Uploads from we'moon in the woods, tagged vernalequinox

natural egg dyes

nobody@flickr.com (we'moon in the woods) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:11:10 -0700

i was inspired by These Days in French Life and decided to make some natural dyes for eggs.... i was super frugal with the eggs, only boiling 4 bc we didn't have many in the fridge. then, serendipitously, a friend stopped by w/ a dozen fresh eggs from her chickens, and obie came back from town with another dozen. :) guess i have leeway to experiment more if i desire.

method: i poured boiling water over each of the dyestuffs, let them cool, then added a pre-boiled egg. at this point they have been in the dyes for about 6 hours, the winners are turmeric (bright golden yellow) and cabbage (a beautiful blue tinged with purple). the blue and cran-berries are imparting some color, but it's not super strong. i'm going to leave the eggs in overnite and will post the results tomorrow.

success

nobody@flickr.com (we'moon in the woods) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:02:39 -0700

we'moon in the woods posted a photo:

woohoo pastel party! leaving the eggs in the dyes overnight definitely darkened them up (in retrospect i would have taken the blue out sooner, and maybe even the purple). but we've definitely got a pink egg here, which was looking to be the hardest to come by.

3-21-08 vernal equinox/ostara/full moon sunset

nobody@flickr.com (we'moon in the woods) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:11:27 -0700

we'moon in the woods posted a photo:

well i can't remember if the saying applies to winter or spring, but this year spring came ROARING in like a lion (and will hopefully scamper out like a lamb). we had huge gusts of wind all day, up to 40-50mph, cold as the proverbial witch's tit (whatever that means).... sigh