We're All Mad Here!

There was an Alice in Wonderland themed event yesterday that was hosted by a few vintage shops and other stores around that area so Katti and I decided to check it out. For the Alice in Wonderland event there were people dressed as characters from the Lewis Carroll' book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". It was a little too hot for wearing lolita so we opted for dressing in mori girl and stuck flowers in out hair and called ourselves "talking flowers". Maybe not so original, but it was fun. The event seemed like it was for smaller children, which is the only reason why we didn't stay for long. We stayed for maybe an hour, but after that we walked downtown to look around in another vintage store that we like and after that we went to Goodwill. We both found books and some really cheap clothes, but I'm not sure if I'll do a blog post on that. Well, here is what I wore that day (minus the shoes).

I made some of my hair clips as well.

I didn't get a full photo of Katti's outfit, but I did get some really nice photos of her using my toy camera. All the flowers she wore in her hair were clips that she made herself.

I think this photo of her looks really cute.

Here she is taking pictures of some flowers that we saw.

I also took some pictures of the insides of the vintage shops. The lady dressed up as Alice was so kind and let me take a picture of her. The Mad Hatter was also lurking around, but he looked busy so I didn't bother him.

She was so sweet and stayed in character the whole time.

There were such cute little toys!

I really liked the dresses on the wall of one of the vintage
stores, but everything was so expensive...

I really haven't been wearing mori girl (or lolita) lately, but last week I wore this outfit to class. I think this dress is very appropriate for spring. For the most part everything is off-brand. The apron dress might be a Crisp dress, but it could be a knock off since I purchased it from Taobao.

A close up...

Thanks for reading this, before I go I'll leave you with a hint as to what the next blog post will be about:

Beautiful, right? I wish I could live here!

That's all for now! Stay tuned in for the next blog post!

More Mori Girl Outfits!!!

I haven't really been dressing up lately out of pure laziness, so I sometimes sporadically try to wear mori girl whenever I can. I can already tell that this blog post will be boring since I haven't done anything extremely fascinating ever in a while, sorry! I wore this first outfit on a really wet and rainy day and I kept getting worried that my long skirt was going to get muddy... not good... not smart. My friend Katti was smart and did not wear mori girl that day, but I had to find out the hard way.

Cardigan: Forever 21
Skirt: Thrifted
Dress: Off-brand 

That day I ate rice and the fake bulgogi that I cooked.
It was actually really good.

The next outfit was for a day when my best friend Katti and I decided to not be apartment hermits and go out and do something. We went to two thrift stores and we also walked around at a really bland (cultural???) event downtown. I actually took a lot of photos that day, but I accidentally deleted them. However, I got one decent photo of my outfit, and Katti took a photo of me making a weird face at one of the thrift stores (see below). We didn't buy anything because both Katti and I were kind of broke, but we did get green tea frappuccinos after our outing and they tasted really good. That whole day was really nice.

Blouse: Christmas gift from Katti
(It was tea dyed by her special hands!)
Tote bag and skirt: Off-brand

I'm never going to be photogenic,
but with Microsoft paint anyone can become a star!
(That's a joke.)

Today I ran around taking photos and doing art projects. This is the last outfit of the month, and I know I haven't been wearing mori girl a lot, but I'll try harder to dress up more often. It's just that sometimes I don't really feel like putting any effort into what I wear on a daily basis. Even though I know it's boring, I felt really good while wearing this outfit. I'll have to remember that and maybe that will give me more motivation to dress up in the future.

I'm wearing some stuff from Taobao,
off-brand shoes and cardigan and the
blouse is SM2.

The collar of this blouse is my favorite!

Before I end this blog post I'd like to share some of my toy camera photos. I'm still getting the hang of my digital chocolate camera and I'm accidentally deleting the photos less frequently now. Let's take a look!

This bike was so cute! I kind of want a bike now.

I kind of wish the twig was more centered...

This one came out kinda swirly...

Tree fingers!

