Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Flatlay ♥ Pink, Red and Ponies

♥ Pink, Red and Ponies ♥

Today’s flatlay coord was posted on June 13, 2021 with the following caption:

Pink, Red and Ponies. 🐎
Hey there, I'm still alive! ❤️ It's been ages since I last posted, but uni took up all my attention... I'm pretty much done now though, so I decided to create a new outfit again! 🎀 @marinette_in_wonderland really wanted me to use my pony bag in a coord, so I ended up coording it with Star Night Theater, with pink and red and some pony accessories. 🌌 I hope you like it! ✨


It's been a while since my last post, but my university work required all my attention. Now I have passed my thesis and received my last grades, so I'm basically done and graduated! It's a bit of an empty feeling, as I've been at home for one and a half years by now... Oh well. ^^'
When it was time for a new outfit post, I asked my friend what kind of outfit she wanted to see and as I've never used my pony bag for anything she wanted to see it used in an outfit! Here is the result: quite a "classic Angelic Pretty" outfit, you could say! I also managed to incorporate my new pink shoes into, which made me very happy. :3
So, what do you think?
Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Monday, April 26, 2021

Character Inspired Flatlay Coords

I haven't been posting a lot on social media lately, not just on my blog. At the moment, I am in the final weeks of my studies and am very busy writing my thesis. Nevertheless, I wanted to post at least something on my blog in April and eventually decided on a few flatlay outfits I did a while back that were inspired by characters!
I really love it when people go to Disneyland in character-inspired outfits. Did you know this exists? It's called Disneybounding and I really recommend browsing the tag on Instagram for hours of inspiring fun!
I ended up creating three Disney character-inspired outfits myself and one Sanrio! As expected, three out of four are very pink and cutesy. XD Let's have a look!
This first outfit was posted on November 11th 2020 and was inspired by Marie of the Aristocats. I love pink and white color schemes, so I had quite some fun with this outfit, as it's Marie's signature colors! I decided on this cute, long-sleeved blouse and added a pink bow, as Marie always wears a big bow around her neck, which resulted in this cute, preppy look. I also incorporated my Disneyland Marie ears for obvious reasons and fluffy earrings as I am sure Marie is very fluffy and soft herself. :3

This outfit was posted on December 8th 2020 and was inspired by My Melody. My Melody means pink to me, so I went with a mostly pink outfit. I chose Angelic Pretty's Fancy Paper Dolls JSK as a base as it has bunnies and even though they don't really look like My Melody, the idea is still cute. This character is often depicted surrounded by roses, so I added several rose accessories to this outfit and borrowed my mom's My Melody bag (which is also covered in roses). I chose my My Melody headband obviously and added a cute My Melody mirror as a cute touch.

This outfit was posted on December 16th 2020 and was inspired by Minnie Mouse. Usually Minnie is depicted in her signature red dress, but when I found this fancy gold version of her I decided to try to give my own spin on it. I don't have a gold dress myself, so I went with black and many gold accessories. I also kept the original polkadots! I even added a parasol. Somehow looking at this outfit makes me really happy!

This last outfit was posted on December 23rd 2020 and was inspired by Shelly May. Shelly May is one of the Disney Sea characters. She doesn't really have a signature outfit, so I went with something simple and cozy. I don't often incoporate the color brown into outfits, but I ended up really liking this. Even though the outfit itself is not necessarily recognizable as Shelly May, the headband is, so I think I succeeded after all. ^^

Have you ever created coord based on characters? Do tell me about it!

Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Sunday, March 28, 2021

気に入る: BtSSB’s Kumya-chan's Love Heart Embroidery

I’ve decided that I’d like to start a new series so that once in a while I can write about a dress, other piece of clothing or accessory that I like for a bit. 気に入る or ‘ki ni iru’ means ‘to like’, ‘to be pleased with’ or ‘to be delighted with’, so I thought it would make a suitable title. For this first edition, I’d like to talk about Baby, the Stars Shine Bright’s new series ‘Kumya-chan’s Love Heart Embroidery’.

