once a year, every year

Last weekend was the weekend we'd all been waiting a long time for - Avcon! That's the anime and game convention in Adelaide. Although it has a very strong lolita culture too. Some friends from Melbourne came to visit us since they had a stall down the Artist Alley. My sister and I usually have one too, but we took a break from that this year. On the Friday, we met up with the girls from Melbourne to eat yummy burgers! I had the delicious crispy bacon and cheese burger again, it's the best! After lunch, we headed to the convention centre for set up and to grab  our tickets.

Later that evening, we all went out for Japanese food at a cute little restaurant called Matsuri. I ordered the Tonkatsu and shared it with my sister who ordered Teriyaki chicken. Yum!

 Once we'd all separated to get some early night's rest, I decided to take some outfit photos! It had been so busy, I almost forgot! I wore Emily Temple cute's Vintage Market one piece with the cute polka dot socks from Baby the Stars Shine Bright.

 On the Saturday I decided to wear something super casual and easy to change out of because I knew I'd be in the Maid's Cafe. I've been volunteering as a maid there since it started, and even though it's a lot of work, it's super enjoyable! I love my new Candy Stripper jacket, it's so warm! I really wanted to wear my Angelic Pretty Royal Chocolate dress, but thought it probably wasn't worth it since I'd be in my maid costume most of the time.

 All the maids (and butlers) were really lovely and adorable this year! I worked with mostly the same people on both days, and we all had so much fun!! The costume (which I borrowed) is adorable too, don't you think?

 On the last day of the convention, I wore my beautiful dream dress - Cadre du Chat by Juliette et Justine. I tried to add some cult party kei elements like the overdress, tights and makeup. It's my first time trying this style, and wearing the dress, I was really excited to wear it. For the first time, I decided to enter the Lolita Parade competition. And I was so, so super nervous! All the girls looked gorgeous in their dresses, and I was sure I'd trip on stage. But it all went smoothly, and I even ended up winning first prize for best coordinate!

Outfit Rundown:
- dress: Juliette et Justine
- lace collar, overdress, headpiece, necklace: handmade by me
- shoes: Baby the Stars Shine Bright
- bag: Muchacha
- tights, gloves, accessories: offbrand

 I have to thank my two lovely sisters, Kairii for helping with the pattern for the overdress, and Nikii for taking all the photos of my outfit and supporting me on the day. They were really the best to me, and I know I wouldn't have won without them. I felt so luckyy~!
 

 With the prize money ($100 at One Day in Paradise) I bought some cute accessories and a pretty letter set from Baby the Stars Shine Bright, and some 6%DokiDoki hairclips. I also bought a big 6%DokiDoki glitter bow for my sister as a thank you gift. And since my lovely friends were down for the weekend, they gifted me a brooch and cute necklaces for my super belated birthday!!

I had a wonderful weekend, though I was so tired as well. I didn't manage to take that many photos, but I did try out my super adorable rilakkuma instax camera! It's really good for taking selfies, so here's a few from the weekend~!

lolita blog carnival: dessert outfit

I haven't participated in a lolita blog carnival topic for a while! But this week's topic: create an outfit based on a dessert, really sparked my interest. I have the biggest sweet tooth. Ever. And I have plenty of printed dresses that are dessert and sweet based! My only problem was choosing only one dessert to base the coordinate on!

 

In the end, I decided to base my coordinate on very unique cake that I actually had the chance of trying when I was in Paris last year. Invented by the maison Dalloyau established in Paris in 1682, this cake is called 'Echiquier', meaning 'chessboard' in french. No need to wonder why~ Created in 1993, the cake is described as: 

'Un petit gâteau ludique et moelleux aux trois chocolats et aux pions en chocolat. Biscuit aux amandes, génoise au chocolat parfumée à la gousse de vanille Bourbon de Madagascar, déclinaison de trois chocolats : chocolat noir 64% cacao - origine Equateur en chantilly, chocolat blanc et chocolat lait 40% cacao en mousse.'

'A small, fun and soft cake with three chocolates and chocolate chess pieces. Almond biscuit, chocolate sponge cake flavoured with Bourbon vanilla beans from Madagascar, variations of three chocolates: 64% cocoa whipped dark chocolate from Ecuador, white chocolate, and 40% cocoa milk chocolate mousse.'

It was both beautiful and delicious! I had a small individual cake, with a cute little pawn made of white chocolate. Actually, I almost didn't want to eat it because it looked so pretty!! You can see the larger version of the 'Echiquier' in the background of the above photo~! They have lots of beautiful cakes. If you are ever visiting the Pantheon in Paris, you'll find Dalloyau nearby: 2, place Edmond Rostand - 75006 Paris. They have many other shops around Paris, and even in Tokyo, Seoul, Dubai and Doha~!

So how did the 'Echiquier' inspire my lolita outfit? (I think you can guess) Angelic Pretty's Chess Chocolate, of course! I coordinated this beautiful print with a white blouse, royal chocolate socks and a hint of gold to reflect the little 'Dalloyau' label on the cake. I tried not to add too many accessories because the print itself was perfect enough on it's own, don't you think? And since we're going with the chess theme, I added a few geeky touches (middle part and oversized frames), heehee!

