A specially-designed Easter egg designed by an Esther Jackson Elementary School teacher is on display at the White House in Washington D.C. Dawna Godfrey, a member of the Eggart Guild of Georgia and the International Egg Art Guild, was chosen this year by the Georgia Egg Commission to decorate the Georgia 2007 Easter Egg for the White House.

Over Spring Break, Ms. Godfrey traveled to Washington , D.C. and was honored, along with 49 other artists, by First Lady Laura Bush. The American Egg Board sponsored a luncheon and private tour of the White House. Her egg also was on the television show, “CBS Sunday Morning,” on Easter Sunday and was featured as one of the loveliest on display this year.

All of the decorated eggs are chicken eggs. Ms. Godfrey’s design features a Cherokee Rose, which is Georgia ’s state flower, and is made of carved eggshell.

After being at the White House Visitor Center during April, the “’50 States Eggs” will go to the Presidential Library in Texas for permanent display. A replica of the Georgia 2007 Egg also is being displayed at the Georgia Governor’s Mansion and in May will go to the Georgia Capitol Museum for permanent display.

All of the 50 States Eggs can be seen online by state http://www.whitehouse.gov/easter/2007/eggsbystate/.