QUICK & EASY NO-DYE EASTER EGGS

This week we thought we’d share a few non-dye egg remedies for anyone coming late to the Easter decorating game, but still looking for a way to shower their home with Easter pretties. We’ve sorted though the DIY language and brought you some of the best, fast, easy and personable, sparkly egg artworks we could find.
There is still time, you aren’t too late—really, these are easy, fun, tasteful and inexpensive!

WASHI TAPE EGGS/ADHESIVE TAPE EGGS

Washi Tape is beautiful decorative Japanese masking tape. It comes in assorted colors, patterns, and widths and in solid, metallic, glitter, lacy, transparent or translucent colors. It is typically made from natural fibers: bamboo or hemp, or the bark of trees that are native to Japan: the mulberry, the mitsumata shrub or the gampi tree. Most washi tapes are strong, but it’s easy to remove, reposition and to rub out tiny bubbles from curved surface applications. It’s fairly inexpensive and available in crafts stores and online. Amazon has a wide assortment. It is simple to decorate an egg with washi, just grab an egg, hardboiled, blown out, plastic or ceramic and let your inner artist go wild.

Adhesive Tape/Sheets: You can also get double sided scotch tape, wrap a piece around your egg and dip it in glitter. Brush off excess with a Q-tip and repeat for a second, third, etc. color. If you are feeling ambitious, you can also purchase 8x10”adhesive sheets and adhere your own fabric to one side of the sheet. Cut the adhesive backed fabric into strips and apply them to your egg, much the way you would washi tape.

SCRAPBOOKING STICK-ONS/SELF-INKEDSTAMP EGGS

Some of you may remember Scrapbooking or may still utilize this art form, but the important thing is that craft stores are just full of wonderful miniature adhesive backed scrapbooking decorative embellishments that can be used to make personable eggs. 

Flowers, hearts, bunnies, stars, butterflies, glittered and unglittered, 3-D and flat, vintage-inspired cutouts and words and monogram letters. Not to mention you can make personalized eggs for travelers, gardeners or teachers and on and on. And you’ll notice there are plenty of adhesive metallic shapes and sparkles to add to your eggs. Self-Ink Mini Stamps are perfect for a quick and easy, but attractive eggs. You can purchase them in colors or black, just make sure they are small. If you like to color, fill in your stamped egg design with some sharpie markers or even gold and silver metallic markers!

NAIL ART & TEMPORARY TATTOO EGGS

Nail Art Embellishments, yes those miniature art decals or 3-D jewels used for manicures, are great for making a elegant, refined egg that looks like it took hours to create. Often dollar stores carry nail art embellishments but Amazon.com carries a huge selection at very affordable prices. Just stick them on your egg, repeat and voila, no mess or fuss, gorgeous sparkly eggs!

We adore these butterfly eggs!

 Temporary Tattoos are also excellent for colorful dignified eggs. From kiddie tattoos to grownup tattoos, florals, feathers, animals, words, lovely calligraphy scripts and even glow-in-the-dark temporary tats abound. Also henna tattoos make for a lovely egg Look for small tattoos or cut up larger temps and follow the instructions!

GOLD, GLITTER AND FOILED EGGS

Fine Craft Aluminum Foil sheets are available in a multitude of colors and make creating beautiful eggs easy. Simply cut a square off and crumple it around your egg and press until you get a glowing burnished metal egg. 

Forget the glue for Glittered Eggs, just use stickers, glitter washi tape, double face tape or punch out rounds from any double-side adhesive tape and dip in glitter. Remember to initially place only as many dots or strips of tape that you want for your first color of glitter and then add more tape for each additional color. You can also just draw lines or doodle on your egg with metallic pens, add adhesive backed letters for monogramed eggs, or brush on metallic paint… in decorative daubs. 

Or if you are really ambitious—paint the entire egg, but that’s kind of like dyeing, huh?

Combine any or all of the above ideas to create eggs that are quick easy and uniquely yours and ….

"SPARKLE THE WORLD!"

Have a great Easter Sunday!

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THE TRINITY MAIDEN SEA FAIRY

Trinity Sea Maiden Cuff

Our design team meets weekly to check the progress of our ongoing design work and to discuss new designs. One of our favorite parts is reading customer thoughts and wishes that flood into our studio.

 While we are unable to bring every idea to reality, we would like to share with you raisin d'être of Trinity Maiden Sea Fairy, which began as a customer request.

We received an email from a lovely young wife and mother who had recently been diagnosed with Muscular Sclerosis. She explained she was having a very difficult time accepting MS as part of her life and dealing with her painful side effects. She became wheelchair bound when every step felt electrified and it became too difficult to walk.
She went on to say there was a popular tattoo that some people with MS identify as a symbol of hope and courage. It was a woman with a jellyfish body. Not wanting a tattoo she asked if we could make a piece of jewelry in the form of a sparkling jellyfish fairy.

Ink by Deviant Artist azureo

Not quite understanding why this needed to take the shape of a jellyfish, we began our research. We found some species of jellyfish can deliver what feels like an electrical charge or sting from their tentacles. We also discovered that a possible new hope for sufferers of MS had been found in a compound derivative of jellyfish protein.

After reading her inspirational story we knew we had the opportunity to bring light to her and many others battling this debilitating disease. The challenge became how to make a lyrical design that captured the strength and fortitude represented by this beautiful creature. 
After many months of model making the Jellyfish Sea Fairy was born. It was our young mother who named her Trinity. 

We would like to send our love and thanks to her for submitting this wonderful idea.  
                                          
                                                       SPARKLE THE WORLD!