NATURAL DYE EASTER EGGS WITH RED CABBAGE

EASY EASTER DIY - BLUE EGGS

How are you? I hope you have had a very pleasent weekend and energy for coming week.  

I've spent my day making things I haven't had time or things I've been too lazy to do before...I read a book. Made finally a bird house from recycled wood. It's very bohemian looking, I have to say ;) Played with red cabbage and eggs because during this weekend I found a very beautiful pic of blue colored eggs in Instagram @minorgoods. They had made many shades of blue but me - usually I go with the flow and want to have things ready - so mine are just same blue. Although I left two of these eggs still in colored water. I will see how they look tomorrow. 

But this is the blue you get when you natural dye your white eggs with red cabbage. Isn't it amazing?

HOW TO 

You need white eggs, red cabbage, water, salt and white wine vinegar. 

First cook the eggs. I made 4 eggs 

Then I make the color water. I used 1 litre pot and used a bit less water and filled the pot with red cabbage, 1-2 tbsp white wine vinegar and one tsp salt. Let it simmer for 15-20 minutes and after that let it be for awhile like 10 minutes.

Meanwhile decorate your eggs. I used candle wax to make the pattern. I used those small birthday cake candles, they are great to draw. I also used lace. I wrapped it around the egg and sew it enough tight that the water can't get under it and one without masking.

I put the eggs in colored water (it looked strong purple) for few hours and look - they are all blue. 

Take them away when you are happy with the color. Deeper color needs more time. 

That's about it. You can eat the eggs even though the color is maybe reached the inside. All is natural. 

What do you think? Are you making these for your Easter dinner table?

xoxo

Kreetta

Beautiful DIY Easter Egg - Dyed With Avocado

Today I have some Easter inspiration for you. Doesn't these ones look real bird eggs? I don't know which bird...but still, haha. As you might remember I have tried few times natural dyeing on fabric with avocado with different kind of results. Good and not so good. And why to dye with avocado? Because we eat them quite a lot and they taste sooo good. Of course they have good fat and it is great to use the whole fruit because they have arrived here from far far away.

 I used ordinary organic eggs.

Avocados are dried on the table. They don't have to be. They can be quite fresh too...maybe you get better red when they are more fresh? I got a little bit brownish color. In pic above you can see amount that we have used during about ten days. 4-5 avocado peels. So that is a amount what I used in dyeing.

Basic ash from fireplace. That might get you in trouble if you don't have fireplace. But you know it is very common that when you dye eggs with natural dyes you use vinegar. For this amount I used 2 tablespoons. You have to be a little bit open to try different things and enjoy of excitement of what's going to happen when I do like this or this? I guess I love to try but get also very frustrated if I don't get good results...like today but still I continued...sometimes you just can't stop the moving train and you want to see more.

First I decided to empty eggs. Then you can use them more freely as decoration. So you have to get the raw egg out of the egg shell. Make two holes. A smaller one and the bigger one with needle or sharp utility knife to the both ends of the egg. Try to break the yolk with needle. Then you just blow. Here you can find cleaner solution. Wash the eggs.

Because the eggs are empty, they are also light. So I used some iron wire and put the wire through the eggs. With the help of wire I can get the eggs more under the avocado water. Otherwise they just float...

So you need a kettle, hot water, avocados, (ash if it's possible), vinegar and the empty eggs in wire. But the most important thing you need is patience. Really. 

I kept the eggs in the kettle almost 3 hours. It doesn't have to boil just simmer. In some point I was so frustrated that I decided  to make eggs with normal way of natural dye. Turmeric and vineger. But I tell you about that later this week. BUT after those long hours I was very happy. The avocado dyeing worked so well. The eggs looks so real.

That was a story about my Sunday. I guess this is just what is called slow living. You just have to make yourself open to it and give the time to things and the most of all to yourself. It's not about being fast and make great results like we have use to do in our daily work. It's about enjoying the day and feeling and making things that makes you smile or even laugh.

To be continued this week...

Have a great week!

xo

Kreetta 

ps. I got the uneven surface with putting the avocado peel on the egg when my eggs were in the kettle. That effect is cool I think. That's why the egg looks so real.

My Top 7 popular posts in the year 2012 - Luetuimmat vuonna 2012

Yes, it's almost the end of the year 2012!? I decided to make a list of my most popular post this year. It has also been my very first year as a blogger. My first post that I wrote was about beautiful winter day on 29th of Jan. I was so nervous when I was writing my first posts. I still am excited but in a good way. After one month I will be celebrating my first blog anniversary! But before that let's get to my list of Top 7 posts in the year 2012. Hope you find great readings out of them.

Vuosi on kiiruhtanut melkeinpä nopeammin kuin kukaan meistä. Melkein vuosi takana bloggailua, hurraa! Sen kunniaksi keräilin tähän sinulle blogini Top 7 luetuimmat vuonna 2012.


1. Mosaiikkia ja kevään värejä - Life of Mosaic and spring colours

Photos: Anthropologie   Elephant Ceramics   Katiedesigns4u's   Marrakechdesign

2. Mood board

I made a mood board about my blog when I was planning and designing one. In this post you can also find a timelapse video of a new mood board that I made after I had started to blog.

 
3. James Farkut - Finnish Vintage James Jeans

These ones I gave as a present to my adorable godchild.

4. Pääsiäiskoriste - Easter decoration

In this post there's also a link to very funny video I made and now when I watched it , well could not watch it without laughing.

5. Tallinn Tallinn - photo story

beautiful day in beautiful city of Tallinn

6. Kevään ekat villiyrtit - The first wild edibles

goutweed

 7. Suunnittelija ja kuvittaja - Lovisa Burfitt - fashion illustrator and designer

admiring talented people

The year is almost full and people are writing eagerly their new year promises. I don't usually make them (or I might have forgot one or two promises on the way) but this time I have only one promise and that is to live and enjoy as much as possible of ordinary day as such.

En ole koskaan ollut kovin kätevä uuden vuoden lupausten tekijä enkä pitäjä mutta nyt taidan ylittää itseni ja laittaa mustaa valkoiselle ja kertoa koko maailmalle, että vuonna  2013 toivon,  että osaan nauttia jokaisesta päivästä - oli se sitten kuinka tavallinen tahansa. Nyt jo tuntuu, että taisin luvata aika paljon...