LLC #162 & #163

Hello! I am in the process of planning some big events for my local community, but they're a big surprise at the moment so I will hopefully make a post when everything is said and done! For now, here's a couple days of Lifestyle Lolita challenge posts!

Day #162: Photograph your favorite headpiece.

Now, I am a fan of weird, kitschy items, and have more bags shaped like objects than I do useful ones. Of course, my favorite hat also fits in along those lines! I make a beret look like a pancake to fit a coordinate for my Honey Cake jsk, and I can't help love how silly it is.

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Day #163: Design a coordinate based on a book.

I was super excited for this one! I received AATP's Le Petit Prince JSK for Christmas last year, and haven't had an opportunity to coordinate it yet! Obviously, it's based off of Le Petit Prince/ The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which is my favorite book!

Hiatus? You Don't Say! LLC #160

     I am literally the worst when it comes to commiting to something, like keeping a blog active. I know, I've missed well over 100 days when it came to my goal of completing the Lifestyle Lolita Challenge, but I've been busy while I was gone, I promise! Over Easter weekend, I attended a convention, I've been working my butt off, and last month, I got a chance to visit Portland! (I also sent my computer in to the shop because the back was broken beyond my abilities.) I spent some time with a friend of mine who used to live in the area, as well as some of the Portland lolitas! It's always a treat to get to meet gals from other communities, and I got a chance to wear one of my newly aquired dream dresses while I was at it, so I enjoyed myself quite a bit.

     In regards to the Lifestyle Lolita Challenge, I won't lie when I say it isn't exactly what I expected when I began it. I had thought the focus would be more on ones' wardrobe or coordinating styles, but some of them, I would say are quite a reach to even be related to lolita (Day #147: Accessorize one of your meals with an ambiance being an example.) So from now on, I may skip several of them, and focus on the challenges more directly related to the fashion. I did miss quite a few days I would have loved to do, so my plan is to hopefully create a few master posts that cover some of those as well!

     For now, I'm jumping back in with Day 160:

Share five facts about your lolita wardrobe.

I'm pretty content with my wardobe right now. It's taken me a long time to get it where it is, and it's not perfect, but I have most of my top-priority dresses, and that's pretty satisfying. It also made this challenge sound like a fun one! I'm hoping I don't sound too braggy, I'm just proud of it, haha.
Fact 1: My wardrobe is a hot mess
It's true that I have no theme, color scheme, or set style, but I have enough items that I can make at least one finished coordinate for every main piece I own, and that's good enough for me.

Fact 2: My wardrobe is worth over¥794,000
That's only my main pieces, at what they were worth when released. A lot of them I have gotten good deals on, so I haven't spent that much, but I was curious to find out what it would be! That does not include blouses, shoes, accessories, etc. With today's conversion rates, that's almost $7,500! Wow!

Fact 3: I use Pinterest to keep track of everything

Not even kidding, I forget what I own sometimes, haha. I still don't have everything on there.

Fact 4: I own more blouses/cardigans/tops than I do main pieces

My count for tops is currently at 51, while my JSKs OPs and Skirts add up to 48 right now. I'm currently in the process of downsizing those because some of the tops don't even get worn. I'm not sure where coats fall in those categories, but there are 10 of those.

Fact 5: My favorite themes are animals and food

At least according to my wardrobe, those are tied for "most common reoccuring theme", followed by flowers and sky stuff. 

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 67

Hello all! I'm sorry about the unexpected hiatus, I had a lot come up in the past month. I wanted to go back and make posts to catch up on all the challenges I've missed, but I'm afraid it would get to be much too overwhelming for me, so I'm picking up on the current day instead. 

Day #67: Share your favorite picture of yourself in lolita.

I really wanted to do this challenge because I don't have the greatest self confidence. I don't find myself photogenic, and can always pick out a million flaws in my photos, so I don't often have a photo that I REALLY like. Instead of picking my favorite photo, I decided to challenge myself to pick out my top three photos of all time!

Number 3:

From Easter a few years ago. It'n not the most perfect photo, but 

I really loved this coordinate.

Number 2:

One of my Birthday coordinates from annual tea at the Brown Palace. 

It's not the fanciest of coordinates, especially compared to more 

recent birthday ones, but I really loved how I looked in this photo, and 

just think it's a nice elegant picture overall.

Number 1:

This is from one of the first times I wore Cat's Tea Party! I had gone to the botanic
gardens for a photoshoot with a friend, and wanted to portray a sort of fairy princess
 look. There's a few things Iwould change about the coordinate now, but I think this
photo captures the sort of look I was going for.