This series consists of two JSKs, a One Piece, a head bow, a ribbon clip, wristcuffs, OTKs, two blouses and an outfit to match with your Usakumya. The dresses come in red, pink, sax blue and black. The picture at the beginning of this post seems to suggest there is a white version too, but it's on not advertised.
The first dress in this series is the Kumya-chan's Love Heart Embroidery jumperskirt I. Do you see that incredibly adorable Kumya border!? Now ladies and gentlemen, please note that, as the name says, this is all embroidery! That's right, this series' adorable Kumya borders and other decorations are all embroidered! I don't know about you, but I absolutely adore this! ♥ The embroidery is white on the black, sax blue and red dress and dark pink on the pink dress. Personally I think the red and black versions of this series do the most justice to the embroidery, but the sax blue and pink dresses also look very adorable!
This jsk also has a scalloped border on the chest, adorable heart buttons, polkadotted lace along the hem and ears attached to the straps! This dress is so cute, I can barely cope! ;0;
The second dress in this series is the Kumya-chan's Love Heart Embroidery jumperskirt II, a most inspired name. It comes with the same adorable embroidery as the first dress and polkadotted lace along the hem, but overall has a bit more of a classic feel to it. There are no ear-straps, but an elegant round collar, decorative corset lacing and a big bow. Although I adore the first dress, I think I prefer the second one, thanks to it slightly more mature feel. ♥
The last dress in this series is the Kumya-chan's Love Heart Embroidery one piece. Naturally, this dress also comes with the embroidery, but has (rather tight-looking sleeves) and a beautiful big collar with lots of lace. There is no polkadotted lace along the hem, but there seems to be shorter, regular lace instead. I'm not a fan of wearing one pieces myself and on the picture these sleeves look a little uncomfortable... I do like the overall look of this dress and the fact it has different lace from the JSKs.
In case you're afraid you won't have a twin at the next Twin Meet, you can always buy a matching set for your Usakumya! Doesn't the little Usakumya in the picture look too cute!? ♥ I especially love how the embroidery hasn't been downsized to be on scale to the Usakumya; it's just left the same size as the actual dress. I don't know why, but I think that is super cute.
The rest of the items in this series all come with the most adorable matching Usakumya lace! Look at that ribbon clip! It has little faces on it! ;0; ♥ The lace on both the blouses and the wrist cuffs have Usakumyas too. I love this level of paying attention to detail!

So yes, in short: I absolutely adore this series! ♥ Surprisingly I think my favourite is the black colourway, probably because it shows the beautiful ambroidery so well. If I ever happen to come across the second JSK version, I would definitely consider getting it!
Do you like the idea of me just talking about items, either old or new, once in a while? And do you like this series? Let me know! ^^

Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Thursday, March 11, 2021

Flatlay ♥ Holo Space Fairy

♥ Holo Space Fairy ♥

Today’s flatlay coord was posted on March 4, 2021 with the following caption:

Holo Space Fairy. 🌈
🎵 Space Girl, I saw a lunar eclipse
Looked like how I feel 'bout your lips🎵

This outfit is a little different from my usual ones, but I adore it honestly! 😍 I had been wanting to create this coord for a while, but I was missing just one last piece of the coord puzzle in my head. Finally, my @puvithel necklace came and I knew it was perfect! 💕 I combined my mint Shadow Dream Carnival dress and some bows with all holo accessories, from head to toes! It feels both cute and bold to me. What do you think? ✨


When Puvithel announced they might discontinue their heart necklace line, I finally decided to get the necklace I had been wanting for a really long time and aaah, I'm so glad I ordered it! It's absolutely gorgeous! I had wanted to coord a holo x something coord and pretty early on decided on using my Shadow Dream Carnival dress for it, as it's a plain-coloured dress, so there's no print to make the holo disappear into. Almost as soon as the necklace arrived, I created this coord! Finally I could use my adorable Forever21 fairy wing backpack I wore last to the Dream Masquerade event in London again. Also, these poor holo shoes have been waiting a lifetime to finally make an appearance, but what an appearance it is! Can you tell I'm excited about this outfit? XD Sorry, I just really like it! What do you think?
Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Monday, February 22, 2021

Tokyo ’19, Day 4 – TeamLab Borderless

The next morning we got up at a reasonable time and had a delicious breakfast downstairs. After that, we got dressed into nice outfits, for we were going to a place we both had been very excited about: TeamLab Borderless in Odaiba! Get ready for a post with lots of aesthetic pictures. ^^
In case you don’t know it, according to their website “teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world.” They have several permanent and temporary art installations and we had bought tickets in advance for their permanent one called ‘Borderless’.
As TeamLab’s artworks are immersive and you can walk right through them, many people recommend you wear light colours, so my mom and I had prepared light and flowy outfits in advance.
Our light outfits of the day for a visit to the museum!

