Museum of Zoology & a couple of outfits

A couple of weeks ago I had the past two weeks off from work, which has been great. I haven't had a vacation for a really long time, so it was really nice to gear down. I didn't travel anywhere or work on any major creative projects. It's basically just been a fairly low-key vacation. I will, however, take you through some of the highlights.

My friend Amy and I went to the Museum of Zoology which I haven't been to since I was a child and I've been wanting to go back now for the past couple of years, but haven't really gotten around to it before now. I just remember that I loved going there when I was a child, so I was really looking forward to going again.

Amy

This one freaks me out a bit, but I figured some might like it.

I thought this owl was a hoot ;)

I became a little too attached this polar bear. Mighty Boosh fans will understand why probably ;)

All right, so it was fun to go there again, but it was so much smaller than I remembered. Super small, actually. But I still liked being there again. I love museums with all the corridors and corners, they feel so much like a labyrinth.

Another thing I did in these past couple of weeks was to sew this dress:

I've had this fabric lying about for so long and had even half-started making something, but I finally sat down and actually made something wearable with it.

The colour isn't coming out right in the photo. It's a lot more blue in real life; A really gorgeous colour, and I had so been looking forward to wearing this colour, but I don't know... I made the dress a bit on the large size, well, not intentionally, obviously, but I was using a new pattern for the bodice, which apparently is a bit bigger than my old one.

Honestly, there's a reason I put the belt on in the picture. I used 4 meters of chiffon fabric for the skirt and it's just too much, so it's all sausage-y around the waist and then it's too big in the back and ugh, I was really disappointed with the outcome. Mostly, because in my mind I had this image of a nice, light and breezy Spring dress, but when I put this one on, I just feel like a big cupcake, like I'm on my way to a six year olds birthday party.

It probably has more to do with how I feel in Lolita in general these days, than the actual dress. It's just something with all those layers that's putting me off at the moment. Hmm.

Random outfit picture from my holiday.

Jewelry: Gina Tricot
Knit: Vero Mora
Leggings: H&M
Shoes: Bianco

And another one from Easter.

Everything is H&M except shoes and jewelry.

That's all for now :)

Cats, meetups, photos and horror movies

Last weekend I visited Tenna at her parents' house. They have a dog and six cats. Their newest member is this cute little kitten that Tenna's mom rescued recently. She was so cute :3 It was a lovely day spent mostly inside mostly watching Supernatural and Mighty Boosh, hehe :D

The latest issue of Starlight Magazine was also revealed this week.


Besides a couple of mini features, I did two "minor" shoots. The Harry Potter selfportraits and the Hunter Loli shoot. Have look:

  



More photos can be viewed at my photoblog.

Yesterday I went to a meetup to celebrate the 1st anniversary of Danish Frills, which is a Danish forum focusing solely on Lolita fashion. We went to A.C. Perchs Tearoom which was a lovely place with a wonderful atmosphere. Everything was so luxurious.




I drank white temple tea, ate small sandwiches and scones with lemon curd and everything was absolutely delicious.





Tenna and I had decided to be really fancy, so we both had big hair XD I tried doing this Marie Antoinette inspired hair do as shown in this video. But next time I think it needs to be a bit bigger ^^

I made this hairpiece from a decorative garland I had lying around.

After the meetup, five of us went to the cinema to watch The Woman in Black. We had plenty of time before the movie started, so we took some outfit shots and then went a had something to warm to drink in the café at the cinema.

 

Dress: Aatp
Blouse: Dear Celine
Cardigan: Louise
Tights (two pairs layered): H&M
Shoes: Bodyline

The shoe choice was sort of a last minute thing, and next time I'm wearing this outfit, I would prefer to wear something more elegant ^^ 



The movie was really good. I'm not one for horror movies, but since it's Daniel Radcliffe starring, I had to see it. I think he did really well. It was really scary, though, I found myself burying my face in my fox stole aka. George so many times and continuously bursting out "Dude!" and muttering to myself "nonononono", lol XD

But then again, I'm really not one for horror movies. ;)

So yeah, check out the trailer if you haven't already :D

Afterwards, Tenna and I went back to my place and watched Mighty Boosh, really tired and worn out from being out in the cold.

And to finish this entry, I'd like to show you two of my recent purchases:


Fresh out of the box ;)

These shoes from Vivienne Westwood. Gosh, I've been sighing over these for so long now, so when I found them in this colour and my size, I had to go for it. They are so freaking comfortable and they smell like bubblegum, haha :D
I love them so much, I wish I could get a pair too in gold, lol ;)





The other thing is this dress from Metamorphose:

I remember seeing this print back when I was starting out in Lolita and I just loved the cats on it! Ever since I've been keeping my eye out for the right colour and version. I found this on mbok for just about 4000JPY. I think it's really cute and it has a really nice length, although not as much width in the skirt as I would have liked, but oh well :)

No this blog is not dead :3

Since my last update, many things have happened, which I guess is kind of a given, as it's been forever since my last update. Anyway, in May I journeyed to Cardiff to visit a friend of mine. We did several photoshoots there, some of which are featured in the June edition of Starlight Magazine.

