Here comes the sun!

It was a pretty dreary week for weather, but it has finally started to clear up today! And it looks like the weather is going to be pretty nice the rest of the week- high 40s to low 50s and sunny everyday :) That always sounds good to me.
Not a whole lot happened this week, just finished up some sketches for my costume design so I can go buy fabric for it on Monday! I promise that I will actually put some pictures up of the process, instead of just continually saying that. I'm hoping to get a lot done this coming week on my costume, so hopefully there will be some good progress to show is some blog posts later...
Yesterday, the fashion studios had a day trip to a little town called Jablonec in northern Bohemia, about an hour and a half outside of Prague. The town is mainly known for it's production of glass and jewelry, hence the whole reason we went there. We went there to get beads for decorations on our costumes, and I got some really pretty black glass beads that are very sparkly, so I'm excited to see how it'll turn out on top of white fabric- hopefully it will stand out well! Unfortunately, it was a terrible day to see the town. Because it's up on the mountains of the Czech Republic, Jablonec tends to be about 15 degrees colder than it is Prague. It was 35, and raining/snowing ALL day long. Not the best walking weather.

It was still a really fun day, despite the weather. We also got the chance to go to a well-known and very successful producer of cut crystal, Preciosa. They're mainly known for producing beads and fashion jewelry, but also make chandeliers and art pieces- they've actually done a lot of work for casinos in Las Vegas, which I thought was really cool! They even gave us a free pair of crystal earrings for visiting their headquarters. Score!

Crystal art sculpture in the lobby of Preciosa headquarters- so pretty!

Tonight, most of us are going out to a masquerade-themed dance to celebrate some birthdays from earlier in the week. It should be a lot of fun, and I'm all set with my gold sparkly mask!