What is it with sugarskulls?

No matter how complex a design, the sugarskulls are always the absolute hardest to carve. I just lost another one, almost as soon as the drill hit it.

So frustrating. I’ll try it again, but I need to blow out another roundish egg and let it dry first. The only other one I have blown out right now is not the right shape.

In other news, someone at Flickr Explore must like me since the mardi gras egg photo made explore also. That’s two in a row! Let’s see if I can do the threepeat. Now I need to decide on a design for the egg I currently HAVE. I know I have a list here somewhere….