Friday Funnies – eggshell walls.

Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! Credit for this one goes to ©2003 Mark Parisi

 

#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax

Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – technique

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on technique.

Question  – How can I protect my pysanka?

Answer – Many people use varnish. If you want to reduce the environmental footprint of this component, use a light coating of vegetable oil instead.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “ask us anything about pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – all you need is love, and a pysanka

Love, Love, Love. LOVE is all you need in our All You Need Is Love, and a Pysanka Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). Show your love for the pysanka with apparel in this Collection. LOVE is also expressed on a variety of gifts and novelty items in this boutique.

See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17221124

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

I stand with Ukraine

I stand with Ukraine and am expressing my support for Canada taking a leadership role in support of Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity.

Since invading Ukraine in 2014 and illegally occupying Crimea, Russia has waged a war of aggression in the east Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. This war has cost Ukraine over 13,000 dead, over 30,000 wounded and 1.5 million internally displaced people.

Russia is again threatening a further invasion of sovereign Ukrainian territory, moving a significant amount of troops and military hardware to Ukraine’s borders and occupied Ukrainian territory.

I believe that Canada and our NATO allies must respond with unity and resolve to Russia’s increasing threats against Ukraine.

#StandWithUkraine

Friday Funnies – egg dyeing contest!

The truth behind egg dying. Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Have you heard about the World Theatre Day? These colored eggs certainly have. Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! Credit for this one goes to ©1998 Mark Parisi

 

#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax

Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tradition

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on tradition.

Question  – What is a pysanka?

Answer – Ukrainian Easter egg made the traditional way with beeswax, kistka and dyes.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “ask us anything about pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Tuesday Tips for pysanky — your eggs

Learning pysanky is easy, fun and affordable. Continuing in our bi-weekly series we have Tips and Troubleshooting for eggs, beeswax, kistka, dyes, candles, pencil guidelines, removing beeswax, emptying your eggs, varnishing your pysanky, using a drying board, displaying your pysanky and more . . . .

What’s your learning style? is it listening (we have a podcast “Pysanka Power Podcast”), is it watching (we have a YouTube Channel “Baba’s Beeswax” or “iluvpysanky” with multiple playlists), is it doing (we have a tutorial “Teacher Guide”), is it online (we have digital resources including “ZOOM” meetings), or is it reading (we have unique publications from Canada and elsewhere). We’ve been doing all this and more since 1991 and just celebrated our 30th anniversary!

Today’s tip is on choosing eggs and inspecting them for noticeable flaws. Do not use thin, bumpy or creased shells. Larger size eggs tend to have thinner shells. Hold eggs up to a light source to find hairline cracks and weak spots in the shell (this is called “candling”).

Our team has you covered. You can trust the experts at Baba’s Beeswax.com. Our Mission is to provide you with everything you need to make beautiful pysanky the traditional way from pysanky supplies and kits to workshops and books. Our Vision is to inspire and encourage beginners, experts, and anyone interested in Ukrainian egg decorating to discover the magic of one of the great traditions of all time—PYSANKY!

 

#BabasBeeswax #TuesdayTipsAndTroubleshooting #PysankySupplies

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Love with a pysanka

Surround yourself and others with love in our Love With A Pysanka Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). You’ll be in love with the apparel in this Collection. The creative design is also featured on a variety of gifts and novelty items.

See the Collection here. 

https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17219957

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Friday Funnies – I’m a Ukrainian chick!

Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! (source unknown)

 

#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax

Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – safety

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on safety.

Question  – What are safety precautions for using candles?

Answer – Most of all, use your common sense when working around life fire. To learn more about safety when writing pysanky, download this free handout from Baba’s Beeswax Fire Safety Fact Sheet https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-pdfFiles/Fire%20Safety%20Fact%20Sheet%20copyright%202019.pdf.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “ask us anything about pysanky” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Take a look. Read a book!

Discover the magic of pysanky with a book. If you’d like to add to your collection of books, have a look at Eggs Beautiful – How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs featured on our YouTube Channel (Baba’s Beeswax / iluvpysanky) | Book Preview Playlist and see if it'll fit into your library. Here’s the YouTube link https://youtu.be/YClQ56AWyac. Then head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com to order your own copy.

The first part of the book focuses on legends, customs and symbols. Then the authors Johanna Luciow, Ann Kmit,  and Joanna Luciow, and Loretta Luciow take you step-by-step through the process of making your pysanky from choosing your eggs, creating your design, to finally displaying and storing them. Black and  white diagrams complemented with 12 color pages of beautifully decorated eggs for you to be inspired by. Trypillian designs are included. This book is soft cover comprising 96 pages.

 

#PysankyBooks #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Pysanka Joy

With the month of love just around the corner, discover the joy and love of the pysanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, in our creative Pysanka Joy Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). Feel the joy and love of the pysanka, Ukrainian Easter egg, in this Collection. These inspiring words are featured on a variety of gifts and novelty items, too.

See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17224238.

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

A Pysanka Poem Worth Sharing

Discover the magic of pysanky one poem at a time in our monthly sharing of these words arranged purposefully with meaning, sound, and rhythm.

Just as Baba’s Beeswax inspires and encourages beginners, experts, and anyone interested in Ukrainian egg decorating, these featured authors connect us to tradition and inspire us to new possibilities.

