TBT's First Egg Decorating Contest

[Sgt.Groove]

also can i urge people to buy free range i hate myself, but the egg industry is very unethical, also free range is still pretty terrible so please research your eggs : ) lmao don't block me

When I buy eggs and meat I always try to buy from people I know who live out in the valley, as they don't do it as a business and treat the animals as friends/pets (the only time they ever have meat is if an animal is at the very end of its lifetime, which is sad for everyone). But yeah, big industries are bad at this kind of thing.

 

[kiwikenobi]

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That looks super awesome kiwikenobi, very nice work!

Thank you! ^_^

And, incidentally, I got my egg from some neighbors who raise very happy chickens.

 

[MasterM64]

Thank you! ^_^

And, incidentally, I got my egg from some neighbors who raise very happy chickens.

You're absolutely welcome and that is really cool! I honestly would love to own some chickens myself.

 

[Nougat]

Even though I am not fully vegan, we don't really buy eggs at home anymore either, so I just wanted to let mogyay know she is not alone with her post (I bet it took some courage to post as she is obviously quite passionate about it) and I also contemplated what to do since you can't eat a decorated hard boiled egg afterwards.

That said, I am not fully vegan and a few times a year I do buy eggs to make pancakes (the cr?pes kind) as I haven't found a good way to replace eggs yet. Easter weekend sounds like the perfect weekend for a pancake breakfast, and I'm happy I read a few pages ago that we can use hollow eggs too so I can use the egg in my pancake batter!

So mogyay, perhaps you could do the same at a friends/cousins/.. house and ask if they'l be using eggs for anything this week and just use the hollow shell? You can puncture a little hole in the top + bottom, and then blow in one over a bowl to make the inside come out. This is how actually we always used to decorate eggs at home, if I remember well. They're a little more fragile though, so careful!

And just as a side note: I do not at all judge anyone who does buy/use hard boiled eggs or anything, I'm not like that. I wasn't normally going to post about this kind of thing because I'm not one to do so, but I felt bad for mogyay so that's why I'm posting. No other reason. <3

All that aside though (posting these things makes me so nervous!), I'm really excited about the Easter event!! Happy the staff introduced a way to get a few eggs without being a genius mastermind Let's see whether I can make a cute egg version of lil' Zipper Bunny

 

[Sweetley]

Just a quick question, since I have a idea in mind that I may want to make:

Are we allowed to use (air dry) clay and/or wadding?

Need an answer please asap, I want to start on my egg today. :/

 

[Nougat]

Spoiler: He is Alive

OMG did you crochet his golden beams/spikes (what do you call this)? It's amazing!

 

[skarmoury]

not sure if im submitting this yet since i kinda wanna put glitters but for the most of it, this eggo is done!!
i was inspired by the acnl town tree, i hope all the deco above is fine since it's just paper qwq

Spoiler: uwuwuwuwu

 

[LambdaDelta]

I can't stop seeing like an ancient cave painting of a dancing bird thing with the roots

 

[MasterM64]

not sure if im submitting this yet since i kinda wanna put glitters but for the most of it, this eggo is done!!
i was inspired by the acnl town tree, i hope all the deco above is fine since it's just paper qwq

Spoiler: uwuwuwuwu

That is super creative and awesome looking Skarmoury! I definitely think creativity like this will be the key to winning this contest.

 

[skarmoury]

I can't stop seeing like an ancient cave painting of a dancing bird thing with the roots

y... you're right
i might fix the roots tomorrow too since im not 100% liking how they look atm zzz (also i ran out of brown paint so i couldnt fix it rn)

also @ masterm64 thank ye for the kind words ;;;;; w;;;

 

[AlFair]

Oh! This sounds cute! I just finished an abstract painting for class that I definitely think would look cool recreated on an egg! It will probably be relieving to go from oils to acrylic, even if on such a small scale. Time to break out the tiny paint brushes.

 

[lunarsunset]

Would air-dry clay be an allowed material? It is a craft material but I just wanna make sure!

Also dang, bummer it has to be a real egg. (I’m vegan, ethics blah blah im not here to witchunt im just very grossed by eggs rip lol I’m glad to see people talking abt egg-ethics though! Make good choises folk)

 

[Lancelot]

Would air-dry clay be an allowed material? It is a craft material but I just wanna make sure!

Also dang, bummer it has to be a real egg. (I?m vegan, ethics blah blah im not here to witchunt im just very grossed by eggs rip lol I?m glad to see people talking abt egg-ethics though! Make good choises folk)

Not to be that person but if its completely covered or painted are the staff gonna know it's not a real egg

I dont condone cheating it is bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ali.di.magix]

I'm eggcited about this event!! After going through multiple ideas in my head I think I've finally settled with one can't wait to make it!

 

[Paperboy012305]

I never got my question answered, so now I don’t know what to do.

 

[cornimer]

OMG did you crochet his golden beams/spikes (what do you call this)? It's amazing!

Aww thank you!! I actually just bent two pipecleaners and taped them to his back. I'm glad it looks good though!

 

[Kamzitty]

I?m so excited for this!!! I have a couple ideas but I cant decide which one I want to do aaahh ;v;

 

[DaCoSim]

Lmao!!!! March for quail rights!!!! Haaaaaaa!!!! Ha! My parrotlet laud an egg for me the other day. It?s a TINY egg. If any more of my birds lay eggs in the next few days, I may consider using those though!

 

[Lancelot]

Equail rights... haha

 

[DaCoSim]

Gonna have to head to hobby lobby for supplies. I?ve got a very specific egg in mind to do but I def don?t have the right craft materials for it so I REALLY hope hobby lobby or Joanne?s does!!!!