I had been back to our thrift store - but I think they were on to me. All the silk ties were $7 or $8 a piece. At a THRIFT store. Yikes.
So I stuck an ad on Craigslist and heard back from a darling woman named Martha. She told me she had a huge assortment of silk ties and she would let them go for pennies on the dollar.
Boy howdy. Did she ever have a lot of silk ties.
Hundreds of them. I kid you not.
We'll be dyeing Easter Eggs for years. :) The universe is good.
In case you're wondering, there are over 200 ties on that table.
Blessed,
Simple Mama
We followed your lead and the girls and I made silk tie Easter eggs last weekend. I was able to find a handful of ties and Hawaiian shirts at a thrift store for $1.99 each. It was fun wrapping them up and even better unwrapping the eggs. Like a present wondering what we had created. We'll definitely be making more in the future.
ReplyDeleteTrish - I'm so glad you were able to make them. Aren't they fun?! I'm going to try blowing out some eggs this time and see how that works. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! That's a lot of ties. You'll be making those pretty eggs for years to come!
ReplyDeleteWow, someone must've gotten a tiw for every possible holiday for years...and you were so lucky to wind up with them!
ReplyDelete:)Lisa
Woo hoo!! Perfect!! Aren't thrift stores insane out here??!?!?!
ReplyDeleteWhen are we going thrifting :) <3 Miss you and need to get together ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Whoa! That's a crazy lot of ties! I looked for some here to follow your lead, but no luck at the thrift store. Maybe you could send some silk tie thrifting dust my way. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful find!! I have yet to dye eggs this way!
ReplyDeleteHow do you dye eggs with ties???
ReplyDeletei love craigslist :)
ReplyDeleteI found your blog through the Etsy forums and just wanted to say hi and that you have a new follower! Have a beautiful weekend!
xo, Katie
http://www.kateandoli.blogspot.com
Clever - take a look at this tutorial I posted:
ReplyDeletehttp://homemadeserenity.blogspot.com/2010/03/wip-easter-egg-silk-dying-tutorial.html
Thank you Katie!