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By: Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs! « Emily Weaver Brown Photography

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs! « Emily Weaver Brown Photography — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:27:35 +0000

[...] for the top photo. As always this is a fun project. If you would like to see last years eggs you can see them here. Have a Happy Easter [...]

By: Jelena

Jelena — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:52:03 +0000

Yellow onion peel (the darker one looking more brown is better). Use a lot of it and add water in the pot. Have it boil for 20 minutes. Then wait for the water too cool. Add the eggs and cook for 10 minutes. beutiful dark red comes out.

Do the same think with hibiscus tea (whole dried flowers). The beautiful earthy green comes i=out. First time I did it I thought it would turn out purple, because the hibiscus flower is deep purple. But turned out green.

By: Cate

Cate — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:53:45 +0000

I just did a link round-up for natural eggs dying and linked to you!
(I also used the pic of those purty eggs. I linked on the pic and a couple more times in the blog…hope that is okay!)

These are fantastic, and I’ll do them separate from the ones I do with my kids, who kind of need that instant gratification!

By: Kay Weaver

Kay Weaver — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:36:30 +0000

I love the yellow best and the oil rub really brighten them up.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:57:01 +0000

“do you feel like there is a risk of ingesting dyes when eating a dyed hardboiled egg even when you don’t plan on eating the shell” Well eggs are porous and some of the dye is absorbed through the shell. I am sure you will notice when you crack open a pink egg that the egg is somewhat pink. But no, I don’t think it is nearly as bad as say eating a blue M&Ms or drinking Mountain Dew.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:34:21 +0000

That’s so cool. Thanks for sharing your process!

By: rebecca m

rebecca m — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:56:49 +0000

These eggs really are beautiful! Canola oil! I was wondering how they got so shiny.
As far as food dyes go, do you feel like there is a risk of ingesting dyes when eating a dyed hardboiled egg even when you don’t plan on eating the shell…? I’m not up on all the research although I have definitely heard that food dyes aren’t our best friends. Just curious. (Oh and this is me delurking- I think your photos are so fun and Simon is a sweet little guy!)

By: heather Bauers

heather Bauers — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:24:01 +0000

I attempted this, but didn’t have nearly the luck you did. We did resort to the other kind of dyes, but I’m bookmarking this for when we do some more this week, I’m so glad you did this. I so wish we had Trader Joes…