DECORATIVE EGGS

I JUST LOVE THE EGGS ON THIS BLOGS HEADER.
http://myeverydaythings.blogspot.com/

THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL.  QUAIL EGGS?  THEY LOOK REAL, ONE HAS A CRACK.  MY NEW MISSION WAS TO MAKE SOME EGGS THAT WERE SIMILAR.  I'VE HAD 3 WOODEN ONES THAT I PURCHASED A FEW MONTHS AGO. 

I STARTED BY MIXING ACRYLIC PAINT UNTIL THE DESIRED NEUTRAL BROWNISH GREEN EVOLVED.

I HAD TO PAINT THEM, LET A SIDE DRY, PAINT MORE, LET IT DRY.  IT WAS A BIT OF A PAIN. 
THEY NEXT STEP WAS SOOOO MESSY!  I WAS A FOOL NOT TO DO IT OUTSIDE- RIGHT AWAY!  I GOT PAINT ON MY FLOOR, SHIRT, COUNTER TOP.  WHAT I DID WAS FLICK THE PAINT BRUSH DOWN AT THE EGGS IN A BROWN BAG.

I WAS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS, BUT WISH THERE WAS MORE SPECKLE & LESS SPLATTER.  YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

THE RESULTS:

THEY WERE PLACED ON SOME FLORAL MOSS.  IF I WERE TO DO IT AGAIN, I'D SEEK OUT SMALLER EGGS.  I'M SURE YOU CAN BUY CUTE LITTLE EGGS SOMEWHERE, BUT FOR ME IT'S WAY MORE FUN TO GET CRAFTY.