How to Make a Fabergé Inspired Personalized Egg

Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read  

How to Make a Fabergé Inspired Personalized Egg

My DIY Fabergé egg idea came to me from many inspiring sources. From all the baby birds hatching in our Sanibel Island, Florida backyard, to my love of all things Fabergé and from a content creation need from the shoe brand, Naturalizer. I created my sparkling Fabergé inspired egg as soon as inspiration struck and loved it. Read on to learn how to make a Fabergé inspired personalized egg.

This egg project makes a nice new mom gift

Why You Should Make This Project Yourself

I thought others might like to make one of these eggs to gift to someone that is about to have a baby or start a new life adventure. Personalize it with the new baby’s initials or with the recipient’s initials.

Another great new parent creation: a burp cloth or baby blanket teddy bear! Get the one minute tutorial below or via our YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

The concept of giving an egg gift is rooted in symbolism. The egg is “a symbol of creation, rebirth, and new beginnings in many cultures and religions”. Read more about egg symbolism on the The Wild Golden Egg website.

This is a recreation of Toe on Egg by Julius Friedman

My husband and I have been sitting on some metaphorical idea-filled eggs for a few months now and are waiting for them to hatch. We are selling our house, our beloved beach bungalow in Sanibel Florida and will move to the mountains in Georgia.

We plan to either rehab another house or build a new house from our design ideas. When you are waiting on something in your life to “hatch” it can be very frustrating, but also fun too.

How I created the Toe on Egg recreation image

When you have little to no control over something like the sale of a house, you have to occupy your mind and keep it patient. I often like to create when I am feeling stuck or impatient. It helps pass time and when I share my ideas with others like this, my talents and ideas bloom so others can benefit. Given the current status of my life, it’s no wonder I was drawn to create an egg project.

My tiny birdcage for my egg display

About Faberge Eggs

If you don’t know much about Faberge eggs, it’s a jeweled egg creation that started with the jewellery firm House of Faberge in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The brand created more products to compliment the eggs, like necklaces, rings, watches and more.

They are hand made using guilloche enameling (click the enameling link to watch a fascinating YouTube about it…you’ll understand the tedious process and will understand a bit more why the eggs are so costly) and encrusted with jewels and precious metals like diamonds, rubies, gold and more.

I plan to make more eggs and display them

While my DIY Fabergé egg doesn’t open up, as I made it with a wood egg, it still sparkles like a real Fabergé egg. I’d love to own a real one someday. I truly love this Faberge necklace at Saks Fifth Avenue. It reveals a ladybug inside, which is my symbol for God. I even have a ladybug (also called a ladybird) tattooed on my ankle to remind me that God is always by my side.

The Inspiration

Naturalizer sent me the Cody ballet flat complimentary and I was SO inspired. Not only are the flats beautiful and comfortable (and comes in prints and more colors!) but it caused me to browse their site and I was impressed. Naturalizer has so many beautiful shoes and after feeling the comfort of this one, I’d definitely check the brand out for more styles. Grab the Cody Ballet Flat on Amazon.com.

My own creation of a Naturalizer campaign for the shoe

I turned my shoes into an ad/photo shoot inspired by one of my favorite photographers, Julius Friedman (he went to my alma mater, the University of Louisville ), and his Toe on Egg photo for The Louisville Ballet. The photo captured my creative heart and love of ballet forever.

The egg sparkles in the light

I made this Fabergé style egg for the photo shoot for my egg, but also for my grandma, my Nani, who encouraged all my creative talents. She gifted me with a love of cooking and many of our family recipes, like her Sweet Mint Julep recipe, which I think you’d love too.

Now for the project.

Here’s what you’ll need to make a DIY Faberge Egg:

Note: I bought most of my items on Amazon, but also on TEMU. If you shop TEMU, use my code afe55197 for 30% off (new app users only) or use this link to shop TEMU.

How-to:

1—Lay the egg on an old towel or a piece of cardboard. Using a pencil, sketch out an oval for the initial (if personalizing like mine). Use a template for an oval if your free hand drawing skills need some practice.

Sketching out the oval

2—Add a thin line of glue on the pencil line.

I used Liquid Fusion glue

3—Add small rhinestones to the glue line/around the oval using the wax pencil to grab them.

The wax pencil helps pick up small rhinestones

4—Use a pointed cotton swab or a toothpick to clean up any oozy glue.

Using the pointed cotton swab to remove excess glue

5—Add a thin layer of glue to the area around the oval. Now use the wax pencil to randomly grab flatback pearls and rhinestones and add them on top of the glue. I added them very close together to cover as much negative space on the egg as possible.

Work in small sections

6—The glue will slightly dry as you add more and more rhinestones and pearls. As it dries, you should be able to carefully flip the egg onto the other side and cradle it with one hand as you complete the entire thing. If holding it is too difficult while the glue is wet, you can place wax paper onto the old towel, allow it to dry some, then finish adding the rest of the pearls and rhinestones.

Cradling the egg while creating helps keep the rhinestones in place

7—Allow to dry for about 24 hours. I set mine on the wax paper and towel to make sure it didn’t stick to anything.

The wax paper helps the egg to not stick to anything while drying

8—Next, sketch out the letter of your choice. You can also use vinyl letter decals like these from Amazon. Just make sure the vinyl decal will fit the space inside the oval.

Sketching out the letter freehand

9—I sketched my letter out and then used the paint pen to trace it. You could also use regular acrylic paint and a tiny paint brush.

Personalizing the egg

10—Allow to dry and give as a gift or display in your home. I had some mini bird cages from an event I put together, so I placed mine inside the cage with a faux bird and a faux nest. I got mine at Hobby Lobby, but here are some similar items on Amazon:

The finished egg creation

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Carolyn J. (C.J.) Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.