Farewell, Viennese Waltz!

Innocent World's Viennese Waltz Scallop Jumperskirt.

I had to sell one of my favorite lolita jumperskirts, but before I sold it I dressed up in it one last time. It is such a cute jumperskirt, the print features waltzing frogs, a little king and queen, animal musicians, Humpty Dumpty and it has purple flowers and rows of clovers. It is very fairy tale inspired. I had to part with it because I never had many opportunities to wear it and it is so fancy that it deserves to be worn. I sold it to a girl who lives in Germany and I hope that she likes it!

Blouse: Forever 21
Jumperskirt: Innocent World
Hat and tights: Claire's
Shoes: Lovely Shoes

The back...

In other news, I was recently hired at a place I worked at a year ago so I've been a little busy working. However, I've been sketching whenever I can so expect that aforementioned art post sometime in the future! Until then, I will leave you with a small preview of my sketchbook:

I know my blog is boring and I don't have many followers, but I am thankful for all the comments and kind words that I get! Thank you for reading!

Instant Flan

I've been pretty busy with school, but there are only a week and two days until classes end and then I'll finally be free for the summer. I know I said that I would do an art post, but in all honesty I haven't had the time to create anything. Also, no one probably noticed, but I made some changes to the blog. I'm still not satisfied so there will probably be more changes in the future.

My first flan among the toys in my room...

Last week I made flan! Not the most exciting news, especially since the flan was instant and not homemade. I liked it, it was very sweet, the caramel sauce was yummy and the texture was very smooth... but I really need to get around to trying the real thing! I have never had authentic flan before. Last week I also dressed up since I hadn't done it in a while. I tried for a look along the lines of 'dark mori girl', but it kind of looks like I'm a grandmother who just went to the funeral of her favorite cat.

Blouse and Skirt: Forever 21
Necklace: Etsy
Everything else: Off brand

A close up of the necklace.
It's an Edgar Allan Poe perfume locket!

Well, that's all for now! Thank you for reading and I promise to start working on some drawings as soon as I'm done with school! Until then, wish me luck!

International Lolita Day- Summer 2013

Today is International Lolita Day! Some of the local lolitas in my area had a very small, mini meet-up to celebrate. A lot of the lolitas couldn't be in attendance because they were going to a convention this weekend, so it was just two lolitas and myself. Even with the small amount of people in attendance, we still had fun! Here is what I wore:

Jumperskirt, blouse and headbow: Bodyline
Purse and Accessories: Off brand
Socks: Metamorphose
Shoes: Innocent World

After eating frozen yogurt and drinking bubble tea, we took some pictures. It was honestly too hot to stay outside for very long, but we managed to tough it out and take some really lovely photographs. Below is my favorite out of all of the group photos and a picture of our smooshed dresses!


A sweet lolita, and a casual cutie! Also, me trying for a sweet/classic look.



Smoosh, smoosh!

Did anyone else celebrate International Lolita Day? If so I'd love to hear about it! Also, I'm getting a little bored with how wardrobe focused the blog is getting, so I'd really like to do an art post next!

Gothic Lolita Saturday

Today I dressed up in lolita to do some errands and turn in a job application to a store that sells punk and gothic clothing. With the headdress the outfit looks very old school gothic lolita. Right now I'm looking for a job, but I'm not having any luck with it. I had two part time jobs last year, one at a library and another job at a frozen yogurt place. I got accustomed to working and now that I don't work I feel so lazy. I hope I get hired somewhere soon, I want to feel useful again.


Cross Necklace: A gift from a friend!
Dress, headdress and socks: Bodyline
Shoes: Off brand

Here is a better picture of the headdress that I was wearing. Bodyline really does make some nice things sometimes! It originally came with satin bows at the end, but I didn't like them so I replaced them with rose hair clips.


The lace is nice too!

After I finished doing errands I went into a toy store that was having a sale. Everything was 50% off--- I mean literally everything and there were kids running around that place like wild animals. I purchased some Calico Critters and two Hello Kitty gel pens and ran out of there before I could throw any more money at that place. I really wanted to get more Calico Critters since they were only 11 USD, but I couldn't because I'm on a stupid budget now. Hnnng... I need a job.


I got the Hopscotch Rabbit Family! Aren't they cute?

So that's all for now, I guess! I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

  

Mori Girl Coordinates

Nothing much has been going on besides school, but I wanted to share a few mori girl coordinates that I created with one of my favorite blouses.


Blouse: Secondhand
Skirt: Taobao
Shoes: Traffic
Socks: Tutuanna

The bag and flower hair clips I wore were from Claire's.



The blouse is a little big on me, but it fits the mori girl aesthetic so well that I don't mind. Here is another outfit with the same blouse and my beloved, lavender apron dress! Sorry for not taking a picture showing the shoes. I was so lazy that I didn't want to get them out until I needed to wear them.



Blouse: Secondhand
Apron Dress: Taobao (Crisp??)
Socks and Bag: Claire's



Recently I participated in an art swap at school. Because I didn't know about it until the last minute I doodled and painted something quickly because I really wanted to be involved. It's a bit snarky, but I guess I like it. I traded it for a screen print.

Pen and cheap watercolor paint.

Right now I'm in love with sailor schoolgirl uniforms, especially the old fashioned ones with the longer skirts and dark colors. I ordered a more modern looking one from Bodyline about a week ago, but more about that later!

Thanks for reading!

A Frilly Afternoon

Today was my first time going to a lolita meetup! I have never been around so many sweet (and beautifully dressed I might add!) people in my whole entire life and I had such a wonderful time playing croquet at the park, eating delicious snacks and enjoying the afternoon sun with other fellow frillies. Because it was my first meetup I wanted to wear my favorite jumperskirt. It was a bit warm outside and because of the long length of my dress I had to wear ankle socks and a thin, chiffon blouse so I wouldn't sweat to death. However, the afternoon was pleasant and we spent a lot of time in the shade created by the trees at the park.



Jumperskirt: Innocent World
Blouse: Forever 21
Socks: Innocent World
Accessories: Off brand
Shoes: Traffic



 Like most lolitas, I turned to the Internet to find lolitas to be friends with, but it is such a whole new experience interacting face to face with other lolitas. I had such a great time, I can't wait to meet these ladies again! I'm sorry for the covered faces but like me, I know a lot of the people in the group are apprehensive about putting their faces on the Internet. Instead, please enjoy the beautiful coordinates! A lot of the ladies in the group created their coordinates with thrifted pieces or altered clothing to make it lolita. The first woman on the left actually handmade her skirt the day before the meetup, it was so impressive. The print on the skirt are tiny little sweets.



Getting ready to feed the ducks!



I hope you enjoyed this blog post, until next time!

First Blog Post!

(This blog is a continuation of my old blog: click here to view.)

I actually haven't been dressing up in mori girl lately because finals are coming up soon so I've been freaking out about that and not giving myself any time to make myself up in the morning. However, I wore mori girl once this month to hang out with friends.


Dress: Taobao
Skirt: Forever 21
Shoes: Traffic
Everything else: Off brand


I also went to a convention earlier this month and met the voice actress Xanthe Huynh. Her panel was so fun that I came back the next day to see it again! She really is a lovely person. While I was in the dealer room I saw her shopping and she was so sweet and let me get a picture with her.

There are hearts over our faces because the guy taking our picture managed to snap the photo while we were both in mid-blink so we're both unintentionally making the same silly, half blinking face. In real life she's so beautiful and her hair is so long and Rapunzel-like! I would love to meet her again!

Thank you for reading!