We had to travel for a bit to the museum’s nearest metro station, Aomi, but as it was a lovely day we had fun just looking out the metro’s windows. Our metro also drove over the Rainbow Bridge, which is always great fun!
I had been on Odaiba once before, during my first trip with my father, but since that was in 2011 it had been ages since I had last been there. My mother had never been there before though, so we were both excited.
We got off the train and saw a ferris wheel with colorful seats and it turned out that, in order to get to the museum, we had to walk right past it. It was freaking huge!
The colourful ferris wheel on Odaiba.

It was quite hot in the sun, but luckily the museum wasn’t far from the station. It was still pretty quiet, there were not that many people around yet. After our visit to the museum I saw a really nice poster for it and took a picture with it, but for the sake of continuation I’m posting it now. ^^
Posing with a poster for TeamLab Borderless.

Soon we arrived at a big, black building that didn’t look very special on the outside, but was in fact the museum.
We were welcome by a friendly staff member who showed us to the locker room. Besides cameras and phones, you weren’t supposed to bring anything into the museum. Luckily, they were plenty of lockers and even devices to stall your umbrella (I thought that was especially amazing)!
Special devices to stall your umbrella, how amazing is that!?

We walked back to the entrance, showed our tickets and joined a small group of people waiting in front of a thick, black curtain. Above the curtain was a tv screen that explained some things about the exhibit, after which the group was welcomed to walk through the curtain. Somehow I ended up in the front. I walked through a long, dark hallway into… what was basically a fairytale in the dark.
I entered a giant room filled with walls, panels and mirrors, all covered in projected flowers and floating flower petals, mostly in a red, blue, pink and purple colour scheme. Ethereal music played and I was absolutely mesmerized.
I felt like I had walked right into a fairytale!

This artwork was called ‘Forest of Flowers and People: Lost, Immersed and Reborn’. The flowers bloomed, grew and shrunk, while the petals fluttered by. The projections went all around the room, across the floor and touching the people walking around. The mirrors made the already big room seem to go one forever.
My mom joined me and we just walked around, touching the walls and projections, mesmerized by everything around us.
I was completely enchanted by this amazing place!

Sometimes the projections were very light, sometimes they turned darker. There was movement all the time and nothing seemed repetitive. It truly was like an ongoing artwork.
After our initial wonder, my mom and I started taking pictures! We are by no means professional photographers and the conditions were tough, so not all pictures turned out perfect, but it was mostly about the experience itself anyway. Still, we managed to take many beautiful pictures!
Pink-themed pictures.

I was really glad we had followed the advice to wear light clothing. The flower projections looked absolutely ethereal on my flowy skirt and because there were so many mirrors, I could admire myself as part of the beautiful fairytale!
Blue-themed pictures.

After what felt like both eternity and not nearly long enough, we started to make our way the next art installation. There are no maps of TeamLab Borderless, you’re supposed to just wander, so we did.
We came across a beautiful art installation that was built like a hill, but we decided to come back there later. We walked on and soon found ourselves at the art installation called the ‘Crystal World’. The name was well chosen. Thousands and thousand of light strands hung down from the ceiling. They regularly blinked and changed colours. The floor, walls and ceiling were made of mirrors, which made the room seem to go on forever here too. Dreamy music played, enhancing the experience even more.
The Crystal World, a very fitting name.

Contrary to the big flower room at the entrance, where you could walk freely, this art installation had paths leading through it. This made it harder to take pictures without getting other people appear in them. My mom had a specific picture in mind she wanted to try and take, so as usual I followed her instructions and stood still for as long as necessary, which resulted in one of my favourite pictures of the day!
Staring into the crystal void.
I think this picture turned out so dreamy!

My mom and I followed the path and at one point found ourselves in a corner of the room, which was popular among other visitors as it gave you the opportunity to pose with your mirror image without any other people. After a bit of waiting, we managed to take some pictures there too.
My mom posing with her mirror twin.

I really loved roaming around the Crystal World, although the paths and people felt a bit restricting. I liked the roaming around freely a lot more, but still enjoyed myself a lot. This place was just so pretty! ;_; The lights, the music, everything was just gorgeous!
I really loved the Crystal World a lot!

