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Monday, April 2, 2012

Eggs-citing Ways to Color Easter

We crack open some ideas on how to achieve beautiful dyed eggs, whether from a kit or with natural coloring.

Are you an Easter egg fan? Do you color your hardboiled beauties using kits from the store or do you like to go a more natural route? Whatever your color strategy, the stunning results are well worth the effort, said area "Marthas." Angela Butorac and her crafty friend, Susan Keels, recently tried their hands at a natural egg-dying process that involves using everything from coffee and tea to saffron powder and wine. Going “kit-free,” Butorac and Keels turned out a basketful of inspiring, inventive eggs, many of which feature an antiquated, rustic appeal. Others pop with colors as vivid as a gardenful of tulips and hyacinths. “We love trying new things,” said Butorac of Sterling Heights. She runs Butorac Events and is an active member of …

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Michigan Orchid Society Show Blooms This Weekend

Winning displays, judged beauties, tempting sales and local growing experts will wow eventgoers.

One of the state’s best orchid shows is getting ready to sprout for its upcoming colorful extravaganza. The 50-plus-year-old Michigan Orchid Society Palm Sunday Show features free admission and runs 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Building, 876 Horace Brown Dr., Madison Heights (the first block east of I-75, south off 13 Mile  Road). “Last year the judges looked at over 600 orchids for judging,” explained Diane Burton, the society’s show chairwoman and a White Lake resident. “This doesn't include those that are not registered to be judged nor those for sale on the vendor tables." “Some people just come to see the exhibits, but the  plants brought in by the vendors are very healthy, well …

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