What I Bought Selling my Dreams Away

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had sold Candy Treat and Jewelry Jelly (my first dream dresses). I took the money I made from those two dresses and replaced them with things to adapt to my changing style.

St Mephisto Cathedral in iris by Alice and the Pirates:

This dress is a lovely color and print. BUT there are a few things I don't like about it. For one, the bow and lace right dab in the middle makes it look more childish than it needs to. Also the straps are a bit short. However I may be able to remove the bows/lace and get the straps extended. Until then it goes wonderfully under my black pirate jacket.

Amelia's Locket in sea foam by Atelier Enchanteur

This skirt is an absolute treat. It is definitely one of my favorite pieces. The amazing thing about Atelier Enchanteur is that it's just one dedicated girl in Maryland. She even sent me this as a free gift: 
How cool is that?
Anyway, this skirt is amazing. When I was putting together my Melty Mermaid Princess coord, I was trying to achieve a mermaid theme, but no matter what I did it kept coming out pirate-y looking. But this skirt is so whimsical that I'm easily able to put together a mermaid coord out of it with my blonde Rhapsody wig. It's also versatile enough to go pirate with my Farrah Showstopper wig.

I also picked this up for my Wonder Story coord:



More stuff that I'll be selling that I've blogged about:
Milky Berry (after all that work, I decided I've outgrown the print. At least I got to wear it once!)
Aurora headband
An*tai*na blue rocking horse shoes
Chocomint love balloon
Bodyline soft cream skirt in black
GLW pink x blue split
Bodyline "mint" shoes


I'm in the process of making a sales post, who knew it could be so much work?

Brewery Art Walk Lolita Meet + Other Stuff

On Sunday, I attended a meet up in Los Angeles at a place called the Brewery.
The Brewery is a lot of hundreds of artists lofts. They open them up two times a year to the public, and so a group of us went out there!

I had a lot of fun. I wore my OTT pirate coord with my new Rhapsody wig from GLW. The coord was a mix of pirate and mermaid!  The best part about it was seeing old friends and meeting new ones.

Here's a closeup of my outfit, kind of lol



I felt far more comfortable in this coordinate than any of my sweet ones. I felt more my age too. So I'm definitely switching styles.
I sold off Candy Treat..won't forget about my old obsession with that any time soon.

I also sold off Jewelry Jelly. It's still in my closet at the moment, but there's someone paying for it via payment plan. After searching for it for months and finally finding and buying it, I don't consider it mine anymore. I've seen too many bad pictures of myself in it.

I considered selling Merry Making Party too, but after seeing this photo I decided to keep it around for last resort OTT coords:



 As for Milky Berry, I think I'm going to keep it, just because of the mint and red clash. Plus it took me around 8 months to get the coordinate together, so it would be a shame to let it go.  I'll keep Wonder Story because while it is a sweet print, it's a tad more sophisticated and grown up than some of the other sweet prints I've had.
Chocolate Chess is definitely sticking around, because I love it too damn much to let it go.
I am so grateful that I never bought Decoration Dreams.

Now that I have loads of money from my  sales, I am going to invest in Alice and the Pirates. Melty Mermaid Princess is by that brand. The really cool thing about that skirt is that I can wear it as normal clothes, and no one thinks anything weird of it. I figure that prints that, as well as ones a  little more on the classic side are a little more adaptable into every day wear. It makes spending the money far more justifiable.


Well, I'm off to bed!

March Activities

March has already prooved itself to be very busy!

The first Saturday in March, I attended a lovely meetup at the Huntington Library. It is so beautiful, and was perfect for a meet! I recently bought Wonder Story, which is an Alice in Wonderland inspired theme. It has books on it, and is was perfect for the place.

That's me, Iris, Suzanna, and Grace. There was only four of us, but there was a group of high school kids doing a documentary on the fashion. They followed us around for a bit and were pretty nice company. 

The Huntington Library proved to be a place for excellent photo opportunities. 

Here's a closeup of my coord!

Last weekend, I participated in another fashion show. I wore my Chocolate Chess coord. 

I got pretty nervous and didn't stop for long enough at the first photo op. We're supposed to stop for 3 seconds before we move on, and I think I must've been there for  1 1/2 seconds. I slowed down a bit after that though. Overall, i had a really good time, met a lot of new people, and decided once and for all  that I hate wig caps! 

As for the rest of the month, I don't really have too much planned. I am still working on reconstructing my red blouse so i can wear Milky Berry. I am also in the works of selling all my head bows, as well as my Candy Treat set. 

Oh and I must post the newest addition to my closet!

PIRATE TIGHTS! The print is pretty unique, as most pirate/sailor things just have pictures of boats and anchors. These tights have squid and narwhals on them! Narwhals were always my favorite species of whale, because they remind me of unicorns. 

I am putting together a pirate coord using my Melty Mermaid Princess skirt and some old items that I've found lying around in my closet. These tights are a perfect addition. 

Until next time! 

Event Photos/Scarlet Tea Room Review

As I posted earlier, Febuary has been busy with events.
On Wednesday I walked in my first fashion show at Royal T for a Tune in Tokyo event.

The whole experience was....blah.
For a couple of reasons.

First, I put my makeup on in the dark. Since I'm pretty unskilled, it came out looking pretty bad. I also had a circle lens malfunction, so I had to go without those. Also at the last min. I stupidly decided to wear my JSK the normal way, instead of wearing it as a halter like I normally do. Because of my size, when I wear most JSK's as they should be worn, they are too unporportionate and short. Because of that I ended up looking stocky and unportional. Additionally, I should not have left those two peices of hair out of my wig. It would have looked fine without that.
On to the group pic!

