Horse with Evergreen

Egg # 16, UGS Design Book #1 with blue as final color (instead of purple).  

Tulips

My own design.

(May) Flowers

Loosely based on Egg Number 12, UGS Design Book #5.  Easter's over but it looks like I may do some more eggs for a while...

Easter Paska - Happy Easter!

This is a terribly late post, but I thought it would be nice to include a picture of the Paska bread  I made with my mom and my aunt this Easter.  This is a traditional yeast bread we make every Easter -- it's served at Easter breakfast with boiled eggs, baked ham, kielbasa, and beet-horseradish.

Golden Star

My own design based on the 12-diamonds division.

Spring Basket

Based on a design by Taras Horodetsky.  The coloration is mine.

Oak Leaves and Acorns

My own design based on a traditional division.  

Poppies

I adapted this egg from a design by Luba Perchyshyn published in UGS Design Book Five.

Crocuses

My own design.

Trees

My own design but the main division is based on Deer.  

Crosses

My mom did this one a few weeks ago, it's based on an egg featured in Eggs Beautiful by Luciow and Kmit.  

Snow Maiden II

My own design.  An update on "Snow Maiden."

Deer

UGS Design Book 3, Egg #21

Fishing Nets

I based this egg on the design in UGS 2011 Catalogue.

Snow Maiden

This egg uses the diagonal division.  I based the design on the crown of the Russian Snow Maiden by Boris Zworykin (The Firebird and Other Russian Fairy Tales, 1978).  

Four Circles Trinity

I adapted this design from one of Luba Perchyshyn's amazing ostrich eggs (UGS Design Book #5, Egg #26).

36 Stars

My mom did this egg.  It is based on a design by Luba Petrusha.  

Poppies and Wheat

My mother did this egg this past weekend.  The design is by Luba Petrusha.  

Stars, Crosses, and Flowers

This is my own design, but the trifold design with the orange flower and purple backdrop was inspired by one of Luba Perchyshyn's simpler designs offered in a UGS catalogue.

First Post

Getting the dyes started...

Hello, world! This spring I plan to share my family's Easter traditions with the blogosphere.  I hope to both introduce the beauty of psyanky, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, to the uninitiated and to connect with other pysanky artists.