Easter Egg Surprise in New York

Last year my children and I went to New York City for spring break.  We packed many activities into a few short days - Grand Central Station - the NY Public Library - the Empire State Building - Shows at the Lincoln Center - Times Square in the day and at night - the Metropolitan Museum - the Cloisters - the Frick Museum - the Whitney Museum - the Guggenheim Museum - Central Park - the Rockefeller Center and the Top of the Rock viewing deck - multiple taxi rides - one long Bus ride - multiple subway rides and a boat trip around Manhattan Island near the Statue of Liberty.  We ate out.  We got lost. We found unexpected surprises.  We had fun.

Faberge New York City Egg Hunt - Painted Eggs

One serendipitous find was the 2014 Big Egg Hunt New York display, sponsored by Faberge.  The Big Egg hunt consisted of approximately 235 large (3 foot high) eggs decorated by designers and artists then hidden all over the city.  Near Easter, the eggs were gathered and displayed in and around the Rockefeller Center Plaza.  We "found" the eggs on display there when we went to the Lego store at the Rockefeller Center.

Faberge New York City Egg Hunt - Eggs and surface detail

I loved everything about the egg collection.  Experiencing the creativity of 100's of artists decorating the same 3D object - "an egg" - can be an inspirational exercise. More then half of the eggs were painted - with with vastly different results - showing a gamut of painting techniques and finishes.

Faberge New York City Egg Hunt - Mosaic Eggs

Other eggs had shells, button, fabric and decoupage treatments.  The textures and colors fascinated the eye, and the bending surface of the egg shape adds to the delight.  There were so many beautiful surface decorating techniques.  Some of my favorite eggs featured mosaics.  Not surprising since I make mosaics, but can many resist this age old technique?

Faberge New York City Egg Hunt - Sculptural Eggs

A variety of eggs were "sculptural", and some artists created abstract sculptural eggs as well.  

Some of these eggs didn't photograph well.   The metal egg in the photo above contains an iridescent sphere in the middle surrounded by people shapes, and looked more impressive in real life.  In fact, most of the eggs appeared more stunning in person.  Reflective surfaces, crowds and little time prevented me from getting better photos.  (Even seeing 200+ eggs in less then 2 hours was a challenge - not surprisingly, I wished I could spend more time.)

Abalone - Free desktop background 1280 x 1024 pixels

The materials in many of the surface decorations delighted me.  I am including a handful free desktop background images I made from the eggs displayed.  You can download and save these as a computer desktop background.  (I find myself changing desktop backgrounds almost weekly - does anyone else do that?)

Rhinestones - Free desktop background 1280 x 1024 pixels

Eventually the Eggs were auctioned off for charity, and this once in a lifetime exhibit has now disappeared.  Once home I discovered that Faberge sponsored this hunt once in London in 2012 and once in 2014 in New York.  I feel lucky I "found" these eggs when I did, and I hoped you enjoyed the images.

Pearls - Free desktop background 1280 x 1024 pixels

Once home I discovered that Faberge sponsored this hunt once in London in 2012 and once in 2014 in New York.  I feel lucky I "found" these eggs when I did, and I hoped you enjoyed the images.



Here is an official site showing each egg from New York.





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French Country: Feather Nest Fri (Entry 30 of 259.)
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Karens Hill: Something to talk about 11 (Entry 20 of 167.)
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Spring Paper Tag Project

Framed tag holder with Spring tags

While waiting for spring to appear in Wisconsin, I recently started and completed the "framed paper tag holder" project above.  It was a fast and fun project that allowed me to play with and combine many of my loves - a vintage frame find, vintage linens, buttons, photography, and scrap booking papers and supplies. 

My Spring Tag Collection featuring my photography

I started with a fantastic frame purchased at an estate sale that I have been wanting to use for a long time.  I used a section of a stained vintage tablecloth for background fabric, and attached vintage clam shell buttons in rows as shown.  (I had purchased the bag of shell buttons some time ago and had never used even one of the buttons.)

The Framed tag holder without tags

Then came the fun part.  Creating a spring set of paper tags with my stash of scrap booking supplies, buttons and vintage linens and lace. 

Playing with supplies while creating tags

I wanted my paper tags to use my photographs, since I take many photos and can't display most of them.  Using small bits of existing photos reminds me of some of my favorites. 

Spring tags

Using the bright colored photography in the tags definitely makes the tags seem contemporary, so I interspersed the tags with lace, buttons and stitchery.

Spring tag details

The great thing about this project is that I can create so many seasonal sets of tags and change them out throughout the year.  I am already envisioning a set of beach tags, birthday tags, autumn tags, and of course Christmas and Valentines tag sets.  I also want to create sets of travel tags from France and other places I have been.  A set of family tags for Thanksgiving might also be lovely, and could feature vintage black and white photos as well.

Alternate tag ideas

The different tag sets and colors will result in a changing work of art throughout the year.


I hope you enjoyed the results of my project.  If you have made one of these holders, link it in the comments section below to share it with others.  

I was inspired by Rebecca Sower's project and her tag sets.  She gave instructions for her tag holder here in June 2008.  She posted her fantastic Christmas tag collection from December 2014 here, and an Autumn tag collection from September 2011 is shown here.  An ancestors tag collection from February 2007 is shown here.  I am inspired by her designs and indebted to her for her inspiration.  Some day I hope to meet her.





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* Romantic Home: Show and Tell (Entry 30 of 218.)
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