Seasonal Greetings from Guy Kistka – September Back to School

New teachers, new friends, new shoes, new notebooks, and sometimes, a new school. Just a few things that mean back to school. Our playful mascot reminds us to slow down in school zones as excited kids head back to school.

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For the team of pysanky experts at Baba’s Beeswax back to school means the end of summer vacation and getting pysanky supplies and teaching aids ready for ordering. From beeswax and dyes to books and workshops we have everything you and your teacher need to make beautiful pysanky the traditional way.

We have been partners in education with teachers and schools since 1991! What does back to school mean for your family?

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The Perfect Christmas Gift: Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 4

Do you start thinking of pysanky or start writing them just after Christmas? We thought so, so are recommending something inspirational. A book such as this one is perfect as a gift for yourself or for someone you know.

Check out this link to our Pysanka Power Video Clip published on our Baba's Beeswax YouTube Channel for a book preview that flips through the pages:

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Natalie Perchyshyn authored her fourth book in a series of Ukrainian Easter egg design books for people who want to improve their current skills. This one is her first of those to be done in full colour. A soft cover treasure trove of 120 pages, it's printed in the customary style of 24 pysanka designs from beginner to advanced.

It features 3 goose egg designs, 3 trypillian designs, and a terrific variety of 18 eye-catching traditional designs all created by the publisher's founder, Luba Perchyshyn.

We think it’s an eggs-cellent source of information to buy on its own or to add to your collection. If you have any questions about it, please ask us.

Design Book previewed on Pysanka Power Video Clips

We were proud and honoured to feature this book in About the Pysanka: It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander (Joan Brander. Richmond, BC: Baba's Beeswax, 2007. ISBN 9781897253144).

Visit our website for pysanky kits, supplies, this book, eBooks, and other books published by Baba’s Beeswax: http://www.babasbeeswax.com 

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Free Printable Pysanky Activity Sheets

Did you know that we have free printable Activity Sheets in pdf book format for anyone to use? Click on this link to go to our website to download Pysanky 4 Fun : A Collection of Trilingual Activities 4 Kids.  This teaching aid created by Joan Brander compiles various trilingual activity sheets into one compact publication. These Activity Sheets were previously downloaded or ordered individually since 1997! Teachers can photocopy them for classroom use to enhance and enliven instruction on pysanky. Activities include:

• Symbols and Their Meanings (English)
• On s’amuse avec Pysanky (French)
• Pihsahnkih dlya Zadovolennya (Ukrainian)
• Pysanky Party
• Scrambled Pysanky Egg Words
• What would Guy Kistka say?
• Crossword Puzzle

Pysanky 4 Fun : A Collection of Trilingual Activities 4 Kids

If you’re looking for pysanky symbols, consider My First Pysanka: Symbols my Baba taught me—a collection of 70+ traditional designs to discover on pysanky Ukrainian Easter eggs. More than just another colouring page. A first of-its-kind book demystifies the symbolism of pysanky with a rich array of large-format drawings for children to colour and educators to display as teaching aids. More info about this book here (80pp).

From toddlers to teachers—engaging in the wonder of pysanky and their symbols is an educational opportunity!

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Gift Ideas for Christmas: Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 3

Whether for yourself or someone else on your Christmas Gift List, this is one book you’ll be glad Santa thought of!

Check out this link to our Pysanka Power Video Clip published on our Baba's Beeswax YouTube Channel for a book preview that flips through the pages:

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This is the third in a series of Ukrainian Easter egg design books which has been newly revised and reprinted.  The author Natalie Perchyshyn has included step-by-step instructions for 24 stunning designs from beginner to advanced in 6 chapters covering topics of Getting Started, Tools and Materials, Basic Divisions in Pencil, The Process and Helpful Information, Step-by-Step Designs, Glossary and Symbolism. The book is soft cover, very colourful, and comprises 110 pages.

We think it is an eggs-cellent source of information to buy on its own or to add to your collection.  If you have any questions about it, please ask us.

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Design Book previewed on Pysanka Power Video Clips

We were proud and honoured to feature this book in About the Pysanka : It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander (Joan Brander. Richmond, BC: Baba's Beeswax, 2007. ISBN 9781897253144).

http://www.babasbeeswax.com/AboutTheBook.htm

Visit our website for pysanky kits, supplies, this book, eBooks, and other books published by Baba’s Beeswax: http://www.babasbeeswax.com 

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Finish your Christmas Shopping Early: Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 2

Know someone who’s nuts about pysanky? Whether you’re looking for a Christmas present or stocking stuffer, here’s a book you might want to consider for that person (even if that person is you).

