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Customizing Pysanky Eggs
Pysanky, means to draw.  Eggs can be made any way you want as long as it can be drawn on the egg.  Because they are hand drawn, no two eggs are ever the same although, they can be similar.  In addition to creating traditional and non traditional Pysanky eggs, I have created custom or personalized eggs per customer requests.  Sometimes it can be as simple as seeing an egg that you like but wanting it in a different color, or size of egg, or having a name drawn on the egg.  The can include anything such as size of egg, designs, and colors.  f you don't see an you like but would like to see one made and have a design or theme in mind, just let me know.  I love the challenge and satifaction of creating such eggs.  If you are interested in such an egg, just contact me with your request.  Contact me
Pricing will always depend on the individual and can be discussed before hand.
Below I describe different aspects of customizing eggs. 
Design
The design can literally be anything that can be drawn. 
You should take in consideration the size of the design, the type of egg you want, and the main colors you wish to see on the egg.
If you unsure of what you would want, contact me and I can help by making suggestions based on my experience.
 
Colors
I have a wide range of colors to work with. However, I cannot guarantee a specific shade of a certain color.  Each egg takes the dyes differently.  It also depends on the colors used before hand.  They sometimes blend to create another color.  I can generally guarantee a color if not the specific shade since I have a great deal of experience working with the dyes.  I can usually predict how the colors will work amonst each other.
 
The following are the colors I use...
 
Yellow
Gold
Light Green
Dark Green
Turquious
Light Blue
Purple
Pink
Red
Scarlet
Brick
Dark Red
Orange
Pumpkin
Brown
Black
Eggs
You can request different sized eggs.  The design on the egg can depend on the size of the egg.  Obviously, the bigger shell the more you can put on it.  You will need to keep this in mind when choosing your egg and design.
 
***Note : All the eggs are cleaned both inside and out.  You will never have to worry about smell or bugs with my eggs.
 
***Note : It should also be said that  the bigger the egg shell the stronger and less fragile the shell will be.
 
Young children, cats, dogs and other animals tend to be interested in egg shells.  They will play with and sometimes eat them.  Eating them can be dangerous due to the dyes used.  Eggs should always be keep out of the reach of children and animals!  
 
Extra Information:  It is importart to me to make sure I use farm-based eggs and not eggs from the wild.  For all but chicken eggs I mainly use a farm in Califoria.  (See the Links sections for their information.)  Chicken eggs I generally get from the grocery store.  I pick through them to get the eggs that are up to my standards.  Obviously no crack are a requirement but I also look for strong eggs.  Weak spots show as dark spots or lines on the egg shell.  It sometimes takes a good bit of time going through many cartons to find what I need.  After blowing out these eggs, I freeze the eggs for my family to eat later on.  There are several websites on freezing eggs on the internet.
 
 
Different Types of
Farm-based Eggs I Use
(from smallest to largest)
 Quail : Button, Bob White
The button quail egg is the smallest farm based egg.  Only a humming bird egg is smaller in the world.  It is light to dark brown in color usually with darker brown spots.
Bob White Quail egg is slightly larger.  It is white in color and usually tear-drop shaped.
 Piegon
The piegon egg is a little larger than a Bob White Quail egg.  It is white in color with a very smooth shell.  It is usually oval shaped.
 Pheasant
A pheasant egg is olive in color and larger still than a piegon egg.  Its shell is more like a chicken egg.
 Game Hen
A Game Hen egg range from about the same size as a pheasant egg to about the same size of a small chicken egg.  It can be white or tan in color.
 Chicken : All sizes
Chicken eggs range from small to extra large in size.  The color can be white, brown or light green.
 Duck
Duck eggs are larger than chicken eggs and have a smoother shell.  The are white or light green in color.
 Peahen
Peahen eggs are larger than duck eggs and white or tan in color.
 Turkey
Turkey eggs are about the same size as Peahen eggs.  They have a tan shell with darker brown spots.
 Goose
Goose eggs are larger than turkey eggs and can vary in size from small goose eggs to very large goose eggs.  They are generally white in color.
 Emu
Emu eggs are larger than Goose eggs and have a rough dark turkquiose shell.  It is ideal for carving but not so much for pysanky work.
 Rhea
Rhea eggs also have a rough shell but is off-white in color.  It is about the same size as Emu eggs if not a bit larger.
 Ostrich
Ostrich eggs are the largest bird eggs in the world.  Its very tough and thick shell is pitted and off-white in color.  

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