If you are still reading this I hope you've had a great day and that you're feeling wonderful because you are wonderful. Take care!

Where Forest Fashion Meets Lolita

My dad came over for a visit and took my best friend and I out to eat. It was the perfect opportunity to throw on the frills, but with a twist! We decided to mix mori girl with lolita and the end results were coordinates that looked as if a prim and proper Victorian lady and gotten lost in the forest and decided that she liked it there. It was the first time my father had seen us wearing anything other than jeans and t-shirts, but his reaction was very positive. He said that we looked pretty, and he even wanted to take our picture. But being the sort of aloof kind of guy that he is, it seems like our choice of attire didn't cross his mind again while we chatted about all things lolita and mori girl in the backseat of his car.

Credits go to my dad for this lovely photo.

My friend always has such wonderful luck finding lovely things. Everything she was wearing was off-brand! Who says you need a closet full of name brand clothing to look fabulous! A lot of her clothes were lucky thrift store finds. What really made her outfit all the more striking were her cute accessories. I really loved her cute rose belt and the compass necklace was a gift that I gave her last Christmas! It looks great on her and I'm glad that she likes it.

A compass so you never get lost :).

I really enjoy that my best friend loves both mori girl and lolita. I think both styles really suit her and I'm so happy that this is just another thing that we share in common.  Our big dream if funds are permitting is to go to Japan together and do a little sightseeing, eat lots of yummy food (hopefully with matcha in it as we are matcha fanatics), and meet lots of awesome people... and probably shop until we pass out somewhere.

Adorable! Don't you agree?

Also, here is a more detailed photo of what I wore as well. Sorry for the lack of shoes, I was kind of lazy and I didn't feel like putting them on.

Dress: Innocent World
Collar, underskirt and tights: Off-brand
Blouse: Forever 21

Thanks for reading! Hopefully my friend and I will have more time to dress up in the future. We are thinking of doing even more themed coordinates together. It's a possibility that we will do a book theme next... but who knows!

A Very Lolita Outing

Lat week my best friend and I decided to go out and have a little fun in our frills. She hasn't been a lolita for long so this is her first coordinate and her first time going out in lolita. She was a little nervous, but surprisingly no one bothered us or said anything negative and the only comments we received were positive ones.

Sometimes our faces turn into hearts... it's perfectly normal.
Just kidding, the sun was in our eyes. 

Her dress was from Ebay and her mother made the velvet bow in her hair.

We had a lot of fun. It's still a little chilly here so the first thing we did was drink green tea latte's to warm up. Later, we went out to eat some really delicious Greek food. I couldn't take any photo's until we got back to our apartment, so that explains why the only photos I have are just of us standing around some trees...

Also, here is the rundown of my own outfit:

Dress: Surface Spell
Cross Necklace: A gift from a friend.
Shoes and tights: off-brand
Cutsew: Taobao

My best friend and I are planning on going out and dressing up more often, but we are going to try to do themed outfits. Hopefully next time I'll remember to bring my camera...

Thanks for reading!

A Surprise Gift and Farm Adventures

My pen-pal in Maine remembered my birthday and sent me a gift! I hardly ever get gifts for my birthday now that I'm an adult, so this was much appreciated and it very much left me speechless when I pulling the box of mystery contents out of my mailbox. It must have really taken her a while to make the framed embroidery roundel (and she later informed me that it did!), but it looks adorable. I really love the twig pencils as well! They remind me of something a girl who lives in the forest would draw or write stories with. The card was also very sweet and inside she had written a little about her wedding preparations and the freezing weather. 

Thank you so much Caitlin!

There was a four day weekend in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (which is today!), so my best friend and I hit the road and headed back home to visit family. My aunt and uncle live right next door to my uncle's parents who own a farm so I spent a lot of time wandering around and in the process I got to snap some photos.

I really like watching the sunsets while I'm in the country.

 

There were cows in this photo, but you can''t really see them.

