I love creating, crafting and working with my hands. I've always created and crafted in some form or another since I was a young girl.

Like many of my generation, I started sewing when I was a teenager and had dreams of working in the Fashion Industry of NYC. I went on to be a graduate of the Pratt Institute School of Design, Fashion Division, New York City. After which, I worked in the garment district, designing braids and trims for several of the major manufacturers of the 1950's.

I so loved working with my hands that I opened my own craft studio in our home while raising my two daughters. Originally I began by teaching classes in the fine art of decoupage and paper cutting. There were classes on pressed and preserving flowers, on which I have also written a book. (See listing in shop for How To Press and Preserve Flowers) And as always, there was the ever popular hand made Christmas tree decorations each year.

So as you can see, learning to decorate eggs was a natural for me.:::»

Because of it’s versatile size I prefer to use the goose egg for most of my designs. Duck eggs are used for the smaller designs, and ostrich eggs for the really large ones. Then depending on the design and color, either a rhea egg or an emu egg is used for something in the 13” size range. In many contemporary designs, some or even all of these eggs have are used together to form the whole design scheme.:::»

Egg dioramas, scenes inside the egg, have always been my speciality. Dioramas tell a story, and sometimes you get to change the story every time you open the door. I love dioramas primarily because of my background in decoupage and paper cutting. Creating a small scene inside the egg where you would look to see all the many different things going on that have been placed there for you to discover is one of my joys.

I hope to continue crafting and creating these beautiful eggs for a very long time. I hope you will also enjoy my lovely eggs, too.

Thank you.´¯`·.¸.· *´¯`·.¸.·

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