NATURALLY DYING EASTER EGGS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZK4d1O2pBErMCMmSlFmzIJD_K1F6zjq9K5Dgz3lIFiEWvam1QEzs2dt42Hn-Pzwy1e3zHaJkyNAEYj-OJU9-ngkriOBeewQQGbHQJs5K1pFGG9iIdJ1FsDEufwIS8wJS1irx3ijeG9o/s1600/Title+Page~+Naturally+Dyed+Easter+Eggs+BLOG.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZK4d1O2pBErMCMmSlFmzIJD_K1F6zjq9K5Dgz3lIFiEWvam1QEzs2dt42Hn-Pzwy1e3zHaJkyNAEYj-OJU9-ngkriOBeewQQGbHQJs5K1pFGG9iIdJ1FsDEufwIS8wJS1irx3ijeG9o/s640/Title+Page~+Naturally+Dyed+Easter+Eggs+BLOG.png" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">An  Easter tradition, here at StoneGable, is to dye Easter eggs with onion skin. This practice goes back generations and generations in my maternal family. Not what most would consider a traditional Easter egg color, these eggs say Easter to me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Onion skin eggs take on beautiful, deep rusty orange hues with lots of marbling and character. They are works of serendipitous art... each subtly different from the next.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I expanded  the Easter egg color palette a tad this year to include peach, purple and lavender too! I think there is room in the Easter basket for a couple new colors! Making these eggs is a soul-satisfying endeavor, and they are splendid... much richer and interesting than than dying eggs with store-bought dyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a>It's not too late to make a bowl or basket full of these beauties for your Easter table!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EFZX-v49ofr9PEm9jhJHYZf5LdDM8lKMVPmT_9CoTPR7ODhIV6pq4SOtcWCv902Z4zobG59b8wWncNbP1SwpDzZNrCxijhDSrvks7gtr-fM9WsDczF3TnJk9bTo0qSGJEyGfa92crpo/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EFZX-v49ofr9PEm9jhJHYZf5LdDM8lKMVPmT_9CoTPR7ODhIV6pq4SOtcWCv902Z4zobG59b8wWncNbP1SwpDzZNrCxijhDSrvks7gtr-fM9WsDczF3TnJk9bTo0qSGJEyGfa92crpo/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4629.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Onion Skin Easter Eggs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="http://stonegable.blogspot.com/2010/03/natural-dyed-easter-eggs.html">HERE</a></span> to see a complete tutorial.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;">Peach Onion Skin Easter Eggs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hard boiled eggs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Liquid from the onion skin eggs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pour off the liquid from the onion skins into a deep cup or bowl. Dip hard boiled eggs in the liquid until it takes on the peach color you like. Transfer egg to an upside down egg carton to dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyhgq6uG5yZx0BVSDP7VE_sGXVD1lx1ghOdyEXt1LYNMSo2fvZqLiXT_BE6fXkegTgoNa3qL1tPUK-ImlmBqfEn4roJ4rcL-FxqKGd1AkcssgDCpULk6dJtcir_28kztWI9gH-JVMD9c/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4516.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyhgq6uG5yZx0BVSDP7VE_sGXVD1lx1ghOdyEXt1LYNMSo2fvZqLiXT_BE6fXkegTgoNa3qL1tPUK-ImlmBqfEn4roJ4rcL-FxqKGd1AkcssgDCpULk6dJtcir_28kztWI9gH-JVMD9c/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4516.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;">Purple And Lavender Dyed Eggs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think these purple and lavender eggs are just gorgeous! I have never been satisfied with the purple store bought dye. It gets blotchy and streaked with red. I was very pleased with how evenly the naturally dyed eggs came out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 cups 100 % grape juice</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/8- 1/4 tsp Wilton purple food coloring paste</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hard boiled eggs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Put the grape juice in a saucepan and heat till it is simmering. Add food coloring paste and remove from heat. Stir until the dye paste completely dissolves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Transfer the purple dye to a large cup or bowl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dip the eggs in the dye until you get the color you desire. Transfer to upside down egg cartons to dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtijoG3ayl1zxsowe2WToWwFjEdlz5XIbN7v5vedagvXGASFuwk8QvRIJz6m5CyzYAehaQrGb4MQfeK9FmttWm69iT3Ll5ixHQIwgGQRFaOjlSEPC6eFDMJ2VQFyJxGFo2DNe_bF0F7w/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4526.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtijoG3ayl1zxsowe2WToWwFjEdlz5XIbN7v5vedagvXGASFuwk8QvRIJz6m5CyzYAehaQrGb4MQfeK9FmttWm69iT3Ll5ixHQIwgGQRFaOjlSEPC6eFDMJ2VQFyJxGFo2DNe_bF0F7w/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4526.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you will try making these naturally dyed Easter eggs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhJAUqNRjMYpMrSZDuI-rT2p2AA2bj4JUPxtCDiQgxnHlj3nVdeeoVvDVqlKfUKyFbKPVSrX63roNu2fhvwvJ4PNsOGUfMxv6eNgc4wC0L1AlFgpMYuiW5lTAsE412Fu6brL7SyEqGZ8/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_4641.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhJAUqNRjMYpMrSZDuI-rT2p2AA2bj4JUPxtCDiQgxnHlj3nVdeeoVvDVqlKfUKyFbKPVSrX63roNu2fhvwvJ4PNsOGUfMxv6eNgc4wC0L1AlFgpMYuiW5lTAsE412Fu6brL7SyEqGZ8/s640/Copy+of+IMG_4641.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just a note of caution. This is a grown-up activity due to the boiling liquids.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I am participating in <a href="http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/2012/04/foodie-friday-herb-gardens-and-herbed.html">FOODIE FRIDAY</a> at Designs By Gollum</div></div> </div>

NATURALLY DYING EASTER EGGS

An  Easter tradition, here at StoneGable, is to dye Easter eggs with onion skin. This practice goes back generations and generations in my m...

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