How to Make a Gothic Lolita Dress in 10 Minutes (and for 8 euros)?

 I am a big fan of lolita style after visiting Tokyo 2006. There is something classic beauty in lolita style.There are several lolita styles. One is for example sweet lolita, which means a lot of pastel colours and quality lace. A valuable and old- fashioned porcelain doll would describe it. Sweet lolita dresses are however really expensive.

Luckily gothic and punk lolita style is nearer my style. And you dont't have to necessarily use a lot of money for that. Yeah, I know some gothic lolitas disagree strongly with me about that, but I have my own opinion. So I bought this second hand dress for 8 euros from Ofelia market  (Burlesque - Gothic - Lolita - Retro - Rock 'n' Roll - Steampunk - Vintage second hand market usually couple of times a year at culture arena Gloria in Helsinki).  I recognize this dress, it is from Kapp Ahl's "Free your mind and be happy" -collection from couple of years ago.

So here is the dress. Quite dull and boring like this, I think, at least not my style. How to make this dress suitable for punk or gothic lolita?

I happened to have a blouse from the same collection in my wardrobe which I'm going to use underneath the dress. (argh excuse my hair, straight from the shower)

I also have two kind of hippie style tunics from that same collection, which I bought couple of years ago from Kapp Ahl and have used a lot. This one...

 ...and this one. Little gorgeous girl from a playground wanted to take a picture of me with my phone camera last summer. I was photographing her and Nemo. This is just ordinary tunic, I just added the petticoat, the belt and the rose. There are butterflies in the dress, the photo quality of my phone camera is so lousy you probably can't see them.

  The lovely girl I was photographing. And of course Nemo on the back.

So back to the original dress. This honestly took only 10-15 minutes to make this. I just grabbed, quite randomly, folds of the dress and sewed them together with few stitches. It doesn't matter if the edge is going to be uneven, it is even better that way. So, I didn't have to be violent towards the dress, I didn't use scissors at all. And I was able to do this while wearing the dress. So below are a lot of photos while I'm making it.

Aarrghh the photo quality, but you'll get the idea.

Don't forget the petticoat!

So, the dress suitable for a punk or gothic lolita is ready!

See You! :)

A Boy Met a Girl at IKEA...And They Kissed!

I love the trips to Ikea. We do that once in a while with Nemo, and friends are of course welcomed with us too. They mean to me soft ice cream, inspiring creative ideas, colours, Nemo can play, cheap food, relaxing and free trip by bus etc. I just love the whole concept of Ikea, and the energy in there. (Hey, maybe I should ask money about this advertising from Ingvar Kamprad ;)

 Nemo is watching children's program at Ikea.

Look at this gorgeous crab!

 Self-portrait.

 Nemo loves playing with the kitchen stuff.

 And with blocks too.

 Baby, the star is shining bright!

And there, between the storage shelves at Ikea, a boy met a girl...and then they kissed. The purest, the most innocent and unconditional love just manifested. This happened so quickly, so I couldn't manage to get a better picture. This picture kind of censored itself, but maybe that's because young love is so fragile. ;)

See You soon! <3

Golden Giraffes, Pink Clouds, Smiling Flowers and Butterflies

...are some things the Wonderland is made of. Little prince Nemo is playing in his bedroom.

Time to go to bed. But before that, just listen to this! The theme song of Tao Tao is incredibly beautiful!

Good night, sleep tight! <3

Singing and Dancing to the Space and Back

I happened to have child-free Friday yesterday, which doesn't happen often. So I called my friend, and we went to check new dtm (gay bar & nightclub originally Don't Tell Mama) which had opened this week in a new place, nearer the city centre. I was wearing the same space traveler's outfit as on New Year's Eve  click although my hair was a bit differently. The new place is nice and stylish, but my friend wanted to change soon to Mann's Street, which was very near. That was ok for me, we went there to sing karaoke and to dance. We sang karaoke and danced like crazy whole night. I had just mineral water, no alcohol at all. Finally we went to a third gay nightclub nearby Hercules and danced like crazy again until 4.00 am when the place closed. The last tram had gone long time ago and my friend lives in the centre so I went to my friend's place for the night. We continued singing karaoke there until 6.00 am. I only could sleep few hours, because I had to leave early because Nemo was coming back to home in the morning. But what a fun night! What would life be without song and dance? :)  

Let's Go Shopping First and Then to the Beach! (If the Summer Doesn't Come to Me)

Gosh, it's something like -20 C outside and completely dark. If the summer doesn't come to me, then damn it,  I'll come to summer! Let's go shopping first and then to the beach! I'm wearing long H&M dress, which costed this time of the year, can you believe, only 2,95e! Come on summer, I'm ready for You!

 Oh oh, summer!

 Summer, summeeeer!

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Just One Lovely Today

Here are just some random pics of today.

Little fever patient and I created some art with water colours.

 Little fever patient didn't finish his meal. (He mostly tasted some ketchup.)

Little fever patient jumping down from a suitcase.

 In the evening the patient is getting significantly better. ;)

Bed is awaiting soon.

See You :)