German Cardboard Easter Eggs were part of my childhood and I love them dearly.
My miniature versions are made with paper, on to handmade molds, and the decorations are replicas of antique lithographed scraps.
I like to vary the pictures as much as possible and I can never decided if there is one that I like more than another.
The miniature eggs are are surprisingly robust but, just like the real thing, they will deform if they get wet / too damp.
I have spent most of this morning trying to photograph the batch I have just made and have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to get a decent close-up, although I did get some very interesting effects.
A minor point –
All the antique / vintage eggs, that I have seen, have the top of the picture at the fat end of the egg.
This looks odd to me and so I always make some with the top of the picture at the pointy end of the egg, as well as the “correct” way round.
Hello Elizabeth,
Did you make the egg forms?
Your creations are precious and magical.
They remind me of the tiny candy Easter eggs that a wonderful chef – Walter Schaub made for our family when I was a child. He put tiny candy animals inside and a peep hole on one side of the eggs
I look forward to every post you make.
Thank you,
Petrina.
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Hello Petrina,
The eggs sound truly enchanting. What a wonderful Easter treat they must have been!
I did make the eggs, and then the molds from the eggs, and now I am wondering If I should try to put a scene inside !!! I think this might be too small, even for me 🙂
Thank you for leaving such a kind, and thought provoking, comment.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth – your eggs are incredible, and I love them! I think I could figure out how to make the papier mache egg, but the lining paper, the tiny decorative prints, and the perfect edges! Well, you take every project to a higher level. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us – Sharon
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Hello Sharon,
That is very kind of you!
The decorative papers took me longer to find / make than the original design for the egg molds 🙂
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth, the eggs are perfect, just as I remembered. I want to leave a “like” but Word Press refused to recognize my email address and I was not able to reset the password. Sorry. I tried, GaryinSnew Hampshire
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Thank you Gary!
It was really kind of you to try.
I think WordPress looks – and behaves – very differently in different browsers.
For instance, if I look at it in Google Chrome, I can’t even see a Like button!
Elizabeth
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I love these eggs! Are they for sale?
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Thank you for your very kind comment.
I am not at all happy with the quality of the photos in this blog post.
I will be making more eggs and, if I can get some photos that I like, I will list some in my Etsy shop.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OpenHouseMiniatures
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Wow! That is really well made!
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Thank you!
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Hello Elizabeth,
I have just found your wonderful blog yesterday ! these Easter Eggs also remind me of my childhood in Germany.GREAT memories !
May I ask you if you used papermache for the eggs itself before decorating ?
Thank you so very much for sharing !
Brigitte in Maine
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Hello Brigitte,
Thank you for leaving a comment.
Yes, I use papier mache – layered paper, rather than paper pulp – and then decorated the egg.
Elizabeth
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¡Que bonitos son! ¿Haces primero un huevo y sobre el trabajas con el papier maché? El resultado es perfecto, me encanta la decoración…Un beso
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Hello Maria,
I am sorry that I cannot write this in Spanish.
Yes, I made an egg – the most perfect egg that I could make. Then I cast the egg so that I could make two half eggs – exactly the same – and then I used these as a base to work on. Pictures are better than words. When I have time (!!!) I will make a slide show of how I did this.
I have just been looking at your umbrellas
lascosasdemariaayamontino.blogspot.com.es
They are lovely – me encanta los paraguas
All very best wishes,
Elizabeth
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Lovely to see these. I did had one when I was young. I am looking forward to the workshop for these. Last year I made one in a eastern swap. That was quit a job.
Regards, Krin
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Thank you for leaving a comment.
I have really enjoyed looking at your blog.
Did you make an miniature egg?
I did look back – and greatly admired the broken eggs – but could not see one on your blog.
I would be very interested to know what you did.
Elizabeth
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Indeed there is no picture of the egg on my blog.
I made an egg from fimo as a mold. Than layed some plastic around it and made an egg with tissue paper and glue, etc.
Krin
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Hello Krin,
Thank you for leaving a comment here. I hope that you will see this.
I would very much like to leave comments on your blogs, but Blogger doesn’t seem to like my WordPress ID, or my Open ID – so I haven’t been able to.
I hope this is temporary and due to the internet being a bit conjested with traffic at the moment and will try again in a little bit.
I think we have followed much the same method for the egg.
I was delighted that you had made one – very few people in this country recognise them ! – and I wondered what yours looked like.
I expect it was very good !!!
Elizabeth
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Well, I was not that happy with the eggs. They could be a bit better. There are some crackles in the outside. In future I will take some time to try youre way of make some eggs. I made them with normal paper. Did not know that you can print on tissue paper.
I did make a log with the eggs I made last year.
Looking forward to youre comment. Thank you Elizabeth.
Krin
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Hello Krin, thank you for leaving a comment.
I like your eggs. They look real and I thought the curved decorative trim is a pretty touch.
If I could find the first egg that I made, so that you could see it, I think you would be surprised at how similar they are !
It is being dissatisfied that makes me keep trying – until I end up with something that I think is bearable…
The paper makes a BIG difference 🙂
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