Blue/Brown Eggs, Easter/Christmas Eggs - Getting my craft on!!

[HenThymes]

What beautiful eggs ADozenGirlz.

I am soo excited to try some for myself, just need to get the time to go get the supplies, and pray that my LF girls start to lay again soon.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Thank you! That's what makes it so frustrating to break an egg shell while trying to make these- the girls just aren't laying right now! I have 10 hens and am getting 2 eggs a day lately. <sigh>

 

[HenThymes]

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Thank you! That's what makes it so frustrating to break an egg shell while trying to make these- the girls just aren't laying right now! I have 10 hens and am getting 2 eggs a day lately. <sigh>

Tell me about it, my girls went thru their molt a while back and I now haven't had an egg in over two months.

My upcoming group just turned eight months and are holding theirs hostage. I still look everyday with high hopes only to get shot down. I don't think I know what a large size egg looks like anymore.

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

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Way to go! No time for breaks now! Maybe a small break

I'm so slow that would be a whole years' worth of decorated eggs.

Great job, Kathy!

Lisa

 

[algopurple]

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Your egg looks sooo pretty! Never thought about saving the bulb caps when they break. Just been throwing them away. Thanks for the idea! That blas-fix blower is the same kind I use but just so you know, after a few dozen, they wear out and you will need to get a new one. In my last order I went ahead and got 2.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Thanks so much! And thanks for the info about the blas-fix blower. Does it work well? (I guess it must or you wouldn't order several more. Duh.).
I'm not sure if the regular sized ornament bulb caps would work, I used the minis and they worked perfectly. Just enough pressure to keep them in there without glue and without cracking the egg further.

I hope not to make more than a "few dozen" of these!! LOL

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Ok, sanitation step...

How do you keep them from smelling like they are rotten? I have washed these things 3x and microwaved them, but they still smell. I can smell them when I leave the house and then come back in.

I don't want to make these and have them all pretty, give them as gifts, and then they be stankin'.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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You know...that is an excellent idea on using the ornament hangers. I wish I had thought of that!

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Ha ha! Did you microwave them more than once? I believe Miss Prissy said something about microwaving them for 15 sec on high heat 4 to 6 times. I rotate my eggs inbetween microwaving...I also only zap them 4 times....so far no "stank", so I know it works for me.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Thanks! I'm always looking to build a better mouse trap (plus, I coudn't figure out how MP got the string to work in the bead cap!).

Microwaving the egg four times for 15 seconds each has worked for me. No stinky eggs.