Happy Easter

Me: what part of 'no more today' do you not understand?

Minty: the chocolate part

I coloured these eggs using tissue paper (I used this water-colour tissue paper but regular tissue paper should work as long as it's not colour fast).  You just wet little strips of the paper and wrap them around the egg.  Leave the eggs to dry for about 2 hours then take off the paper.  I rubbed a little oil on them to make them look glossy.

To create the ombre effect - I sat the eggs in a container so they were 1/4 covered in dye then added more water at 10minute intervals covering another quarter of the egg each time.

Happy Easter everyone!

dressing flower children...

I know it's kitsch but I love tie-dye on babies! What can I say? It makes me imagine sweet little miniature hippies playing in the sunshine with daisy chain garlands! Anything that makes me think of sunshine is a good thing at the moment. We're having a spell of shocking weather. We've had storms the past couple of days which means indoor play, extra blankets and time by the fire.

I had a stack of old discoloured white baby singlets and tops which I really didn't want to go to waste. My solution was to throw them all into a blue dye bath. I couldn't resist giving a couple of the tops some tie-dye treatment.

I used rit powdered dye (royal blue colour) and the stovetop method. I have an old pasta pot that I keep especially for dying projects. You can check out their website if you want some more instructions on how to tie-dye.