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A Lovely Family day, complete with Easter Eggs

I was looking at the plastic Easter Eggs we all seem to have stored away and I was struck by an Idea! A simple plastic Easter Egg takes on a gorgeous new appearance with  Dew Drops. All you need is a sturdy glue.  For this application I used hot glue, but I also like E600 for a job like this.  The hot glue was decided on for the much faster drying time. A little dot of hot glue applied to the egg and start applying the drops.   I used a small stand to hold the egg, making it easier to get a bunch glued on at a time. In this picture below you can see all the "spider webbing" from the hot glue stick.  I have a very easy fix for that in the next picture.   Here you see my assistant Stephanie very carefully and quickly passing a heat gun or embossing gun over the area and it melts the webs away.  I stress the carefully and QUICKLY as the plastic egg beneath all the dew drops conducts the heat and it stays warm l...