That right! I used Rit liquid dye to tint my moss. I soaked it in a tub of dye and hot water mixture.
The longer you let it sit. The darker it will come. After soaking my first batch for about 2 hours. I forgot I had it soaking....lol I took it out and rinsed it with cold water until the water ran semi clear. I found using a colander was a lot easier than rinsing it by hand. Spread it out on some paper towels to absorb as much water as you can. After making sure you have most of the moisture out. Spread it out evenly on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil.
I forgot to mention that your should preheat your oven to 250°. I checked on it every 5 to 10 minutes. I just kept moving mine around on the cookie sheet to make sure it dried more evenly and it didn't burn.
After I took it out of the oven. I spread it out on a piece of newspaper to cool. Actually I used a Christmas Tree Shop ad.
Here are a couple of pictures of the 2 shades of green I made. The first one I left soak for 2 hours and the 2nd one I left soaking for about 45 minutes. I really likd how they turned out. Now just use your imagination and think of all the colors you could do. I cant wait to do orange for Halloween. Orange grass in a black bowl is going to look sweet. Hopefully this will open a whole new outlet for creating.
Prim Blessings,
Patti
9 comments:
Great idea Patti!! Thanks for sharing :)
hugs, Trish
What an awesome idea Patti...yippee!
Thanks!!
I like it Patti! Well worth it. Can't wait to see the other colors. Thanks so much for sharing! ~*~Lisa
Now that is a clever idea! It looks fun too.Hugs,Jen
Pretty cool idea. Thank you for sharing!
What an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing!!
sandraallen260@centurytel.net
What an awesome idea!!!
I've been looking for praire grass to ~ it's kinda expensive in the prim shops!
Thanks for sharing!
Prim Blessings
Robin
That is awesome Patti! I want yours NOW...lol...cannot wait to try this out myself. Thanks for sharing. Take care, Janice
Wow....Love it!! That dark green is amazing.... Gee...wonder if they'll let me play with dye here? Probably not...they don't even let me touch paint anymore... :o Smiles & Hugs ~ Robin
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