I don’t write often, but this morning I have too many photos for an Instagram post. Yesterday I tried some eco dying or eco printing.  I am not going to give a tutorial, because I followed the directions in Shannon Green‘s video which is at the bottom of this post.  Just do what she says in a pot that is NOT for food.  Here are my results.  You can hover over each image to find out what plant I used.  I think you can enlarge them too by right clicking and choosing “View Image.”

I alternated 140lb watercolor paper and plain old copy paper.  Both took the colors well.  My best were Maple, Oak, Marigold, and I love the Snowball Hydrangea.  What plants give you great results?

Japanese Maple – Lacey Kind

Marigold and a purple annual I don’t know

Fiddle Head Fern

Japanese Maple

A sad tree out front with deep red leaves

Snowball Hydrangea

Rose Leaves

pale green bush at my neighbor’s house

That sad tree again

pale green bush at my neighbor’s house

Fragile Fern? That’s what Mom said

Oak – don’t know what kind

Russian Sage

Sumac

Mostly Marigolds

The wood that was supporting the end

Big Leaf ?

Dandelion leaves and marigold petals

Something I picked on the trail

Zucchini leaf

Something from the trail and marigold petals

Rose leaves

Japanese maple – back side of leaves

That sad tree again – I just love those leaves

Something else from the trail

Sad tree

A mixture of what’s left

Here is the video tutorial I followed. Have fun!