Coloring eggs

We dyed eggs after dinner this evening. In fact, my freshly bathed and pajama-d kids are in the process of covering said eggs with stickers. 

Which is where I'm off to...there are some stickers calling my name.

Have a very happy Easter, everyone!

Eggs-cellent decorations

My Big Martha is really talented at holiday decorations, so much so that when she is in the mood to decorate, I simply get out my storage totes of seasonal eye candy and let her do her thing.  Here's what she came up with for Easter at my house:

Isn't that mantle display gorgeous?  I love it!  Thanks, Mom!

I put the plastic eggs and bunny ears in the baskets from Easters past, so at least I contributed in some small way. The beautiful "Happy Easter" banner is from Wanessa Carolina Creations, and it is available for free download on her blog. 

My Big Martha also made a display for the media cabinet.  The carrot Easter basket is the perfect size for holding our DVDs from the library, making it both functional and decorative. Score!

Finally, here's the tablescape on the dining room buffet.  It's two Easter-themed tea sets, a bunny pitcher, candy dish and two sets of salt-and-pepper shakers.  They're bunnies, of course.

For the most part, my kids are really great at not touching any of the breakable decorations.  They understand the difference between a "pretty" and a play thing, and so far they are content to look and not touch.  Even with the jelly beans!  I wish I could say the same for myself about those.

Though I notice that the bunny salt-and-pepper shakers occasionally shift position ever so slightly.

I suspect Little Miss might have something to do with that.

Martha Monday--Easter time!

Easter is quickly approaching.  On Saturday I took the kids to an Easter egg hunt, and this Saturday we'll have breakfast with the Bunny.  Fun!

I'm not hosting Easter this year.  Instead, we'll do an egg hunt at home with the kids, and then it's off to the grandparents' houses for dinner and family fun.  What are you doing for Easter?

If you are in need of inspiration, be sure to check out Martha's Easter menus, decorations, and crafts.

If I were hosting Easter dinner, then I might have tried my hand at this table-scape: 



Maybe if I get it started now, I can have it ready in time for next year's Easter celebration. 

Happy Monday!

Easter eggs

We dyed Easter eggs the other night. It was nothing fancy, no marbelizing or painting.  We didn't even use a white crayon...well, mainly that was because one wasn't included with the kit.  We simply got out six mugs and put eggs into the red, orange, yellow, teal, blue and purple dyes. 

MOM2 was on hand to help us out.  She came up with a true purple egg when she first dyed it red, and then put it in the blue bath for a while.  We also got a bright kelly green egg with the double-dipping method.  

Otherwise, there was really no difference between the purple and blue dyes, which was a bit disappointing.  And the red never seems to get bright red.  Next year, I might add a bit of food coloring to increase the red color.

The Little Guy was quite involved in the process, and when they were all done, he insisting on smelling them.

The still-wet dye gave him a bright green moustache.  

Fun times! From the TMI household to yours, have a very happy (and hoppy) Easter!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Oh little Paas kit. How I love your colored tabs, your wire dipper thingy, your cute little stickers. How I love to watch the tabs fizz in the vinegar and see the brightly colored eggs emerge from their bath of Easter fun.

But oh, the wait! Good thing Scary Movie 2 was on, or I would have fallen asleep waiting for the orange dye to take to the egg. Sheesh!

I always like to do a few plain eggs before I get to the fancy stuff.

And by fancy, I mean I broke out the white crayon and wrote my name on an egg before dyeing it. Which didn't even show up that well.

I did my best to summon my inner Martha, and managed to do a few multi-colored eggs. The easiest way to do this is to balance on egg on top of another already in the mug--no need to get carpal tunnel syndrome by holding an egg in the wire dipper thingy while the nerve endings in your forearm go numb.

I did get crazy creative for the last egg. I threw caution to the wind, combined the yellow and green dyes, and got a lovely, bright chartreuse-like color going.

These beautiful and bright eggs are going to become devilled eggs in time for Easter. They'll go from this:

To this:

I don't mind destroying beautiful art if it's going to become a tasty treat. I don't mind at all.