Check out this link to our Pysanka Power Video Clip published on our Baba's Beeswax YouTube Channel for a book preview that flips through the pages:

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Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 2 is the second in a series intended for people who want to learn how to decorate pysanky, and for people who want to improve their current skills. Complete step-by-step instructions are given by its authors Luba Perchyshyn, Johanna Luciow and Natalie Perchyshyn, for 24 traditional and original designs.

A soft cover treasure trove of 90 pages with colour plates of different views. First published in 1986, this book has had several subsequent printings which proves its worthiness. Its Table of Contents also includes Working Area, Essential Materials, Optional Materials, Basic Pencil Division, and Finishing the Eggs.

We think that Ukrainian Easter Egg Design Book 2 is an eggs-cellent source of information to buy on its own or to add to your collection. If you have any questions about it, please ask us.

Design Book previewed on Pysanka Power Video Clips

We were proud and honoured to feature this book in About the Pysanka : It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander (Joan Brander. Richmond, BC: Baba's Beeswax, 2007. ISBN 9781897253144).

http://www.babasbeeswax.com/AboutTheBook.htm

Visit our website for pysanky kits, supplies, this book, eBooks, and other books published by Baba’s Beeswax: http://www.babasbeeswax.com 

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Keep Calm and Shop Early: Ukrainian Design Book 1

Starting in August, we're going to showcase a pysanka book every month, heading up to the busiest shopping season of the year.

Who doesn’t want a nice new pysanka design book, especially for Christmas? Whether there’s a beginner or seasoned pysanka creator you have in mind, this is a book you'll surely want to add to your list, and a great one to start with.

Check out this link to our Pysanka Power Video Clip published on our Baba's Beeswax YouTube Channel for a book preview that flips through the pages:

[ click here to go to Pysanka Power Video Clip on YouTube ]

Ukrainian Design Book 1 is the first of a series of previously unpublished patterns to recreate and enjoy. By breaking the design down to its simplest form, the authors Natalie Perchyshyn, Luba Perchyshyn, Johanna Luciow and Ann Kmit have made it easy to create very complicated and magnificent patterns. The eggs are described from beginning pencil lines to the final dye bath, with brief explanations of symbolism and colour meanings.

A soft cover treasure trove of 101 pages with 24 pysanka designs from beginner to advanced, its Table of Contents also includes Working Area, Essential Materials, Optional Materials, Basic Pencil Division, and Finishing the Eggs.

Since there are 6 design books in this series to date, if you don’t have any of them, we think it’s a good idea to buy this one first. Then, years down the road, when you can’t remember which series number you have, you can always remember how many books you have! Then you can buy the next sequential number with some confidence.

We think that Ukrainian Design Book 1 is an eggs-cellent source of information to buy on its own or to add to your collection. If you have any questions about it, please ask us.

Design Book previewed on Pysanka Power Video Clips 

We were proud and honoured to feature this book in About the Pysanka : It Is Written! A Bibliography by Joan Brander (Joan Brander. Richmond, BC: Baba's Beeswax, 2007. ISBN 9781897253144).

Visit our website for pysanky kits, supplies, this book, eBooks, and other books published by Baba’s Beeswax: http://www.babasbeeswax.com

If you like what you see, comment below. If you don't please let us know how we can make improvements. We value all feedback. 

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Seasonal Greetings from Guy Kistka – August Long Weekend

We’re heading into the middle of the summer season and looking forward to the August long weekend.

It can’t be all work and no fun! Taking a break from writing pysanky in the summer months, our playful mascot Guy Kistka dons his shades and goes to a secluded beach to chill where the only sounds are gentle waves and cawing seagulls.

See his animated greeting here:  

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Photo - the end of summer

The civic holiday in August of each year is called many things in many regions. It’s Regatta Day in Newfoundland, Terry Fox day in MB, Saskatchewan Day in SK, British Columbia Day in BC, Natal Day in Nova Scotia and PEI, Simcoe Day in Toronto, New Brunswick Day in NB, Colonel By Day in Ottawa, Heritage Day in AB, Joseph Brant Day in Burlington, ON, and Benjamin Vaughan Day in the City of Vaughan, ON. What’s it called in your region?

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