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!