My mom and I left the Crystal World again and I spotted an art installation up some stairs I had seen on pictures before: the ‘Forest of Resonating Lamps’. This was a room filled with lamps hanging from the ceiling that slowly changed colours. There were mirrors all around again, creating a beautiful effect. For this artwork we had to stand in line for a bit, as only a limited amount of people could enter it. Standing in line wasn’t boring at all though: they had a window into the room (which was a mirror on the other side), so you could already enjoy the artwork from the outside. Also, a very enthusiastic kid ran face first into the mirror/window, which was painful for him but also a bit hilarious for the people in line. XD
Waiting to enter the Forest of Resonating Lamps.

The lamps, which had been bright orange first, turned into a soft and pale light and once we were allowed to enter, mixed with mint. Somehow my blue skirt also looked mint in this lighting, so I matched the room quite well. As there was a time limit, we quickly snapped pictures and looked around in awe.
Posing in the Forest of Resonating Lamps.

After a while, the lamps went back to their initial bright orange, which we liked a bit more than the pale lights. However, it was time for us to go, so we obliged. ^^
My mom and I walked back to the art installation with the small hill, which was called ‘Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather’.
The Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather

This huge room had projections on three walls, with falling rain on the wall above the small hill and blooming and disappearing flowers. After a while we realised that this artwork was even more interactive, as they detected where you stood, after which the projections responded to your presence. The falling rain would ‘bounce off you’, or flowers would ‘grow on you’. It was amazing!
We were really made part of the dreamy art in this room!

Now that I think about it, maybe two pictures of one of the earlier collages in this post were taken in this room as well… Well, the artworks are meant to flow over into each other so it doesn’t matter, haha!
On the other walls there were Japanese writings projected. Apparently these were interactive too, as I saw a staff member show something to a visitor that seemed interactive.
After a while, the dreamy purple and blue flowers changed into yellow sunflowers, which I also really liked. Which means? More pictures.
I didn’t appreciate this picture so much until I started going
through my pictures for this blogpost. I really like it!

After walking around for what seemed like ages and again not long enough, we left the room and wandered around for a bit. Somehow I discovered some stairs that let to a balcony overlooking both the Universe of Water Particles on a Rock where People Gather, where we had just been, and the Forest of Flowers and People. It was very dark there. It almost felt as if I had found a secret corner of the museum (which of course wasn’t the cause, but still). Just looking down at the people admiring the art and taking pictures felt really serene. I could have stayed there on that balcony for hours…
The view from the “secret” balcony.

Finally we left the balcony again and my mom and I roamed around for a while. We certainly didn’t visit every artwork, as not all of them interested us, there was a line (for some) or we simply didn’t find them.
Some of the other artworks we passed.

We passed the stairs back to the Forest of Resonating Lamps again and we decided to enter it a second time, to see if we could see and take pictures with the orange lamps this time and we were lucky!
Our second visit to the Forest of Resonating Lamps gave us orange lamps!

The bright orange was really beautiful and made me think of traditional Japanese lanterns. I really loved the glowy orange atmosphere, a lot more than the pale lights (even though those were already very pretty too). We had a lot of fun taking pictures a second time!
I really love how these pictures turned out. What do you think?

At this point my mom and I were getting quite tired and so we decided to slowly head for the exit. Right at that moment however, I suddenly spotted an entrance to a room we had definitely not seen yet, so we wanted to check it out. I am so glad we did, because we then discovered the ‘Black Waves – Continuous’.
In this octagonal room, rising and falling waves were projected onto the walls continuously, accompanied by slow, meditative music. In the middle of the room were bean bags, where visitors could lie down and enjoy the art.
Digital waves passing by.

I can’t say that Black Waved – Continuous was my favourite artwork, as everything was just so incredibly beautiful. However, it is high on my list. The continuing waves were mesmerizing and the soothing music seemed to travel right through my body. At some point my mom and I managed to get a bean bag each and just closed our eyes, listening to the music (after shushing some loud people) or looked at the waves passing by. It was an incredibly relaxing experience and I could have stayed there forever.
Taking pictures was particularly hard here, but we managed
to take some stunning ones after all!

With pain in my heart we left the waves behind and made our way to the exit. We did take some more pictures with the flowers and also asked a staff member whether they might have a CD of the music used in the museum for sale. Unfortunately, although Japan has gift shops for everything, there was not. However, while writing this post, I found out to my great happiness that the composer is on Spotify! Look for TeamLab Borderless and you will certainly find a list. I very much recommend it, it’s so relaxing!
We found the exit, walked through a set of dark hallways and suddenly found ourselves back into the light of the normal world, having left the fairytale behind. My mom and I both got a cute sticker to commemorate our visit.
Proof we really visited!

