A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Dyed Easter Egg Photos

Hi everybody!

I thought it would be fun if we shared photos of our dyed Easter Eggs when you have the chance to do so.

Here is a sample of ours. The red eggs in the bottom of the nest are the eggs dyed with the yellow onion skins. They are pretty but turned out paler than usual.

These are Maxi's creations....

Those are great Merme! We already ate all of ours as we dyed them last weekend. The kids went back to their mom's on friday but we get them for the day today.

Cooooooool,,,,,,,,,,,, I like Maxi's yellow egg with the Eyes on it,,,, I have thought of several captions for that Picture,,,,,,,,

He would like a caption for that, Diane! He was pretty frustrated... that was the only sticker that would actually stick for some reason! He had lots of different eyes and mouths but couldn't use them. And his crayon designs didn't work as well with this particular brand of dye. I think the crayon drawings show up better when you use dye that requires vinegar. This didn't. But it certainly was easy! Note to Self: Next Year Buy Paz.


Merme

captions

" I hate Being the only one awake"

" What was I thinking going Blonde "

" This is the beginning of the end,, "
" this thing about dying us colors isn't what it's cracked up to be "

Diane, you are a very clever woman!




Maxi is going to love those!


Merme

That One sticker was enough to make a statement

He particularly laughed over the blonde caption and the one about being awake. They are quite funny and we love blonde jokes in this house.


Merme

Love the captions too... you are really clever... like the eggs too- good job of dying- did mine this morning- used reg food coloring,boiling water and vinegar... came out pretty good.. will take a pic of the basket I made up in a few..have to get Mom in shower so sis can pic her up for a visit- she will bring her back in time to eat so that is good... we aren't eating till 5...
Nana

Glad I could bring some Eggtra laughter to you guys today!

Merme---thanks for posting and sharing your fun with us--

Diane--great captions-----made me laugh

Cindy--I cannot wait for more "egg" photos

I am loving sharing your Easter eggs Merme!
I used to decorate eggs with "my kids" when I was a pre-school teacher - it was the only way I could enjoy that part of the holiday since we don't celebrate it.

Maxi's eggs are very colorful - I really like them. And I am very impressed with your red eggs - who woulda figured that yellow onion skins would turn eggshells red - COOL! Wonder if they would work as a dye on white fabric also?

Can't wait to see Cindy's eggs - HURRY up Cindy Louise!!!

Decorating eggs is a celebration of spring that predated Christianity. Birds tend not to lay eggs in the fall and winter seasons and the very earliest people were very happy to have eggs added to their diet again in spring. So a celebration is in order just to cheer. I think of that part of the celebration as a joy of the bounties of Mother Nature more than any particular religion.
We also have egg hunts in the middle of summer. Not to celebrate anything in particular as another group of friends thing to do. The wee ones are tickled about it all.

Very interesting, Tina, but around here it is pretty much solely associated with Easter.

The "Christmas tree" also predates Christianity but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in today's world who associated it with anything other than Christmas & Christianity. Same with "Easter Eggs", I believe.

Lynne I'm glad you had the fun of dyeing eggs with your little pre-schoolers. They must have so loved doing it!


Merme

waiting patiently, Cindy.....

While we are waiting patiently (!) for Afgrey to post her photos, I thought I would ahare with y'all again these laser carved eggs I've had photos of for a few years now.

These eggs were carved using a surgical quality laser developed for eye surgery and were done as a demonstration of the laser's ability and delicacy.

Sorry! I meant to post this one instead of the other one twice! I got messed up bringing them over from photobucket while talking to Maxi and having the stereo blasting his new Enya CD we are copying to the PC.


Merme

While I was over in Photobucket I saw again this beautiful flower photo Phoenix sent to me years ago while I was recovering from surgery. It is so SPRINGTIME I thought I'd share it with y'all again.

Merme, such delicate work done on those Easter Eggs---That is indeed an excellent demonstration of the quality of the laser.

Today is the perfect day to share their beauty.

and it is equally nice to see your beautiful flower----all this beauty is making me smile today--

Thank you so very much....

Those are great, Afgrey!

So I see... you had some family over for dinner today!





Merme

Wonderful, Cindy!

I should have Known






Yeah the Egglien family!

PERFECT Cindy!!!

OH My, Cindy---Only you---my wait was not in vain---I hope you and the "Egglian" family had a good time together today.

Merme, are those reddish eggs the ones you did with onion skins? Very pretty.

Cindy, you look just like your family.

We didn't dye eggs this year, Merme. I didn't feel like cleaning up the mess that a 1 year old could make with dye. Next year we will tho. This year, the mother in law decided to just put some food coloring into the boiling water and it worked great! I'm gonna remember that trick.

Cindy.....did you use nail polish for the red in the eyes?

Yes, Sheri. Those red eggs are from the onion skins. They didn't come out as dark as they usually do, but they were still nice.

I'm always amazed that they do not smell or taste of onion afterwards.



Merme

I just told my sister about that Merme. Hope we remember it for next year. that's way cool. I wonder how that was found out.

Ya know Sheri, I wonder that about aLOT of things. Like, when they discovered that a blood pressure bill actually helps stop contractions. What in the world were they thinking. Can you just see it? "Oh! She's having contractions and it's too early for the baby! I know! Let's give her a blood pressure pill!!" I know that is totally off topic, but medical things are usually the things that makes me wonder what people were thinking.

Oh....Merme...that flower that you got looks like a Clematis. I LOVE those...they are soo pretty.

Sheri most of my natural recipes for dyeing eggs date back to the old days... before people bought egg dye kits in the stores.


Merme

Jen, it is off topic but I wonder about that stuff all the time too. Like who was the first woman who thought "hmmm. I think I'll wrap my big, full of milk breasts that are aching in cabbage leaves and see if that makes the pain go away."

Back to topic. Merme, did you read about the onion skins or did someone tell you? I know YOU don't date back to "the old days...before people bought egg dye kits in the stores."

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Not the best picture but only one I got... basket I made for kidlets... frog was for Carrie- she likes frogs too...
Nana

merme, those red eggs from the onion skins look to be the color of tomatoes. too cool!

I missed the picture.

Too cute! I love them!