A Wine Bottle Marriage

How beautiful are these? Have you ever seen a wine container made like it's art? I look at these and my eyes find peace. This concept came from Athanasios Babalis -- an industrial designer out of Greece and his other work is just as elegant... lots of clean lines and shapes with ample qualities of placidity. Just gorgeous. However, these gift boxes are my absolute favorite and so unique! Wish they were more readily available though, because they make the perfect way of presenting wine. A proud way of giving.

Just Being Self-indulgent

Every time I see this dress, I drool. Milly is one of my favorite designers out there because of her fabrics (they are always brilliant in colors, striking in their graphics and then she compliments them with special beads... ever so individually placed). You feel like you're in Palm Beach when you wear one. I have a couple of her dresses, but I've never paid full price for any of them (the one below sold for $400). So, my new thing now is: I WANT TO SEW!!

Although I need to find a course on how to do it first--and if I can--I could use that time to make one of these. This very same one! How rewarding that would be!! Making this maxi dress can't be so hard, right? Is there anyone out there who can help me with locating a pattern which mirrors it?

I'd love to learn how to sew tunics, summer dresses and maybe even skirts. How fun! I really never cared for the idea of anything to do with a sewing machine before, but after several years of slowly getting addicted to watching Project Runway--how could I not catch the sewing bug? All I can do right now is a button (which I learned on YouTube) thus I know my road ahead shall be long... but what a skill to have at some point in your life!