Easter Egg Candles

There isn’t much I enjoy more that getting creative with a good friend.  So when Christine messaged me to ask if I had any egg cups, I was intrigued!!  Easter Egg Candles?? Candles in eggs? Sure, I’d be game for that, why not!

This isn’t going to be a how to or anything like that.  I didn’t take step by step pictures.  In between steps, I snuggled Izzy, read a story and ate the most delicious lemon curd.  So, basically, it was empty eggs, melt wax, pour it in, stick a wick in and let it set.  There, that’s out of the way. If Christine posts a How-To, I’ll be sure to share it with you all!

Christine has always been someone who I love to be around because she, probably without even realizing it, inspires me to do things in a different way to better myself.  My photography skills I have learned from her, I can also pinpoint the exact time when she changed the path of my career and pushed me to realize there was more out there for me, to believe I deserved it and was capable of it.

Anyway, back to egg cups…I was thinking she was looking for them for a brunch she was hosting over the easter Weekend when she first asked.  But nope, she wanted to make egg candles and egg cups are the perfect way to display them.  Now, Dave and Christine have a flock of chickens of various sizes and colours that produce the prettiest coloured eggs.  They are perfect for Easter!  And even better for Easter Egg Candles!

Aren’t they pretty?  It was fun to set up a few different little settings of the eggs – but sometimes the background was cuter…. Simon was rather interested in what I was up to!

When I realized I was heading over to Christine for an egg craft, I knew I needed to dig out the crocheted egg hats Alena had made me years ago!  They’re just so cute to be left tucked away!

We lingered over hot mugs, chatted and snacked.  The kids played together and kept themselves and each other quite entertained.  I love seeing how my girls interact with Simon and Izzy, they are all so sweet together!  It makes my heart happy when I’m holding Izzy and she holds her arms out to Lena!  They have the sweetest relationship!  And Hannah and Simon just play and play and play!

After a lovely time spent together with the feel of a lazy Saturday morning, we headed home and left Dave and Christine to prepare for their Easter company.  We carefully transported the candles home and proudly showed them off to the handsome Mr. Byrne.  I knew I wanted to do a unique display with them but that meant it was time to go to the studio and dig into my stash and create something just right!

I had some barrel staves leftover { Remember when I made candle holders out of them for Christmas?  You can see them HERE } and knew that they would be perfect to hold my Easter Egg Candles!  Some drilling, some sanding and I was good to go!  Don’t they look great? I’m thrilled with how sweet they turned out! It reminds me of the old school egg holders in the old country kitchens!

These are simple to make and so pretty to display!  I’m thrilled Christine included me in this fun craft!  I hope we get to do more in the future!

Colourfully yours,

Lori