Happy Easter CDHMrs!

March was National Craft month, but for me, miniatures will forever be associated with Easter. That wily Easter Bunny would bring me a basket every year filled with wild plastic grass that managed to invade every possible hiding spot. It was inevitable that a piece of it would appear out of nowhere with traditional Christmas magic when we hung stockings.

So was it Easter magic or Christmas magic?

It was a question no one in my family could ever answer.

In addition to the traveling grass, there was the traditional chocolate eggs and bunny as well as tiny things and magic sugar eggs crafted by my Mom and Grandmother that had a glassine peephole cut into the tiny end so you could look inside. It was kind of like looking inside a kaleidoscope except they held tiny scenes made entirely out of sugar and icing instead of colorful crystals.

There were also beautiful satin eggs with colorful crystals pinned to them in intricate patterns created by my Great-Grandmother. I still cherish a pale blue tulle tufted chariot egg topped by a tiny bunny that is pulled by a larger bunny in my Easter decorations.

There were also gumball machine trinkets, more traditional miniatures like tiny printed storybooks or a backgammon set or any number of other tiny things. I was enchanted.

That bunny rocked!

And that doesn't even count the hidden eggs.

One dozen plastic break-apart Easter eggs were stashed throughout the living room and dining room and inside could be anything from a shiny quarter to... Yes, another miniature.

One year the bunny outdid himself. There were eggs with tiny brass trays of plastic petit fours and a chocolate log cake (absolutely nothing like the wonders found in our galleries created by miniature food artisans but at the time I thought EB had hit the big time). There was an egg with a mini cheese board of colorful foil-wrapped cheeses. Inside each egg there was a miniature treasure, even one holding a a tiny blown glass hors d'oeuvre plate.

How does the old riddle go... A sealed round treasure box with no lock nor key but golden treasure lies hidden within? These treasures couldn't have impressed me more if they HAD been gold!

Just when I thought things just didn't get any better than that, my Mom said hmmm, there was one more egg I hadn't seemed to locate yet but this particular egg was very special and I had to pick it up very carefully when I found it.

Let the hunt begin!

After quite a bit more searching, I found a golden egg that rattled slightly as I picked it up. Eureka!

I carried that egg like it was real into the kitchen table and carefully cracked it open. Inside was a delicate blown glass punch bowl set with four cups and a ladle.

Wow.

I had been hooked on miniatures before that but that moment was defining.

The sight of a piece of Easter grass still makes me smile.

And eggs are still magical.

I hope you all have a beautiful, and magical, Easter!

The Miniature Way Editor