Crafter's Block

Detail from the tin on shelf below

I have not gotten much accomplished lately, except for a few paper clay mushrooms we made the other day.They aren't even painted yet....I made some a few years ago and they turned out really nice, I antiqued them with gel and put them in little basket gardens we made....If I find them I'll take a picture and show you. They were much smaller, about 1/2 inch tall.These are about 2 inches....
I have set out with the best of intentions in the Easter project department but things like time, running errands, trying to pack for a move, volunteering, and the like, keep getting in the way. The things I have started, I have not been successful with either. Stuffed rabbits, stuffed birds, etc.etc , just don't always translate from paper to sewing machine.
If writer's block exists, surely crafter's block does too? Next time I will start out with the projects a few months early. I used to be that way. I'd make things months in advance, then forget and by the time the holiday/occasion rolled around I was making more things...
So, I thought instead I'd show some of my German Easter egg collection. Some of these are old and I received them for Easter when I was a kid. My Dad was German, but my Mom got me started on these:


The light has been dreary lately and today it's raining here in sunny Southern California, so my pictures aren't as nice as I wanted , but if you click on them I think you can see the details a little better....

The older ones will be marked something like "made in Western Germany", like this one:

Sometimes they'll have paper lace edging on the inside

This is the outside of that egg, one of my oldest:

This is one of my favorites ...

Well I'd better go get something done around here...

Do you have an Easter egg collection?