Friday, June 19, 2015

"Design a Coordinate Based on your Favorite Meal"

Image via Week of Menus.

Hey everyone! I recently was accepted to join the Lolita Blog Carnival, a group for bloggers about lolita fashion. Each week, a new topic is chosen for the members to post, and this week's was to design a coordinate based on your favorite meal!

My favorite meal has been the same for years - orzo salad. It's a pasta dish that I've always loved, ever since the first time my mother made it for me when I was quite young. The flavors work so well together to create a savory dish that's easy to make and extremely enjoyable!

I knew immediately that it would be hard to create an outfit based off this meal since the colors might look obscure together in an outfit. I decided to use clothes from my own wardrobe for this challenge.

Here is what I came up with!

JSK: Handmade by my sister!
Bag: MILK
Tights: Triple Fortune (borrowed from my sister, haha)
Shoes, blouse, hat: Offbrand

I used a dress that my talented sister made for me, in a beige/ivory color to represent the pasta, red tie, shoes, and roses to represent the tomatoes and cranberries, and a green blouse along with tights accented with green to represent the arugula, basil, and scallions. I added a gold bag and belt to represent the finishing touch of the dish: pine nuts!

Here's the recipe if anyone's interested!

Check out the posts from other members of the Lolita Blog Carnival on this subject here!




Tuesday, June 9, 2015

International Lolita Day Summer 2015

6 June was 2015's summer International Lolita Day. It was also my first day of summer! Anyway, I went to a graduation dinner with my sister, my mother, and her fiancé, and I figured dressing in lolita would be fitting.

Blouse, choker: Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
JSK: LIEF
Purse: Milk
Hat tie: Jane Marple
Shoes, socks: offbrand

High School Graduation

This past Friday, 5 June, 2015, I graduated from high school.

It was a long, difficult journey, but I finally made it and could not be more relieved!

Getting my diploma.

Leaving school for the last time...

From left: Kristen "Kradams" Adams, Kathryn Mueller, Noy "N-Ani" Anisman, me.
All photos in this post by Nancy Mueller Photography.

I can't wait to move on to the next chapter of my life.