Everyone else looked fabulous! You can totaly see how my pettis are not proportionate at all. On the bright side, it was amazing getting to see a lot of the local girls together in one place.

So I learned from that experience and learned what not to do if there is a next time.

On Saturday, the Valentines Tea rolled around. I wore my Chocolate Chess coord. I love Chocolate Chess more than any other JSK I own, it's fits so beautifully and I actually feel comftrable in it.

Here I am with the lovely Sharon!

And here's a group shot:


The event was hosted by Molly and Paige, who are located on the far left. They did an excelent job through the whole thing. From picking the venue to organizing the event, it all went off wonderfully. They even had lolita themed bingo, which was a lot of fun!

On to my review of the tea house!
The Scarlet Tea Room is located off of Green Street in Pasadena, right on the outskirts of Old Town. The accesability is alright, I had to park in a structure and paid $6 for the whole time, which isn't too bad. As for the price of the tea itself, I paid $35. It included 3 courses.
The first course was scones and preserves. There were four different types of scones to choose from, and I had a chocolate chip one. It was amazing!
After the scones, we were given tea sandwich trays. The sandwiches were roast beef, turkey/cranberry,chicken pesto, and some apple thing. I ate the first three but not the apple one. The three sandwiches that I did eat were very good!
Later we had some sort of berry thing. It was pretty good too, though I have no idea what it is called.
So the price included the food, tax and tip. I thought it was a bit steep, but the atmosphere in the tea room was pretty nice compared to others I've been to, so I didn't mind too much. There was a man on the piano and the whole place was really clean.

That's it for now. Next week I'll be attending another meetup at the Huntington Library in San Marino. I'm pretty excited about that!

Chocolate Chess Coordinate Plan

Chess Chocolate is mine! I made a bit of overtime in January, so I was able to afford it. I bought the mint
jabot.



Coord wise, the light mint will be my base color. I am going to bring in pink as a secondary color, even though the JSK doesn't have any in it. I am going to use brown as another secondary color. White and gold will also be brought in slightly.

From the bottom up!
I'm going to wear my pink rocking horse shoes.


Mint royal chocolate socks! These work perfectly, because I won't be missing out on the brown towards the bottom of the coord.

I also just bought this pink bolero from BTSSB. I will wear this with Chess Chocolate until I buy a long
sleeve pink blouse. The white in the trim will coordinate with the white chocolate pieces in the print.


On the bolero, I am going to pin my mint fuzzy stars. In order to bring out the gold in the jsk, I am going to pin my gold chocomint stars in the middle of the fuzzy stars. It's a pretty cool technique to use. 

And my AP chocolate donut necklace!

And of course, my Melty Chocolate bag!




As for my hair, I'm going to wear my blended choco-latte base wig, with my toned down mint bow. I'm also thinking about constructing some chess chocolate inspired bows. I bought some mint-ish colored ribbon the other day, but I'm not too sure if the colors are right. I should just go with pink bows instead, to bring the pink color up into the top of the coord.

I also need to start thinking about earrings, since my wig will be worn up. I'll likely just do some dangly chocolate truffles.

Update 2/19/12:
Chocolate Chess came in the mail a few days ago! It's definitely the most beautiful dress I have. Here I am trying it on and taking an ever tacky mirror shot! 

Upcoming Events

There's some fun junk coming up in Febuary in the lolita world. And it is all happening within the span of one week.


On February 22nd, I will be walking in my first lolita fashion show. I'm pretty nervous, I've never done anything like it. It will be at Royal T for a lolita theme Tune in Tokyo event. I'm going to be wearing my
Jewelry Jelly coord, which is pictured under this.




I entered Gothic Lolita Wigs daily customer coordinate contest, and I won on Febuary 1st! It was pretty cool to go on facebook on my lunch break and see this:




My friend Naomi took some pics of me the week prior so I submitted those. If anyone is in the LA area, Naomi is a great photographer and I believe she does some $25 specials.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naomi-Coronel/299013740146887?ref=ts

The following Saturday, I'll be attending a Valentines tea party! 

I bought my ticket last month. This tea party is pretty convenient, as it will be in Pasadena, an area I am very familiar with. I get anxious when tea parties and meets are far away because I'm always worried about getting lost. 

Anyway, I am unsure about what to wear to this. I just bought a Baby bolero, which coordinates nicely with my Bodyline soft cream chocolate coord. 

I am also anxiously awaiting word from a Washington seller on EGL for a mint Chess Chocolate JSK. If I hear back from her soon and do end up getting the JSK, I'd like to wear that to the tea party. If I do end up getting it I will post my coordinate plan for the Chess Chocolate! 

One last thing, I found a new way to style my lolita wigs. I've struggled for a while in regards to wigs, as some of the twin tail wigs make my face look too big. However, without the twin tails, the coordinate is unproportionate! So I took a base wig, and pinned it up! 

I like this much better. It doesn't weigh my face down, but it is still relatively proportionate to the rest of the coord. 

Till' next time! 

Back to the Basics!

I recently purchased a couple of basic things for my wardrobe.

This handmade mint bow will replace my mint alice bows. I'm trying to gravitate away from alice bows, because they make me look like I'm trying too hard to look young.


I'm going  to buy some mint crystals to add to this and my mint shoe clips!
Also, I am actually thinking about selling my Alice bows. As of now, I have the Milky Berry bow and the Jewelry Jelly bow.



I also picked up this blouse. This is my first legit lolita blouse, as all my other ones have been altered from thrift stores.


Luckily, that huge bow at the neck is detachable.
This blouse will go with a lot of my coordinates, which is why I bought it! Melty Mermaid Princess, Merry Making Party and Jewelry Jelly. The long sleeves may even give Jewelry Jelly a more classic and adult look. I'm pretty excited to get it in the mail.