Lolifying + Sales

This past week Lindsey, my roommate, and I got together with Katie to dress up and have fun! We planned a mini kigurumi meet-up!

We went out to Red Lobster with my other roommate and my boyfriend. It was a ton of fun and two little girls just loved watching us eat!

One of the few pictures I've managed to get of me and my boyfriend! He was happy enough to go out with a bear that night, thankfully!

The rest of the night Lindsey and I tore apart our Lolita closet to dress up Katie! The results follow:

Katie in Merry Making Party.

In Jewelry Jelly!

In Milky Berry~.

And my favorite coordinate on her, Jewelry Jelly in black.

It was so much fun and it created quite the mess but it was totally worth it! We followed up by watching Step Brothers  at 1 or 2 AM and then crashed.

The next day we had an impromptu fairy kei day, I loaned out a few things to Katie since she wasn't prepared for it, I think we all turned out adorable~!

My outfit rundown:

Sanrio Hello Kitty Ear Muffs

eBay wig

Offbrand cardigan and skirt

Angelic Pretty Lyrical Bunny cutsew

Angelic Pretty Angelic Pretty bow

Offbrand leggings and petticoat

Angelic Pretty Crown Logo and Jewelry Jelly socks

Angelic Pretty boston bag

Tennis shoes handpainted by Lindsey

Handmade accessories

Lindsey's rundown:

Angelic Pretty Jewelry Jelly headbow

Angelic Pretty ribbon jabot cutsew

Offbrand tights and skirt

Handmade lavender skirt

Baby, the Stars shine Bright and Secret Shop socks

Bodyline shoes

Chocomint accessories

Swimmer bag

It was a lot of fun, we went to Fubonn, the Asian grocery store in my area and we got a few people wanting pictures and giving us sweet compliments.

Mirror shot!

My shoes and socks~!

Two days later Lindsey and I planned on meeting up with Katie at Pioneer Square mall but unfortunately Lindsey and I ended up getting lost on one way streets due to her GPS not registering that the streets were one way. It was very scary for a while and by the time we got to the mall Katie had already gone home, but we made the best of it!

Lindsey, looking much happier not to be driving.

Myself, not being rattled at all, since it was my GPS that saved the day!

We had a lot of fun, got hit on a crazy amount by the guys at Sakura Sushi and had a lot of people compliment us and stop us for pictures on the streets of Portland. We got Gelato at Mio Gelato and spent more time outside the mall than inside it!

Outfit rundown:

Cyperous wig

Chocomint bow

Anna House blouse

Angelic Pretty Miracle Candy skirt and bow

Bodyline shoes and socks

Dream of Lolita replica purse

Handmade star clip

Angelic Pretty ring, Chocomint bracelets, 6% dokidoki ring.

It seems that I've managed to sell off 90% of my wardrobe! I've parted with the majority of my JSKs and skirts but somehow I still have 15+ blouses and cutsews. Unfortunately this has come at the worst time because I've worn lolita more in the past month than I have in the past 7 years of admiring/owning it.

Now I'm working on rebuilding my skeletal lolita wardrobe since I've managed to get a new job as an associate at Kohl's. It's not a bad job and I'm still in training but I'm happy to have one and happy to know that I can start building again!

Here's to guilt! [Wardobe / Coordinate Post]

I've certainly let this blog fall by the wayside, my only defense is that I've been working 40+ hours a week the last few weeks in picking up the slack of my coworkers and their Spring Break needs~, but to make up for it I'm going to do a few coordinate / wardrobe pictures!

This is the Lolita half of the closet. I share a closet with my live-in boyfriend, so I try to keep the 'alternative style' clothing as separate and condensed as possible, granted he has his own Visual kei / Kodona wardrobe that borders this one.

As you can see I have two versions of Miracle Candy as it's my all-time favorite print, the skirt and the jsk in pink and black. Mint Milky Berry has just been sold [the OP just simply did not fit me]. Jewelry Jelly jsk in lavender, Milky Berry jsk in black, Dreamy Dollhouse skirt in mint, Dreamy Dollhouse replica in pink, Cherry Berry Bunny skirt in red, Bodyline skirts and various blouses.

Unfortunately these wardrobe pictures are from ages ago but I plan on reopening my Poupee girl and taking pictures of ~everything~, scary enough though I haven't used it for a year and this past year has been when my Lolita wardrobe has expanded [the past six months, really].

