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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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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