♡Sewing: Pink Gingham Dress♡

Hey cuties! Lately as you know I have been trying to transition out of my mostly black closet and into a cuter more pastel oriented style. Because I'm so afraid of committing to it I have been making a lot of the clothes and gathering inspiration. I took another visit to fabric store close by (on a horrible day of my choosing because it down poured and hailed on me with no umbrella or protective gear) and I bought 4 yards of white stretch knit and 3 yards of pink gingham fabric.

These were the sketches I had for a dress that I could use for Lolita or Gyaru depending on how I dress it up. 

So I decided to go with the alternative pleated skirt version. So I started getting some of the patterns done on my dress form in gift rap. 

  

Next I started cutting out the patterned on my cotton lining and the pink print. I had 5 pieces for the bodice, pockets, the 3 piece skirt and the waistband. You can barely see the lines cause I do my patterns in eyeliner since I don't have chalk xD

Sorry that I didn't take pictures of me sewing each of the parts together but I sew the panels together and created the 2 bodices and attached them at the top. This is when I made sure it would fit the form/me and added the lace on the sweetheart neckline. 

After this I started in the skirt which took a bit of time considering the pleats and some of them are still a bit wobbly. But I ironed it first and pinned each in place then made a stitch across the top and then sew the waistband on. 

Now that I think about it I could have just made 2 seperate dresses and then done the embellishments. Lol well whatever, I made the lining dress and hemmed it which looks great and makes me wish I had a reversible zipper for this dress. 

Anyway I placed the zipper in it and added a petticoat and a stitch in the waistband to keep the dresses together and it is finished! I might add detachable straps later on but I genuinely love how it looks as is without he "button up" look

Lastly, I added pockets! I might shorten it or at least make a fuller petticoat to go underneath. And that was it!

 I will have more sewing stuff that I will be doing in the future. Comment and tell me if you like it or leave links to things you would love to see me recreate!

I hope you enjoyed the making of this dress! See you soon with some exciting news!

Mini Boston Gal Meet

Hey gals! One of the New York gyaru girls, Sayuri (aka lisa) came down to visit so I showed her around town a bit. We went to a few little shops and then decided to go for some bubble tea at TeaDo. 

We ended up playing a bunch of games and stuff. We played Connect 4, Uno and JENGA. lol she is really good at connect 4 cause I kept losing xD luckily I'm ruthless at Uno! hehe We ordered baked salmon onigiri and I got black milk tea and she got green milk tea, I believe.

After we left to go and shop a little bit. First we went in this jewelry shop called So Good downtown. lol She loved the zebra print carpet in there. I'm so happy I was able to pick up a few things but i might have to go backk for some more hime and bgal jewelry and hair clips. Sayrui got a couple things from there as well.

Later we walked in and out of T.J.Maxx and she got some makeup at H&M. they had some really cute matte lipstick colors but i decided to pass on it. maybe next time xD. We ended up going inside a little food court mall, getting setted and fixed up. I'm so happy she brought her Egg magazine (the last official one too!)

We took pictures in a photo booth. It's not purikura but it's something!

(taken from Qween Sayuri)

We hopped on a train and went to central since we have a pretty big H-Mart over there. They have really cute pasties and other food as well as an Asian Supermarket in the back. Sayuri got 3 maracrons and a fruit tart! 

We also took a trip to the Goodwill to see if we could find anything we could "gal"-up. I ended up finding a nice black and white plaid/checkered jacket that I could use for onee, hime or agejo depending on what else I wear with it! I was hyped when I found these white creepers but sadly they were a size too small T^T

After we went home to enjoy all our stuff and I took some more selfies since it was too cold most of the time to take off my jackets and show my outfit. 

Rundown: 

Jacket: thrifted 

Shirt: choies

Jeans: unknown 

Shoes: leopard converse/ second hand 

Thanks for reading!

February: Recent outfits

SORRY THIS POST IS SO LATE! 

But these were some of my favorite outfits this past month

I was trying out some prom dresses with some friends. I don't like them for prom but I did think they were cute!

Let's switch it up!

Hey gals, hope you have been having a good year so far! I decided that to start the year I would try more styles and make more gyaru clothing and accessories. Brand is nice but as a DIYer at heart I love making stuff. Anyway, this week I switched up my style a bit and did a really simple himekaji look. Luckily my friends help me put it together by giving me suggestions on how to wear it. 

OUTFIT RUNDOWN:

Ballet ribbon

Handmade felt earrings 

Fluffy star - AB

Beige Coat- Forever21

Lace heart sweater - Goodwill 

Tulle skirts (black and white) - EBay

Striped knee high socks - target 

Brown boots- Forever21

Here is another pic of my makeup without lenses!

Thanks for reading! 

Call me UltraViolet: New hair

If you have my snapchat or my instagram It seems like last year was just my year for crazy hair colors. I went from half and half to blue to brown to blonde to lavender to now indigo with violet roots I'm thinking a crazy yellow or maybe green next time? idk we shall see. But for now here are some pictures *warning the color fades quick so I'm almost guaranteed to look like I dyed my hair again*. 

*a few weeks later*

Lol  took some lame selfie of me, too. Basically, my face when I hear pick-up lines or when people I don't like try to talk to me xD lol but yeah make up shots as well ^.^

THANKS FOR READING!