Many shoes, but still not the entirety: BtSSB boots, red Bodyline heels, two pairs of ruffle RHS, three pairs of heart buckle Bodyline shoes in pink and red, and lace up Bodyline shoes in mint/blue. I'm missing a pair [my newest purchase] of Lavender Tea parties.

Socks and 'extras' bin consisting of various Secret shop and Brand socks that I can't name, honestly, but I've bought about 5+ more pairs that aren't in these pictures. Again, outdated pictures are outdated.

Headbows, accessories, hats, etc. A lot of AP brand items here and a few personally hand-made.

Berets, wig bag, and parasol~.

My favorite wigs, the white braided one and my Cyperous puff-ball.

That's a crash course into the majority of my wardrobe, now coordinate posts! We'll start off with mine:

Miracle Candy coord~! I'm hoping to tie in the sax purse with striped blue socks, I just purchased two pair from Bodyline. The blouse is BtSSB, Blue striped socks are Sock Dreams, Pink striped socks are AP, Purse is DoL [I believe], shoes are Bodyline.

The Jewelry Jelly Coordinate I just got finished selling off~! All AP minus the shoes which are Bodyline and the Cinnamoroll Bag.

My newest print, Creamy Soda Pop by BtSSB, Blouse is Anna House, Socks are AP, shoes Bodyline, and purse again is DoL. I'm hoping to also use blue striped socks for this as well.

The JSK I traded my JJ Black for, Jewelry Jelly in lavender. Everything's AP minus the Blouse and Bunny, Blouse is Anna House. I'm giong to use my Secret Shop Lavender Tea Parties for this coodrinate and hopefully tie in more mint with a cardigan.

AP Dreamy Dollhouse skirt and socks, Cutsew is DreamV, Bag is an offbrand find. This coordinate is the one I'm the most unsure of, as I've just recently purchased a Lavender AP cutsew and I'd like to possibly use the cutsew and my Lavender Tea Parties, the pink striped socks shown above and using my pink Pony purse instead of the lavender one.

I'm missing my Miracle Candy skirt in pink, I swore I took a picture of it but I'm not sure where it went. I'm also waiting on Little Bear Cafe [ a replica] and one of my dream prints Dreaming Macaroon!

In other news Lindsey and I took it upon ourselves to go to the mall again in Lolita. The trip was amazing, tons of people asked for our pictures [walking past the children's center was a bad idea and we were mobbed by a track team], no one insulted us, and we even ran into a few people who knew what we were wearing! A boy who called us "L--Lolis?" and a girl who knew about Lolita but attempted to tell us it was based off of that "latin book about that child prostitute." I'm guessing she meant the Russian-American novel by Vladmir Nabokov that we're all well aware of.

Our petticoats were quite dead at this point so I'm definitely going to puff mine up by adding layers of stiff netting [I'm a puff-freak], I've already gathered it, I just need to add it in in between the layers of tulle.

And beyond all of these goings on, I've been extremely busy with this:

The Sakuracon 2011 Dragonfish Cafe Dinner meet-up. I received such an outstanding interest in the meet-up that the 20 person reservation was HALF of what we needed. Now I've got the cafe catering us in a separate dining hall. It's a bit nerve wracking because I very much stress over every little detail and I'm always worried and thinking about the worst that could happen.

But there's been so many sweet girls thanking me up and down for the work I've put in to it and over half of them have RSVP'd for certain for the $30 dollar dinner. It's a little steep but that price is inclusive of gratuity, rental fees for the dining hall, a three course meal, drinks, dessert, and tax. I'm extremely excited for all of this to work out!

Sakuracon is coming up so quickly! I can't believe it's just right around the corner. And I'm even more ecstatic to be modelling in the Fashion show again this year, for both Ridi Kitty Designs and my own Angelic Pretty coordinate. I can't tell you how excited I am for all of this!

Here's to hoping it all goes smoothly!

AP's Miracle Candy Skirt V. SA's Dreamy Dollhouse Skirt, Also Bag Collection

I have already posted a comparison post for the Angelic Pretty Miracle Candy skirt and Sweet Angel's Replica Dreamy Dollhouse skirt, but I finally got around to getting pictures of everything so I'll just do short summaries of each one.

