Hi BYC….it’s been quite some time since I’ve been on...I hope this finds everyone and their feather friends happy and health and as warm as can be expected!!!!
I've had a lot going on around here...another son is getting married (I will be an instant grandma of a 7 year old darling girl!!) , my DH has started a new business (an auto repair shop) and we are packing to downsize to a condo...
But..... I need to share some news with everyone. The last two years I started collecting eggs for egg art (pysanky) and also to share with my pysanky friends. I know I bugged the living daylights out of a lot of you good folks and I can’t thank you enough . I know that many of you traded or swapped eggs for a pysanka, or I purchased eggs…in some cases you were kind enough to give them to me outright.
Well…I’m still going to be bugging you all for eggs, but with the cavet that I MUST purchase them from you…I have been blessed lately (which I’m getting to…) and won’t be taking “donations” any longer….only purchase outright. Now…having said that…I’m hoping you all will take pity upon a girl who’s working really hard, and keep the prices within my budget. My budget is very strict because I have opened a business which sells all different kinds of crafting eggs, eggs for education, eggs for photo shoots, eggs for home decor….plain, blown eggshells, basically. I'm still looking for past prime eggs, eggs which are infertile, or just an over abundance you might end up with.
Here’s what happened. One of my pysanky buddies asked me if I had any additional eggs I could supply for a photo shoot for some artists friends of hers in New York. Of course I said yes, helping out a fellow artist is always a bonus. I shipped off the eggs and thought nothing more of it. In the meantime, I continued what was becoming an obsession…collecting eggs. Any eggs!!! Any kind!!…the more the better…and each time I brought home a carton, my DH would say…”Honey…come on now…you have enough eggs.”
And I would say, “One NEVER has enough eggs.” I made my pysanka, shared with buddies and life was good.
Good thing I was proactive. In early January last year I got a call from Martha Stewart Living (not Martha, of course, but one of her employees) ….who had seen the photographer’s work and wanted to know where they had gotten the eggs. She wanted eggs for the Easter edition of Martha Stewart Living.
Holy moley….so I sent them off eggs (they paid for shipping) and that’s how a new business was born. (yes, they were on the cover)
Now a year has passed and I thought it was an awesome moment, but really, I’d had my 15 minutes of fame and that was it….and then I get another call just a month ago. This time it is the Senior VP of MSL…and they want me to join their “American Made by Martha Stewart” on ebay and become an “American Made Tastemaker.” Selling eggs. Blown eggs. What is a “tastemaker”?. Frankly, I have no idea but I’m about to find out. LOL
Next week I do an interview with MLS for their on-line site. I’ve already told them I have many “chicken” friends and will really promote BYC as my favorite place to find eggs. They may want photos as well….anyone up for a visit to their BYC farm for a photo shoot????? Seriously….I’m not kidding. We will see how this all plays out, but I want all of you to know exactly how this came about and why I will only insist now on paying for eggs…truly, I’m not making much after the amount of work, washing, cleaning, blowing, drying, packing and mailing….but I will share what I have with those who have been so gracious to me.
Bless you all…and drop me a line. If you’ve got eggs, I’m buying.
I've had a lot going on around here...another son is getting married (I will be an instant grandma of a 7 year old darling girl!!) , my DH has started a new business (an auto repair shop) and we are packing to downsize to a condo...
But..... I need to share some news with everyone. The last two years I started collecting eggs for egg art (pysanky) and also to share with my pysanky friends. I know I bugged the living daylights out of a lot of you good folks and I can’t thank you enough . I know that many of you traded or swapped eggs for a pysanka, or I purchased eggs…in some cases you were kind enough to give them to me outright.
Well…I’m still going to be bugging you all for eggs, but with the cavet that I MUST purchase them from you…I have been blessed lately (which I’m getting to…) and won’t be taking “donations” any longer….only purchase outright. Now…having said that…I’m hoping you all will take pity upon a girl who’s working really hard, and keep the prices within my budget. My budget is very strict because I have opened a business which sells all different kinds of crafting eggs, eggs for education, eggs for photo shoots, eggs for home decor….plain, blown eggshells, basically. I'm still looking for past prime eggs, eggs which are infertile, or just an over abundance you might end up with.
Here’s what happened. One of my pysanky buddies asked me if I had any additional eggs I could supply for a photo shoot for some artists friends of hers in New York. Of course I said yes, helping out a fellow artist is always a bonus. I shipped off the eggs and thought nothing more of it. In the meantime, I continued what was becoming an obsession…collecting eggs. Any eggs!!! Any kind!!…the more the better…and each time I brought home a carton, my DH would say…”Honey…come on now…you have enough eggs.”
Good thing I was proactive. In early January last year I got a call from Martha Stewart Living (not Martha, of course, but one of her employees) ….who had seen the photographer’s work and wanted to know where they had gotten the eggs. She wanted eggs for the Easter edition of Martha Stewart Living.
Now a year has passed and I thought it was an awesome moment, but really, I’d had my 15 minutes of fame and that was it….and then I get another call just a month ago. This time it is the Senior VP of MSL…and they want me to join their “American Made by Martha Stewart” on ebay and become an “American Made Tastemaker.” Selling eggs. Blown eggs. What is a “tastemaker”?. Frankly, I have no idea but I’m about to find out. LOL
Next week I do an interview with MLS for their on-line site. I’ve already told them I have many “chicken” friends and will really promote BYC as my favorite place to find eggs. They may want photos as well….anyone up for a visit to their BYC farm for a photo shoot????? Seriously….I’m not kidding. We will see how this all plays out, but I want all of you to know exactly how this came about and why I will only insist now on paying for eggs…truly, I’m not making much after the amount of work, washing, cleaning, blowing, drying, packing and mailing….but I will share what I have with those who have been so gracious to me.
