...many years ago, there lived a young woman who loved to bake for her family. Cookies, cakes, pies and other sweet treats- lots of ingredients were used and there was rarely anything left over. There was one thing that did bother the young lady though, and that was all the eggshells, broken and discarded from all the baking.

When she had extra time, she would blow out the eggs and save the whole shells to paint or dye for special Easter Egg hunts. Blowing out the eggs took a long time though, and many shells still did not get saved for later... alas, for many of them, the dustbin was their fate.

One day, the young lady had another idea. She thought of a way to cut open the shells and save them to use for something very special. She would make ornaments to hang on the Christmas tree!

Little by little, as she made cakes and other goodies, she saved up the shells. Then, using paints and trimmings of golden and silver fabric to decorate her creations, she made little rooms or landscapes with tiny figurines inside each one ~ from rabbits to kittens, puppies or dragons- as long as they were small enough, anything might do!

This was how she started, and if you enjoy making things, you can too!

Please note these pages may include photos of eggs that have been sold. If you contact me regarding a particular egg that has been sold I may be able to create another for you, depending upon availablity of figurines.

To view a current listing of eggs for sale, please visit my eBay store (this will be a link once I know the address).

General Pricing guideline is as following:

• May Basket and Sweet Nothing eggs $15 - These are simple painted shells with trim only, no additional decorations inside.
• Valentine, St. Patrick's, Easter & Halloween eggs from $22
• Individual Christmas eggs from $25
• Set of six Nativity eggs $120
• Hanging Baby Bassinet eggs from $30
• I do special orders as well for Birthdays, Anniversary, Wedding eggs etc from $25

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If you have questions about making the ornaments, please feel free to send me a note - Dory@eggcentricity.com

Thanks for visiting ~ and Happy Crafting!!