~EASTER-EGG DECORATING IDEA

I love, love, love the look of this--I must try embellishing Easter eggs with acrylic paint ☺.

*Image source

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~EASTER-EGG LOVELINESS

Learn how to marbleize Easter eggs with 

nail polish here!

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~EASTER BRUNCH FRUIT SMOOTHIES

These treats by Camille Styles look very 

refreshing!  The Yellow Sunshine Smoothie 

sounds particularly tasty ☺.

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~EASTER IS A SWEET TIME

What pretty cupcakes!

You'll find the recipe and and instructions on how 

to frost them here.

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~EASTER DELIGHT IN AN EGG CUP

This sweet Easter-egg damsel is wearing a delicate crown of baby's breath.  Learn how to make your own over at Flax & Twine ☺.

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~NATURALLY DYED EASTER EGGS

While the colors that artificial dyes (i.e. food coloring) produce on Easter eggs are delightful, the hues of natural dyes have their own unique beauty.

These dyes can be made with tea (green, black, and herbal), coffee, wine, fruits and veggies (including their skins), plants, flowers, herbs, and spices.

Pictured above are eggs that were dyed by yummy mummy kitchen.  She decided to cheat a bit and use food coloring in order to achieve the blue hue.  It's worth noting that brown eggs were used; I wonder if some of the dyes would have worked even better on white ones.

Below is an image from a tutorial by Better Homes & Gardens...

This one is from a tutorial by the Good Food blog...

And this one is from the PBSparents: kitchen explorers blog...

Here's the accompanying video...

Cooking Light's naturally dyed eggs have a little extra pizazz--they have an imprint of an herb leaf on them!...

In this video you can see how cute these eggs look in decorative egg cups...

Below are a couple of informative links...

Here's a chart which lists natural dye ingredients, along with the colors they produce.

Here you'll find both hot and cold methods for dying eggs.

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*I'd assume you'd be able to use stickers, rubber bands, lace, wax (crayons), etc. to create patterns and shapes on eggs colored with natural dyes, just as you can with those colored with artificial ones.  The possibilities are endless! ☺.

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~TOO TASTY: RECIPE FOR THE DAY

This recipe for Lemon Almond Roast Chicken Salad by 

how sweet it is looks like it would be light, refreshing, and perfect for Spring.

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