I'll soon own Baby

Hi, random post here. I just purchased my very first Baby the stars shine bright item from Lacemarket! I've been looking at their prints for a long while now with an ever growing status of "me want", but they tend to be just too damn a) short or b) way too high waisted JSKs or c) expensive! But now I found a skirt that is 57cm long (wohoo~) and $65, so I got it. It's Trick or Treat, a print series I've been looking for, but the black is a bit too black and white for me, and the pink is, well, pink. But I found it in grey! So yay! The seller said she'll probably ship this week so I'll post more about it when I get it.

I just wanted to vent ^^'

Underbust JSK tutorial

One of the first requests that I got was to make JSKs with different tops and bodices. Today I'm finally starting the tutorials, and the first one is an underbust! I got this fabric about seven months ago and decided to make a dress for winter (since it's wool) but kept putting it off, and now it's almost summer already! I'll still get use put of it before the full heat hits and I'll have to put it away to wait for fall again.

It has (optional) boning and shirring. In the video I explain how to make the pattern (and close-ups so you can see the measurements better), but here it is:

I also went to see Mad Max: Fury road, and it was just how I thought it would be! I still think the change of Max was unnecessary (since Mel Gibson is still making movies) and the age difference would have been totally fine, but I still liked it. Minor spoiler, the new Max wasn't even the main character in a way, so it's all good. The blind dude playing the guitar was cool and I like how the War Boys looked. Beautiful ladies, sand everywhere you look and a bunch of weirdly dressed dudes chanting "V8! V8!" So I liked it very much, but the second Max will always be my favourite one <3 I'll also go and see Jurassic World (because I love the series, yes, even the second and third one) and have high hopes for it!

Holiday~

I have next week off! So much time to do all kinds of things ~ A JSK tutorial for one thing. And I want to read! I've bought so many books but haven't really had time to read all of them (maybe an hour a day, I prefer to read for hours so I get really immersed to the story) so I have catching up to do. I bought the Mazerunner box because I've read the 13th Reality from Dasher as well, and they were awesome. I hope these are too. Maybe I'll take photos and list everything I've got lately but for now I'm too tired ^^'

And lastly, our tickets to Animecon have arrived! ^^ My cosplay (or character inspired outfit, I'm not even trying 100% accuracy) is going along nicely, I ordered the shoes I'll need so they'll be here on time :D I still have to plan my lolita coord, or maybe wear kodona? Luckily there's still time!

Hellocon haul and experience

Okay so now more about my personal experience and stuff I got :D First of all I enjoyed myself, there were three of us who went there together and met another local lolita who we've never met before, and hung out with her as well for the whole day. I hope she'll join us on our future meetups as well ^^ 

(PS here is a video where I pretty much say the same things that are in this post)

The light inside was notoriously poor, so here's my outfit of the day. It was windy and we were hungry so it's not the best photo, but the only one I have :D Dress Juliette et Justine, blouse Infanta, head band and wristcuffs hand made, shoes ebay and bag Jawbreaker.

 Bonus photo! I had to brace my hands against my legs to avoid shaky-hands-action as much as possible, and  the chairs didn't move so I put my leg against the rail :D Very glory, such lolita.

As for what I bought, I got two things: a skirt and a necklace. There were lots of things I wanted and some of them I could have actually afforded, but these were the only "must-have" ones so I kept the rest of my money to spent on Lacemarket when I spot my dream dresses :P

The first is a Lady Sloth skirt, I have another one from last year's Hellocon and now I have two. This was 73€ and just long enough so I got it! The print is amazing, I've been looking for this kind of fabric for FOREVER but haven't found one so I just bought the skirt. It fits perfectly and I'm very happy with the decision I made. <3

The smaller thing I got was this necklace: as a gamer I just couldn't say no to it... I was wondering between this and a red one labeled as Demon Blood, but as my dress was blue, I got this one and put it on as it fit the coord. I think it was 7€ or 10€.

Small detour: I got this bolero from a friend (for ~15€) and it's awesome, super soft with looong sleeves. It's from Mystery Garden, an indie brand which is temporarily closed.

And this is what my new things look like when worn. :)

Other than shopping, I had a blast talking to old and new friends and met some fans! I didn't know I actually had those :D The first was this lovely lady at Eat me, Ink me, I was looking through the gorgeous garments and she said hi and that she followed my blog. I was blown away, and didn't knw what to say but it was awesome meeting you! Their prints are beautiful but a bit too short and I said so, and she said that there's gonna be longer ones in the future. I'm very much looking forward to that, I saw some prints that belong in my wardrobe ^^

In total four people came to talk to me and said they follow me, thank you so much! I'll be at Animecon (Kuopio, Finland) both days so if you see me please say hi :D One day I'll be in lolita, the second one in cosplay.

