Enchanted 1: preparation

My preparation for Enchanted

It's been three weeks since Enchanted took place and I wanted to write about it but first I wanted to share things I'd made for the event. 

My preparation for the event is why I ended up neglecting my blog, I had so many things to do.

My coordinates

For my Saturday coord I had chosen to wear a vintage skirt that I bought from the sales comm. it's a music themed print and it's the same as the one Hitomi wore on the Grimoire blog so I decided quite a while ago to wear it since she was going to be a special guest.

I wanted a big headdress and inspired by one I saw by Triple Fortune I decided to create a round headdress with a veil and hat netting.

I added a miniature violin, harp and musical themed ribbon to tie it in with the skirt.

for Sunday I wanted to wear my dream dress, Mary Magdalene's Antoinette Fleur. 

It was a late decision to wear it and I was going to wear JetJ but snagging my dream dress made me change my mind. 

I decided to make a tricorn hat with a ship, I bought a cheap party hat but it turned out to be rubbish quality so I had to completely cover it in lace and fabric. 

I spray painted my ship and added tulle and flowers.

Things I made for my friend.

My friend asked me to make her a headdress to match Angelic Pretty's Honey Cake.

I decided on pancakes from the start and then planned the headdress based around the print

I wanted to add a bear honey bottle but I couldnt find one that was suitable so in the end I used Sylvanian Family bears :) 

I added cherries, fake whip cream and syrup and butter on the pancakes.

My friend was going to be wearing Angelic Pretty's Holy Lantern in ivory for the Sunday tea party, I offered to make her a headdress because I sold the dress to her and I had a few things I'd bought to make a headdress to match it. It has bows, flowers feathers, stars and a chandelier.

I also made gifts for Minori and Hitomi as well as some jewellery

I will show these on my posts about Enchanted soon.

Andie

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52 week challenge 3 in 1

So I'm a behind with my posts, this is mostly due to my preparations for Enchanted for which I'll write a separate entry.

I'll cover three topics in this post:

How I found lolita

Bloomers yes or no?

Nails to match my favourite looks

How I found lolita

I had been a fan of gothic fashion for years and it was my love of gothic clothing that led to my discovery of Lolita. 

I was browsing the internet looking for clothing when I came across a picture of a Btssb coat back in 2006.  As soon as I saw the style I fell in love. The shape, the details, everything was perfect. 

I bought a coat and a JSK from some eBay auctions, luckily I never bought anything from the Chinese sellers who use stolen stock photos. 

The JSK turned out to be a Meta replica but I had no idea at the time. I tried it on but I was clueless and did not have a blouse so it looked awful. I didn't bother with the style for 10-12 months until I found the livejournal community EGL. I learned so much and now I'm very comfortable in lolita and I know what I like.

Bloomers yes or no? 

I have to say yes, I feel a little underdressed without them on.

Why?

You never know when I gust of wind will blow your skirt up.

They protect your modesty when bending over so you reveal nothing ;)

They are a safety net if you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of having someone lift your skirt up (this happened to a friend) 

Nails for my favourite looks. 

So, I'll admit it,  hopeless when it comes to my nails and even for big events they usually just get a quick coat of nail varnish and maybe some glitter. 

My friends make amazing nails!

These are my favourites

Thanks for reading ^__~