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 34

Day 34: Watch a homemade lolita video.

Since January's wardrobe posts are finally over, I decided to watch a few wardrobe videos on youtube! Since te challenge mentions only one, I decided to share my good friend Jamie's! This is her first time making any sort of wardrobe post. Feel free to check it out!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 33

Day 33: Go back in time to the first iterations of lolita webstores.

So, orginally I was planning on going back in time to Angelic Pretty's original webstore, or find some sort of reference to the old days when they were still "Pretty", but me searching skills have rendered me useless on this challenge, haha. Instead, enjoy the very first capture of Angelic Pretty's English site, back from October of 2007!

Gotta love that oldschool art! I still print off the coloring page version of this every once in a while!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 32

Whew, I made it to February, and got caught up just in time! 

Day 32: Write about your perfect Valentine's Day lolita meet.

While I'm always kind of on the fence about how I feel when it comes to Valentine's Day, I always love the aesthetic of it! Lots of heart and flower motifs, and red and pink! I think my perfect Valentine's Day meet would have to be something along the lines of an afternoon tea in a cute rose garden! Everyone could exchange handmade valentines, and baked goods! There's already a Valentine's Day meet scheduled for my comm this year, we're going to a free day at the doll museum, and exchanging valentines with everyone like we did in grade school! It'll be lots of fun, but perhaps one year I'll have to make that rose garden tea a reality!

Cat Cafe Meet!

This past weekend, I attended a meet with my comm at a local cat cafe! It opened up last year, but I've been wanting to check it out for a while, so I figured that now would be the perfect time! There's a small admission to get into the cafe, but no time limit, and books and activites to keep you occupied while you're there, if you aren't too focused on the adorable cats! We chatted for a while, snacking on tea and local baked goods while doting over kitties and taking photos. An epic round of Life then ensued, with everyone paired up for teams.

 

My coordinate for the meet! I wore Vanilla-Chan by Angelic Pretty

Bonus group shot because everyone looked super cute! ❤ Jamie was there too!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 31

Day 31: Browse through the latest wardrobe posts on egl.

Since I've been working on my wardrobe post this last month, I've been checking back on egl occasionally as well, to see everyone else's posts, and to inspire myself to post as well. I loved seeing all the different ways that people came up with to show off their wardrobes! As January comes to a close, I decided to share a few of my favorite wardrobes that I've seen. ❤

These are all recently added to cgl since there's so many, they aren't all the wardobes I enjoyed, but just a couple!

Iowngameware's Mint Chocolate Wardrobe- Lots of chocolate and mint, one of my favorite color combos! I also like all the details taken for each piece.

Themugence's Sweet & Chocolate Wardrobe- Her style is a bit similar to mine, so I enjoyed her wardrobe quite a bit. There's also lots of detail shots of her room, which is super cute!

Raine Dragon's Huge Wardrobe- I love that she included a reference for each item so it was easy to find on lolibrary (Makes added it to your own wishlist easier!) I also like the way she formatted the photos. I get bored of scrolling when it's one item for each row, so I felt like this was a bit easier for me to look at, especially with so many pieces!

If you made a wardrobe post of your own, please share it with me! I'd love to check them out!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 30

Day 30: Tidy your closet.

I've actually been in the process of doing this right now! For the last month, I've been digging through all of my things, lolita-related or not, and doing a complete overhaul of everything I own. So far, I have at least 8 bags of things to give away or donate. Of course, I'm not quite finished, but here's a glimpse of my closet at the moment, and this is after I've already cleared a lot out! 

Blouses and skirts are to the left, JSKs and OPs to the right.
Up top is wig heads, bags, and hats, and shoes are everywhere!

The hardest things for me to get rid of are my stuffed animals, and my lolita things, and since I'm too torn on what frills to part with, I decided I needed to get rid of some stuffed animals at least! While it was really tough, I'm proud of myself for making these decisions, and de-cluttering my life a little bit. I'll likely donate anything that isn't lolita or BJDs to a local shelter after my friends have a look through them!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- day 29

Sorry I'm a bit behind, it's been a bit crazy the past few days!

Day 29: Write a letter to yourself 5 years from now.

I honestly got stuck on this one, besides certain events that have happened lately, and wanting to do this challenge properly, I haven't been able to keep up! I plan to write an actual letter to myself, on some cute stationary I have lying around that I never get to use, and seal it up for me to read later down the road. Since I haven't had chance to write one proper, I guess I'll use this as a bit of a placeholder until I can. That way I can get caught up with the challenges as well! As for in the future, I'd definitely be interested to see what I've done with my life. At the moment, I'm still in that phase of deciding what I want to be when I grow up, haha. I'm also interested to see how my lolita style will have changed throughout the years! I'm not sure of everything I will ask myself, but I'll be sure to report back when I'm finished!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 28

Day 28: Learn how to prepare a new entrée.