Outfit rundown:

- Blouse, JSK, socks, bag: Angelic Pretty

- Shoes: Secret Shop

- Headbow: handmade by me

- Glitter hairclip: 6%dokidoki

I apologise for the super terrible lighting and my lack of makeup. It's getting really cold and dark with winter in full swing. My room is the darkest, and has the world's worst lighting. Sorrryy! I'll admit I was feeling pretty lazy when I took the photos, so they are not very good at all, haha!!

If you are interested in seeing what the other beautiful girls created, follow the links below~:

abc lolita

lace a la mode
hello kitty loves disney
rainbow star candy shine
masquerade doll
the bloody teaparty
sunny macabre 

weekend swap meet

We had a lolita swap meet over the weekend and even though I had a super busy schedule, I took out some time to see the lovely local girls and try to sell some of my dresses. I discovered my wardrobe houses about 25 dresses and skirts and some of them are hardly ever worn, so I'm looking for a new home for them. I also took the opportunity to dress up and doll up since I'd been stuck home for most of the 2 week uni break. My sister and I love taking selfies together, heehee~!

The week earlier, I received the Fantastic Dolly JSK from Angelic Pretty! I managed to win it at a very good price on Mbok. Although when it was first released my preferred colour was lavender, I decided to buy the black one since it cheap and cute~! Do you like my new wig? It's actually really thin and cheap but i still love the cute style and colour.

Outfit post:
- big black velvet bow: taobao
- pink blouse: Angelic Pretty
- Fantastic Dolly high waist JSK: Angelic Pretty
- patterned black tights: taobao
- pink emikyu style shoes: secretshop

The main host, Christine was offering to take photos for a national online event she had planned - the lolita heart photoshoot. My lovely partner from Sydney and I decided to take the ribbon theme and coordinate matching outfits for the photoshoot. I had to change into this outfit for a quick photo.

Outfit post:
- lace rabbit ears: handmade by me
- pink velvet ribbon: taobao
- black chiffon blouse: offbrand
- Logo and Ribbon nop: Emily Temple Cute
- patterned black tights: taobao
- pink emikyu style shoes: secretshop

a small lolita gathering

On the weekend i organised a super unorganised lolita gathering on short notice. The Government House in our State had a free open day, and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to explore the house and gardens that are usually closed off to the public. There were a total of eight who came along, and we had a lovely time together. Thanks to Sarah for the group photos too~!

 

 My sister and I decided to twin again in our lovely Chess Chocolate. We even bought matching Baby Biscuit Bags, and I made matching velvet headbows a while back. It's so much fun twinning with my sister, and I think a lot of girls loved it too! We took a customary mirror shot like one we took at Versailles. And the lovely Sarah (our camera lady for the day) took this cute outfit photo on the right.

Outfit Post:

- red velvet bow: handmade by me

- burgandy chiffon blouse: asos.com

- chess chocolate bustier JSK: Angelic Pretty

- chocolate and ribbon OTK: Emily Temple Cute

- brown teaparties: Secretshop

- small biscuit bag: Baby the Stars Shine Bright

  

 When my sister and I found a very well hidden airconditioner (it was inside what looked like a cabinet), we decided to cool off with a few selfies! A lot of people asked us about our 'costumes' and why we were so dressed up, but they were all really nice and complimented everyone. We even got a few photos taken by other visitors~

Onto the Government House, itself! It's quite a small building with large gardens all around. This is a photo from the front of the driveway and entrance.

 

Some stained glassed windows with the British coat of arms and the Australian coat of arms (the one with the kangaroo on the right).

The interior walls were adorned with many large paintings of British royalty as well as many, many mirrors!

 And the beautiful dining room! How I wish  could dine in a pretty room like this one day~!

happy bunny days

sorry, i have no idea what i am doing here!!

 did you have a fun easter holiday weekend? today the local lolitas organised an easter egg hunt. unfortunately, the weather was not on our side, and it started to pour down with rain!! and just when everyone arrived in the garden too. so a group of roughly 30 lolitas were huddled under parasols and umbrellas for a good 10 minutes. in the end, we quickly grabbed as many chocolate eggs as we could find and headed to the lovely christine's house to dry off, split the chocolate eggs and gifts and have a little chat over some food. so i guess all's well that ends well!

 

 my sister and i dresses as the easter bunnies since we decided not to participate in the hunting. instead, we helped scatter and hide the eggs for everyone else. i think we did a pretty good job¬! i made matching lace rabbit ears in black and white for us. although the white ones didn't show up so well in the photos~

 here is my sister kairii's adorable pastel outfit for easter. she wore angelic pretty's happy garden with her cute lyrical bunny bag. she also handmade a very lovely chiffon dress/apron she wore over her dress, which looked so amazing! she was complimented on it all day~!!

 and here is my outfit. (yes, these are the same photos as my previous post! there are more details in it though) it was the first time i wore baroque's missing letter key and rabbits jumperskirt. i matched it with my newest bronze coloured emily temple cute style replica shoes and the cute biscuit bag from baby the stars shine bright. i love the bag, but it's too small. i'm going to need the larger one...

outfit post:
missing letter keys and rabbit jsk: baroque
matching headbow: baroque
black lace rabbit ears: handmade by me
rabbit hair accessories: handmade by me
wine chiffon blouse: asos.com
collar accessories, clock brooch: from a kidsyoyo beret
black pattern tights: taobao
emikyu style shoes: secretshop
small biscuit bag: baby the stars shine bright

and lastly, a photo of the herd of lolitas arriving with their frills and bunny ears, ready for an easter egg hunt - and definitely not ready for the rain!! happy easter! x