Thursday, April 1, 2010

Ask and You Shall Receive

I put it out into the universe this week. I was looking for free or cheap silk ties to dye more Easter eggs.

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
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10 comments:

  1. TrishApril 1, 2010 at 2:34 PM

    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.

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  2. Simple MamaApril 1, 2010 at 2:57 PM

    Trish - 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. :)

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  3. AriellaApril 1, 2010 at 6:58 PM

    Wow! That's a lot of ties. You'll be making those pretty eggs for years to come!

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  4. Hullabaloo HomesteadApril 1, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    Wow, someone must've gotten a tiw for every possible holiday for years...and you were so lucky to wind up with them!

    :)Lisa

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  5. FrontierDreamsApril 1, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    Woo hoo!! Perfect!! Aren't thrift stores insane out here??!?!?!
    When are we going thrifting :) <3 Miss you and need to get together ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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  6. JoyApril 2, 2010 at 3:14 AM

    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. :)

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  7. RunninL8April 2, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    What a wonderful find!! I have yet to dye eggs this way!

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  8. JenniApril 2, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    How do you dye eggs with ties???

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  9. katie hansonApril 2, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    i love craigslist :)

    I 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

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  10. Simple MamaApril 2, 2010 at 12:44 PM

    Clever - take a look at this tutorial I posted:
    http://homemadeserenity.blogspot.com/2010/03/wip-easter-egg-silk-dying-tutorial.html


    Thank you Katie!

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