Belle's Library~ Monster Hunt

It's been a while since I've seen any good movies, but recently Ano and I watched a Chinese film (it has English subtitles) called 捉妖記/Monster Hunt.

While not a Lolita-themed film at all, I still recommend it!  It's a fantasy adventure about a world where monster hunters are no longer needed because they've caught all the monsters sneaking into the human world so effectively humans no longer remember the existence of monsters.  Now the monster queen is pregnant and the monster hunters are after her and her baby as she's crossed into the human world.

The computer graphics are really good!  The film is both funny and touching, and event includes a plot twist ;)

Trailer below:



And a promotional poster:

See?  Nice graphics!

Hollywood tends to dominate the movie market, but sometimes little gems like this pop out as well.  If you can find it in your area (or *cough*online*cough*) give it a watch!

Tiered Cake Skirts Meetup

Yesterday I woke up a bit late at 1PM. Ano was putting up new lights in my work studio! ^u^
We got ready for the meetup and had to take a taxi because we were late :P But we were still second to arrive

The theme was "tiered skirts," called "cake skirts"(蛋糕裙) in Chinese.

We met at a small cafe place called 七見櫻堂 that specialized in desserts. They were out of rice and beef when we went so many of their mains were unavailable -_-; I got a small platter with a quiche, a cake, and a brownie. Unfortunately, it turns out their "garden quiche" contained meat so I ended up eating only the sweets -_-;

The meetup itself was fun, and we had lots of chatting!

Lilith gave me and Ano the wedding cookies (喜餅) for their wedding and the wedding invitation (喜貼), which was very fancy-cut paper and pretty!  "喜" (xi) means "happiness" and is seen all over wedding-related terminology.  Often you will see this character doubled up to mean "double happiness" representing the bride and groom coming together.

Funny side story: Lilith said that for their wedding shoot her "casual wear" was a Lolita wedding dress, which is casual compared to the other two wedding dresses, but the photographer was like ._. and told her fiance that he didn't need to change out of his tux otherwise it'd look seriously mismatched if he was in jeans and a T-shirt :P

Me

It was super windy out yesterday! We took photos outside because the cafe was too small, and met a small, one-eyed dog that belonged next door. The dog was a grump and had no fear of cars, but was mean to people. A big truck was coming down the alley and the dog didn't move out of the way so Lilith had to try and move him out of the way and he snapped at her (didn't really bite her though). Same when motorbikes came through. I wonder how that dog manages not to get run over every day

Haotien asked us to kiss as he was taking the photo, so this is what happened

"I'm the boss"

Art Toy Taipei 2015

Happy Belated National Day to Taiwan!  It was on 10/10 and I had a very fun-filled day~

It's finally cool enough to put the long sleeves on my BABY one-piece dress as well

Me and my boyfriend with his artwork at an exhibit

My mom's birthday was on the 8th so I took her out to eat, and then Ano and I went to Art Toy Taipei 2015

It is an event where artists create toys to exhibit and sell.  Some large brands join as well.  There were many artist signing events and some live drawing and painting.  Artists from all over Asia come to exhibit here!

Steampunk critters

Do you know this LINE game?

PILLI, cute version!  It is a Taiwanese puppet show brand

LINE Play in collaboration with To-Fu Oyako

Unicorn

Anatomy

Very cute!

Harlequinn

Street Fighter!

My goods of the day

I bought a large deck of cards from an artist I like, Dream Capsule.  They have a mobile game now as well!  I couldn't get my QR to scan, though, but I played it on their tablet computer at the display table (I died.)  This big deck of cards with 54 illustrations (counting the Joker cards) was only NT$100!

Also, thank you to everybody who has been sticking with my blog during this month with no posts ^_~  I've been in a bit of a slump, and also uninspired regarding what to post about!  Hopefully I'll be able to blog more regularly again!

Fruit Platter Meetup

The most commonly seen fruit prints in Lolita fashion are, by far, the strawberry and the cherry.  However, for the month of September our meetup theme was "fruit, NO REPEATS" submitted by me!  Of course cherry and strawberry were called right away and even I had to really scour my prints to find some other fruit.  In the end, I found a red fruit topping on cupcakes on my Magic Bunny Tea Party JSK that I declared a cranberry.  Pass!

I also did my makeup differently this time!  I went for a lighter approach in regards to color, only doing a bit of shading in the orbital socket curve with a mix of pink and brown.  I finished off my eyes with a thin line of eyeliner and half-lashes on the outer corners. I also moved my blush location higher up on my cheekbones, and closer to my eyes.  This is the result:

Can you even tell??  The sunlight was harsh

We went to Jamling Cafe, which specializes in thick pancakes!  I ordered an apple cinnamon flavor to keep with the fruit theme  ^u^  They actually had savory flavors such as curry and okonomiyaki!

Teddy modeling my food

Of course she fit the theme as well!

Absolutely delicious!

The space was small, so we took the group photo outside.  I obscured everybody's faces with the fruit they each represented:

Fun fact: that strawberry purse was the first thing I group ordered! It's falling apart ;_; RIP I will probably have to retire it now.

Strawberry and cranberry representatives!

Skirts

Shoes

Only three of us actually had wrist stops an rings on  ^_~

And for anybody who noticed, yes, I did have a fringe/bangs that day!  They are my handy dandy clip-on ones ^u^  I feel like I've worn this coordinate too frequently and wanted to change up the look with new hair and new shoes.

Just for fun, how many different fruits can you find in your Lolita wardrobe?  After careful combing, I really only have strawberry, cherry, and "cranberry" -_-;;   Is this an excuse to buy more prints now??

BTSSB Original Print Skirt Happy Pack

Late last night I got my Happy Pack!  I haven't ordered a lucky pack since BABY first offered them overseas back in 2008 (old Lolita is old -_-;;) and this was quite the impulse purchase!  I originally tried to order the JSK pack, but it sold out right away!

To be honest, this pack is not as good as I had hoped, but I'd like to share the contents anyway!

Open!

First up is the headbow! It's a fairly generic style, quite classic and should pair easily with many items.

Nice headbow, looks like Alice and the Pirates

I also got this absolutely DARLING wallet!!  As much as I adore it, I've already got a very functional wallet I made (tutorial here) so I will sell/trade/give it away.  It's no longer on the Japanese site, but I found it for USD$70 on the New York site

Heart Heart Scallop Long Wallet

 I put everything together on Caroline, my dressform :)  The hoodie has adorable bear ears on it!  I quite like it.  It'll be several months before it is cool enough to actually wear out though!
The knit stripe long top is Alice and the Pirates.  It's got extra long sleeves and a boat neck and will do nicely for punk and daily styles ^_^v

Touch of Gold

  Finally is the focus piece, the skirt, which I originally did not love.  I don't like prints with rooms/furniture, but the color is really beautiful and the material is special.  It may be nice to break away from my normal style to do a Classic Lolita with this skirt, but I'm currently offering it on my facebook for US$90 (no longer on Japanese site, and offer on New York site is around $140)
The material is a super silky, flowing fabric that has great hand and moves well.  Maybe it will grow on me?

Recipe for Endless Dreams

Have you ever bought a lucky pack before?  Did you like what you got?