Inspiration Post: Decorated Parasols

First, a big thank you to Rommily, who showed me how to make cuts with a picture ♥ I'm showing you my London pictures in my next post ^.^

But for now, I want to show you something really pretty: decorated parasols! I found them on the blog ~*~ Sweet Eye Candy Creations ~*~ (Btw she is a decoration queen and makes sooo many beautiful items, you should check out her blog!)

 Look at the puppet *_* (But I think this one is meant for home decoration, I doubt someone would carry it out xD)

~*~ Click here to find more pictures ~*~

I think every Lolita owns at least one parasol, because they give an elegant and princessly addition to an outfit and make it complete. Also it's very hot in Lolita clothes during summer, so they help to stay cool ^.^ But I have to say that I feel uncomfortable wearing a parasol when I'm NOT wearing Lolita, because it looks 'too much' with normal clothes... do you have the same feelings?

I also think that this is a very good idea for a Lolita crafting day or a tea party! I'm definitly making one for me :D

What do you think about them? ♥

Help? // Shopping-Time

Hello Princesses! How are you? I hope fine, because I'm still ill ;_; I know princesses don't say this but it really sucks to be ill, don't it?

I want to show you my pictures from London, but first I have to figure out how to create a spoiler... does anyone of my readers know how to do it??? I only found this tutorial, but I want a spoiler were you click on a picture... help please ^.^''' <3

In the meantime I want to show you some items I bought in London and today.

~*~ London ~*~

for my necklaces

Chiffon blouse - bought at Camden Town

Primark - London

Primark London

 These tights are also from Primark - it's so hard to find some in this color! But at Primark they have so many items which are exactly THE style I want in my wardrobe, sadly I have to drive more then 2 hours for the next shop in Germany ;_;
With the tights and shoes I have three new Lolita coordinates... Lolita meet-up anyone??? :D

 ~*~ Today, back in my hometown ~*~

H&M ~ 3€ each

H&M ~ 4€

 Sugar Hearts - I didn't bought them for eating, but I want to make jewellery from it! Like real sweets jewellery, you know what I'm sayin' ;)

Essence ~ 1,75€

 In my last Tagged!-post, there was a question about my favourite item from my make-up collection, and my answer was the rainbow colored nail polish, but that I couldn't find it anywhere anymore. Buuut today I saw that Essence re-released it, so I bought 3 of them, just in case xD

 And today I read that our german Lolita community Dunkelsüß has a new photo contest, and the theme is "Easter". You can't really win a price but since I planned an easter bunny Lolita outfit anyway, I want to take part and for this I searched through my old stuffed toys from my childhood and found these bunnies:

Aren't they cuuute? I think the white one belonged to my sister, and the beige one was mine ^_^

Thank you for reading~ ♫

TAGGED x 3 + seal of creativity

Dear readers! I'm bakc from London, but I was so tired and now I'm ill, so I didn't wrote an entry. Of course I will show you some pictures, but I have many so I need some time to pick the best ones ^_^ In the meantime I got tagged 4 times and I didn't answered a single one, I'm so sorry girls! I got tagged by Plastiq Pop, Usai in Hello Kitty Land and Yuki's Lolita Wonderland.

And I got a seal of creativity from Fleurs en Papier, I feel so honored!

Thank you very much to all four of you ♥♥♥

(Sorry that I answered the questions in German, but it's a bit hard for me to translate some of the questions ^^''')

~*~ Plastiq Pop ~*~

1. Was ist dein Lieblingsreiseziel?
Ich hab kein bestimmtes, aber am meisten liebe ich Städte und warme Orte.

2. Seit wann bloggst du? (Muss nicht unbedingt Blogger sein ;))
Angefangen hab ich auf Livejournal, wo ich meinen ersten richtigen Eintrag im April 2011 geschrieben hab.

3. Welche Musik hörst du am liebsten? (Genre zB Pop)
Ich kann mich echt nicht entscheiden, da ich von mehreren Genres ein bisschen mag: Klassik, Metal, Jazz, amerikanische Country Musik...

