How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy #Eggs #BoiledEggs #EasterEggs - How To Boil Easter Eggs : )

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How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)

AND, give your Boiled Egg a good shake in a glass or jar of water (cover the top - lol!), the peels should come right off, and start from the bottom (now we're here - Thanks, Drake! Haha!) of the egg, where the little dint in the egg is... the egg shell will peel off - and, of course, tap the boiled egg all around, too! 

How To Tell If It's A Good Egg, or if your eggs have gone bad - When you place the eggs, one by one, on a big spoon, into the boiling water, if the egg floats to the top - Bad Egg - if it just stays in the bottom, that's a Good Egg! 

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Why not try a little something to make it sooo much easier to peel your boiled eggs?  and it is super-exciting when you first add the baking soda - it'll foam right up, momentarily, then literally, simmer down (do you hate that phrase from all the teachers having said that in your classes, all your life?? lol!) to a normal boil.....

Then, carefully set each egg in the boiling water, with a large spoon...

I thought it might be helpful to see the Boiled Eggs at various stages... we're at Sea Level (we are, for sure, right by the Sea, on the ocean, and, well, errrr, aaahhh, at Sea Level, but we used to live in Calgary, so the timing is different at different elevations - so is a good idea to take your eggs out earlier, if your eggs cook faster at a different elevation... same thing goes for baking, and whatnot... lol!)

Anyhoooo, the Boiled Eggs at the top are 7 minute Eggs, then 8 minutes Eggs, then the 10 minute Eggs.  So, really, it's however you happen to love your eggs, or whenever you remember you were making some boiled eggs! lol!

Yumm, this makes me hungry!  And Eggs are soo good for you... I know there's a whole debate about whether it's okay to eat the yolks, and it's totally okay, very good for you. And, tastier, for sures. 

Adding Baking Soda to the boiling water for your Boiled Eggs, though, is great for Easter, when you might be rolling your Easter Eggs with the family.. sometimes it's soo hard to get the egg shell to break, and it can be frustrating for little ones (and the big ones, too - hahaha! - Not sure how many times we've ended up throwing our Easter Eggs up against a tree, try to get the shell to break - naturally - lol!

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And here's how we like to have our little boiled egg sandwiches - yum!  I like a slice of Havarti on the sandwich, sometimes, too - all very healthy... and sometimes we just like to have the boiled eggs on their own, and I add a wee bit of butter and salt - yum!  A nice little treat : )




How to Make Peeling the Shells off of Eggs Super-Easy.....Add Baking Soda to Your Boiling Water - is sooo cool!

Add 1 heaping Tablespoon of Baking soda to your big pot of Boiling water, let it foam, then gently place the eggs in, one at a time, with a large metal spoon. ( A soup spoon, nothing fancy - lol!)



Rolling your Eggs at Easter : )
 http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

Easter - we looove Easter - so lovely!
Easter Sunrise Services can be so lovely : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/04/happy-easter-we-went-to-easter-sunrise.html

We love to Roll Our Eggs on Easter - a fun tradition for the whole family : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-traditions-roll-your-eggs-at.html

If you want your beautifully decorated Eggs to last forever, just learn to blow them... you need to make a little hole at the top and the bottom, poke a toothpick through the yolk, and you're well on your way... rinse and decorate : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2012/03/blown-and-painted-easter-eggs-theyll.html

Make cute little Marshmallow Bunnies with the kids : )
http://buildyourownhousebodylife.blogspot.ca/2011/04/easter-crafts-marshmallow-bunnies.html







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#HappyEaster! : ) #Easter! We went to the #EasterSunriseService -- such a pretty way to celebrate Easter! Scrambled Eggs in the Microwave, too!

I Loove an Easter Sunrise Service - So Nice! 

You can usually just Google Sunrise Church Services, or Easter Services, Sunrise, whatever you like, and see if there's a nice Easter Sunrise Church Service in your area - or wherever you are for Easter, this year : ) #HappyEaster!

Happy Easter!! : )

At the Easter Sunrise Service in Belleville, Ontario -- such a lovely way to start  Easter morning! 

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The Sunrise part of the Sunrise Easter Service! lol!

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My lovely wee family at the Easter Sunrise Service, on the Bay of Quinte, in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

We've already had a wee drink to celebrate Easter!! lol!

Aidan used a Martini Glass to gather his Easter Eggs for his Easter Egg Hunt, this morning -- so silly! 

Plus, THE Easiest Scrambled Eggs, Evah'! 

