Did She Dye Her Pants or is She the Easter Bunny?

So remember the other day when I was lusting after these pants?

I tracked them down and.....they were quite a bit over my budget for pink pants. About $500 over.

So I decided to get a bit creative. I went to Wally World and bought a bottle of Rit dye in Petal Pink

And I dyed me some pink pants!

I had a pair of white pin stripe pants from Forever 21 that I had stuck in my giveaway pile because I was sick of them. They were hand me downs from my sister and I'd had them for years so I thought I'd give them away. Sorry person out there who was frantically searching for white pinstripe pants in the thrift store.

 pants shown here (forgot to take a before pic oops!)

I ended up having to dye them twice. The first time I was reluctant to dye them in my washer so I did it in the sink, which left a big white spot on the front that didn't dye. So I bought another bottle and dyed them in the washer and voila! Solid pink pants! I used the full bottle of dye since they were 75% synthetic material. After the dye I washed them once in warm water and soap, and while they drying I ran my washer with only soap and bleach. No stains at all!

I think I shall be trying this again very soon. Inspiration piece? about $500. Finished product? about $5! (for two bottles of Rit)

Lot's of pink love,