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Wednesday, April 09, 2014

DIY: Easter eggs

Finally it's spring, and time to celebrate it.  How about decorating, or making, some eggs for Easter (whether you practice the holiday or not).  Here are three projects that you might find appetizing.

Nike at her blog Thrive tells us how to make rainbow jello Easter eggs.
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image: rainbow jello eggs by Nike
Nike, Rainbow Easter Eggs, Thrive
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From Country Living we have eggs with interesting patterns made using small squares of patterned, black-and-white silk.  (All the things that vinegar can do continues to amaze me.)
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image: silk fabric transfer Easter eggs
Silk fabric transfers, CountryLiving (photo by Alison Gootee/Studio D)
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Lastly, here are eggs patterned with herb leaves and colored with vegetables. 
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image: Easter eggs dyed with vegetables
Pearl Sanborn, Onion- and cabbage-colored eggs, A Storybook Life
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Pearl explains in her post, "Easter Eggs – Elegant Ideas For Your Easter Eggs!," how to use the vegetables to color the eggs.  The colors break down thus:
Spinach = Pale Green
Hibiscus tea = Green
Blackberries = Deep Purple
Red Cabbage = Robin’s egg Blue
Cranberries = Lavender
Beet Juice = Pale Pink
* The longer you leave the eggs in, the more the color changes
She has suggestions for other, egg-related projects as well.

-- Marge


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