We don't have those plastic easter egg things that you have in the US, so if it's raining on Sunday I'll have to at least change the last clue so the eggs can be hidden somewhere under cover.

we're ready. the foil topping was a big hit.....

mom used to hide easter egg candies ALL over the house and yard! I didn't do that so much (trying to get away from so much candy); and I have a thing about baskets. Fucking baskets always get in the way. So I usually did pseudo baskets; i.e., useful containers.

Mostly it's about gifts--things like clothes and shoes, and little eastery things. And some candy.

I'm bringing Bunny Juice (spiced carrot juice) and Green Eggs and Ham (deviled eggs) to the party. Except I forgot the green food coloring in the shopping cart, bummer!

Raku egg...first try this year! I had to eat it already:
Better example later.
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what is Raku about it? technique, or end result?

I just had a lady come through my line at work the other day with like 20 little white buckets. She said she has a pre-school class and they were going to glue bunny faces on the side of them...so the easter "baskets" were cheap ($1 each) and would be hand-made by the students....and if you really wanted to, you could probably peel the bunny face off and just have a handy little bucket once easter was over. I thought it was neat.

We always had a basket hunt in our house each easter. We always did that. My wife would write these elaborate riddles and the kids would all have to collaborate to figure out where the next note was hidden until the final note would lead them to the baskets. There would usually be about 5 or 6 notes. The riddles led them all over the house and the yard. I hated making the notes and all the crap she would give them but I know they will have fond memories of it. Of course I would never make the notes either, I made her do it.

the thing is, you can't throw away easter baskets, 'cause, you know, there a gift (from a supernatural power, no less); but they have an odd shape and height, don't store or stack well, and so (at least in my less-than-organized household) tend to get left out, stepped on, etc. Bah! Just a nuisance.

Kind of technique but mostly result. If you use the straight dye on a really hot brown egg and the dye has an alcohol content as with McCormicks, it fires as in a kiln creating a metallic unpredetermined finish as with Raku pottery. Hence a raku egg.

I hate the camera I have. Should have gotten the one with a better lens. In the photo the purple spot you see at the bottom is a metallic purple. Other lines on the egg had a metallic finish as well. The metallic finishes look just like the effect you get in raku pottery and just as sporadic and unplannable if that is a word!

Well...try it. It's fun. Make sure you use a really hot egg and the straight dye not watered down. The dye I have has a glycol component. I pour it right from the dropper on a hot egg right out of the pot. It looks fairly normal when you pour it at first. But as it dries you begin to see the metallic finishes in different areas. I noticed with that first egg that the more dye was there the more raku-y it got. I'm not sure if you have to use a brown egg or not. The first time I noticed this "mistake" it was with a brown egg, and I have been replicating it that way ever since.

Adult egg fun. :D Not for kids. It is too messy with straight dye and the egg is way too hot.

You end up with an egg that has diefferent colors and spots that look like the metallic colors in this photo.
http://www.ayamoconcepts.com/raku_ph...lery/index.htm

I better go do more eggs and hope for a better photo. (edible art is sad but oh so tasty) Mmmm. raku egg.

T’was the day before Easter…

T’was the day before Easter and all through the woods,
The bunnies were busy packing their goods.
The eggs were all colored so pretty and bright,
All things were “go” for the big, special night.

The baskets were waiting, all decorated with care,
In hopes that the Bunny soon would be there.
My little brother Sam was asleep in his bed,
While visions of Easter eggs rolled round his head.

And I in my pajamas with the cat on my lap,
I had just settled down for a quick little nap.
When outside the window I heard a great noise,
I sprang from my chair and jumped over some toys.

As quick as a flash to the window I flew,
I pulled up the shade and , OH, what a view.
The moon on the meadow cast a bright golden glow
And the wind blew the flowers to and then fro.

Then all of a sudden from out of nowhere,
Came some lively bunnies, hopping here, hopping there!
Leading the group with ears long and funny
Was a plump all-white rabbit…
That’s right…the EASTER BUNNY!

The bunnies hopped past, one, two , three, four,
The rabbit called out and then there were more.
“Come Peter! Come, Flopsy! Come, Benny! Come, Joe!
Now hop along! Hop along! Hop along! GO!”

So up on each doorstep the bunnies did hop,
With baskets of eggs. (Let’s hope they don’t drop)!
Just at that moment, on the porch down below,
Came the stomping of feet ‘Twas the rabbit I know!

As I stepped from my window I heard a loud sound.
Through the door came the rabbit with a leap and a bound.
He was furry and soft from his head to his feet.
To see him so close was really quite neat.

He was surrounded by eggs that had been carefully dyed.
Easter eggs galore he soon would hide.
His eyes were all twinkles, His nose was so pink,
And I can’t be too sure but I think he did wink.

He had a kind face and a big fluffy tail
That bobbed up and down like a boat with a sail.
A twitch of his nose and a flick of his ear
Was his way of saying “You’ve nothing to fear”

He uttered no sound as he hopped all about,
Hiding the eggs and leaving no doubt,
That the Easter Bunny had come like he does every year…
Bringing baskets of happiness to children so dear

Alright. Once again I am at odds with my camera...but here are more Raku style eggs. Hopefully from the photos you'll get the idea, but I wouldn't place any bets on it. I liked my husbands the best because you can see the multichromatic results better becaue of the brown portion of the egg contrast. They are not pretty, but still fun to make...oooh shiny egg...ooh ahhh...
I had eggciting results. I am eggstatic!:headshake
I hope this doesn't make me an egg alchemist.
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Do you not re-use the same baskets every year?

Last one::D Thank you for your patience have a nice Easter!;)
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