Yolk Better Work!

I totally understand the whole Joan of Arc driven by visions thing, except mine are usually related to crafting and costumes and not orders from God. Take for example our wild and crazy Friday night of egg dying with Pam and Anisha.

Anisha is known for her culinary expertise, and I am known for my love of the Easter treat hot cross buns (side note: yes, they really do exist outside of the cryptic childhood song), so I arranged a little barter system wherein Anisha and Pam would bring over hot cross buns and in exchange Jerrett and I would provide dinner, egg dying and all the accoutrement. Good times abounded. It was fun to see how everyone's mind worked when it came to decorating the egg with their own special flair.

Saturday morning, I took the crafting extravaganza one step further by styling tiny sets for each of the eggs. I liked to think of it as Americas Next Top Eggy Model. Naturally, I played the role of Tyra Banks explaining to the bowl full of dyed chicken embryo that only 12 of them would continue on with the hopes winning a trip to the PAAS factory, a year supply of peeps and a contract as the spokesman for the American Egg Board. Your vote can be cast in the comments section below, although I cannot guarantee that your favorite egg has not been eaten or given away.

Here are the resulting shots:

Group shot of the "girls" before eliminations began

They call me "Red"

Wrong Holiday (AKA the Bat Eggs - get it!)

Blurry Trindad Egg

Salam NamastEGG

Garish Ganesh

Rhine Stones Are an Egg's Best Friend

Little Orphan Eggy

And because I'm that guy who thinks that the dogs really want to be involved in holidays, I made sure to incorporate them in the festivities as well. Here we see the fat dog adding her own special twist to hiding eggs or perhaps the term "Easter Basket." The skinny dog was less compliant and insisted upon using her giraffe tongue to investigate Jerrett's 505 Egg (a shout out to our NM roots).

As I type this, South Park reveals the "Secret of Easter" in the style of the Da Vinci Code on my Tivo. Genius. Here's a review.

Love, Love

Love as "frills upon it" as my Easter Bonnet

Love, Jef

P.S.
Since I have driven my car right off the edge of crafter's cliff, here are a few pics of my latest projects. This is a painting I did that allowed me to melt wax with my heat gun. I'm thinking of calling it "Sexy Waxy." This is a tiny statue of Ganesh I made in preparation for the Bollywood Party we are throwing in May. Stay tuned for more on this, or you'll be "sari" you missed out - nyuck nyuck.

P.P.S.
If you are one of the few who hasn't seen the Alanis Morrisette torch song tribute to Fergie's "My Humps," I'm posting it below 'cause no one loves lovely lady lumps more than Tingley All Over: