Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique. As long as pysanky are being made, evil shall not prevail in the world. Make pysanky. Not war. On your birthday, Dad, I Stand With Ukraine in this time of need with apparel (more than just T-shirts), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). See the entire Collection here https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17315546
Monday, 4 April 2022
Stand With Ukraine — Make Pysanky Not War
Saturday, 2 April 2022
Pysanka Podcast: Traditional Pysanky Symbols — Geometric Patterns
Have you heard my Pysanka Power Podcast? The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week from now until Easter here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is traditional pysanky symbols — geometric patterns.
https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/Traditional%20Pysanky%20Symbols%20-%20Geometric%20Patterns.mp3
#PysankaPowerPodcast #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Friday, 1 April 2022
Friday Funnies – parents!
This is no April Fool's yoke. 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! ©Thomas
#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tools
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 are
some books you recommend for pysanky?
Answer
– There’s different types: design books, children’s
books (including activities and stories), and pamphlets. The pamphlet Ukrainian
Easter Egg Pysanka Beginners' Designs is a great start for designs and
instructions. For popular design books published by Ukrainian Gift Shop, start
with Design Book 1, then progress through the other numbers. That makes it
easier to know which one to get next! To see book previews head on over to our YouTube Channel (Baba’s Beeswax / iluvpysanky) | Book Previews Playlist https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYi4KbARmTrG7eUcgyw_ffqmJG8Tt7l4o. Then head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com to get a copy of this book for your own
collection.
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, 29 March 2022
Monday, 28 March 2022
Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Pysanka Power
Embrace the power of pysanky in our Pysanka Power Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). A variety of gifts and novelty items depicts decorated eggs all in a row.
See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17219861Sunday, 27 March 2022
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 purity, innocence
and birth?
Answer
– The white of a white shell. 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
Saturday, 26 March 2022
Pysanka Power Podcast — All About Pysanky Dyes
Have you been listening to our Pysanka Power Podcast? We’re featuring an episode each week between now and Easter. The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is all about pysanky dyes.
https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/All%20About%20Pysanky%20Dyes.mp3
#PysankaPowerPodcast
#BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Friday, 25 March 2022
Friday Funnies – hide the kids!
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! ©ballmemes . com
#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Ask Us Anything About Pysanky – tools
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 tools.
Question
– Can I use brown
eggs for pysanky
Answer
– Yes brown eggs can be used. They produce very
nice results, akin to an “antique” look.
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
Monday, 21 March 2022
Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Baba’s Beeswax
You’ll be at the forefront of preserving one of the great traditions of all time wearing apparel in this Baba’s Beeswax Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). A variety of gifts and novelty items also features the logo.
See the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17219852Sunday, 20 March 2022
Pysanka Power Podcast – The Ancient Origins of Pysanky and Stories Told About Them
Have you heard my
Pysanka Power Podcast? The pillars of this audio file include tools of the
trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and
activities just for fun. Discover something different every week from now until
Easter here or on your favourite podcast app. Today’s topic is the ancient
origins of pysanky and stories told about them.
https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/The%20Ancient%20Origins%20of%20Pysanky%20and%20Stories%20Told%20About%20Them.mp3
#PysankaPowerPodcast #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Friday, 18 March 2022
Friday Funnies — For better or worse
For better or worse. 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 ©Lynn Johnston
#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax
Thursday, 17 March 2022
St. Paddy's Day
Feeling the luck of the Irish today with beeswax and dyes and looking for the pot of gold! Happy St. Paddy's Day!
#BabasBeeswax #Celebrations #SaintPaddy #PysankySupplies
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Take a look. Read a book!
Discover the magic of pysanky, one book at a time. Have a look at this eBook Pysanka Power – Writing Eggs with Beeswax and Dyes : Instructions, information, and money saving tips for all levels of experience (978-1-8972553-34-2). Head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com Lulu Bookstore, Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble NOOK, Amazon Kindle, and Kobo and Everything Else to order your own copy.
Chapters include: Raw Eggs versus Empty Eggshells; Hanging
Pysanky; Christmas Ornaments; Bleached Pysanky; Traditional Egg Division; Colours
and Their Meaning; How to Get Beautiful Results the Very First Time; How to
Empty Pysanky; More than 80 Pysanky Tips; Trypillian Pysanky
#PysankyBooks #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Tuesday, 15 March 2022
Tuesday Tips for pysanky — your candles
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 sturdy candleholders with a low
centre of gravity to prevent your candle from toppling over. To learn more about safety when writing pysanky, download this free
handout from Baba’s Beeswax Fire Safety Fact Sheet.
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
Monday, 14 March 2022
Creative designs from Baba’s Pysanky Boutique – Is it Easter yet?
Anticipating the colourful season of pysanky? See our whimsical Is It Easter Yet Collection of face masks, apparel (more than just T-shirt), gifts and novelty items for your home or office (greeting cards, mugs, etc.). Celebrate the colourful Easter tradition wearing the apparel in this Collection. This whimsical design in also featured on a variety of gifts and novelty items.
See
the Collection here. https://www.cafepress.ca/babaspysankyboutique/17224988
#CafePress #pysanky #UkrainianEasterEgg #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Saturday, 12 March 2022
Pysanka Power Podcast - The Essentials
Have you heard our Pysanka Power Podcast? We’ll feature an episode each week between now and Easter.The pillars of this audio file include tools of the trade, technique, how to’s and DIYs, history & legends, symbolism, and activities just for fun. Discover something different every week here or on your favourite podcast app.
https://www.babasbeeswax.com/X-Pysanka%20Power%20Podcast/The%20Essentials%20of%20Pysanky%20Ukrainian%20Easter%20Eggs.mp3
#PysankaPowerPodcast #BabasBeeswax #JoanBrander
Friday, 11 March 2022
Friday Funnies - For Better or Worse
For better or worse. 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 ©Lynn Johnston
#PysankaHumour #BabasBeeswax
Thursday, 10 March 2022
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 traditional Ukrainian pysanka symbol for a bountiful harvest?
Answer
– Wheat.
To
see examples of different symbols, watch “My First Pysanka - Symbols my Baba
taught Me” featured on our YouTube Channel
(Baba’s Beeswax / iluvpysanky) | Book
Preview Playlist. Here’s the YouTube link https://youtu.be/4-Uenn4kz8E. Then head over to https:www.babasbeeswax.com to get a copy of this book for your own
collection.
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