Jude’s birthday party was a big success. He had a fantastic time and got a ton of loot. The food turned out really well, we had tacos, refried beans, and mexican rice. I used recipes from the America’s Test Kitchen books. They were really good. I’ll try to get some pictures of the cake posted in a bit. It was really pretty, but I didn’t think it tasted that great. I tried using a new cake mix and I think that might have been the problem.
Lorenzo came by for a bit today and we got a body block done, but I’m still a bit unsure about drafting my own patterns, so he’s going to come by in a few weeks to help me work that out.
I also bought some dark red dye to dye the wool gabardine that I originally bought to make my Star Trek uniform but was orange-red when I received it. Hopefully it will come out a nicer shade and I can use it to make a practice kirtle for my Eleanora dress.
I’m in a really crafty mood. I think it is the beautiful, sunshiny weather. I want to make everything that I see right now. Embroidery, partlets, gowns, hand towels, you name it…Now if I can just put this energy to good use instead of trying to do everything, focus on one or two things. We’ll see. It is already 5 and I haven’t really accomplished anything besides the body block. Well, I did take a nice nap and go to target 🙂
Okay, now going to try to update some stuff on the rest of the site.