Guest guest Posted April 15, 2001 Report Share Posted April 15, 2001 Flowers. I used to get flowers and press them up against the cooked egg (I think I cooked the egg first, it's been several years). Then wrap in onion skins (the outer part), a piece of cotton cloth and tie with string (really tie it all over good). Fill a pan with cold water and about a tablespoon of vinegar. Bring to a boil, and let simmer or sit in pan off heat for about 15 min. The wild flowers work best, but I've used flowers from floral shops (actually I asked for their old ones) and even if the color doesn't come out strong, it still leaves the shape of the flower. The onion skin gives a light brown (mottled somewhat) around the flowers. They're really quite pretty. Here's a site I found with some ideas. And to that I would add red cabbage , I've not used it for this, but it does react with base and acid as blue , purple or pink. Just cut up the cabbage and cover with water, bring to a boil. If I remember right, this turns pink in acid. And you might have to set it with vinegar. http://familycrafts.about.com/parenting/familycrafts/gi/dynamic/offsite.h tm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usacitylink.com%2Feaster%2Fdye.html ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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