Easter tips

A couple tips from curbly_diymaven: Dye your Easter eggs using old silk ties, for a beautiful, mess-free result.

What you’ll need:
-Silk ties
-Eggs
-White rags (like an old t-shirt or sheet)
-Rubber bands
-Household Vinegar

What to do:
1. Cut silk ties into square pieces of fabric (large enough to cover an egg).
2. Cut even larger squares out of the white rags.
3. Place egg in center of a silk square, with the printed side facing the egg. Wrap fabric around the egg.
4. Place silk-wrapped egg on white square. Gather edges and secure the "sack" with a rubber band.
5. Place eggs in large non-aluminum pot. Fill with enough water to cover the eggs.
6. Add a few glugs of vinegar to the pot; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat; let simmer 25 minutes.
7. Use a slotted spoon to remove eggs from water and let cool before removing the fabric.
8. For more vibrantly colored eggs, wipe with a little vegetable oil once dry.









Then, instead of using that tacky, plastic "Easter grass," nestle your eggs in sprouted wheat grass:





See this post for other green suggested alternatives to plastic Easter grass.

Mexico mission trip pictures

The church has started a Shutterfly site, where we will all be sharing our pictures from the trip (below is one of my favorites of the ones I took from the week). See the site here. My pictures are the group of 168 titled "Mexico Mission Trip" (my user name is bluesox4113). You can view a slide show of my pictures by clicking on the "Actions" button over to the right from that title and choosing "View Slideshow." In it, you'll see Fiona and Delia, painting the mounting blocks for the solar lights, and playing with the kids.

My sister put up a set of her own pictures on a different site, which you can find here; it also includes quite a few pictures of both girls.

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( Cut to spare the uninterested )