatee that fit so well on an egg.  Yes, he is missing the flat head, but I'll look past that.

         

HALLOWEEN-SKULL
    No joke, skulls are very easy and very egg shaped. Kinda "Spooky"

PUMPKIN EGG
     Eggs are not just for Easter anymore.  Probably 10 years ago I saw an egg and suddenly saw a pumpkin.  One lead to another, and that lead to a tree.  Well, you can't just have pumpkins on a tree, so in those wee hours of the night, other Halloween ideas came forth, until I have a complete Halloween tree.  Here's #1

WHITE BOUDOIR EGG
         Reach into the button box, grab some brocade fabric, some fringe you just happen to have just enough of, and this is what you get.  Now, what to do with it????

4TH OF JULY PYSANKY
      Not one of the easiest Pysanky's I've ever done.  Those ribbons were a pain to make sure I the right amount in and nice long strands.  For only 3 colors, it took a long time. 

CARVED EMU
        Took most of the summer of 2010 to make this one.  Had to find the Aboriginal type drawings, then had to work at at keeping my layers this side of going thru.  Egg dust is a danger so it needs to be done, best outside.  Wish I could show all four sides.  I tried to capture Australia in all of the drawing, and think I did a pretty good job, while showing the varying colors of the layers.

LION PAINTED ON A QUAIL EGG
     Somehow that just struck me as the right egg to add to my collection.  The booth at the Renaissance Fair is still there and I still have a problem walking past it each year we go.  But for now, this is the keeper.

SUGAR EGG
     I built a number of these when the kids where little.  Somewhere around 1994, I keep thinking I should remake it.  Sugar collects dust, ages, the icing fades, but this one stays put until the day I do.

RESURRECTION STORY EGGS
     These were quite popular several years ago.  Buy a dozen plastic egg.  Fill them with a piece of paper that has the scriptures that tell the Easter story, one per egg. Put the bits and pieces of the Easter story (small nails, a small wooden cross made from toothpicks, 4 dimes for the pieces of silver, you get the idea) and sit your children down and have them open the eggs and tell the Easter Story.  The last egg is empty, just like the tomb.  That wasn't good enough for my mother.  She was quite a good artist, so her eggs go painted with the story too.  Tear drops, a crown of thorns, flowers, each egg got painted to match the story.  Wonderful job, wonderful way to teach.  Wonderful member of my collection.

CHRISTMAS WAX EGG
      I have an egg mold and have made many.  Haven't done anything with them except burn them, they do burn neatly, but this one will never see a match.  Even though I watched them put this one together in the shop, I'm still amazed at how it's done.

CROCHET EGG 2
     This one I did, mostly to see if I could.  I had found some shiny metallic painted eggs and started playing with them.  This is the only one I felt good enough to put in the cabinet.  The rest?  Not sure where they got off too.  Probably in the bottom of some box and the grandkids play with them.