Two dresses and a blouse

Originally posted September 11, 2014

It’s about time I got around to making this post. These are some of the projects I’ve finished working on. I’ve also finished a pair of thigh highs, a dress and a blouse for my friend, and a few little hair accessories but I don’t have pictures of those.

First up: Navy pleated dress

This dress has large pleats, a pocket, and a side zipper. I like the boatneck style a lot and I think this dress is super pretty even while being fairly simple. It was super hot when we went out so there’s not too much to this coord.

A close up. You can see the pattern of my gloves better here. I got them at an antique store. They’re very nice.

Here are Dezzi and I being adorable on a train ride.

Next up: Green dress with a pussybow blouse

I absolutely adore this dress. I think it’s a great example of my sewing having improved tremendously. It’s finally fall so I can wear it with tights, a blouse, and my super warm capelet!

Here I am without the capelet. The blouse has a bow and gathered tulip sleeves. It’s made out of a white swiss dot fabric that’s very soft.

The dress has two pockets and a back zipper that I am very proud of! I think I’m finally getting the hang of zippers.

Here’s a picture of the blouse by itself. It’s the first cotton blouse I’ve made (I’m more comfortable with knit blouses) but I think it came out okay. I certainly learned a lot while working on it.

Bonus picture of me with a funny expression:

That’s all for now!

My 2012 Coordinates

Originally posted December 26, 2012

2012 is coming to a close, and I thought that I’d share my coordinates from this year. As I’ve said before, this is the first year I’ve ever worn Lolita. I still need to build my wardrobe up because I don’t have much beyond basics. This is going to go from first to most recent. Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of some of the things I sold, but the majority of those weren’t full coordinates anyway. Here we go.

My first coordinate:

Very simple, as you can see. This was actually a rushed coord because I had to go to a meet up, but the skirt I wanted to wear hadn’t arrived. So I made myself a simple black skirt.

• Blouse: Anna House
• Skirt: Handmade by me
• Tights: Forever 21
• Shoes: Payless
• Purse: Thrifted

Coord 2:

This is the skirt I wanted to wear to the meet up. It showed up the next day, of course. This picture is one I took today.

• Blouse: Anna House
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 3:

My first ever classic coordinate (I don’t really count my first one because I didn’t have a style in mind when I put it together). This was before I added more poof to the petti I got. I still like this coord a lot.

• Tights: Forever 21
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 4:

This one is kind of cheating because it’s a screencap from a video. I didn’t have any pictures of my Love Jewelry JSK and I couldn’t take one today because I sold it. I decided that sweet Lolita, while adorable, wasn’t really for me after wearing this a couple times.

• Blouse: Anna House
• Purse: Thrifted
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 5:

My beautiful Infanta JSK. I sold this after Halloween because I couldn’t wear it without feel light headed. It was just too tight around the bust, even with my sports bra. Shame, because I really loved this JSK.

• JSK: Infanta
• Shoes: Payless
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 6:

This is the kind of sweet Lolita that I really like. It’s simple and cute and I like polka dots.

• Cardigan: Vanity
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 7:

It’s so difficult to choose my favorite Bodyline item because I like so many of them. But this JSK is definitely high on the list.

• Blouse: Anna House
• Everything else: Bodyline

Coord 8:

This is my most recent skirt. I bought it off the facebook sales and it is lovely. Unfortunately the zipper broke, so I’m going to have to replace it.

• Everything but the tights (sock dreams) are Bodyline.

So there you have it. It’s not much, but it’s what I’ve got. I’ve been in a pretty difficult financial situation the past few months, so building my wardrobe has been put on the back burner. This will hopefully change in the coming year.