Goats!!! There were so many of them! I was trying to feed this one.

I really want to be able to go back again soon! It was nice being able to see my aunt and uncle and I tried not to cry when it was time to go back. Tomorrow I have school and it seems like the monotony will continue. However, that is rather harsh since most of my classes this semester are actually fun!

I hope you enjoyed the blog post! Thanks for reading!

First Week of School!

Today was the first week of the new semester. I have to say that after the first week I'm really optimistic about all of my classes and all of my professors so far seem amiable. I really want to do well this semester so I have to study hard and set goals for myself. I want to get my GPA a little higher and hopefully I'll get into the program that I want. My birthday was also this week! It's always my luck that my birthday falls on a school day, haha. I already anticipated that I wouldn't be able to do anything special due to the start of the semester, so the week before I dressed up and bought myself some birthday gifts in order to celebrate. Here is what I wore:

Cardigan and Underskirt: Forever 21
Tights, socks, purse and shoes: off-brand
Dress: Sechuna

There is a Goodwill close to where I live, so I decided to go for a visit. Usually all of the things that I find and really like never fit me right and I always leave empty handed, but I was extremely lucky on my last visit and found a cute cardigan and long length skirt that are both perfect for mori girl. Because they were gently used I got them for a great price as well. Here is what I purchased:

The birthday loot!

I hope everyone is happy and if school has also started for you I hope you aren't feeling too overwhelmed by it all already...

Happy New Year!

May your year be filled with joy!

Happy New Year and a very belated Happy Holiday to you all! I'm sorry for not blogging in a while, I went back home to visit with family for Christmas so I was a little preoccupied with all the festivities that were going on. I ate a lot of food and it was wonderful being able to see relatives that I had not seen in a while. My family did not give gifts this year (instead we ate food and played games), but one of my favorite cousins surprised me by giving me a gift of a small magnolia scented candle and body spray that smelled like cotton candy. It was a very eventful Christmas and I am sad that it is all over now.

The shawl I made over Christmas break...

Christmas also proved to be a very productive time as well, especially for crafting. I finished a shawl that I had neglected to finish about a year ago and while I was home I also made hair bows out of some velvet ribbons that I purchased before Christmas. I really like how the shawl turned out and because it was so easy to knit I think I will have to make one for my best friend. I made the bows as cute options for hair accessories because I don't really have many at the moment. I really want to make some hair bows for people that I know who might like that sort of thing. Maybe as gifts next Christmas?

The bows I made. They turned out kind of cute!

I participated in the Mori Girl Secret Santa event on LiveJournal and it was really fun. This year the event was very simple. All you had to do was send a card and if you wanted to give a little extra you could. My Secret Santa was a sweet mori girl named Vickie from Texas. She sent me a handmade bookmarker and a card and included little extras. Some mini-notes and hand-copied poems, one in English and one in Spanish were also included. It was all so thoughtful and I felt like my Secret Santa really spent a lot of time making the gifts.

All of this was from my Secret Santa!!!

I was the Secret Santa of LiveJournal user pookiebookie, who also runs the tumblr blog The Dainty Cat. I painted her a winter queen and I made her a velvet hair bow. She wrote that one of her favorite colors is dusty rose, so I really wanted to use that color in her gift, hence the bow in that color.

The two gifts...

This New Year's has been a little uneventful due to the fact that my family decided not to do anything (everyone had to work or was busy) and my friends were out of town or celebrating with their own families, but I might do something on my own a little later (like go out to eat or something...), I'm not sure yet. Well, I'm dressed up but I just have no idea what I'm going to do! My outfit:

Skirt and Dress: Taobao
Tights, Purse and Collar: Off-brand
Shoes: Xappeal
Cutsew: SM2

I really love this crochet sailor collar.

As far as New Year's resolutions go, I don't have any besides studying harder, haha. I hope that the new year has had a positive start for you and many wishes for a bright and happy year.

Edit: I ended up just eating pizza and watching television...