Ink making from Berries

Ink-making is a wonderful way to use up some of the fabulous berries that you can forage for outdoors or grow in your garden. With a berry ink, you can do wonderful water washes, use a dip pen and write great letters, or use it for various drawings and sketches!
You can also use your ink for spiritual journaling or magical work. Having an ink you’ve made yourself allows you to be creative while making use of sustainable materials that are locally harvestable!
Which Berries to Use?
You can use any berry that has a nice dark stain when you cut it open. The list that I’ve made ink from, and the colors they produce, are as follows:
- Huckleberry (Garden, Wild) – Produces a nice denim blue ink
- Pokeberry – Produces a hot pink ink (please don’t eat these berries, they are poisonous)
- Buckthorn, common – Produces a hunter green ink (yes, the ink looks purple, but wait 15-30 minutes and it will radically change. A little goes a long way!)
- Black Raspberry – Produces a light purple ink (after 1-2 years, it will darken to a brown)
- Red Raspberry – Produces a medium pink ink
- Blackberry – Produces a purplish ink
- Black Cherry – Produces a purplish/pinkish ink (depending on the kind of cherry)
- Red Cherry – Produces a light pink ink or red ink (again, depending on the kind of cherry)
- Walnut – Not a berry, but does produce a nice brown ink.
For the instructions follow this link...
http://druidgarden.wordpress.com/tag/blackberry-dye/
~Citrine~