April 4, 2007 7:59 AM
Easter Eggs
I remember when Samantha - my oldest daughter - first became interested in Kip. She'd known him since 5th grade when we moved to San Rafael from San Francisco and everyone in Mr. Kielty's fifth grade class was taken aback by the girl in less suburban garb - like the black Chinese flats she always wore. Sometime around middle school, she started to have a crush on Kip.
Kip was the youngest of five boys and his mom loved baking and everything in the kitchen. Once she invited us over to decorate Easter Eggs and I was amazed that their family used this very intricate process - I think from Eastern Europe - to produce exquisite eggs.
I am so far from that - have never had the control over this big family skewed to younger kids. And so our egg process is pretty standard Paz. And the kids seem determined to do as many as they can as fast as they can. Tripp and I are always trying to make the moment linger.
I was really glad to find some helpful links posted by Dani at Artful Thoughts, including
I am determined to make sure this year there won't be any green layer around my egg yolks.
Be sure to click through that link to Designer Easter Eggs, which brings beautiful eggs within the grasp of even the most artistically-challenged among us:
This year we will be coloring eggs with the six still-at-home kids, plus Ben and Zach who are coming home from college for the weekend. We are definitely going to try these very doable-sounding techniques this year!
Thanks , Dani!
And btw, Kip and Sam have now been married 18 years and color eggs with five children of their own!
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My son just spent the day dying Easter eggs with his (Swiss) grandmother. The tradition here is to place leaves or petals on the egg, wrap the egg in cheesecloth (or nylons), and dye them in water colored with onion skins. They turn out looking like the brownish and yellowish egg that's almost in the center of the picture you posted. My husband grew up dying eggs like that and I'm so pleased that my son is doing it now too.
Posted by: swissmiss | April 4, 2007 11:44 AM
LOL You are very welcome...I guess this means you got my photo? *smile*
Posted by: Dani | April 4, 2007 12:35 PM
Thanks for these ideas Barbara. I think Selah will like to try some of these this year.
Posted by: Tammy Burns | April 5, 2007 10:02 PM
