Twinning Meet-up

A twinning meet-up was held at the beginning of August at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Lolitas found each other by listing their wardrobes in a google spreadsheet that was accessible on facebook and meetup.com.  I was getting nervous as the date approached because I hadn't found anyone to twin with, but one week before the meet-up several different girls contacted me and I ended up having to choose just one.  I twinned Melty Mermaid with two other girls, Jeanine and Giovanna.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

I wore the OP in black x purple, Giovanna wore the skirt in black x purple, and Jeanine wore the JSK in navy.  We took one shot in front of the fountain because there are air bubbles and water in the mermaid print on our dresses. ^^

I accessorized with a canotier and purple roses in my hair, lace gloves, AP wrist cuffs, black tights with gold bubbles from BTSSB, and Steve Madden shoes.

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Picture by Jeanine Lewis

Jeanine took some awesome photos of me standing next to the pillars adjacent to the stage area. 

Photo by Jeanine Lewis 

There was a huge turn-out, about 30 lolitas (tons of food!).  Most were twins or triplets, but a few came solo just to be there.  We took our group photo in a heart shape (above) and made hearts with our hands. ^^

Our event was so popular that we drew a crowd.  Rowena and I took a picture posing like tourists in front of the crowd!  Rowena wore Pony in Sweet Dreams from BTSSB with a bonnet.  She coordinated with Converse for a more casual style.

And for some of the twinning coordinates...

AaTP - Trick Hat, Pricked Heart

AP - Honey Cake

AaTP - Poison de l'amour

These four coordinated together to make a super cute group!  Wendy and Chen wore Poison de l'amour, and Bri and Shaf coordinated boy style with each other and the color with their partners.

Chen and Shaf

And what is a meet-up without a jumping photo?

I split off from the group after a few hours and went to Japantown for purikura with some friends, but a small group went to the Japanese Gardens.  The theme was a hit and everyone is talking about doing another in the near future!

Click here for more photos.

Royal Chocolate Tea Party

Angelic Pretty held a mini tea party at their San Francisco store on July 21, 2012.  For the tea party, I wore the Decoration Dream bustle jumper skirt in yellow.  My sister (right) wore the Rose Tiara OP (Angelic Pretty).

I wanted to coordinate with mint, but my recently purchased accessories didn't make it in time, so I mixed pink and mint accents.  This was my first time wearing rhinestones.  I picked them up in the scrapbook section of my local craft store; the stones come with stickers on the back, which stuck amazingly well.

Photo taken from Angelic Pretty Facebook

We lined up outside while we waited for the party to start.  The tea party started with chocolate fondue. There were two tables, each with a fondue pot heated by a candle.  We were given plates of treats to dip, including cute star-shaped marshmallows and strawberries.  Yum!

Photo taken from Angelic Pretty Facebook 

During the fondue, the girls at the store took photos of everyone's coordinates (which are posted on the facebook page).

Afterwards, we played an unusually long game of bingo.  Posters with Little Birds Symphonia were given to the first 13 winners (more than half of the attendees won ^^).  We also played True or False.  I lost because I didn't know anything about the Dal Dolls... :S

Photo taken from Angelic Pretty Facebook

The first place prize, a polka-dot jumper skirt, went to Sophia for knowing how much Hello Kitty weighs, in apples (The answer is three).

Photo taken from Angelic Pretty Facebook

Finally, we had some shopping time.  I didn't buy anything because I was saving for the new Chocolate Rosette series (which I love!!!).

For more photos of the tea party, click here.

Tea Time in Santana Row

Last weekend I attended a tea party at Lisa's Tea Treasures in Santana Row followed by window shopping along the strip and at the Westfield Mall.  This was probably one of the more enjoyable meet-ups I have been to.  I met numerous fun and exciting girls and was able to meet up with a few that I already knew and really like.  In addition, it was a reason to take a day off work. \(^o^)/

I wore my new BTSSB Twinkle Constellation and the Stars of Confeito JSK.  I coordinated it with the matching OTKs and navy star bows from Angelic Pretty.  One of my favorite accessories is the necklace- it's a spoon with silicone frosting, bunnies and cute stuff in the spoon.  My sister is wearing an Angelic Pretty replica from Kidsyoyo (polka dot bunny JSK).

