a very late Easter!

I know I havn't posted on here in a while so I figured I should finally put up pics of my Easter eggs. No, I don't mean a hidden dvd bonus... real Easter eggs. I did mention I was late with this right? Well my nephew's children came out for one of our first real Easter's together so I wanted to make it special. I decided to try something I had never done before, (and thats special because I think I have artistically done everything known to man on Easter eggs over the years). Since I love pen & ink using my old croquill pens I decided to give a shot at "inking" an egg. All in all it didn't turn out too bad, but I had afterthought worries over India ink getting on the actual edible part of the egg and what that may do to people's tummies so not sure I will repeat it. The coloring inside the lines was done with crayon, and the whole shebang dipped into the traditional vinegar dye coloring mess. Holidays, especially artistic ones seem to be a big deal at the Guiher household (just look at the crazy gingerbread Christmas cookies in the first post). I don't know if you have ever tried to draw detail on a rounded surface before, but suffice to say it was an interesting challenge. Even more challenging was photographing the buggers, they kept wanting to roll around no matter what I did. Out of 15 shots I think I may have gotten 3 useable ones. Ah well, 'twas a happy Easter and the kids loved the eggs, they even asked me to find a way to preserve the art. I ended up having them carefully shell the art off and then dripping a thick seal of candle wax on the backs which satisfactorily preserved them.
1) (top row) First there is Alice falling down the rabbit hole.
2) (top row) Then that crazy Tigger saying "Halloooo!"
3) (top row) Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for the picky pre-teen.
4)(top row) Ariel and Flounder under da sea.
5) (bottom row) Cinderella on purple for my sister the Cinderella fiend.
6) (bottom row) My own characters which you may recognize from a previous post: Cluehouse Kids.
7)(bottom row) Bilbo from the classic Rankin Bass "The Hobbit" 70's cartoon, holding aloft sting.
8)(bottom row) Spiderman for the young little Spiderman nut.