We had a huge breakfast, croissants, bacon and eggs, hash browns, salsa... lots of delicious stuff for breakfast! But sometimes it's hard when you're making a lot of stuff for breakfast, so this is the easiest possible way to make Scrambled Eggs (or don't mix them and put the eggs straight on an egg sandwich...!).  Put the number of eggs you'll need for however many people you have over (one or 2 for you, more as you may need it!  I make this for one all the time! I love an egg and cheese sandwich!).  Add a wee bit of milk and whisk with a fork.  Cover with a plate and pop in the microwave for the same number of minutes as you have eggs, plus a wee bit of extra time, depending on how may eggs you have... but generally the 1 egg : 1 minute rule works out well.  

Easy Scrambled Eggs -- just take 2 knives and 'cut through' the eggs, until they're the size you like.  

I love scrambled eggs with Salsa, but are healthy and delicious with anything you like!

Crystal Trees, All Fancied Up! #Crystals #Crafts #ArtsAndCrafts Yay! : )

Pink Crystal Tree, even prettier! lol!

Yellow and Purple Crystal Tree -- so easy and fun to make, and so very pretty!

These wee Crystal Trees are super easy to make, and you'll only need the pre-made colored clay pot and tree from the Dollar Store (how much are they??  lol!  A DOLLAR! Looove the Dollar Store!) -- they'll probably be in the Easter section, with all the other pastel things! 

The 'crystals' come from a different Dollar Store, and are $2 a package, and they have a little hole in the top of each crystal.

Take the wire part of the tree top, and separate the wires out,  they'll be covered in white tape, so the wire will be thick enough to hold the crystals in place without glue (although, you could easily add some glue if that happens to appeal to you!).  Just put one crystal on the end of each wire 'banch', and loop around once to secure the crystal. I like the crystals to hang, so I like them loose, but if you feel like adding the glue, you probably won't need to loop the wire, just glue the crystal on straight to the end of the wire branch.

I really love bling (clearly! lol!), so I put a little pile of crystals around the base of the tree, too -- all very pretty, and makes a lovely wee Easter Gift.   The crystals will cast light and rainbows around the room, so all very pretty!  You can make rainbow wishes all day long, if you like! lol!

I found some lovely 'branches' at Michael's, pulled them apart, and pushed them into the pot around the Crystal Tree, to surround the Crystal Tree with the Flowering Branches.

I had initially just gone into Michael's to look for the tiny roses, I thought they would be soo pretty around the base of the Crystal Trees, and look how nicely they turned out!  I loove to look at them!  Will be hard to part with them, but they make lovely wee gifts : )

It's impossible for me to ever make just one of anything! lol!

The 'original' Yellow Crystal Tree -- so pretty for Easter, or any time of year : )

I am clearly obsessed with thee lovely little Crystal Trees -- and they cast little rainbows all around the room -- soo pretty!

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Blown and Painted Easter Eggs - They'll Last Forever! #EasterEggs #Easter!

Is this a Giant Strawberry??  Nooo, it's a blown Easter Egg, cleverly disguised as a strawberry! lol!

These little Blown Easter Eggs are so easy to make, and a lot of fun no matter what age you are, but will be tricky for the younger set to do without a fair bit of help.  Blowing out the eggs is really an adult job (insert jokes here for your own amusement! lol!).  The key is to use a really long nail (from the hardware store) or a turkey skewer thing... looks like a long nail, but is maybe used for holding the turkey legs together??  Lol!  Canny remember what that thing is for, I only use it for blowing eggs! hahaha!  (I'm making myself laugh, now! 'Course, you know what they say about me, I'm an easy laugh... man, I hope that's what they're saying, but you can never trust 'they'... hahahahaha!) 

So you can start with a dozen eggs, if you like, get a bowl, and whatever you've decided to use to make a hole in the top and the bottom of the egg.  It will need to be long enough to go right through the egg to comletely pierce the yolk, since that will never go through the hole intact.... silly!  The easiest way to make the whole in the egg at the top, is to wiggle the nail at the top a bit -- don't try to force it, will most likely result in a big mess, and who wants that? Nope, just take your time, it'll be easier than you might think.  Make sure the bottom hole is bigger than the top hole, but not too much bigger... maybe an 1/8", but don't despair if it's closer to 1/4"... the bottom of the egg won't be seen as much, and you could always cover it with a gem, or something, right? : )

Now, this is the fun part... Gently cover the top hole with your mouth.  Gently blow the egg out the bottom. Will seem slow at first, then whoosh, out it comes.  Directly in the bowl, if you're lucky.  haha!  Of course it'll go in the bowl, provided you remembered to put one there! lol!  