Although stanzas lose their charm in translation, as it is repetitions, rhymes, and other language means that make a piece of poetry so appealing in the original, we nevertheless hope you enjoy reading To an Egg Painter, by Vira Vorsklo, originally in Ukrainian:

We painted an egg,
an undulating egg,
with various patterns,
Finding symbols (for that).
We painted an egg
As if it were lace or a piece of embroidery,
Lustrous and colourful.
Eggs with [painted] laces
Became amulets.
On them sorcery is encoded –
It kills the evil
With lances.

______________

Source unknown.

#PysankaPoems #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Flight PS752

I will light a candle, too, to commemorate the downing of Flight PS752.

#IWillLigihtACandleToo

Friday Funnies – full body tattoo?

Today is Friday and who couldn’t use a little pysanka humour to start off the weekend? Discover the magic of pysanky one joke at a time! Credit for this one goes to ©2012 Lonnie Easterling

 

#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax

Seasonal Greetings from Guy Kistka – January 6 Ukrainian Christmas Eve

The beautiful "Carol of the Bells" a popular Christmas carol, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych, opens this video clip of our whimsical mascot Guy Kistka celebrating Ukrainian Christmas Eve by honouring and remembering the rich traditions celebrated by our ancestors.

Guy Kistka will join other children for Christmas carols (koliadky) in the likes of an ancient folk opera: one carrying a lighted six-pointed star; another dressed as a goat; while others prepared to collect gifts that people will give them.

Later today children will look for the first star in the sky, another ancient ritual, to indicate that it’s time for the Holy Supper (Svyata Vechera) of 12 lenten dishes.

Audio: Carol Of The Bells by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Artist: http://audionautix.com/

Guy and the team of pysanky experts at Baba’s Beeswax wish that the magic of Christmas Eve leave its richest blessing in the hearts of you and yours.

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Visit our website to discover the magic of pysanky kits, supplies and 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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Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tradition

Tools, technique, tradition and more . . . . ask us anything about pysanky. To share our knowledge, our team of experts at www.babasbeeswax.com draws on not only our heritage, but also over 30 years teaching pysanky to all ages and levels of experience since 1991. Today's dialogue is on tradition.

Question  – What is the colour on a traditional Ukrainian pysanka that symbolizes the sky with its life-giving air?

Answer – Turquoise. To see the vibrant palette of 18 pysanky dyes from Baba’s Beeswax, open this Colour Chart on their website https://www.babasbeeswax.com/18%20Pysanky%20Dyes.htm. They also have a handy Laminated Pysanky Colour Sequence Chart explaining the traditional sequence for guaranteed results, including "orange wash" https://www.babasbeeswax.com/Catalogue.htm.

We believe that pysanky is fun and we embrace “Panya Pysanka”, our cool, hip, and whimsical mascot character. See her here in our “Ask Us Anything About Pysanky ” post and elsewhere on social media to see how we promote pysanky.

 

#PanyaPysanka #AskUsAnything #JoanBrander #BabasBeeswax

Tuesday Tips for pysanky — using a drying board

Learning pysanky is easy, fun and affordable. Continuing in our bi-weekly series we have Tips and Troubleshooting for eggs, beeswax, kistka, dyes, candles, pencil guidelines, removing beeswax, emptying your eggs, varnishing your pysanky, using a drying board, displaying your pysanky and more . . . .

What’s your learning style? is it listening (we have a podcast “Pysanka Power Podcast”), is it watching (we have a YouTube Channel “Baba’s Beeswax” or “iluvpysanky” with multiple playlists), is it doing (we have a tutorial “Teacher Guide”), is it online (we have digital resources including “ZOOM” meetings), or is it reading (we have unique publications from Canada and elsewhere). We’ve been doing all this and more since 1991 and just celebrated our 30th anniversary!

Today’s tip is to use a drying board for a safe place for your pysanky.

The oven method is a very effective and fast way to remove beeswax from your pysanky. Preheat your oven for 10 minutes at 200 degrees with the door open. Place your drying board in the centre of the oven and set up to 12 pysanky on the tripods. When the beeswax begins to melt, remove the pysanky, one at a time, and wipe off the beeswax with a soft cloth or paper towel. Make sure that the beeswax is thoroughly wiped off.  Turn the oven off.

You can make your own drying board by inserting thumb tacks into a piece of sturdy cardboard. Be careful when moving the drying board with pysanky on it, they might fall off!

Our team has you covered. You can trust the experts at Baba’s Beeswax.com. Our Mission is to provide you with everything you need to make beautiful pysanky the traditional way from pysanky supplies and kits to workshops and books. Our Vision is to inspire and encourage beginners, experts, and anyone interested in Ukrainian egg decorating to discover the magic of one of the great traditions of all time—PYSANKY!

 

#BabasBeeswax #TuesdayTipsAndTroubleshooting #PysankySupplies

Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – I Heart Pysanka

You’ll love I Heart Pysanka for Valentine’s Day in this classic Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). The unique design is also featured on a variety of gifts and novelty items.

See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17220093

#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander

Seasonal Greetings from Guy Kistka: January 1 Happy New Year

For an exciting pyrotechnic show and family-friendly event, our whimsical mascot Guy Kistka and the team of pysanky experts at Baba’s Beeswax celebrate New Year’s Eve just off Canada Place in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet every year on December 31st. The fireworks light up the sky and the view of the city is spectacular! May the dawn of the New Year bring health and happiness to you and yours.

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If you like Guy’s video, comment below. If you don't please let us know how we can make improvements. We value all feedback.

For pysanky kits, supplies and books published by Baba’s Beeswax, Discover the Magic of pysanky at our website: http://www.babasbeeswax.com

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