Btssb Lucky Pack

This is my outfit from last weekend when Tenna came over for some sewing and Harry Potter movie watching.

Dress+bag: Baby the stars shine bright
Cardigan: Vero Moda
Shoes: Deichmann
Jewelry: H&M
Hairaccessories: Accessorize

I wanted to do something new with my hair, so I tried this do. I received this dress in the mail recently. It's Baby's Blooming Snow White print which I also have in pink. I was so happy when I found this dress, because it was in the colour that I originally wanted. :3

I've been doing some more shopping lately. I bought one of Baby's lucky packs :D It's my first lucky pack, yay. I figured it would be safe enough seeing as I liked all the colours available and the sizes were listed. The shipping price was insane and when I picked up the package on at the post office, I saw why. The box it came in was huge, at least twice as big as what would've been necessary. The lucky pack came in a pink tote bag, but haven't taken any photos of that, but here are the contents:

The headbow

The bag. It's cute, but really tiny, lol

The blouse. It's so adorable

The dress

and finally the socks.

I was so thrilled when I opened the tote bag and saw that it was this colour that I had gotten. As I said earlier, I liked all three colours, but I was really hoping for this one. I love this tartan red with the white lace. It's reminds me of old school lolita and also one of Momoko's dresses in Kamikaze girls.

The fabric of the dress is so lovely, thick and comfortable, with lots of cute details like Baby's dresses usually have. How to know it's a lucky pack dress? There's no zipper, which I guess makes sense, as the manufacturing process would be more expensive then. But the whole back of the bodice is shirred, so there's no trouble putting on the dress. :)

Here's my outfit for today:

Dress, bag  & headbow: Btssb
Cardigan: Louise
Shoes: Bodyline
Necklace: handmade (not by me, though)

I've just been at home today working on my stuff for next issue of Starlight Magazine. We have a "Nerdy Lolita" theme coming up, so I've been doing some Harry Potter stuff. And Tenna and I have also talked about doing a Supernatural/Lolita shoot on Sunday. Should be interesting, yes? ;)

One last thing: Teaparty shoes. I've always been fascinated by all the lovely colours they're made in and how when you see other Lolis' wardrobes some have a pair in each colour. They're pretty cute. I've been wanting to get some for a while, but I've been worried that they would be too Sweet for my wardrobe. But when I saw that Secret Shop only had a few pairs left in stock in my size, I couldn't resist getting them. 

I wrote Clobba online to inquire when they would restock the other colours and if more colours would be made. They replied and said that they wouldn't restock for a really long time, maybe never for some colours. I don't know, it seems a little unrealistic that they should never make these shoes in the larger sizes again, nevertheless, I went and bought two pairs:

Pink

Lavender

I'm looking forward for the weather to get warm enough to actually be able to wear these outside. It'll probably be a while ;)

Lastly, I'm closing in on 100 followers and would like to announce that I will hosting a big giveaway when I reach 100 (or when my next taobao order arrives, whichever comes first ;)).

Selfportrait: Curiosities

Passing a Sunday afternoon by doing a selfportrait I've been wanting to do for a couple of weeks, but have had to put off, because of work and and a stupid corneal abrasion. 

To those of you who don't know, I'm a big Harry Potter fan and that's a movie replica of Prof. Snape's wand in my hand. The fairy dust was one of my Christmas gifts from Tenna. 

This second version was actually the first edit, before I decided to change it up a bit. I've been editing my photos in the same routine for a really long time and felt like mixing it up a bit, hence the first ones being all colour explosion ;)

I acutally hate doing selfportraits most of the time. Obviously, it's a lot more difficult getting the right shot, when you're not seeing what you're shooting when you're shooting it. It helps with the camera being tethered to the computer, but it's still tricky to get everything right. Alas, they are necessary to test light setups and new ideas. So while I'm not a big fan of them, one of my goals this year is to try to do more selfportraits, so I can get some practice, because on the plus side, they require much less planning than a model shoot (but I still want to do more of those as well, hehe, so altogether, more shoots need to happen ;)).

Magical things ♥

I want to make a special post about the Christmas gift I received from Tenna, because it's so amazing. *__*

When I opened the box (the chest came later) I was in complete awe.  It was full of cute bottles of dried flowers and plants, bath salts, beads, soap and glitter. Each bottle had a little handwritten label with a magical name on it (felix felicis and unicorn tears, guys ♥).

 

My own potions set :D

Rock salt and devil's weed seeds were added later

 

The chest and my very own fox stole aka. George (as in Fred and George, Fred is Tenna's fox).

Rose hair clip and glass case :D

Handmade cameo by Tenna. It's so lovely.

 I love this gift because, like I told Tenna, having things like this around me makes me feel like magic is real. ;D

Zarsu giveaway

Zarsu is hosting a giveaway =D

While she writes in Danish and you have to live in Denmark to participate, you should still check out her blog. She writes about her everyday life which includes plenty of cosplay, lolita and all things cute :3