The Easter Bunny

With so many sightings of religious deities found on toast, doors, trees and yes, even on bananas, we are happy to report the Easter bunny has finally made an appearance.

Easter Eggs

How to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally

Hard boil all eggs in advance, adding a few tablespoons of vinegar to the boiling water to prepare the shell for coloring. 

To hard boil eggs without cracking them, add cold water and eggs to a pot, making sure the water covers the eggs completely. Bring to a boil (about 12 minutes and large eggs about 15 minutes) and then transfer to a cold water bath immediately to stop the cooking process.

Next, create the dyes.

Natural Egg Dye Recipe

Ingredients

1 ½ cups water

Plant material of choice (2 tablespoons spices/powders, 4 tablespoons dried leaves/flowers, or 1 cup chopped fruit/vegetable)

1 tablespoon vinegar

Directions

• Bring water and plant material to a boil and then simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Turn off heat.
• Strain dye into a jar or bowl and add vinegar or alum (compost the plant material).
• Add a hard boiled egg to the dye bath and let sit for minutes to hours, depending on dye and desired color.

Pastry Witches Brooms

Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.

Roll out puff pastry and lightly flatten with a rolling pin. 

Cut the dough into 12 pieces measuring about 2 & ¾ by 3-inches. 

A pizza cutting wheel is a great tool for cutting the squares and the broom.

How many squares of dough you get will depend on how large the puff pastry is. 

You just want to make sure you have an even number of squares.

Place a teaspoon full of Nutella on only half of the squares and spread evenly, cover each piece with the remaining squares, turn them vertically and make thin slits in the dough, leave approximately ¼ to 1/3-inch boarder on the top.

Wrap the dough around the end of a pretzel stick, and place on prepared cookie sheet. 

Gently spread the slits. 

Brush milk over the puff pastry. 

Sprinkle with sugar and bake for approximately 15 – 20 minutes. 

Let cool completely before serving.

Charging your Crystals under the Full Moon

Before you put your crystals under the full moon it's a great idea to clean them first.

Sound cleansing is another way to prepare your crystals.

A bed of rice is considered the safest method of cleaning your crystal.

Fill a glass bowl with uncooked rice grains. 

Gently place the crystal on top of the rice or fully cover the crystal. 

Leave it there for at least four hours, any negative energy will be absorbed and transmuted into the rice, so do not cook and eat the rice or you will absorb the negativity! 

After the cleansing the energy of a full moon is perfect to charge your crystals.

A full moon is the brightest and it is the most effective way to cast off what is no longer serving you  – and your crystals.

Crystals absorb energy, just as you do. 

Your crystals will absorb the energy of their immediate environment, and if they are frequently handled or used for healing practice, they will need to be cleansed of that energy too.

Lay your crystals out on a natural surface. 

This gives an earthing effect, just like grounding your own body.

What time is best to put them outside?

Anytime after it gets dark is the perfect time. 

Dusk, when the sun is setting is ok too. 

This way the crystals that should avoid sunlight, such as Amethyst, are not put out until the sun has gone down.

When we bring the crystals inside and do we need to do anything special with them?

Bring them inside in the morning. You do not have to have them outside for any set length of time. 

There are some crystals that can eventually fade if left in direct sunlight. 

You do not need to do anything special to handle them while bringing them inside. 

Just bring them on in and put them in their normal homes around your house.

What if we can't put them outside? Will they still get cleansed if we put them on my window ledge?

It's ok if you can't put them outside. 

You can put them in front of your window.

Some crystals like Selenite are fragile and they need to be protected outside. 

If you have a window that moonlight can come into, that is probably best. 

However, if you can't do that, don't worry, any window will do. 

The energy is all around us. It won't be as strong as it would be outside, but you work with what you have.

It is cloudy or raining. I can't see the moon. Will my crystals still be cleansed? Does this effect the moon's energy? 

Regardless if we can see the moon or not, the energy is still there and is still effecting us and the planet. 

Clouds do not effect the moon's energy. 

It is still there and still shining, even though the clouds are in the way of us seeing it. 

If it is raining, just make sure that you put out crystals that are ok to get wet.

For example, keep Selenite and Malachite inside because the rain will damage them. 

Crystals like the Quartz family (Clear Quartz, Amethyst, Rose Quartz, Citrine, Smoky Quartz) are all safe to be outside in the rain.