This one is going to be brief. I had an endoscopy done today, and I'm still feeling a bit under from it. While it's not an entrée, a couple days ago, I did try out a recipe for macarons! I recieved a kit for them over Christmas, so I decided to give it a try. Sadly, they didn't turn out and all flattened during the baking process, so I'll have to try again soon, but they still tasted good! I gave the macarons a little strawberry flavoring, and filled them with a strawberry marshmallow creme, inspired by the Strawberry Guimauve macarons from Ladurée that I got to try while in London! If they turn out next time, I'll be sure to share a photo with you!

365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge- Day 27

Day 27: Look up the performance schedule for your local orchestra.

I admit, I've never been to the orchestra before! I prefer something a little more visual, but I have heard good things about the Colorado Symphony, so I took a look at their website. Sadly most of their performances are on weekends, which aren't good days for me since usually when I have a weekend off, I have a meet or other plans already. It'd be super cool to see a performance one day though! The one that looked most interesting to me was their performance of music from Harry Potter! I love the series, and think it would be awesome to see them perform it live!

Photo from the Colorado Symphony

Annual Wardrobe Post!

Hey there! I just finished up my annual wardrobe post on EGL, and was inspired to post it here as well! Instead of cross posting, I'll be posting the whole thing here, so I warn you now, it'll be pretty image-heavy! I left out a lot of accessories, since most of my room is filled with lolita-related stuff, there was just too much for me to account for, haha.

My username on EGL is sugarkit, if you coudn't tell.

 JSKs & OPS

Handmade Cat JSK & IW Sugar Cake OP

AP Marshmallow Bunny JSK & AP Little Birds Symphonia JSK

AP Cat's Tea Party JSK & BTSSB Arietta OP

AP Dramatic Rose JSK & Kidsyoyo Sailor OP (Embroidered by me)

AP Honey Cake JSK & AP Wonder Party JSK

AP Classic Melody JSK
(Please excuse the black train, I used it for a tea party and haven't had a chance to remove it yet, haha)

BL Dot OP & BTSSB Babydoll JSK (2000)

AP Vanilla-Chan JSK & AP Romantic Rose Letter JSK

AP Miracle Candy JSK & Infanta Frozen World JSK

AP Dream Sky JSK & AP Dreamy Planetarium JSK

AATP Le Petit Prince JSK & IW Rose Stained Glass JSK

AP Magic Etoile JSK

AP Sweet Girl Room JSK & AP Mallorca Cutsew OP

Handmade Sunflower JSK & AP Sugar Fairy Cake JSK

AP Sweet Cream House JSK & AP Royal Unicorn Gobelin OP

BL Merry-Go-Around JSK & Infanta Cream Cat JSK

 Skirts

Thrifted  Heart Skirt, Offbrand Underskirt, & Meta Triple Cherry

Meta Cats, Meta Melody Cats, & AP Rose Toilette

AP Musee du Chocolat, AP Misty Sky, & Ap Lady Rose

Handmade High-Waisted Floral, Handmade Underskirt,& Haenuli Little Prince

Handmade Balloons, BL Corset Skirt, & Offbrand Underskirt

 Tops

I have about 2 or 3 times more tops than these, but taking all of them out and off the hangers would have been a bit too much for me. Instead, I have all of my brand tops here. Offbrand and Taobao omitted.

BTSSB x2, AP x7
(Yellow & Brown dyed & embroidered by me)

BTSSB x2, AP x2
AP, BTSSB, Offbrand (I wear this one a ton so I included it), AP
AP, BTSSB

 Accessories

AP x3, Offbrand Alpaca bag

AP x4
AP, F21, Loris, AP
AP, Accessorize, AP, VIntage

BTSSB & AP Totes
F21 beret, Elpress L Bonnet, Handmade Berets x2, AP veil
AP headbows x6
IW, AP x5
Infanta, AP, BTSSB
AP Clips x2

Offbrand, BTSSB, AP x5
AP x2, Offbrand, AP x2, BTSSB, AP
AP x2, Ophanim, AP x2

I have tons more socks and tights, but these are the most interesting ones. :)

BL, Funtasma, BL, SS, Funtasma, BTSSB

BL, Dream V, Irregular Choice, BL, Offbrand x2

BL x3, SS x2

BL, SS, BL, Antaina