The Traveling Egg Meme!

A Visit from Some Well-Traveled Eggs - Ok,
so the title sounds a little dodgy, but no, I am not baking these days
with stale old eggs! I am instead a lucky participant of the Traveling Egg Meme!

The beyond adorable half-dozen you see above was created by the talented Hannah of Bittersweet for Helene of Tartelette
as a gift. Helene, being the generous soul she is, decided instead of
keeping the eggs at home she would send them out on a worldwide
journey! So these eggs have been making their way around to various
bloggers, little eggy ambassadors of happiness.

The eggs arrived on my doorstep along with a host of other gifts from the wonderful Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice
- thanks so much for everything! I was really thrilled to host these
guys at my place, especially as I'd just used up a bunch of my own eggs
(just kidding, Hannah and Helene!)

As it was, I was able to offer them some nice luxurious accommodations to sleep in!

They also had a wonderful time in the playground I made for them...well, most of them anyway! Oops...

Ooh, do you recognize these little pastries? Yes, it's the Pierre Hermé miniatures that Carol and Helene
have been talking about! I actually got my own full set a while back,
but because my apartment is so small, I don't have anywhere to safely
display the miniatures without fear of knocking them off a shelf
accidentally and breaking them! So most of them are still sitting in
their plastic bags until I can think of a storage solution. I did break
out one set to offer the eggs though, and they seemed to enjoy them a
lot!

Speaking of miniatures, here are the eggs making friends with some other miniatures I have, the cute little cactus pups from Tokidoki.
Tokidoki is an adorable Japanese-inspired brand that also vies for the
contents of my wallet with their purses, clothing, and toys. I am
particularly fond of these puppies dressed up in cactus suits -
bizarre, offbeat, but very cute!

And, of course, the eggs helped me out in the kitchen! Here they are
taste testing some of the cookies I made for decorating when reviewing
Cookie Craft.

We had a wonderful time together and I really didn't want to part
with them, but I knew I couldn't deny the meme and the eggs'
wanderlust. They have been sent off back into the world, and I hope the
next person who receives them will have as much fun with them as I did!
Thanks Hannah, Helene, and Ivonne!