Happy Easter

You have have seen some pictures I shot of these amazing Easter eggs over at Oh Joy. I am so in love with them. I wanted to explain a little more about the process Elisa took to make these beautiful things.

In most of the pictures you will see matches, this weird pointy stick thing, which is called a kistka,  and candles. So here is the deal. Elisa used a Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating Kit. They are a little hard to find so buying them online is the best bet.

Basically, you take the kistka, which is the tool that applies the wax to the egg, and add a bit of wax in one end, then hold it over a flame to melt it and then apply your design to the egg. Once you have applied the design you dye the egg whatever color you want. Then you hold the egg up to the flame to melt the wax, then wipe the wet wax off with a cloth. See the crazy colored towel in the first image? Thats what she used to wipe the wax off. The eggs in the first picture used a different technique. Elisa used chap stick. She applied the chap stick, then dipped the egg in dye, then wiped the chap stick off, then repeated that until she was satisfied. I have never heard of these Ukrainian Easter Egg Kits before, and I wish I had when I was a kid because I would have been totally obsessed. I hope everyone has an amazing Easter full of good food and pretty eggs!

Also thank you Emily Henson for styling these photos!