There are more photos from the castle shoot to see at my photo blog. I'm kind of slow-mo with the editing, so the two other shoots aren't up yet, but will be soon. Hopefully.

I'm also very excited to say that I will have two photoshoots featured in the next issue. One of them is a huge photo series with four models. I spent so much time on preparing for that shoot, it's ridiculous. I had to sew most of the outfits, but I'm very pleased with the outcome, so I can't wait to show you the photos. The next issue of Starlight will be released on Monday the 8th and we've taken quite a bit step forward this time in terms of layout and content, if I may say so myself, hehe. :3

For the premiere of the last Harry Potter movie, Tenna and I spent the weekend before sewing dresses. I made this deep red velvet dress with a black chiffon bustle, and Tenna made a green velveteen dress. Brilliant as she is, Tenna then painted our respective house crests onto the dresses. Mine in gold paint and hers in silver. It looks awesome, just saying.

How we looked for the premiere. I have to say that I am so happy with the work we put into these dresses. It felt really amazing to honour the end of an era like this. I'm a huge HP fan, so it meant a lot to me. And yes, I needed a bucket for my creys.

We barely got to set foot in the cinema, when a tv reporter came up to us and asked for an interview. We nervously agreed. It was quite a long interview and he asked lots of questions. Lol, he opened with "Aren't you too old to be watching Harry Potter". Unfortunately, I can't show you the final clip. I haven't even seen it myself. Both Tenna and I have tried writing the tv station, but they were no help at all, which is a shame. I really wanted to see it :(

Then on the 20th of July Tenna and I went to a meetup with the Danish forum for Japanese Fashion. This was my first meetup actually, but I already knew a couple of people there, so it wasn't as daunting as one could've thought. We just had a nice picnic in the park and the we played charades.

My outfit
Skirt: Handmade
Top: Surface Spell
Shoes: Bodyline

Group shot, though not of the entire group, just the lolis


We spent the rest of the evening chilling and then the next day, after a quick trip downtown, Tenna and I started sewing. I started making a black chiffon dress. I've been needing just a basic black dress for so long. I finished it late in the evening after Tenna went home.

Sorry for the half-assed pics, I was so lazy that day, lol.

All right, that's it for now. I do have a few new purchases to show you, but that'll be some other time.

Lolitaloppis 2011

So Tenna and I got on the train early, and I mean really early, Sunday morning to get to the Lolitaloppis in Stockholm. The train ride was long, so we tried to get some extra sleep.  Finally, we were in Stockholm, now we only had to find the right street and even though we'd printed out a map, it proved to be a bit difficult, because the map wasn't detailed enough.

Our outfits for the day.
We took these outfit photos by a church close to the Central Station. It was such a beautiful place.

When we got to Tokyo Stop, naturally, there was a line. It actually wasn't as long as I'd expected, but it still took forever for us to get in. I think it was around 1pm or so when we got in line and it was 4pm when we got out of Tokyo Stop after having spent about 15 or 20 minutes inside. So yeah, it took a while. -__-
I don't actually mind waiting in line for events, but we hadn't eaten since 9am (when we ate 'lunch' on the train, lol), so we were very hungry and it was really cold. Obviously, we didn't wear the most practical shoes, but still. Lastly, the two girls waiting infront of us were really, really annoying. Like. I can't even. Mhm.


After the loppis Tenna snapped this photo of us in a mirror/window. Notice our bags of brand, yay! :D

Inside Tokyo Stop it was super crowded which is to be expected when you shove a bunch of frill-butts into two tiny rooms, but it was a bit disappointing, because it didn't leave that much room for taking photos. I got a few that are for Starlight Magazine, but I would have liked more.

Tokyo Stop were having a sale on their Lolita items. They were marked down by 40 % which sounds like a good deal, except their original price was almost double the retail price. So even with the mark down it was a bit more expensive than were you to buy from Japan. It was such a shame, because they had Meta's Blooming Garden JSK in the colour and the design that I wanted, but with the mark down it cost 200SEK more than what I'd brought.

It was then that I started to feel a bit panicked, lol, having come all this way and waited in line for so long and then I couldn't find something to buy? Then I saw this burgundy skirt hanging behind some other dresses at one girl's stand and it turned out to be this skirt:

Atelier Pierrot

It's the Romeo and Juliet print and it is so luxurious! The fabrics and the design - it's all so beautiful *__*

So I bought it, even though it's too small for me, but it came with waist ties, so I can let it out a bit ^^

I love the chiffon bustle in the back <3

Tenna bought the long and dusty mint version of IWs Christina JSK (the one I have in plum/short) so now we can twin. And it is just so gorgeous in that colour <3

I also bought this cute tote bag and a necklace.

