Project: Fleece Hat

I’ve always wanted to have a fleece hat. Whenever I attend  anime conventions, I see at least one booth selling these. And boy, they are pricey. I’ve been looking around for this fabric and they’re hard to find. Out of frustration, I even considered getting that fleece blanket on sale just to get the material I want. Last week, I toured around Divisoria (my favorite ‘art’ playground) and found what I call, “The Source.” OMG THEY HAVE FLEECE!

I just had to do a ‘kawaii pose’ out of happiness.

I finally made a fleece hat! Yay! I found a very useful tutorial on how to make basic fleece hats and added details from there. Since  I’m addicted to bunnies right now, I had to make this version first. At first, its was a bit challenging to align the material since its stretchy. This one actually has some unwanted wrinkles here and there. 

The second one is a cat hat. I had to do two trials just to get the right shape for the ears. I wanted to go for small ears, but my first set of ears looked too elongated (think Avatar). To make things easier, I opted for the large ear version. It turned out well - I didn’t even have to implant wires to make the ears stand.

I just posted pictures of these on my Multiply page to see if anyone would want to have these comissioned. I’m all set to make several of these, so do tell me if you want one! I’m also open for requests (e.g. you want a panda hat).

What do you think?

Projects: Lace Roses

It all started with these two:

I’ve had the pink lace in my sewing arsenal for a while and I never had the chance to use it. So once boring afternoon, I decided to take my stock lace out and do some ruffles. Then I took some felt, stiched the ruffles on, got a heavy faux pearl, and voila! A pretty lace rose!

And I never got to put back my sewing kit.

I love lace. For me, lace looks elegant, classy, and timeless. That’s why whenever I make up something with lace, I get inspired to make other things.

Haha, I just attached the black rose to a headband. I designed the rose lace in a way that I can use a single rose as a hairclip, a brooch, or a headband attachment. My Mom liked this one because she can adjust the rose all over the headband.

This is the last lace piece I made before moving on to another material:

This is a simple velvet choker accented with three lace roses attached to one side. I don’t have a photo of me wearing this (my neck is too short to model chokers, haha), but I think it’ll look pretty when worn with a simple dress.  I think it’ll also look good with a plain cream blouse, pinstriped pants, and black pumps.

I’ll probably work on a few more lace pieces soon. Well, after I’m finished working on some hats. Yes,  hats.

Mafia

I attended this year’s ToyCon hoping to find a third doll for my collection. But I said never mind! when I saw a really really long line to the venue entrance. Jampacked event is jampacked! Oh well, the third doll will have to wait.

Since I’m attending mybest friend’s pre-birthday dinner, I opted to wear something cutesy:

People thought I’m already wearing a costume. Apparently, Kagamine Rin’s Mafia Version almost looks like my outfit:

(taken from z3LL’s DevArt Page)

I should’ve brought my blonde wig instead of carrying a costume. Oh well.

I went as Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Sayou *ehem forced ehem jk* asked me to wear her red contacts to complete my costume. It was my first time to wear contacts, so it was a bit scary.  I had no idea how to wear contact, so we asked our friend Meems to do the job. I tell you, she had a hard time fighting my eye reflexes!
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Cowboy boots

I dropped by Fashion D’Lite at Cubao a few weeks ago and scored a very nice pair of boots at 100 php:

I’m not a big fan of cowboy boots, but given the condition of the pair (its new!), the price, and the fact that it fits perfectly, who wouldn’t buy them?

They’re perfect to wear with skinny jeans, tights or shorts. Now that it’s almost rainy season, I see myself wearing boots almost everyday. Speaking of rainy season, I have to get a good pair of rubber boots (for those flood days), a new pair of rubber slippers, and maybe a new rain jacket. I’m also thinking of leaving a set of clothes in the office just in case. Oh, and I need to get vitamins to ward off sickness in this season.

What are your preparations for the rainy season?

