J & J's Portland Adventures - Easter Sunday

For us Easter actually started a couple of day early when we decided to dye some eggs. Rather than follow the tried and true method we wanted to use a method we had seen on the Martha Stewart show. Jessica is a very crafty girl and was more than game.

It involves using 100% silk fabric. We scoured the local thrift shops for old silk blouses, ties, vests, robes and even boxers. We got a great selection for about $10.00 and had been storing them for over a year waiting for the right time. Now that time had come.

Jessica and I cut the fabric into squares and Patty joined us in wrapping the squares tightly around the eggs and securing them with twist ties. The next step is to boil them for about 20 minutes. After they cool you unwrap them and go crazy over the abstract designs left from the silk dye.

We had lots of fun as shown by the pictures.

Easter Sunday we slept in some and I began dinner preparation. Jessica and Jamie wanted to go back to Saturday Market but they were disappointed that a lot of the vendors from Saturday decided to skip the market on Easter.

Dinner was good and the special order cake was delicious. It was lemon overload when we added some lemon gelato from Mio Gelato.