I love this tutorial from Wisdom of the Moon. I must admit I don’t usually blow eggs (ie remove the egg from the shell ahead of time then paint the eggshells), but this technique seems like it might make it worth the effort–can you believe the secret to this is using an aspirator (ya know, they thing you suck out babies’ noses with!?)! And I love that this way they can keep their eggs from year to year..
Wendy says:
In preparation for one of our favorite holiday craft activities, I start collecting blown eggs early. I find it helpful to blow the eggs as I use them in recipes, so I don’t end up with Mason jars full of raw eggs.
Why blow the eggs instead of just hardboiling them? Well, when you put as much effort into these suckers as we do, you’ll want to have them around year after year. And as much as we love to decorate eggs, a family can only eat so many deviled eggs.
The first year that we ever tried dying blown eggs I gave myself a serious case of TMD as Jeff’s ex-wife and I spent the better part of an hour blowing through egg after egg in order to make enough for the 4 kids to dye. Ah, good times. (But that was before I discovered the brilliance of a special tool.)
Very cool! Go read the whole things, she gives a great step by step with pictures!
While we’re on the subject of eggs, here’s some cool ideas on how to dye them!
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The prompt on Illustration Friday this week is Subterranean…I’ll probably do another pic for IF this week, but I thought this was cool.. Which do you like better?
I was playing around with a fun little online drawing tool called Harmony that I found via Drawn.ca.
So I sketched part of the idea I had for illustration friday this week! I really like the sparse feel to this… and it was fun 
I’ll probably do another IF for Subterranean, but if not, here are these two!
Speaking of robots.. check out my news from yesterday about my robot cake being featured on MSNBC
Very cool huh? This isn’t even the favorite cake I’ve ever made (I think the dragon cake is even cuter) but he does hold a special place in my heart! See the how-to on making the robot cake, plus matching invitations and such for a Dabbled inspired Robot Party! LINK TO MSNBC article
Loving this giant Ebi Cake by Coco Cake Cupcakes! The rice details are a fabulous touch…
Sushi Cakes are so much fun… remember this one from Shrimp Salad Circus?
Here’s some more Sushi themed Cakes and Cupcakes from Flickr, too! (Links to the flickr pics below the large photo mosaic)
1. sushi cakes tray with “grass”, 2. sushi!, 3. sashimi boat v2.0, 4. DSC06742, 5. Chocolate-Orange Sushi Cake, 6. Vegan “sushi” cupcake
Way cool inspirations, all!
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A few quick links for you, to get your day going!
Love this nautilus by The Book Collector’s Wife! It’s on my list of cool cephalopods!
5 weird things I learned at culinary school at Talk of Tomatoes
Blade Runner death scene done in Legos (Blade Runner remains one of my fave all time movies. Right up there with The Princess Bride) (via Great White Snark)
Cute redone side table into play stove... love the creative re-use! (Previous play stove posts here and here)
And… anyone want to give me feedback on a new site I’m designing for a client? It’s all just test data out there right now (like no prices or anything) but how does it look?
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Be sure to drop by Foodwhirl.com for Bacon Week this week! You know you want some.
There will be recipes featuring that delightful flavor that is bacon, all week long.
Up currently: Candied Bacon Martini & Bacon Caramel Corn… Yum!
Unrelated to Bacon Week… Niki’s doing a 3 part series on making your own Corned Beef! (I would have never thought to do that, but she says it’s delish! The first part is here.)
Twitter It!And it’s perfect for today’s Illustration Friday: Brave. Doesn’t this king look Brave and True? You know he had to be a robot.
About the project at Super Punch:
So, about this project. I wanted to do something special for the third anniversary of Super Punch, and three weeks or so ago, the idea popped into my head of inviting my favorite artists to create tarot cards.
See all the fabulous cards thus far at Super Punch. There are some incredibly cool ones, from some very cool artists, and I’m honored to be part of the group!
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