Clean and Simple

After receiving the invite for a show for Philippine Fashion Week, I immediately scoured my little closet to look for a decent outfit. It has to be simple, girly, and must suit my black booties (a.k.a. devil shoes) - because its my only pair that can work with the event. Of course, boots would work as well but I don’t feel like wearing them to the show.

After 30 minutes of rummaging through clothes (and after thinking about wearing a vampy outfit instead), I ended up wearing this:

I’ve never worn (almost) all-white before except for special occassions so this is something pretty new. I like how the black corset made me look taller and shapelier. 

After the event, I noticed that the soles of my booties are coming off! Its weird since I rarely use this pair and I rarely walk around wearing them (they’re hard to wear, I tell you). Now I’m on the hunt for a new pair of heels, preferrably a pair that looks like my favorite mary janes from People are People (the one I always use for  my gothic lolita outfits)*.

The skirt is a new find from a new ukay shop in Monumento (the tag says Kiss and Miss) while the blouse is from Robinson’s Department Store. The black booties are from LeDonne. Corset is handmade.

* The mary janes retired a few months ago. The soles are still in good shape, so I’m looking for someone who can remake the pair.

Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2010

Wow. Its been a month since my last update. The combination of a dead camera and a night shift schedule is not good  for my ‘internet life’ - no photos, no constant internet connection, no posts. I’ve got a lot of outfits to share but I don’t have pictures. Its frustrating to the point that this hiatus almost made me believe that I’ll never be able to update this blog again, until I got a hold of an invitation to an event and my boyfriend’s camera.

One afternoon, my Grandma handed me an envelope containing an invitation to a show for Philippine Fashion Week. I can’t even remember why/how I got an invite, but I immediately rearranged my weekend schedule to make way for the show. Afterall, I’ve always wanted to watch a fashion show.

 
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College Girl

Sometimes, I wanna go back to college. I miss the care-free lifestyle I had. I miss having afternoon classes and hanging out with my best buds at school everyday. I miss dressing up and not think about wearing ‘appropriate’ clothes.

A few days ago, I just had to wear something that reminds me of my college self.

My new company’s not really that strict about clothes but we are advised to at least look proper - no short skirts, flip-flops, sleeveless tops, no statement shirts plus other things. Pretty basic stuff but I don’t really feel like dressing up when I know there are rules I should follow.
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On Ozine Fest and Doll Wigs

When I bought Gaea, I thought getting a doll wig for her would be easy with all the doll accessories sellers online - wrong. I asked several people to help me find her a wig but its been weeks and no one ever got back to me. 

Last week, i found some hair extensions and thought, why not make a wig myself? So I got a yard or so of hair extensions, then stitched the hair on a self-made wig cap. Here’s what I got after a few hours:

Cotton-candy pink hair! Lol. I originally wanted white hair for her, but they don’t carry that color yet, so I opted for the pink one. This’ll be her hair for the meantime. I still have to adjust the wig (turned out to be too tight) and re-style the hair.

I find the look pretty. She looks like a Barbie though, but I guess the wig fits her. I’m thinking of having her face repainted in a few months because she looks too fierce compared to Lilith:
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Felt Obsession

I’ve been pretty hooked on making felt accessories. It started when I found an instructional post from one of the sewing blogs I follow. I got a nice bunch of felt cloth so I started with this one:

Red rose hairclips I used for my Sakura Costume. It was pretty easy to make! It only took me around 20-30 minutes to cut and stitch this pair.

This black rose brooch was made while waiting for my panel interview (for a new job, yay!). The interviewer liked it.

 
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Philippine Cosplay Convention 2010

Phew! Finally got to install Firefox on our PC (as if thats hard, meh) to do a little update. I’ve been off the internet since I left dotPH. Now I’m on internet withdrawal - haha!

I attended this year’s Philippine Cosplay Convention as Sakura from Card Captor Sakura.

Sakura is one of the most flexible anime characters in terms of costumes - she has tons and tons of costumes in the series. Which is why you’ll never see a Sakura cosplayer wearing the same costume (well except for some of her popular costumes. Anywaaay)

 
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