Paste Eggs
The origin of the word is French Pasques for Easter, after the Latin Pasca."Hard boiled eggs at Easter were known as paste eggs instead of pace eggs.
You can tie onion skins around them while they boil, this leaves a pretty pattern in the brown colour, boil in red cabbage leaves gives a reddy purple shade, wrap them in string before adding to the water and you will get a spiral effect.
When the children were small we would use Crepepaper in different colours, wrap the egg in them then spray them with water once they were dry the colour would have tranfered to the egg.
I've silk tie dyed them, made faces and painted them but this time I tried stamping on them,(with rubber stamps and not my feet)
These are my Paste Eggs, the two in the back of the picture were made by using Rubber Stamp Tapestry stamps and the one at the front was made with Glass Glitter and pearls, I don't think the one at the front should be ate ha ha.
14 comments:
oh wow Jak I wouldnt want to eat any of them just look at them, the fronts like a Faberge egg...gorgeous...I used to love doing the eggs with my Daughter
Mina xxx
They are all definitely too good to eat. Gorgeous.
Easter Blessings
Lisa ;)
Sooo pretty, Jak and we got a bit of history with this post! Thank you & Happy Easter to your & yours!!!
These are works of art - amazing!
Amanda
These are lovely Jak. Reminds me of my childhood. We always decorated hard boiled eggs at easter. We had such fun doing it.
Marion
These egg's are fab!! Can remember doing these as kid's and also with my children but obviously didn't look like these!!! lol Have a lovely Easter Jak Love Chanelle xx
These are beautiful. too good to eat. Elaine
Just beautiful reminds me of my childhood too...I just couldnt bear to break the black and white one with flowers on.Well done you
Myrax
WOW JAk, they´re simply stunning. I´ve never seen this before, and I admit, I´ve never thought about this myself either, but I´m pretty sure, it´s something, I will try and do next year ha ha ha. Thanks sooo much for sharing this wonderful idea with us, and your result is just soo gorgeous.
Biiiig hugs and a Happy Easter Maryann
wow they look gorgeous Jak....look far too good to eat....hope your enjoying the Easter break x
Wow! I had no idea the eggs were stamped until I took a closer look. They are stunning! Happy Easter Jak!
Absolutely amazing Jak especially the one at the front, it's stunning.
Mary x
Those are gorgeous Jak.
Gorgeous Jak.
Sue
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