Good to be Gnome

Hey, Mr. Blog~

I've been a busy mofo! But my good friend Kat is going to keep me on the blogging ball and give me a challenge each Friday to fulfill so that I'm no longer neglecting you. (Joke's on her, It's technically Sunday so I'm already late the first week!)

My challenge this week was to dress up in the new dress I made and show off my crafty prowess. But I didn't have time for that, Mr. Blog! So here is a nice snap shot of the new addition to my gaudy and so bright closet.

Impressed? I am as well! This is probably the best thing I have ever sewn in my entire life. The amount of detail and effort I put into it was almost migraine inducing. But it was so worth it, I love this dress~ Now to actually make it into a workable outfit.

I have a small confession, Mr. Blog. I don't think the full on commitment to Lolita fashion is going to happen in my life. I like too many gaudy and ugly articles of clothing that most in the community find "ita". I just cannot help it. I'm not talking about cat ears and lace monsters. I mean hot pink leopard print and fake leather brand dresses. I'm probably hopeless, but I'll have fun trying things. Hueh hueh hueh.

So what has been eating up all my time recently, you ask? PREPARING FOR NEBRASKON 2014!!! I have three costumes, four if I have time and feel frisky, to complete in the time span of a month. Both of the little ones want to cosplay My Little Pony characters. Lu demands to be Fluffle Puff, technically a fan created pony that has become popular on YouTube, and Ray wants to be Twilight Sparkle. Actually, my two sons wanting to be girl ponies had brought up quite a bit of controversy in my life this post month! But I'm saving that for another "Friday" so I may rant about that in depth.

Behold, below is my progress on Fluffle Puff! You have no idea how many times I've been stabbed with the felting needles already. Grr.

 

For myself I have decided to finally go for the gusto and cosplay Onion Knight from Final Fantasy Tactics. I've wanted to do this forever but could never work up the guts to dive into it. Wish me luck! And if I have time left, (who am I kidding, we know that's not going to happen), I'll be making a gijinka cosplay of the Pokemon Banette, one of my favourites.

I leave you with some snap shots from my week for entertainment. Toodles~

Outfit yesterday~

Lego Pony Island, ruled by King Batman. He is just and fair, so the ponies say.

My 4IV Shiney Buneary I hatched. Yessss!

Random photo of the bathroom. It's clean~~~

New Layout PLUS Outfit Post

Mr. Blog!!!

I started changing up some of the things on you tonight, hope you enjoy the refresher. I wanted to do something gothy and cool but I ended up colouring a hot rainbow mess.

Life is swell for the most part. I am crafting my little heart out and have been reading up on selling things online casually since I cannot commit to something full time. Do you think people would by my items? I sell lots of things around town and to friends/acquaintances but I have never pilfered my goods to the internet... We shall see!  I am also plotting my "yearly pilgrimage to the Mother Land", as I recently have dubbed it. Family in Mississippi are to be seen so the trek across America will take place soon as I can get everything planned out and some spare cash gathered accordingly. It is hot as hot can be in the summer there, but that is the best time to go since the kids are out of school and all. No summer school for the oldest this year! YES! But we are still tutoring him here at home.

Things I plan to make soon:

 Devil Horn Hairclips 

 Vertical B&W Striped Tights 

 Pink & Black Salopette 

 Super UGLY Christmas Sweater for The Captain 

Hopefully I can manage all of them and they will turn out well.

On to the outfit for today~

Ugh, ignore the laundry behind me.

I have a thing about ironing things before I will hang them in the closet...

Shirt: Torrid

Skirt: Thrifted, tag says Old Navy

Tights: Dollar General

Leg Warmers: Forever21

Boots: Deb's

Belt: Walmart

Necklace and Bracelet: Forever21

Oh noes! I have pores! And a nicely placed chicken pox scar to boot.

Children, do not scratch your face!

I am wearing my new contacts from PinkyParadise (LolliPop Violet) here as well. I ♥ them!

