Silk-Dyed Eggs! Awesome Easter/Ostara Activity!

I stumbled upon a blog called Our Best Bites and they had this awesome method for dyeing beautiful eggs! I personally don't celebrate Easter, but this would make a great post-Ostara craft. After five days of absolutely gorgeous spring-like weather, it actually snowed here on the official first day of spring (Texas weather is sooo strange), so I'll just celebrate a little late this weekend :D Can't wait!

Check the link! Our Best Bites: Silk-Dyed Eggs

What Do I Have to Show for My Spring Break?

A whole lotta nothin', at least nothing too fun lol. I told you in an earlier post I had been running my own one-woman sweat shop in my bedroom for Dallas Career Day. Well. That lasted a looong 8 days, each day averaging at least 12 hours hunched over pinning, pleating, ironing, hand stitching, and crying. But, I made the deadline! And, literally, with one minute to spare. They closed the doors at 4, and I made it in at 3:59 after crawling into downtown at a snail's pace due to traffic and then chasing my entry forms across the parking lot screaming profanity (v. v. blustery day). I swear I almost had a heart attack. Was it worth it? Umm...we'll see. I'm pretty happy with the finished product. Take a looksie (all my own design):


The fiber content of the jacket is 100% wool with 100% silk lining and trim. The lace, well, I don't know what it is. Found it in the bargain bin and it looked pretty :) 10 bound buttonholes (just about killed me) with Italian-made brass buttons. Wish I had had time to photograph the back. It's got tails :D


This is the ensemble to be worn beneath it. The top is the same silk material as the jacket's lining, and the skirt is 100% wool with 100% rayon lining. You like?

Directly from Dallas I drove to Baylor to spend the rest of spring break with the boyfriend :3 Good friends, good food, good booze, good lovin'. Just what I needed!

Kisses,
Kiki

Summer Tour of Europe!

My brother and I are going to Europe this summer, just the two of us! We spent the evening planning it out and are getting in contact with the travel agent again tomorrow. Stops along the tour? Paris! Rome! Florence! Venice! Amsterdam! I am so incredibly excited. I even have a ticket to see my idol, Lady Gaga, in Paris during our stay. Talk about epic :D We'll spend about 5 days there, a few in Rome, then couch surf in Florence and Venice before spending a week in the Netherlands where lives a large branch of our family tree. Overall, we'll be traveling for just over 3 weeks.



For those of you who have toured Europe on a college budget, what mode of transportation between countries did you use? E and I were originally assuming trains but it turned out to be quite expensive. Then a friend told me about EasyJet.com. The prices are almost unbelievable. Rome to Venice for 19 euros? Flying?! I think my bank account just smiled at me. Has anyone used EasyJet before? What's been you're experience?

Kisses,
Kiki

Tolstoy and Vodka

Yup yup. Brother bear bought us some Kahlua so we can finally make mixed drinks with the stash of liquor we have left over from a friend's going away party in January XD After moving in with me this week he's having a few friends come over for the first time and is eager to get the drinks flowing. But I told him not to touch my Crown or Patron! Shwaa these White Russians are strong...Never liked vodka honestly.

Dallas Career Day is coming up soon, and the deadline for submissions is end of next week O_O Me and my friend A have been slaving over our sewing machines for the past few days trying to get our entry ensembles finished. I'm for sure submitting a wool jacket with a matching wool skirt and silk blouse, but I would like to complete that ensemble in time to work harder on and possibly finish my more creative and technically challenging dress. We'll see >.> I'll post pictures as soon the garments are ready.

The good thing about all this sewing though is that I can finally catch up on my reading! How I love audio books Anna Karenina and I'll probably finish it by Monday at this rate. This week's Gossip Girl particularly cracked me up when Blair, lounging on a chais in a grey silk teddy, lace-up elbow-length gloves, fur-lined boots and tall fur Russian hat, calls up her boyfriend and whines, "Vronsky!...Anna Karenina called you an hour ago! Where are you?"

Ugh...Maybe vodka and sewing don't go as well together as I had thought, even with Tolstoy as a buffer.

Kisses,
Kiki