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Gifts for Pysanka Lovers and Lovers of Ukrainian Culture!

Unique gift ideas for the pysanky lover or fan of Ukrainian culture in your life!

Ann's Ukrainian Gifts

My merchandise site Ann's Ukrainian Gifts has Christmas tree ornaments & Christmas Cards, and other Christmas-themed designs, along with the most popular gift ideas in the shop: Long cooking aprons and dark colored t-shirts in a variety of colors, and mugs for stocking stuffers. These feature a huge range of designs from pysanky, to Ukrainian food humour, and Ukrainian folk artwork!

Tree Ornament letting folks know you're an Official Perogy Taste Tester!

Quiet Egg Artist at work Women's T-shirt

Pysanky in Snow Greeting card

Pysanky Helpers - take your Pysanky to the next level!

Hot Kistky holders - Many more sizes & styles to choose from, for electric & manual kistky here! From Ukrainian Eggcessories	Cleaning wires for when your kistky get clogged! Multiple sizes. From Ukrainian Eggcessories	All eggs need a soft place to rest while you're working - these little pillows are just the ticket! From Ukrainian Eggcessories	A full set of line templates for those that don't feel like eyeballing their lines anymore. From Ukrainian Eggcessories
If you work on empty eggs, it's important to plug them perfectly so that you don't get any dye inside the egg - these work great! You can always add a line of beeswax around the outside for even extra protection. See Yevshan for more sizes	A collection of various pamphlets teaching aspects of Ukrainian design by Pysanka Expert Joan Brander, of Baba's Beeswax. Includes Trypillian pysanky, Christmas ornaments, how to hang pysanky, How to get beautiful results the very first time, and many more! Assorted in pdf or paper format found under Books & Pamphlets, or buy all together here under the name "Pysanky Power".	A one hole egg blower to empty your pysanky, from Yevshan	A small lightbox, indispensible for pysanky photography! From Ukrainian Eggcessories

Fun miscellany, from Ukrainian ornaments to kitchen gear, jewelry, and more!

Note: All Things Ukrainian is having a going out of business sale, so many of their products are 40% or more off! Be sure to check it out and support this wonderful company.

Beautiful wooden carved plates from All Things Ukrainian	Pottery in traditional Hutzul style from All Things Ukrainian	A wide selection of scenic boxes, hand painted with black lacquer, from All Things Ukrainian	A selection of traditional reverse glass paintings by Jaroslav Adamovych, from All Things Ukrainian
Beautiful candle holders in the style of a didukh, at Koota Ooma	Gorgeous hardwood cutting board with Ukrainian pattern from Koota Ooma	A very cute set of pysanky magnets! Also comes in sets of 3, or individually at Yevshan under "Novelty Gifts"	Beautiful handknotted red glass beaded Ukrainian Necklace
Gorgeous pillows featuring original ukrainian art - several to choose from at Koota Ooma	Note cube (plain white pages) with a pysanky design around the edge, from Yevshan.	Acrylic knit scarves with Ukrainian embroidery design from Yevshan	Souvenir Cossack playing cards from Koota Oooma
How To Have a Ukrainian Christmas Recipe Cards by Yaroslava Surmach Mills - each recipe on a different card, including kutia, borscht, & peas & sauerkraut - from Ukrainian Treasures Studio	Egg-Stravagant Christmas Ornaments - egg shaped glass ornaments from Ukrainian Treasures Studio	A fun new project! Blank sets of nesting dolls to paint yourself! From BestPysanky.com	A large variety of painted wooden egg ornaments from BestPysanky.com

Ceramics/Glassware

Every Ukrainian home has a selection (sometimes a very LARGE selection) of Ukrainian knick-knacks, casserole dishes, shot glasses, etc. Christmas is a great time to add to the collection! The following are from Ukreations, the largest manufacturer of Ukrainian ceramics in North America.