Easter 2015

I tried dying eggs using silk with lovely results. I wasn't sure it would work, so I used hard boiled eggs instead of emptied eggs, so I had to throw them out after Easter.

Here are some webpages with instructions:

http://www.marthastewart.com/269788/silk-tie-easter-eggs

http://mommyknows.com/silk-tie-dye-easter-eggs-tutorial/

It says you can eat them, but some sites I looked up said the dye can leach into the egg through the shell. I cracked open one of my eggs and sure enough the egg white was slightly blue, so we did not eat any of them. 

I emptied some eggs shells (blown eggs) for Darcy to decorate so she could keep them after. I followed these instructions:

http://m.wikihow.com/Blow-Out-Eggs

The one thing I did not do  exactly the same was to blow the eggs with my mouth directly on the egg, not through a straw. Well I have learned my lesson!!! I emptied the eggs the Monday night before Easter and 24 hours later the gurgling started. I pretty much missed all of the 4-day Easter weekend. So be warned: even the outside of the egg shell, washed (which I did) carries Salmonella!!!

True to form, the symptoms were gone after 7 days...and 5 pounds were gone, too. 

Darcy's Journal for Easter 2015:

http://tiggeric.blogspot.ca/2015/05/easter-2015.html