Comments on: Naturally coloring eggs and creating flower and leaf patterns http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/ A blog of crafting, cooking, writing, and living life to the fullest Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Coloring Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes | Effortless Eating http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-319 Coloring Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes | Effortless Eating Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:57:03 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-319 [...] Make your Easter Eggs a little more artistic and a little less artificial this year by coloring the eggs with homemade natural dyes and patterns. [...] [...] Make your Easter Eggs a little more artistic and a little less artificial this year by coloring the eggs with homemade natural dyes and patterns. [...]

]]> By: Karine Swenson http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-316 Karine Swenson Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:18:35 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-316 Hi Nikki, I found you through Alyson Stanfield, and I just wanted to say that your Easter eggs are really gorgeous! I love to dye Easter Eggs, but I think you have taken it to the next level here. Glad I stopped by! Hi Nikki,

I found you through Alyson Stanfield, and I just wanted to say that your Easter eggs are really gorgeous! I love to dye Easter Eggs, but I think you have taken it to the next level here. Glad I stopped by!

]]> By: CathyG http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-313 CathyG Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:51:48 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-313 Great, thanks Nikki - hard-boiled takes about 10 minutes where I live (less at lower altitude). Thanks for visiting my blog too - and for the reassurance about the state of my studio! Great, thanks Nikki – hard-boiled takes about 10 minutes where I live (less at lower altitude). Thanks for visiting my blog too – and for the reassurance about the state of my studio!

]]> By: Nikki Wright http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-305 Nikki Wright Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:28:21 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-305 The onion peels worked VERY quickly. The Onion and Tea based colors could easily do their jobs in the time it took for eggs to cook. i would just cut out the beets. That was the only color that I really had to let soak. I don't boil eggs often, I think 5 - 10 minutes is normal, but I would check online to make sure. The onion peels worked VERY quickly. The Onion and Tea based colors could easily do their jobs in the time it took for eggs to cook. i would just cut out the beets. That was the only color that I really had to let soak. I don’t boil eggs often, I think 5 – 10 minutes is normal, but I would check online to make sure.

]]> By: CathyG http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-304 CathyG Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:13:37 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-304 These are gorgeous - do you think you could NOT blow the eggs out, and just hard-boil them in the dye mixtures? How long do they need to boil? It would be quite a tragedy to crack these open to eat, but as they wouldn't be such a mission to make, you could do more next year!? These are gorgeous – do you think you could NOT blow the eggs out, and just hard-boil them in the dye mixtures? How long do they need to boil? It would be quite a tragedy to crack these open to eat, but as they wouldn’t be such a mission to make, you could do more next year!?

]]> By: marina villatoro http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-288 marina villatoro Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:03:19 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-288 wow, they are beuatiful. i don't even know if i want my kid to play with those, they look more like works of art rather than easter eggs:) thanks for the great article <a href="http://travelexperta.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-heck-did-i-end-up-in-costa-rica.html" rel="nofollow">The Travel Expert(a) and an Expat with a Twist</a> wow, they are beuatiful. i don’t even know if i want my kid to play with those, they look more like works of art rather than easter eggs:)
thanks for the great article
The Travel Expert(a) and an Expat with a Twist

]]> By: Stephanie http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-10 Stephanie Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:46:48 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-10 Interesting and yes it does sound tedious, but the end product is awesome. Interesting and yes it does sound tedious, but the end product is awesome.

]]> By: Nikki Wright http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-9 Nikki Wright Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:20:42 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-9 You will find out why I called this tedious once you have done a few... I have an a tool for boring holes in leather but you could also use a thick yarn needle or nail (I have used those in the past) and you carefully twist the point against the egg until you have made a hole at each end of the egg. I tend to make the hole that I am going to attach ribbon to a little bit bigger (if I am making the eggs into ornaments) so it is easier to bow the egg out. Once you have two holes you blow, blow, blow until you have pushed everything out. If the yoke is giving you a hard time you can poke the needle in and swish it around. To make sure everything is gone I sink the egg into a cup of water and fill it up a little and then shake the egg, then I blow the water out. This helps to keep it from smelling if you are only hollowing out the eggs as you are using them and need them to last a while before your project. Hope that helps :) You will find out why I called this tedious once you have done a few…

I have an a tool for boring holes in leather but you could also use a thick yarn needle or nail (I have used those in the past) and you carefully twist the point against the egg until you have made a hole at each end of the egg. I tend to make the hole that I am going to attach ribbon to a little bit bigger (if I am making the eggs into ornaments) so it is easier to bow the egg out.

Once you have two holes you blow, blow, blow until you have pushed everything out. If the yoke is giving you a hard time you can poke the needle in and swish it around.

To make sure everything is gone I sink the egg into a cup of water and fill it up a little and then shake the egg, then I blow the water out. This helps to keep it from smelling if you are only hollowing out the eggs as you are using them and need them to last a while before your project.

Hope that helps :)

]]> By: Stephanie http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/naturally-coloring-eggs-and-creating-leaf-patterns/#comment-8 Stephanie Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:10:20 +0000 http://nikkidwright.wordpress.com/?p=39#comment-8 Ok so how do you get the insides of the egg out?? Ok so how do you get the insides of the egg out??

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