4. Auf welcher Seite kaufst du am liebsten online ein?
ebay, Amazon, egl_comm_sales

5. Glaubst du an den Weltuntergang dieses Jahr?
Nein! Aber falls es doch wahr sein sollte ist es mir trotzdem egal, den aufhalten kann ich es eh nicht xD

6. Sommer oder Winter?
Sommer! Ich hasse nämlich Kälte über alles.

7. Hast du Fremden gegenüber oft Vorurteile?
Eigentlich nicht. Natürlich denke ich bei Personen, die wie Assis ausehen, dass sie auch Assis sind, aber generell gebe ich jedem eine Chance zu zeigen, wie er wirklich ist, bevor ich ihn in abstempel.

8. Dein liebstes Stück aus deiner Kosmetiksammlung?
Mein regenbogenfarbener Glitzernagellack, den es nur für eine kurze Zeit gab und den ich nirgends mehr finde (außer voll überteuert bei Ebay -.-)

9. Künstliche oder natürliche Nägel?
Ich finde künstliche Nägel sehr schön, weil man sie so toll dekorieren kann, aber da ich Violine spiele und mir meine Nägel immer kurz schneiden muss, denke ich nicht dass sich das Geld lohnt dafür auszugeben. Aber bunt lackieren tue ich sie mir schon ^.^

10. Geld oder Liebe?
Warum nicht beides haben? :D

11. Würdest du an deiner momentanen Lebenssituation etwas ändern wollen?
Ja, ich denke man kann immer was an seinem Leben verändern, um es noch schöner zu machen.

~*~ Usai in Hello Kitty Land ~*~

1. Was machst du an einem ruhigen Sonntag, wenn NIEMAND Zeit für dich hat?
Das hört sich ja an als ob es schlimm wäre, den Sonntag allein zu verbringen xD Wenn ich nicht für die Uni lernen muss, verbringe ich ihn mit Serien gucken, Violine spielen, im Internet rumsurfen und lange schlafen :D

2. Bist du mit deinem Beruf bzw. mit deiner jetzigen Schullaufbahn zufrieden? Oder würdest du lieber nochmal etwas anderes machen?
Naja ich finde mein Studium doch nicht so toll wie ich gedacht hab, aber da ich später was damit arbeiten kann was bestimmt mehr Spaß macht, studier ich einfach weiter vor mich hin.

3. Was ist deine Lieblingsfarbe?
Rosa über alles <3

4. Welche drei Charaktereigenschaften zeichnen dich deiner eigenen Meinung nach am meisten aus?
Puh, das ist echt schwer zu beantworten... ich bin eigentlich immer gut gelaunt und positiv eingestellt, ich steh zwar nicht gern in der ersten Reihe aber hab trotzdem gerne das Steuer in der Hand, und ich bin schüchtern.

5. Warum hast du einen Blog? Was willst du anderen damit mitteilen?
Ich möchte schöne Erlebnisse festhalten, und interessante Entdeckungen und nützliche Informationen mit anderen teilen.

6. Hast du eine Phobie?
Eine richtige Phobie nicht, aber ich hab schon Angst vor Spinnen und anderen Insekten

7. Was für Sprachen sprichst du bzw. lernst du oder willst du ernsthaft lernen?
Ich kann Deutsch und Englisch, und ich würde gerne besser Französisch können (hab nämlich fast alles vergessen was ich mal in der Schule gelernt habe), und Japanisch und Spanisch lernen.

8. Wo siehst du dich in 10 Jahren? Familie? Beruflich?
Keine Ahung, ich studier einfach so vor mich hin und lass alles auf mich zu kommen, aber ich erhoffe mir in 10 Jahren einen Mann gefunden zu haben xD

9. Magst du mich (Usai) überhaupt? ^__^
Ja, auch wenn wir uns noch nicht so gut kennen :D

10. Hast du schonmal aktiv an irgendwelchen Demos teilgenommen (sei es Tierschutz, ACTA, Lohnstreiks usw usw usw)?
Nein, nicht dass ich nicht wollte aber es hat sich bisher noch nicht ergeben.

