I wrote a little piece a few years ago (before it was called a blog) about Ukrainian egg-dyeing (Pysanky) right here. Many thanks to my fantastic cousin for teaching me how to do this fun craft.

This past weekend I got to rock the Pysanky again at an Egg-stravaganza party hosted by Lisa — who, up until Sunday, was an internet-only (aka imaginary) friend! I can vouch now that she is real. And AWESOME!

We met online 5 or 6 years ago on craftster.org, when we both were quilting a lot. Then we started reading each others’ blogs. Then we started down the Facebook path. Lisa is a renaissance woman who is crafty on so many different levels. Pysanky? Check. Yarn spinning? Check. Beekeeping? Mais oui. Theatre set painting? Of course. Home reno? Yup. Cat juggling? Yes!*

So Molly and I headed to the East Bay to get our hands full of egg.

Pysanky uses a wax-resist method to layer the dye colors on the egg.

And on my hand.

You have to kind of hold the hollowed egg under the dye, drowning-style. Shhh, it will be over in a minute. Shhhhh.

Lisa calls these my “anarchy eggs.”

Oh my god, we’re both real! Two crazy craft dynasties have become one! Thanks for the great party, Lisa.

More pictures here.

And here are Lisa’s pictures.

*ok maybe not cat juggling, but cat tending? absolutely!