April 06, 2012

DIY Pantone Easter eggs

The graphic designer in me couldn't resist attempting faux Pantone Easter eggs.

I dyed these boiled eggs by standing them vertically in small cups of dye. Then I typed up the labels and printed them on ink jet temporary tattoo paper. Remember to print the words backwards! I used Silhouette brand tattoo paper I bought at my local PaperSource, but you can also get similar stuff from DecalPaper.com. I matched the color numbers using my chip book. Knowing they were correct gave me great inner satisfaction.

73 comments:

  1. So fun! I would've matched the numbers too :)

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  2. Well of course you matched the numbers! I would expect nothing less from you! ;)

    Must be very busy again, huh? You're kinda tardy again. Not that I've missed you..... ;)

    Love you!
    Mum

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  3. These turned out super cute! Love!

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  4. Oh, I love these too! Another #pantonism for my prismatic blog...

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  5. Great idea! And so precise finishing! I generally don't like Easter eggs but these look super cool :)

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  6. Those are the good sides of the eggs. :) There are a couple finger prints on the back sides in a few places.

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  7. So awesome!! I attempted ombre ones, but with a 3, 5 and 1 year-old helping, it ended up being a revision of ombre, but oh well! Lol.

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  10. These are AMAZING. Seriously. Best idea ever.

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  11. These are so amazing I just died!

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  13. :D
    Every year we start with lines and stripes on Easter eggs, but we never end with it. We created "Letraset-eggs" or "Keith Haring-eggs" for example but your idea is something new, worth to try, great.

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  16. Love these!

    ...I wonder if you'll get a cease and desist letter. ;)

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  18. Love this. @April LOL at cease and desist. Not unlikely!

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  21. you are my winner for 2012 eggs!!!!!!!

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  23. me again, I reblogged here http://1129designorecchinigioielli.blogspot.com/2012/04/and-winner-is-uova-pantone-diy.html
    happy (colorful) easter!

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  24. beautifully blog posting i really appreciate for this blog thanks for sharing this post.

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  28. love love love it. happy with our eggs, but these are just so classy.

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  30. Hi Jessica Jones, I'm Christie Jones! This is the first time I've visited your blog and I am blown away by these amazing eggs!

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  32. You are so getting a cease and desist order :) I love this idea though! WAY cute!

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  34. Jessica, this is terrific :) Would be fun to do on plastic eggs, too (paint instead of dye).

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  36. Took one look and knew it was you... super cute! AJ@queenofmynest

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  37. Pinned!! These are just tooooo cool! :)

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  39. Love it! I was thinking that you could only match the colors after you dyed them.

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  41. LOL! I love these and would have totally matched them up too!

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  42. EEP!! This are amazing. How clever to use temp tattoo paper. I'll have to keep an eye out for that.

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  43. This is cracking me up! I love it!

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  44. These are great! Love them!
    Wonderful idea ...

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  45. Love these! What a fun idea.

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  46. Oh my goodness. These are AWESOME!!! :) Fabulous idea, I love it!

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  49. i'm a french fan and i love all you do !! excuse my poor english ... i just say : "wouahh, c'est trop beau, magnifique, superbe !!! BRAVO !!!"

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  51. Ma che belle! Grazie per aver condiviso l'idea!
    Paola

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  54. Are you sure the people at Pantone won't be contacting you to say you are infringing on their copyright? LOL

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  56. You are my hero! I love the ideas you come up with!

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  57. I like it very much! It's a very original idea! I always try to find different ways to colour our eggs for Easter! This will be mine surprise for this year :)

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  58. Cute, clever, AND edible! Surely that all adds up to great art!
    Had to post it on my blog (anniedixon.com) and link back to yours...

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  60. ok maybe i'm just stupid, but i dont get it. first, what the hell is pantone? and second, they are just 1/2 dyed eggs, whats the big deal??

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  61. Hi! Pantone is the color matching system used by the graphic design industry. See this post for more info.

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  62. AMAZING!! I heart Pantone! I am truly inspired. Thank you.

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  64. I really enjoyed reading this post, I always appreciate topics like this being discussed to us. Thanks for sharing.

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  66. Great resource for designers, grettings from colombia, i recommend my blog

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  67. ...and I also featured your Easter eggs !
    http://www.inspirationrealisation.com/2013/01/do-inspire-yourself-23.html#

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  68. Haha, fun!! What a great idea, and well executed - especially combining the right numbers too.

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  69. Just taking a minute to celebrate your total brilliance.
    love it. : )

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  70. So brilliant! We love these so much we want to feature them on our blog (with a link to your site, of course!). Thank you for the amazing inspiration! Keep it coming!

    Warmest,
    Liz and Lo

    {celesteandpearl.blogspot.com}

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  71. Brilliant! :) Just wanted to let you know that your cool Pantone eggs have been featured in my Easter roundup!
    http://mijbilcreatures.blogspot.se/2013/03/diy-easter-projects-roundup-2013.html
    Many thanks for sharing, and big hugs from Sweden! :)

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  72. Hey,
    WOW! I love this post and have included it to my Easter egg round up.
    I think the decorations work well with my blog esthetics. Let me know what you think...

    http://rueduchatquipeche.blogspot.com/2013/03/craft-easter-egg-inspiration-creative.html

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  73. Love these! Possibly the best Easter eggs I have seen in a long time. ~M.

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