Crafty Day with Jenny

Since Jenny's been going to UIC Architecture school, we haven't gotten a chance to have a crafty day in a looong time.  Luckily, this week was her spring break, which coincided with some of my students' spring break, meaning we both had time off at the same time.  To celebrate, we planned a little day of crafts.  Nothing as intense as some of our other crafty days, but just some Eastery fun.

            During a quick trip to Target (where we bought a frozen pizza for our lunch) we found a box of cookies ready to be decorated, and decorate we did.  It came with 4 different colors of frosting to decorate with, and sprinkles, but we thought it didn't look like enough frosting so we supplemented with some quick, homemade buttercream.  We each had a cookie and a half.  And we feel sick.

            No Easter craft day is complete without some egg-dyeing, so we got out all of my old egg-dyeing cups and dyes and set to work making rubber band eggs, "magic crayon" eggs, and some new plaid and other-themed eggs, inspired by Martha Stewart's current issue on egg decorating.  Luckily, I just happened to have some electrical tape lying around from when Jenny and I made duct tape wallets.

            These are our favorite eggs.  Both were made using electrical tape to help make the designs.  The star one is mine - I cut out stars with a star punch and taped them on (easy enough).  The city skyline is Jenny's (a true architect, eh?), which reminded us both of a really cool poster she bought at the Renegade Handcraft Fair back in August.
            Jenny isn't sure what she's up to this summer.  I for one am hoping she'll stay in Chicago and be crafty with me!