Hold the blown egg over a steady stream of water in the sink, and rinse the egg out.  Might want to use the bottom of the egg with the bigger hole for this rinsing stage.  Let some water go in the egg, cover both ends of the egg and shake it about, rinse it through, again.  The goal is for your egg to have NO smell, not even after sitting around for a number of days, weeks, months, years... you get the idea! 

Set each egg back in the egg carton, tilted to the side of each segment, so the egg can drain and dry completely.  

Once your eggs are completely empty and dry, you're ready to paint.  They will be virtually indestructible, so don't worry about them crushing in your hands when you're painting or decorating them... you should be fine, but a little care goes a long way, as with everything : )

I have decorated the blown eggs in sooo many different ways over the years.  Before my lovely children were born, I must have had a massive amount of free time (oh, and that was pre-internet, so maybe that's why I had so much free time! hahaha!), but I would go out and find all these gorgeous embroidery threads with a glittery streak in them, and carefully tuck the end of the embroidery thread in the bottom hole of the egg, then wind the embroidery thread around and around the egg, no spaces, until the whole egg was covered in the thread.  They were gorgeous.  I would make up baskets of these lovely Embroidery Easter Eggs for all the people I really liked (if I like you, you will know it by the amount of stuff I make for you! lol! Baking, crafts, babies... no, wait, that last one is not the same thing... hahahaha!)

Painting the Blown Easter Eggs is by far the easiest, and a lot of fun for the kids -- a great gift for parents, if you're still allowed to acknowledge Easter in your school, and you're still allowed to teach Art in your class (this part is for the teachers! lol!)... but you can decorate them with glitter, just rub the egg with glue, carefully sprinkle with glitter... that tiny, tiny glitter is pricey, but, man, is it gorgeous, and the kids will go crazy, they'll look so lovely.  A great gift for Mom.  Oh, hey, you could make these for Mother's Day -- there, pretty sure they can't stop Mother's Day! haha! 

You can paint anything on your eggs... the strawberry was particularly easy, since it's all red, green for the leaves, little black dots for the seeds, and voila, a giant strawberry!  I have standard painting for eggs, ones that I do on every single Easter Egg I've ever painted (um, well, errr, that's a lot of Easter Eggs, over the years!)  I'll link you to y other Easter Egg page, in case you'd like to try Rolling Your Eggs at Easter... signifies the rolling of the stone from Jesus' Tomb (this is my favorite Scottish Easter Tradition!)... plus, is a lot of fun! 

Okay, have fun with your Easter Egg Decorating!  Be creative, you'll love it! 

Oh, and if you want to hang your Easter Eggs, say from a tree, the window, your Flower Tree (should that catch on! lol!), just use some yarn or embroidery thread, make a small knot at the bottom (small enough to go through the bottom hole in your egg, but big enough not to come straight through the top hole in your egg...!)... use an embroidery needle for this step... then either make a loop and go back through the top hole and tie off at the end, or make a loop and tie it at the top (much easier!).  There you go, Easter Eggs that will last for years! 

A closer look at the Easter Egg, blown by piercing each end of the egg, the bottom a little bigger than the top, pierce all the way through the egg so the yolk breaks (and your jaw doesn't! lol!), all decorated up! 

Marshmallow Bunnies for Easter

Oooh, this is my standard picture I paint on my boiled eggs every Easter!  The other side is a mountain scene with evergreens, a mountain lake and 2 deer at the side of the lake and a sunset over the mountains -- have no idea why those are my two 'go-to' pictures! 

Oh, maybe a bit silly, or, as I prefer it, sweeeet,  but this is my Christmas Tree turned into a Flower Tree, and there's my wee Strawberry Easter Egg hanging in the middle! Cute, right? Those are just flowers I've collected, many of them clips for my jackets, sometimes I pin the flowers to my purse, and mostly I use the flowers to hold the top of my dresses closed so I show less cleavage... man, the amount of cleavage that is normal in Los Angeles, and the tiny amount of cleavage that seems to be okay in Canada... especially in this little conservative area... hmmmm, perhaps this area is not for me, 'cause I gots'ta be free to be me, if you knows what I mean! lol! 

Decorate your Hard Boiled Easter Eggs for Easter... Rolling your Easter Eggs down a hill : ) (Scottish Easter Tradition, and a lovely Family experience!

Happy Easter!! Ailsa xox

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