Skirt length versus skirt length. Miracle Candy's length [via my own measuring tape] is 51 CM from waist band to the end of the striped frill. Dreamy Dollhouse's length is 48 CM from waist to the end of the lace [which personally I don't count DDH's lace as "length" as it is sheer, but otherwise it would be 45.5 CM. On Hello Lace Miracle Candy is listed as 48 CM, [Brand] Dreamy Dollhouse is 46 CM.

Lace comparison. I just love the lace on Miracle Candy, if you can't tell on the pictures, it's candy and star lace. I'm not quite sure what is on the lace of the Dreamy Dollhouse skirt.

Waist tie comparisons, Miracle Candy's are detachable, Dreamy Dollhouse's are going nowhere.

The waist bow on both skirts are detachable, however, if you notice on the top right corner of the Dreamy Dollhouse bow, the threads of the rickrack aren't completely folded over and trimmed, however it's very easy to fix.

The tag and inside of the Dreamy Dollhouse skirt, the same closures, zipper and hook and eye. Skirt is fully lined and has tulle.

And the print. I would really like to get my hands on the Brand of this skirt to run a true replica vs. Brand comparison!

And my Angelic Pretty Boston Bag arrived in the mail today! Much sooner than expected!

The details for it are absolutely adorable and the bag is definitely bigger than I expected!

It'll hold everything I need to cart around when I'm dressed up, since my other bags aren't the right size at all!

The zipper pull is an adorable little bow, and the bag is completely covered in cute little hearts! I just love it, it's so cute!

I'm really pleased with the color as well. The picture that the seller used was a little bit darker than the purse actually turned out to be so I'm really happy with that!

My bag collection! My Baby, The Stars Shine Bright Usakumya tinytiny bag [barely holds a chapstick], my Sanrio Cinnamoroll backpack [holds my wallet and a cellphone], my Replica Baby Bag [there's a lot of love lost between me and this bag. I ordered it in white and received it in very-much off-white], my new Angelic Pretty Boston Bag, and an amazing gift from a friend, my Sweet! Tote Bag [which holds a ton of stuff because it's HUGE].

We are still planning on doing a Clobba order, hopefully tomorrow, and I'll be more than happy to post to see how that goes!

I've Been A Bad, Bad Girl.

Miracle Candy! This is the coordinate I have worked out for it thus far, I am hoping to balance out all the pink with a few more blue accessories and shoes because I just love the pink x blue coordinations!

AP wrist-cuffs would be a dream come true, however I'll probably just get a pair commissioned in blue.

Secret Shop candy socks in white, I thought about getting them in blue but in case I decide to do a pinkxwhite coordination, I'm trying to stick with white [unless I give in and just buy both!]

Secret Shop shoes. I absolutely love Secret Shop shoes, and I love ones with a wedge instead of a flat or a heel! These are available for pre-order, so I'm hoping I can get my hands on a pair.

And preferably more candy-themed sax jewelry, including smaller bows for my hair.

And this gorgeous, lovely wig! I'm not a fan of half-half wigs, but this wig has been my favorite ever since I spied it on CosplayWigsUSA, so I will not resist getting it for this coord!



I'm hoping all this extra blue will balance out the mass amount of pink that is the MC skirt! I'd prefer not to be a big ball of pink if I can help it.


I'm still keeping my eyes open for coordinations for my Milky Berry OP, but there's just so much more to get for it that I can't even begin to really focus! Plus, for some reason, I am desperately, truly in love with my Miracle Candy skirt. I love the way it fits and looks!



In other news: ClobbaOnline might not be this month's group order, as with the Chinese New Year coming up they might not be able to stock my entire order. I wish I would have released this sooner, I feel so silly! Granted I'm not sure how Bodyline and Fan+Friend treat the Chinese New Year so it'll just be a matter of seeing what order will be the easiest to fill at this time of the year.

Clobba's order is as follows thus far:
- Infanta's Rose Embroidery Brass Button Coat
- Dream of Lolita's Candy Pop and Candy Treat bags
- Two Classical Puppet's A-Line Pettis
- Secret Shop Candy socks [possibly two]
- Secret Shop Strawberry socks

Hopefully I'll be able to place this order by the end of this week if all goes well! Other than that, per my title, I've got to admit that I've been bad. I said I was done ordering things until I got paid again [Hooray for trying!] and I failed [Boooo!], so the newest addition to my wardrobe is an Angelic Pretty Boston Bag.

I'm sure I'll find use for it!

I can't help what I fall in love with. ;3;