Easter Egg Tree

Nothing Cricut or Design Studio related today...but I thought you might enjoy seeing my Easter Egg tree and some of the eggs I collected when we lived in Germany.



We lived outside of Stuttgart for nearly three years and I really enjoyed our time there.



Many local artists would paint elaborate designs on eggs.



This floral egg was painted by a friend from my "English Morning Tea" group.



The eggs were sold in shops and local craft markets.



The designs were limited only by the imagination of the artists.



Designs with, bunnies, chicks and flowers were very typical.



This bunny was also painted by my friend.



When we moved to England, and then back to the US, I was always worried that my eggs would not survive, but they were fine packed in egg cartons with lots of extra bubble wrap and paper in boxes marked "fragile."



These are just a few of the painted eggs - I have some others from Poland and the Czech Republic with different types of decoration - some have fine straw glued to them in symmetrical patterns and are dyed with deep colors. Another set is done with fine ink lines in a blue and white "Delft" type pattern (similar to the "blue onion" china design).



In Germany, these decorated eggs were often displayed on an actual tree branch, either in a vase or suspended from the ceiling with wires. I put some of mine on this wire "Christmas" tree and a little pink feather tree. Some of the others just go in bowls for display.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these. I will try to have a new Design Studio file to share tomorrow.