I know I already posted my favorite ways to decorate Easter eggs (including coastal style).  But, I thought you might like to see the results of some of the natural Easter eggs I dyed.  My grandmother always used onion skins and beets so I had to dye some in ‘old school’ fashion.  I also dyed some using my gift of saffron I told you about in this post in addition to dyeing some with red cabbage.

If you don’t remove the insides of your eggs before dyeing, it is hard to part with the ones you really love..at least it always is for me!

I make egg salad from the insides of the eggs and recycle the outsides by using them in terrariums or houseplants…or to create mosiacs.  You don’t throw out the colored egg shells, do you?  When I was a kid I saved all the colored shells…I just couldn’t part with them.  Over time, I discovered ways to use them…

My favorite was to create mosaics.  You can do this too….or, as a project for the kids.  I suggest giving your children the task of separating the shells by color (a good way to keep them occupied for a while!) and then use the assorted shells to create designs by glueing them onto notecards.  A great gift to give grandma for Mother’s Day!

I hope you enjoyed seeing some more of my decorated Easter eggs.  This batch used only natural dyes from plants.

You still have time to get some eggs dyed before the weekend!  If you don’t want to use natural dyes, you can mix 1/2 cup boiling water, 1 tsp. white vinegar, and food coloring in a coffee cup and use that to dye your eggs…no need to buy a kit.  I wish I knew this when I was a kid…we would split up the color tablets from the egg decorating kit between the four siblings and there was always a fight over a color everyone wanted!

Oh, and remember to save the shells so you can do some experimenting…

Have a blessed Holy Week my friends…remember to take pleasure in simple things :)

Thanks so much for visiting, Jackie

P.S.  The natural dyes I used in the photos in this post:  1.saffron, 2.red cabbage, 3.onion skins, 4.saffron, 5.saffron & beets, 6.beets, 7.red cabbage, 8.saffron & beets

I am sharing at Coastal Charm.