Afterwards when we'd gotten something to eat (thank you 7eleven!), we went into one of the many H&Ms. I bought a hat like the one Tenna modified and wore for the day. It's sold out in most stores around here, so that was neat, hehe.

Next we took our outfit shots by a church and then we headed back to the train station.

The ride back home seemed longer than out, but we had fun with listening to the music from A Very Potter Musical and the audio book of the Philosopher's Stone. We had to switch trains in Lund and on the train to Copenhagen, we entered the overly tired hyper mode, lol. It was a lot of fun, though I felt a bit bad for the other few passengers. Tenna showed me her troll face:



Still lolling XD

Altogether it was a good trip, but a really long day. It was fun, but I feel it cost a bit too much to get there compared to how it was. If I were to do it again, I would definitely do it differently, like spend a weekend in Stockholm and get a chance to see some of the beautiful things there too.

Outfits and lolitaloppis

My outfit from last Friday: 


Dress: Btssb

I tried doing a fishbone braid for the first time (succesfully anyway).  Then I wore that off white shirt which is made from this soft light weight cotton with dot embroidery. I really wanted something comfortable and fit for the country, since I went to my parents' summer cottage and just felt like going for a walk and taking some photos. It was a very summery day ^^



On Saturday I met up with Tenna at the Central Station in Copenhagen to buy our train tickets to Stockholm for the Lolitaloppis :D


The tickets and the dress I plan on wearing on Sunday.

Then we went back to my place and spent the day sewing while watching Supernatural. Gooood times =D

Tenna taking apart her AP skirt :O Turned out awesome though!

And my outfit from that day:

There is this blue-ish green in the embroidery, so I thought I'd try to coordinate it with this bolero.



I spent the day sewing a black dress. It turned out all right, but I still need to add a collar and some cuffs and then take it in a bit...somehow in the back. So no pictures yet.

But yeah, Tenna and I are going to the Lolitaloppis on Sunday. We have to get up ridiculously early to catch our first train, but hopefully it'll be worth it. I'm definitely looking forward to it :D

Chocolate & fairy tales

Sorry, I’ve been neglecting this blog so much lately, I feel kind of bad, especially because I’ve actually had plenty of loli related times lately.

I had those two weeks off from work and I basically spent my time relaxing, sewing and taking photos. I made these two skirts and a matching headbow for one of them. I am planning to make one for the green skirt too. When I saw these two colours of this fabric, I just couldn’t resist buying it. I was planning to use these two at work, but I don’t know, I wore the blue one the other day and it just gets too dirty.

I got some red fabric too and I made cape for a photoshoot, I did a few weeks ago. I don’t have any photos of it to show you yet, because the photos are for the Danish online magazine for Lolitas which isn't released beofre April 11th.

I also bought some light dusty blue chiffon fabric for a JSK, but I haven’t started sewing that one yet.

Tenna invited me to a chocolate festival a few weeks ago and it was quite delicious. She owns Bodyline’s Chocolate Biscuit print in two colourways, so I borrowed her blue skirt, so we could twin this very event appropriate print :D

We met up with Tenna’s friend Keon there, so for once we had someone to take a photo with the both of us in it.

(Shoes: Monki, jewelry: Accessorize, headbow: handmade)

The moment we got inside and took off our coats, we were jumped by two event girls in hot pink poofy dresses, who complimented our outfits and gave us free chocolate! See?! Lolita pays off sometimes :D

We stayed for a while – until all of our free chocolate ‘coins’ (which came with the ticket) were used up and we were getting a bit nauseous from too much of a good thing which included chocolate and macarons :D

Afterwards we went to Baresso to recover :D A wonderful way to spend half a Sunday ^__^

This is my newest purchase: Baby’s Alice’s Portrait JSK in black. I love this print combined with the stripes and I’ve been searching for it for quite some time now. The pink and blue versions are all over the place, but I wanted the black or the red one. Finally I found it on mbok.jp and I really love this place. It gave me the Sleeping Beauty JSK, this one and Meta’s Swan lake skirt is one its way to me.

The photoshoot I mentioned before is themed ‘Fairy tales’ and I had three of my friends and colleagues model for me. I’ll save most of the talk of this shoot for my photoblog, I just want to share this photo Tenna took while I was setting up:

(Photo curtesy of Tenna)

I just want to say that is was a wonderful day, I had the pleasure of looking at three beautiful fairy tale characters and idyllic surroundings all day. More days should be like that ♥

Lastly, I want to share my outfit from last Saturday. I wanted to take some photos to submit to the magazine, but I’m too far from satisfied with the result, so I’ll just share one here and maybe more later at my other blog.

Dress from Retroscope Fashions. This was actually the first ever Lolita dress I bought three years ago and this is the first time I’ve really worn it. For real. It’s mid-calf length and a size too big, so I never liked it. But I gotta say, after this shoot, I’m loving this so much, haha. During this shoot which lasted for about thirty minutes, I experienced cloudy and sunny weather, and snow. It was ridiculous! Hehe..