11. Welche übernatürliche Fähigkeiten hättest du am liebsten? Fliegen? Beamen? Atmen wie ein Fisch unter Wasser? Heilkräfte?
Beamen und Gedankenmanipulation *MUHARHAR*

~*~ Yuki's Lolita Wonderland ~*~

1. Dein Lieblingsrezept?
Super fluffiger Biskuitteig (Wenn ihr eine Torte backt, schmeißt euren Teig weg und nehmt den hier xD)
~ 3 Eier
~ 3-4 EL heißes Wasser
~ 125g Zucker
~ 1 Pck Vanillezucker
~ 60g Weizenmehl
~ 1 gestrichener TL Backpulver
- Eier und Wasser 1min mit Mixer schaumig schlagen
- Zucker und Vanillezucker in 1 min einstreuen, dann 2min weiter schlagen
- den Rest kurz unterrühren

2. Welches Klischee deiner Szene / deines Geschlechts / etc erfüllst du?
Ich esse gerne Kuchen/Cupcakes/Zuckerwatte/Macarons/eigentlich alle Arten von Süßigkeiten, meine Lieblingsfarbe ist rosa, ich mag Ponys, Hello Kitty, My little Pony, Kitsch, Kuscheltiere, Puppen, klassische Musik, spiele Violine, höre japanische Musik, backe gerne... und noch viel mehr xD

3.Wenn du einen Wunsch frei hast, dann....?
wäre ich gerne reich

4. Was liegt dir wirklich am Herzen?
Das Menschen höflich miteinander umgehen und ihre Umwelt respektieren

5. Hast du ein Vorbild?
Nein

6. Wenn du irgendeinen Menschen treffen könntest, egal ob tot oder lebendig, wer wäre es und warum?
Itzhak Perlman, weil er für mich der beste Violinist der Welt ist und der einzige ist, der beim Spielen nicht immer so dumm guckt als würde er gleich sterben xD

7. Findet man dich auf der LBM / dem Japantag / der Dokomi? :3
Nein / Ja / Ja <3

8. Bei welchem Gericht kannst du überhaupt nicht widerstehen?
Spontan würde mir Lasagne einfallen, aber eigentlich kann ich mich für alles begeistern was ungesund ist... leider >_<

9. Was hast du dir für 2012 vorgenommen?
~ mehr Sport machen
~ abnehmen => 69cm Taille
~ anfangen Bücher zu lesen
~ mehr für die Uni tun
~ nicht so viel Zeit im Internet oder mit anderen sinnlosen Dingen verbringen
~ besser mit Geld umgehen
~ mehr Violine üben
~ mehr mit Freunden treffen
~ auf mehr Konzerte gehen

10. Für welche ungewöhnliche Sache interessierst du dich?
Japanische Mode, aber das ist für alle die meinen Blog lesen wohl nicht ungewöhnlich xD Ansonsten vielleicht noch Stenographie, ich würde es mal gerne richrig beherrschen können.

11. Hast du eine Art Lebensmotto? Welches?
~ Nach Regen kommt auch Sonnenschein.
~ Wer immer tut was er schon kann bleibt immer das was er schon ist.

12. Hast du einen Beauty-Tipp an deine Leser?
Hmm ehrlichgesagt setze ich mich wenig mit Schönheitsprodukten auseinander, aber generell möchte ich mal erwähnt haben, dass man nicht gleich in Panik ausbrechen oder sich schlecht fühlen muss, weil man ja gar keine Schönheitsmasken, Cremes etc. benutzt => Ich tue es auch nicht und sehe trotzdem nicht häßlich aus xD Und ich habe lange geglaubt dass ich mich nicht gut Schminken kann, z.B. keine Wimpern aufkleben oder Lidstrich ziehen, aber ich musste feststellen dass es wirklich nur eine Übungssache ist! Kein Beauty-Profi ist schon mit perfektem Make-up vom Himmel gefallen xD

How to enjoy travelling

Tomorrow I'm travelling to London with a friend, so I wanted to share something useful about travelling. We will make a hardcore sight seeing tour, so this tips are more for this type of travelling.