We picked up our things from our locker and left the building. It was far into the afternoon and we had gotten quite thirsty, so we entered the Wendy’s right across the museum. We’d never been to a Wendy’s before, so that was a first. We got ourselves some drinks that were recommended on the posters throughout the restaurant and found ourselves some seats.
Drinks from Wendy’s.

The drinks were really good and a very welcome distraction from the heat outside. We discussed a bit about what to do now and decided to head back for the hotel and rest there for a bit, so we went on our way, all the way back to Shinjuku. Taking the first metro from Odaiba was really fun though, as it was automated (so no driver) and we had a great view of the Rainbow Bridge and the city on front of us.
The view from the metro was so cool!

Back at Shinjuku station, where it was very crowded, we were suddenly inspired to get ourselves some more drinks, this time at Honey’s Bar. We’ve passed this small show right on the platform every time during our trips and never tried any of their drinks. As I had seen someone review it very positively in a YouTube video, I at last felt obliged to try some, so we did!
Getting drinks from Honey’s bar, at last!

The drinks were super fruit and very delicious, so I too very much recommend them. :3
My mom and I left the station, got ourselves a snack at bakery Hokuo and headed back for the hotel, where we relaxed on the bed for a while.
However, it wasn’t for too long, as we were going to meet a friend of mine in Shibuya that night! So we went on our way again.
We took the metro to Shibuya. Right when the train doors opened, I let out a squeak, completely startling my mom! I saw a poster for the Takarazuka Revue show ‘I Am From Austria’, out in the wild! I was so excited, I had to take a picture with it!
I was so excited to spot this poster at Shibuya station!

My mom and I left the station and headed for the statue of Hachiko, where we would meet my friend, and not long after we arrived there she appeared as well. As we had never met in real life before, only online, I was quite excited!
We decided to go to Shibuya 109, to go to the amazing Purikura place there, so we waited for the traffic lights and then crossed the world famous crossing.
Shibuya by night.

Unfortunately, after searching all over the upper floors of Shibuya 109, it turned out that the amazing place had been taken down and replaced by a much smaller corner at one of the bottom floors. I was quite disappointed, but since we wanted to do Purikura, we headed there and picked a machine. Luckily, the machine was really cool, with a giant moveable camera! It was quite fun. I especially loved the result picture cards, as my friend is really into goth and I like pastels, so our cards came out quite the opposite! XD
We had gotten quite hungry and ended up having dinner at a cute café in Shibuya 109 itself called Ma maison, so that’s something I can cross off my list as well. ^^ The food was great, but the desserts were even better. :3
Dinner and desserts. ♥

We chatted for a long time and eventually headed back for the station, where we said goodbye. I was so happy I was able to meet my friend! ;_;
My mom and I headed back for our hotel, where I prepared some things for the next day and my mom relaxed. Then, we went to sleep. It had been a magical day!
Purikura of the day

Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Flatlay ♥ Happy Valentine's Day!

♥ Happy Valentine's Day! ♥

Today’s flatlay coord was posted on February 14, 2021 with the following caption:

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️
One can never have too many hearts, roses and love letters on a day like this, right? If I went on a Valentine's Day date, I would definitely wear this outfit! Anyone wanna be my date? 💌✨


Some say that red x pink is a taboo combination, but personally I absolutely love it! And for Valentine's Day I love it even more! I've worn an outfit with this dress and cardigan combination before which I really liked, so I wanted to create a sort of update on the old outfit by adding many roses, hearts and love letter motifs to it. I really like this outfit and definitely want to wear it at some point! What do you think?
Thank you for reading! ~☆~

Monday, February 01, 2021

Flatlay ♥ Lovely Poodles

♥ Lovely Poodles ♥

Today’s flatlay coord was posted on January 31, 2021 with the following caption:

Lovely Poodles. 🐩💕
My first coord of 2021 could really be with no other dress than Lovely Poodle, right? I absolutely adore this series so much! I think this simple coord really brings out both the cuteness and the elegance of this dress. What do you think? ✨


I can’t tell you how much I love this dress. ;0; I mean, I dedicated a whole post to it, so that might have given you an indication already.
I think this dress is both sweet and elegant, so I tried to bring out its cuteness with the glitter shoes and ankle socks and its elegance with a pretty pearl necklace.
Ah, I can’t wait to wear this outfit at some point! Do you like it?
Thank you for reading! ~☆~