My weekend highlights

So this past weekend i went out to my boyfriends cabin and we went for a canoe ride/paddle it was very nice sitting at the front and him paddling us along, i would suggest this activity to any lolita who wants to do something fun at the cabin even if you have to paddle, just watch out for spiders, in out canoe there was like 5 spiders that made me almost tip the boat...

Also its good to avoid hammocks, i know that there comfy and nice to swing in but when your in a skirt try to avoid them, its very hard to find a comfortable yet dignified position in a petticoat, but if your wearing pants or a bathing suit go for it!

Another fashion movie.

I just started watching this mini web series but its all about fashion, nor necessarily any particular fashion but fashion in general i really enjoyed the first episode and it looks really interesting with some big names in it.

its called rage and i hope you like it!

RAGE

A lolita Doc.

I found a wonderful video on youtube, its a documentary done by a student about lolita fashion. I find it interesting although it is short, i hope you enjoy it.

click here for the video.

but what about tea?

I've wondered long and hard about the question; do you have to like tea and cakes to be lolita?

well you don't have to, if you prefer teas stronger counterpart coffee thats fine to or just a class of water even. Its not a must but certainly considered more lolita if you do. perhaps your watching your figure or just cant take the sweetness of cake, well thats fine too, there are other alternatives, surly there is some sort of sandwich you can eat.

my point is that there is always an alternative you can seek out that is almost or just as good. you dont have to stick to the norms to be lolita, lolita is about being out there and comfortable with your style.

Lolita hobbies

So today i thought i would talk about some more lolita hobbies. The most popular are drawing and sewing of coarse but also knitting or crocheting are also perfectly acceptable and in my opinion often overlooked. Being creative and productive while killing time feels great, and if you haven't had a chance to go to the fabric store lately or are really poor at drawing.

the magic of knitting is that you can find yarn at any wallmart or zellers they evan make balls of yarn that are the perfect size to make a pair of socks. it is available in a variety of colours and fibres so you can make the pinkest fuzzy-est pair of socks of scarf you want!

Sewing is a popular hobby for lolitas, and it is also very useful to help make your own wardrobe without the cost of brand names and the trouble of things not fitting you right. Its a verry useful hobby to have and i obviously enjoy it myself, the only problem is that you cant bring it with you wherever you go.

well thats about all i have to say today, ill see you next time, hopefully with pictures!

Soulless

despite having to spell the title of the book out about 5 times so the nice lady at the bookstore could find what section it was in i finally got my hands on the book witch i have been eager to read. The book is entitles Soulless and is about a woman who gets into some big trouble as she meddles with the affaires of BUR (the supernatural beuro thing) in her would of Vampires and Werewolfs.

Well thats my summery of it alteast. its a very interesting book i only wish it was longer so i could still be reading it. (i finished it last night in the wee hours of the morning) and i am very much looking forward to the next book in the series.

My pet peeve with this book is actually the cover page, although she has a dress that colour and a parasol (although not quite the same) in the book she does not have a hat like that, and she at no point has a pair of goggles (although there are some neat glassicals in the book) and it makes you think that the book will be far more steam punk that it really is. I'm not entirely sure why this annoys me so much but it does.

Sucrerie magazine

This is a handy online magazine that helps out us western lolitas! Its colourful pages are up to date and offer many tips and tricks for beginning and full-time lolitas evan though its not the most professional mag out there. The only thing that really bugs me about it is how there aren't many (if any) tutorials.

However i am thinking of maybe submitting a tutorial for how to make a basic skirt, (one thats easy and patternless) but i don't know if i have the fabric to do it right now but i could always pull together photos or make a mini one or something, its not that hard as long as you have a sewing machine.

Heres the link to Sucrerie Mag. You should really check it out.