Easter was a two day event here at Jenny and Jimbob. It started on Saturday night when we did Ukranian Egg Dying. A cool process where you draw on an egg with wax and use vinegar dyes in multiple processes to make intricate designs. waxedegg You have to think backwards and think about what order you put the dyes on.

This is our friend Anne Marie’s goose egg. (She’s an art teacher. . .so this egg is quite a masterpiece.) First you draw in pencil and then you use this pen that has a cup in the top that holds wax to draw over the pencil. You use a candle to keep the wax liquid enough to draw with. . .(that takes major skill.) And then dye everything you want yellow first. And then use the wax to cover everything you want to keep yellow before dunking it into another codsc_0039lor.

Here is the final stage for this egg

dsc_0060 And here is all of our eggs that we did. Mine is the one in front that looks like a rock with feathers. And of course Jimbob did 3 in the time it took everyone else to do one.  (he also did the skull one in the back . . .it’s outrageous!)

Sorry about the photo. . . I guess it doesn’t fit straight. I am still learning how to do this.

Yesterday (Easter) we had a fabulous picnic in the park. It was a bring food that is your favorite color potluck. Joy made amazing prociutto wrapped dates stuffed with goat cheese and delicious meat balls. I made roasted beat and carrot salad with blood orange dressing, and lamb with roasted turnips, parsnips, carrots and potatoes. We also had home made guacamole and cherry pie and a lemon roll thing for dessert.  We tried to fly a fish kite but it wasn’t windy enough. (that perfect LA weather!) Then we went back to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory projected on the side of our house. Thanks to everyone who made this such a Perfect Easter!!

Now I have two days to get my taxes together. I have to do my Actor business and the Jewelry business. Jimbob swears he will help me with the jewelry taxes but he is in the shop getting everything ready for our summer recession jewelry line. Crap! I vowed never to use the “Re. . . ” word, but there I went and done it! I guess now that the economy is looking up I don’t mind as much.

Off to Tax Land.

Happy Monday!

Jenny