I was late on Valentine's Day here, so I thought I'd share some Easter early - just in case I blink and discover it's suddenly June. One of the reasons I've been so busy lately is that I've been producing photo shoots, not just making things and shipping them off for someone else to interpret visually. It's been deeply satisfying for me, despite the amount of work it takes. I don't think I realized how much I like having control over my own work (of course anyone who knows me would wonder why it's taken so long for me to come to this realization).
At any rate, this is one of the photo shoots I recently produced, in the March issue of Better Homes and Gardens. We shot this late in December, and while everyone else was dreaming of a white Christmas, I was basking in the pure happiness of a manufactured spring. Granted, it was a little weird dyeing Easter eggs four days before Christmas, but that didn't stop me from having a really good time - in fact, I can't wait to make these eggs again for my real Easter.
Regular visitors to this blog may remember this technique from last year, but I reinterpreted it in a more traditional color palette and tried some new materials, like eyelet, which yielded a soft, watercolor like effect. I find them gloriously feminine and I think they make a lovely addition to a holiday table.
Really beautiful. I think, I will just let it as a decoration instead of making it as an object of play in Easter. LOL.
Posted by: Progress Lighting | 18 March 2013 at 06:25 PM
This is the article!
Posted by: Betty J Schaub | 15 March 2013 at 03:58 PM
These are lovely. I'm going to be sewing my wedding dress out of lace - so I've been looking at many different kinds lately - it's so sweet and feminine.
Posted by: Melissa Kronlage | 05 March 2013 at 11:52 AM
Thanks, Olga. I'm loving the lace, too. And every time I go shopping I find new designs I'd like to try. Hopefully by next year I'll have moved on. Ha!
Posted by: Suzonne | 28 February 2013 at 08:41 AM
Thank you, Shalagh! I'm happy, too!
Posted by: Suzonne | 28 February 2013 at 08:37 AM
Beautiful! I especially love the lace-patterned eggs.
Posted by: Olga | 28 February 2013 at 08:12 AM
I'm so happy for you that you got to produce/style within your creative comfort/control zone. The simplicity is really serene. I do rubber bands which are much more graphic but like the feminine quality as you said. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Love,
Shalagh
Posted by: Shalagh Hogan | 22 February 2013 at 12:42 PM
Ooh yes, adore the pretty patterned eggs, now I want to make them too!!
thea.
(spoonful)
Posted by: theaxx | 21 February 2013 at 08:21 PM
I just got my March magazine a bit ago, and LOVED these photos! I think we'll try your egg dying technique this year. Very pretty.
Posted by: Amanda | 21 February 2013 at 08:02 PM
Catherine - Me, too! I was engaged for a year-and-a-half, just so I could have a spring wedding. It's the most hopeful and beautiful time of year!
Posted by: Suzonne | 21 February 2013 at 06:23 PM
Oh, so pretty! I was hanging out for Valentine's to be past so I could take down the hearts (I am very bah humbug about Valentine's but decorate because the kiddos love it) and start planning for Easter. Easter is my favourite to decorate for! Nothing is more fun than Spring.
Posted by: Catherine | 21 February 2013 at 08:01 AM