We started out at the tea house.  Almost everyone was late (although I was early for once ^^;).  It was my first time having tea at Lisa's Tea Treasures, although I've been in the gift shop lots of times.  The girl on my left, Paisley, was lively and read our tea leaves.  Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pictures at the tea house.

Afterwards, we lingered around Santana Row for a period of time.  We took pictures at the larger than life chessboard.

Throwing coins into the well.

I love the coordinate of the girl next to me! Milky Planet! <3

We stopped at Maido (Japanese paper store) where I found a Nyanpaia keychain!  I couldn't decide between the cat with bat wings or bat with cat ears, so I got one for my sister and one for me. ^^

Finally, we went in search of the Betsy Johnson store at the mall, but it's already closed. (T_T)  We ended up shopping at Lush, where the shopkeepers were excited about our dresses and took lots of pictures.  

Lush sells glittery lotions bars that can be rubbed directly onto the skin.  It's not visible in the picture, but my sister's cheeks are covered!

Twinsies!

Lush Lolitas (^_^)

Fanime 2012 Photo Dump

I went to Fanime Con 2012 over Memorial Day weekend.  I opted to spend my cosplay budget on lolita, and subsequently wore lolita during the entire convention. Hehe.

Day 1 - Friday

We didn't get to the convention until after 4pm and the pre-registration line was out to the street!  We waited in line for 3 hours to get our badges. (T_T)  I was told that the general admittance line was actually shorter!  For the first day, I wore BTSSB Pony in Sweet Dreams.

BTSSB - JSK (Pony in Sweet Dreams), head bow, socks, purse, parasol

Angelic Pretty - Blouse, ring, wrist cuffs

Everything else is off-brand

This hairstyle took me forever; it's a pain to pin up wigs with bobby pins because the top portion of the wig has a fake scalp and the pins can't penetrate it.  I finally got lazy and left a portion of it down in style of Marie Antoinette.

Hamutaro endured the grueling line with me.  I almost bought one of these suits in the dealer's hall. (^_^;)

What can I say? Boys can love Kiki too. ^^


Day 2 - Saturday

The lolita fashion show was scheduled for Saturday so I decided to wear my newest dress, Toy Parade from Angelic Pretty.

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Angelic Pretty - JSK (Toy Parade), head bow, OTKs (sweethearts), purse, wrist cuffs

Offbrand- Everything else

Close-up so you can see the contacts.

I got pictures with Ashlyn and Jeanine, who are wearing dresses from the lolita fashion show.  I see these girls regularly at local meet-ups. ^^

I think I was jumping up and down when I spotted Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.  Her skirt is made out of real potato chip bags!

This is a shot with my sister and brother.  I tried to get up on the wall to sit with them, but I only scuffed my shoes and, as you can see, I didn't make it onto the wall.

I ran into Erika, who I first met at the Angelic Pretty Anniversary last year.  At that time she was reserving Decoration Dream, which she's wearing now.  I also recently purchased the JSK in yellow and can't wait to wear it!

In the evening, my brother and I returned to the convention.  I tried for gyaru, but I didn't get a picture of my outfit! (T_T)  Oddly enough, I ended up at a rave dancing next to Flynn (Tron) and Domo.



Day 3 - Sunday

Sunday was a double-booked event, so we dropped by the lolita picnic for about 30 minutes before heading over the Cafe V.  I didn't get any group pictures, but snapped a few with some friends.

AATP - OP (Melty Mermaid), head piece

Angelic Pretty - purse, wrist cuffs

Offbrand - everything else

Cafe V isn't part of Fanime, but it was scheduled at the same time for obvious reasons.  For me, Cafe V was by far the best part of the convention.  It was my first time and I'm excited for the next one!

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Ryuusei and Nobu came over to the convention to escort us to the tea house.  In a spur of courageousness I volunteered to be escorted by Ryuusei personally.  

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

Tsukasa <3 served our end of the table.

Photo taken by Jeanine Lewis

My sister and I at the tea house. ^^ She's wearing Angel's Whisper in the Holy Night by Baby.

More photos here.