Picture by muza-chan.net

Plan enough days. When I'm travelling, I want to see as much as I can, but since I'm problably seeing the places just one time in my life, I also want to enjoy and memorize them as much as possible. So when I'm visiting a beautiful castle for example, I don't just want to make the 30 min guided tour trough all rooms, I also want to take a walk through the park, dream a little how it would be to live there and take pictures of everything beautiful.
And since I'm a girl, I can't resist to go a little bit shopping, even if I planned NOT to do this. So in my opinion, 5 days are perfect if you want to go shopping for a day and do hardcore sightseeing, 4 days if you don't want to shop, but 3 are too less because you have to hurry too much and can't really enjoy everything. More then 5 days is always good but it's also a question of money, isn't it? ^^'

Dress like a princess. Do you know the feeling when you come home from a wonderful trip, want to share your pictures with your whole family and then you think: "OMFG what am I wearing there? O_O". When I leave the house for university, I want to sleep as long as possible in the morning and don't want to spend too much time to get ready. So I put on a little bit make up to look fresh and choose clothes which are elegant and cute, but still comfy. I can wear a pencil skirt and chiffon blouse the whole day, so why I can't wear them also on a sight seeing tour? You don't have to look like a typical tourist to have a great trip!
As a second advise, look at your closet for your more fancy stuff, because in a foreign city/country many people feel safer to wear their flashier stuff, because they can't meet anyone they know who could think something bad about them. It makes much fun to wear flashy stuff and it looks always better in pictures :D

Have your beauty sleep. Or not. When I'm on a trip I want to enjoy day and night, so I'm often not sleeping very much. I always think "I can sleep when I'm dead" xD For me, it's easy to have a little nap around midday so it's okay if I don't sleep so much at night, but nothing is more worse when you are tired to death and can't enjoy your trip. So as a tip, try to sleep longer every 3-4 days, so your body can recover and won't be completly exhausted after your trip so that you need a second vacation!

Have your tea time. I'm not a very sportive person and usually I don't walk around for 8 hours per day, so it can be hard to follow your strict schedule when your body is not used to such an effort. Having little breaks during the day is very important, but don't get worried that you are wasting time! There aren't only new things to see in a foreign country, but also new things to eat! So take your break as an oppurtunity to discover new culinary specialties. Or do you love to visit museums? In many museums are seats from which you can see the whole room, so don't walk from artwork to artwork, but sit down to choose your favourite ones and take a closer look to them.

Take pictures. During the trip I always have the feeling that I'm spending too much time with taking pictures, but when I come back home I'm regretting it not to take one of this or that. Trips are always special memories you don't want to forget, so tread your camera as if it were your diary! Of course it isn't fun to look at 100 buildings you visited, so try to find something special, maybe a little detail not everyone would pay attention to at first glance, to make your pictures more interesting.

Travel alone. You don't have to travel alone the whole trip, but if you are travelling with several people, it may happen that everyone wants to see something the others don't want to see. So choose a day or few hours which everyone is spending alone or in little groups, for example the last day, so nobody is sad in the end. I did this during my first trip to London, because one friend wanted to go shopping, the other friend wanted to visit a museum and I wanted to visit the Buckingham Palace.

Eat indigenous cake. Like I said before, you should make a break and taste something new. Okay, maybe you aren't a person who likes to eat things you don't know, but I have the feeling I would forget something if I only eat at McDonalds or similar. It's hard to learn more about a culture if you are staying in a foreign country just for few days, but eating is always a great oppurtunity to enjoy at least a bit of the culture. Even if you tried something totally strange which tasted bad, you have become richer of one experience at least.

