A kaleidoscope, your life is.

i'm pressley. these are the things i like.

[iraffiruse]

Onward, steed!

[mouthflex-deactivated20161230]

This happened and humans still think they are the only intelligent life form on earth…

[snejkha]

[sworntovalor]

Here’s a “life-hack” for you. Apparently concentrated Kool-Aid can be used as a pretty effective leather dye. I was making a drink while cutting the snaps off some new straps for my pauldrons and I got curious, so I tried it, thinking, “ok even if this works, it will just wash out.” Nope. It took the “dye” (undiluted) in about 3 seconds. After drying for about an hour and a half, it would not wash off in the hottest tap-water. It would not wash out after soaking for 30 minutes. It did not wash out until I BOILED it, and even then, only by a tiny bit and it gave it a weathered look that was kind of cool. Add some waterproofing and I’d wager it would survive even that. That rich red is only one application too. Plus it smells great, lol. So there you go, cheap, fruity smelling leather dye in all the colors Kool-Aid has to offer.

[hammerhide]

WELL THEN!

[pomegranateandivy-deactivated20]

this may be important to some of my followers *and certainly not just getting reblogged because of my costuming and my boyfriends desire for leather armor*

[armeleia]

When I was in middle school we used to use it to dye our hair.  Potent stuff.

[baedlyweathered]

If you’re dying anything with kool-aid it’s best to use SUGAR-FREE ones otherwise the thing you’re dying might get all sticky

[samthor]

the flavor only packets where you are supposed add sugar are the best.  they will dye any natural fiber: leather, wool, cotton, hair,  flax, jute, silk and so forth.  heat the dye water so it is more potent.  let dry then rinse excess out in cold water.  there’s  a whole system to this. 

[mittensmcgee-deactivated2018033]

Oh my god

[triforceofdoom]

This will prove very useful for any future cosplays I wanna do.

[pressley]

reblogging for later

[nevver]

Knock loud, I’m home

[snowshoe1980]

The winter solstice time is no longer celebrated as it once was, with the understanding that this is a period of descent and rest, of going within our homes, within ourselves and taking in all that we have been through, all that has passed in this full year which is coming to a close… like nature and the animal kingdom around us, this time of hibernation is so necessary for our tired limbs, our burdened minds. Our modern culture teaches avoidance at a max at this time; alcohol, lights, shopping, overworking, over spending, comfort food and consumerism. And yet the natural tug to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing is strong and the weather so bitter that people are left feeling that winter is hard, because for those of us without burning fires and big festive families, it can be lonely and isolating. Whereas in actual fact winter is kind, she points us in her quiet soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and loving embracing goodbye the past year. Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into a womb like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth.

Venice Wyatt (via jennlevo)

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[asloversdrown]

We’re our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

tom R O B B I N S (via asloversdrown)

[assgod]

Obama has to be the greatest president we have seen and half of the United States didn’t even deserve him.

[tastefullyoffensive]

Tag yourself. (via EtanHeytan)

[tastefullyoffensive]

Spotted in Kraków, Poland. (via ur26ci124q)

[maleficastrology]

The Signs as Jenny Holzer’s ‘Truisms’

Aries:

Taurus:

Gemini:

Cancer:

Leo:

Virgo:

Libra:

Scorpio:

Sagittarius:

Capricorn:

Aquarius:

Pisces:

[deerduckdragon]

@redheadbouquet Jenny Goddamn Holzer. (For the record: ‘Many Desires’ Sun / ‘Slipping Into Insanity’ Moon / 'Considered Useless’ Rising)

[catsbeaversandducks]

[iloveyixingsomuch-blog]

[tastefullyoffensive]

by Kat Swenski More Behind the GIFs

[queendread]

Like it literally doesn’t matter if Trump can’t do any of the impossible, illegal things he’s promised. It doesn’t matter, because as soon as a platform built on hate is validated in this way, culture changes. Britain the morning after the Brexit vote was a different place. It wasn’t just the measurable rise in hate crimes and plummeting economy, it was people feeling free to say all the ugliest things they’d ever thought because they knew at least half the country was behind them.

In the coming days and months, please stay safe. Please never stop fighting for a better world. This won’t be forever.

[nevver]

Word on the street

[graysongraysoff]

tbh i’m not too worried about what trump may actually do, bc while i know that there will definitely be shittiness in the next four years and i don’t want to minimize that shittiness at all, the president does only have so much power, and there are systems in place to challenge him and there are ways that we can continue to fight him

the really discouraging thing to me is knowing that so much of the country i live in would be okay with it if indeed he could do all the horrible things he’s promised in his campaign rhetoric

like how can so many people in a country as big as we are be this selfish and irreverent and cruel

[pressley]

me: 2016 can't get any worse

2016: bitch you thought