The Beauty & Splendor of Treti Pivni's Traditional Ukranian Floral Crowns

Tretni Pivni, translated "Third Rooster," is a group of stylists & photographers 
who celebrates Ukranian culture by recreating traditional floral crowns. 
The goal is to honor their homeland and to embrace a message of peace.

These vintage photos show the ethnic headpieces of long ago,
followed by more of Tretni Pivni's glorious renditions.  

Brightly colored flowers, feathers and stalks of wheat are 
combined to construct these gorgeous headdresses.
Notice the bold costumes, decorative ribbons, and
layers upon layers of beaded necklaces!

Here's a link to the Treti Pivni

Facebook page where you can see more!

Ukrainian Pysanky Easter Eggs

Pysanky. That primitive Ukrainian folk art involving great skill, lots of time,
and no doubt, a steady hand to create those over-the-top fabulous Easter eggs!
I've long been in awe of them, and so a blog feature was inevitable!
Pysanky is plural for pysanka, a Ukrainian word from pysaty, meaning "to write".
The most common way to dye pysanky is with the wax resist method known as batik.

When I came across Katya Trischuk and her Etsy shop, Ukrainian Easter Eggs, 
I just knew you'd be as delighted as I was to see her colorful creations!

The stunning contrast of black and white.

How about this huge ostrich egg pysanka?

Now check out this post
where I share photos from my experience
attending a Pysanky Workshop!

Here's where you can visit the Ukrainian Easter Egg shop on Etsy!



Images used with direct permission from Katya Trischuck.