Happy Easter!

Our local food store ran out of egg dye to color our Easter eggs so Oma and I had to think about how we could color some eggs. We decided to try it with beet juice and turmeric. We first cooked some of the eggs in water, turmeric and a little vinegar and the result was surprisingly beautiful. With the eggs that we cooked in beet juice we weren't as successful. After we took the eggs out of the water, beet juice and vinegar mixture they instantaneously lost any color. But by rubbing the actual beet onto the egg we achieved a nice marbling effect. Here they are:

Over the years I collected a variety of wonderful Easter eggs from back home in Germany and the Czech Republic.

Check out this video (in German) about the tradition of decorating eggs in the Czech Republic.

Here are also some other videos on different decorating techniques - simply beautiful:

- Egg etching technique

- Egg shell carving

Easter egg and crochet flower arrangement

In our house we are slowly getting ready for Easter. My wonderful mom created this beautiful Easter arrangement with handmade crochet flowers she made. These flowers are just very cute and charming. Mom says they are easy to make but I wouldn't know. I remember crocheting when I was little but never tried it again.

Here are closeups of these beautiful things. They take about 10 min to make if you know how to crochet. To finish them off Mom used wooden pearls as accents on the base of the hanger.

So pretty!