Beet Dyed Business Cards
I’m having so much fun experimenting with beets. A few weeks ago I made some Beet Salsa and last week I shared a Beet Green Sauté. Today, I’m sharing Natural Beet Dye and the best part is, all three projects came from one bunch of beets.
I love the amazing, intense color of the beet dye.
And here's what you start with. A bunch of humble beets.
For the Beet Salsa, I used the beets and for the Beet Sauté I used the stems and greens. And so that nothing went to waste, I used the beet water and some of the leftover boiled beets to dye these cards.
I used several different methods and let me tell you, it was fascinating and fun. For this card I dipped the paper into the beet water and let the water absorb into the paper.To achieve a darker stain, I place a piece of beet onto the paper and left it there for a while.
Of course each card is unique and you never know how it’s going to turn out. If beet red isn’t your color, you can try this with onion skins, turmeric, blueberries and more.
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This is so cool! Love the end result :)
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Wow, I love this idea and I love the color and effect you got from the beets. Need to think about how to incorporate this into my business cards. Thanks for sharing!
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@Donna glad you like them. It was a fun project. I'm going to try it on fabric next. :)
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