I went out with friends to eat in the Old Market today. It was raining buckets but it didn't deter our get together one bit. I recieved many compliments about my outfit and especially my hair. I watching Violet LeBeaux's Rock-A-Billy hair tutorial and found inspiration in it. I am unsure whether I like this belt in the mix or not...

Floral Outfit for Mother's Day

Since it was Mother's Day yesterday there was festivities around my parts. And what says "motherly" more than some sort of huge floral print? Anymore motherly and we would need to bust out those foam hair curlers you have to sleep in. And no, we are not busting those awful things out. Ever. So on to the pictures!

Someone asked me to put where I bought these items whenever I do an "Outfit Post". I think they are going to be disappointed, Mr. Blog, as I don't really shop at any special places and I thrift very often. But I'll do my very best.

Headbows (that cannot be seen...) Forever 21 and handmade

Cardigan: Old Navy

Dress: Walmart

Belt: Walmart

Tights: Hot Topic

Shoes: Thrifted, brand is American Eagle

Necklace and bracelet: Hot Topic

Earrings: from when we went to the museum, out of one of those gift shops. So no idea?

As you can see I don't have a very interesting list. I buy cheap alot so I can get those really nice items I want on occasion that my dear Captain freaks out over spending what he calls a "crazy amount of money" on. Like the ever so beautiful Paraiso du un Unicorn 柄 ジャンパースカート2~ Or these. Or these. Yeah, I will hush now.

A positive note for the past month? I was one of the random winners chosen from the Pinky Paradise photo contest. Yay~ So I we eligible to choose a free pair of contacts and I get some other neato prizes as well! No talent or effort was really required to be entered to win, but ain't you proud of me anyways, Mr. Blog??? Thought so.

A not so positive note for this month? Captain ordered me a birthday present about six months ago and I don't think I am going to get it. There was a mix up and I don't think I want the replacement item offered. I really do not like being a difficult customer and very rarely wish to rock the boat about things. In fact, Mr. Blog, Captain is usually the one that explodes over situations and demands refunds. I am that quiet person that will most likely still pay for my meal without one peep of a complaint even if they forgot a few things here and there. Captain will get our meal for free and still be angry afterwards! He is not mean, just believes that customer services should hold a high standard.

Captain is pretty upset about the entire situation and has all but called up PayPal to file a complaint. (Although I do not think you can after so long now...) I assured him that the people are good and have a standard to hold their reputation upon. Though she has taken forever to even message me back and forth, the communication is there. Alas, that still does not mean the suggested replacement is sufficient since it is the one colourway out of three I could just not tolerate.Hopefully I can get it in PINK! Pink makes everything better. 

No pouting though! I cannot! Today was too lovely a day for such things. My Captain and my two sons took me out to eat at a place called Genji's. It was one of those hibachi grills that cook in front of you. The littlest one was pretty terrified of the flames when they did that volcano trick. It was too cute. Captain downed an entire liter of saki. What a lush, Mr. Blog! And we also went to JoAnn Fabrics for some notions to match the AMAZING FABRIC I ORDERED ONLINE. THIS ONE!!!

Alexander Henry fabrics

I am super duper excited over the things that will be created out of all this! I hope it turns out well. I'm not the best seamstress. While I the craft store I ran into my good friend Kat and her mom. I was super happy to see her and she was as impressed with my fabric as I was. She is my only Lolita friend IRL and she is fabulous.

Random Outfit Post of Doom

DOOM! DOOM! DOOM! DOOM! Okay, Mr. Blog! So not really much DOOM going on here, except for the slight closet explosion going on in the background. But that is the normal for me. I try to keep all my pretties in submission but they tend to fly out in a flurry of all things pink and glittery~ It cannot be helped! On to the terrible photos done in awkward and MySpace sneaky flattering angles.

AND MY FACE! Because I don't take enough photos of that either...

I don't wear this sweater enough, it just shows up here alot. Heh heh heh~~~

P.S. Got a snazzy new mixer. This is what happens when I am allowed to be alone when I cook~♥