Friday, February 8, 2013

Using Beet Juice to Paint: Easy Tutorial

 
Two bunches of Roasted Beets for just my husband and I is, as it turns out, one bunch too many!  The beets sat it my refrigerator for a week.....when I had an idea...why not 'paint' book pages? 
 
So I took the beets out of the refrigerator and MASHED them. I added about a tablespoon of water to move the process along....
 
I ripped pages out of old books and placed them on a cookie sheet.  I used white and 'aged' to see what the result would be. 
 
I thought the 'Dedication' would be sweet since it is a Valentine's project, after all.  I brushed on the beet juice with a Purdy paint brush.  Some bits of beet got in there, but I just took them off when it dried. 
 
 
The book pages took the beet juice differently, the white creating a brighter fuchsia and the more yellow, 'aged' pages were more of deep raspberry red.
 
I let them dry in the kitchen window.  You can see how those little bits of beets add nice spots of color.
I then cut out hearts and sewed them together with a straight stitch on the machine.
 
 
I hung one over the fireplace and one over my glitter LOVE banner on
my mirror.
 
 
I love the color of the natural paint/dye.
 
 
 
 
 
It was a fun, easy project.  A great way to add some Valentine's Day color!  I  may have to roast two bunches of beets from now on.....
 
Happy Valentine's Day!
 
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1 comment:

  1. ok...THAT is cute..BUT gurrrrlll...that FIRST picture with just the swipe of beet "Mash" looked like something from the "Waking dead"! hahaaha Great END result! ;) Good job.

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