I hope you like the guide and find it useful, but you can give me also suggestions in the comments if you want ^_^ I hope I didn't made too much english grammar mistakes xD

Have a wonderful week and stay tuned for my next post about my London trip ^__^

Oh look at the costume - no it's a japanese insider fashion!

Today (Saturday) I met my friend Nyanko and her friend, and on my way home I heard to girls in the train which said exactly this what I wrote in the title. I found it so funny because of the 'insider' xD And it was also interesting that I heard several people saying "Oh look they're wearing Lolita Fashion", because in my city it's still Carnival and many people were dressed in costumes. It makes me happy that more and more people recognise our beloved fashion (because it was several times on TV ^_^).

(Sorry for the crappy pictures, crappy cam is crappy -.-)

Nyankos friend wore Lolita for the first time - it looks so good on her, doesn't it? :D

James Bond Lolis

Sailor Moooon

with Nyanko

It makes so much fun to make... funny pictures xD

Nyanko ties it a bit too tight xD

♥ ♥ ♥

Btw, if you want to see the TV show which make Lolita a bit more famous in Germany, you can watch it here (but it's in german... if you want I can translate it... maybe xD)

Carnival

Before reading, turn on this music for the right atmosphere xD (sorry if you don't like it, but it's the most famous Carnival song ever ^_^)

Today was the first day of the big Carnival celebration. For my international readers: it is a bigger celebration in some areas in Germany, from Thursday to Tuesday, where people dress up in costumes, hear Carnival music, go to partys and watch big parades which are going through the whole city. But for many people it's just "drink as much alcohol as you can in 6 days". I wanted to celebrate it but this night I couldn't sleep very well, so in the morning I decided to continue my beauty-sleep and skip driving in a super crowed train with people who are already drunk at 8 a.m., still drinking beer but can't hold their bottles straight so you are dirty before even starting to party. Also I haven't made ​​an appointment with my friends (because they don't like Carnival) but with some random students from university, so nobody really waited for me to come.

But still I dressed up at home to show you my potential outfit:

Too lazy to make my hair xD

Kim eating ice cream ^_^

My nails ~ kinda mermaid inspired

I know it looks more like an random colorful outfit then sleepwear but whatever xD
Did you celebrated Carnival?

Happy Tuesday! // Quotes ♫

Hello my dear readers, I wish you a happy Tuesday! I don't know why I do it today, I also could do it tomorrow or yesterday, but today is the day for which I have decided to wish you something nice.
I know, today is also "Valentines Day", but I don't celebrate it, because I'm one of the lonely princesses out there who think that Valentines Day is just a commercial thing so flower and chocolate shops can make great profit on that day. And people can buy nice things for their special ones and make the lonely princesses feel sad. But since I don't celebrate it I can't feel sad, right? xD

I also wish you a happy Tuesday because today I'm happy, yesterday I wasn't. Okay I was happy around midday, because a friend visited me and I got a little cute Tinkerbell chain as a christmas present, but then my Fairy Kei order arrived and everything was just crap. I ordered two shirts, one pair of shoes, one bloomers and a pair of socks. The socks and bloomers were ~okay~, but one shirt had totally wrong colors (the shop has only one color so I ask myself how this could happen), the other shirt looks like a pajamas top and the shoes were broken O_O
Buuut today the shop offered me to return the shoes and shirt for free, so they will refund me. That's make me a bit happier, but now I still don't have clothes I can wear for Fairy Kei, except the bloomers :(
On the other hand, I have now a nice pajama-costume for Carnival on Thursday, isn't this great xD

 

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If you look at the left sidebar, you can find now "Quotes for inspiration". I kind of collect quotes whenever I see a nice one, and I want to share them with you. I will update them every few days. But in case you missed a quote or want to reread them, I will post all written quotes at the ~*~ Quote Page ~*~ (you can find it also on top of my blog). I hope you will like them! :3