{"id":236,"date":"2006-03-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/springs-fertility-symbol-gets.html"},"modified":"2006-03-13T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-13T12:00:00","slug":"springs-fertility-symbol-gets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/03\/springs-fertility-symbol-gets.html","title":{"rendered":"Spring&#8217;s Fertility Symbol Gets Some Nice New Clothes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right:5px;margin-top:3px;border:1px solid #000\" src=\"https:\/\/images.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/blogs\/confettiEgg_060314.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" align=\"left\" \/>The folks who run the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/welcome.asp?section=0\" target=\"_new\">HearthSong Catalog<\/a> knocked themselves out this year, it seems, to present a large and offbeat collection of egg-decorating kits for the celebration of Easter or Spring Equinox. And they&#8217;re all under $20. So if you&#8217;re an egg-decorating sort of person, here&#8217;s your heads-up. Some of these kits produce eggs so pretty, you won&#8217;t want to hide them. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=1782&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">most basic kit<\/a>, which appeals to all levels of decorating talent, comes equipped with its own tree-shaped drying stand.  But far more sophisticated possibilities reside within kits like the &#8220;peek-inside&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=852&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">sugar egg-decorating kit<\/a>, or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=1753&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">confetti-stuffed egg kit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=1623&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">wax egg kit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=849&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">glass egg painting kit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=1774&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">decoupage goose egg-decorating kit<\/a> (had enough?), or finally the marvelous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hearthsong.com\/hearthsong\/product.do?section_id=0&amp;bc=1005&amp;pgc=781&amp;cmvalue=HS|0|Normal%20Search%20Result|P1\" target=\"_new\">Ukrainian egg-decorating kit<\/a> (this last one is for folks who want to put the better part of a day into this project!). <\/p>\n<p>I also looked around and found a newsletter that shows you <a href=\"http:\/\/floridaherbs.com\/Newsletter_Archives_Dyeing_Easter_Eggs.htm\" target=\"_new\">how to dye hard-boiled eggs with homemade vegetable and plant dyes<\/a>. 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