All in all I had a blast, and will probably go again next year (if I have some money to spend). If you want to see more about the event, I have  video in the previous post.

Helsinki Lolita Convention 2015 video

Hello, this is just a quick post to link you the video I filmed at Hellocon. It doesn't include any rambling, just the fashions shows and vendors and stuff like that, because I made it for those who didn't get to go or want to look back to the event. I'll make a video of my purchases and personal experience next week. :)

I didn't film the Angelic Pretty Q&A or the talking panels, because frankly none of us were really interested in those and spent the time eating or shopping, and we left after the last fashion show. We wanted to be sure to catch our bus home (two hour ride) and did some shopping and ate ice cream in down town ^^

DIY rose head band (bonnet?)

This week's video was uploaded on Wednesday but since I've busy as *bad word* I'm linking it here now. I wanted a black & blue, big head piece for Hellocon (which I did go to today but will talk about later because I'm gonna go sleep now), so I made this! I've always been a bit iffy about bonnets; they looks awesome on others, but I doubt they would flatter my long face. So, I made this rose & lace head band thingy that I made to look a bit like a bonnet :D Compromise, I guess? 

Tutorial

I will upload photos and videos from Hellocon, as well as show what I got, but later!

Style swap!

Me and Medli had been planning a style swap for a while now, and finally got around to execute the plan :D I coorded her an outfit from my closet, and she made me an outfit from her closet (though we had our own shoes). I had a blast! We tried to make outfits that the other may wouldn't have coorded themselves but that we would both still feel comfortable in. 

If she ever sells this IW dress, I want it <3 But I would indeed have coorded it with black and gold from my wardrobe, so the outcome would be quite different :D Which was the point of the swap! I have to say I felt very feminine in the light colors ^^

I wanted to see Mai in gothic, so the CEL dress with the striped blouse were the best way to go. And she looks really pretty ~ ^^

 Serious...

Not so much ~

And plain silly :D This was awesome and we'll do it again sometime. It was nice to try out a more classic coord, and it really helped me to see that I really do want more of it in my own wardrobe. And more I shall get!

IW Blanche JSK

Hello! This week I'm showing you the IW dress as it finally came! It blew my Hellocon budget with the price of $150 = 145€ and it got stuck in customs so I had to pay 24% tax which was 35€, so the total cost was 180€... My most expensive dress so far. But oh so pretty! And it fits well, plus I've been meaning to get more classic items and this totally fits that bill. The name of the dress is Blanche, and this is the long version.

Here's the unboxing and review video!

I've made other endeavors to classic lolita as well, but more of that later :)

Nail art tutorial

Hello, this weeks video is a bit different one: a nail art tutorial! Many of you commented about my nails and asked for tutorials, so I made one :D I show how to do the black and white version, but show the pink and white version as well to show you that this can work well with both gothic and sweet lolita. ^^

I went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron yesterday and it was awesome! We had to buy tickets beforehand because it was the first show, and somehow (even though I had already went and bought the ticket), I maganed to forget the whole movie. I had just taken a shower, had food and a movie in front of me when my friend texted me that she's headed to the theatre. I stared good solid five minutes at my phone before I realized what she was talking about; then I had to really be fast, I threw on some clothes and ran to my car. I managed to be barely on time looking very much like a hobo with my damp hair and mismatched clothes, but I made it in time and the movie was (again) AWESOME so I have no regrets :D I did feel like a fool for forgetting it in the first place, but oh well ^^'

Sister

This Sunday I went to visit my sister because it was her birthday. ^^

My sister and I are very different. For example she loves pink, fragrant things and red wine; none of which I enjoy :D Still, we do have things in common: we love the minions from Despicable Me (and will go to see the movie about minions when it comes out!), and I adore her cats. <3 I was worried that if I gave her a big gift it may be a bit off, so I got her a bunch of smaller things ^^ She also has glasses (though she sometimes wears contacts) so I got her a pretty cleaning cloth, some light reading and a book about wines (since the gift is from me, books are to be expected xD) and a bottle of wine. I know absolutely nothing about wines so I got it purely because the label looked cool: I hope it's good! 

We live about an hour drive away from each other and I feel bad that we don't see more often. We may have our differences but I still my big sister very much. <3 Happy birthday!