Spring Meet Up and Teekränzchen

So in order to not let my blog die completely until I finally manage to post a bit about beautiful Norway, here comes a fresh addition! (´｡･v･｡｀)



Yesterday my local community held our seasonal spring meetup!

2016 is over

Finally.

And I'm back to tell what I have been up to during the last months of 2016!

For a lot of people 2016 hasn't been the best year and neither has it been for me. I'm going to start the year's review with the bad stuff :

Life update - what Bergen has taught me so far

Hello again!

I've been really busy/lazy and kind of kept forgetting about blogging...
Anyways! As I have been living in Norway now over a month (wow, time flies!)  I thought I'd post a little update on things I have discovered so far! Here we go - (ﾉ･ｪ･)ﾉ

Lolita Blog Carnival - What keeps you involved in lolita?

Hello again!
I've been so busy I had hardly time for anything! ( *∵* )

But I've been wanting to share some of the stuff I have been up to for quite a while, so hopefully I'll be posting more regularly again ｡(*^▽^*)ゞ

So first off I wanted to take part in this Lolita Blog Carnival; a bit of an easier way to get back into blogging I guess!

This week's subject was: "What keeps you involved in lolita?"

Personal music updates!

Welcome back! ꒰๑˃꒵˂꒱◞ ♪⋆ฺ｡

Today I'm going to talk again about music - this time on a more personal level!
As some of you might already know I am active as a singer/songwriter in some musical projects.

Somehow these projects also reflect the diversity of my own taste in music. I love metal and classical music, but also have a big soft spot for jazz and funk, acapella singing and many more. People love to put others into categories and so it has happened to me that people reacted surprised when they found out "Oh, she does listen to something else but metal".

Shocking, right?
Let me show you a bit of this musical diversity I'm talking about:

Catching up & news from the mail

Hello there! ♡

I haven't been updating regularly, so what have I been up to?
February was split into being a lazy book-devouring bum and hard core studying for exams. Throughout March I basically never stopped studying, so there's not too much to tell :')

I got some exciting things in the mail though! (Г・ω・)г

Back in October already I had ordered a short coat and beret from Dear Celine. I really like their blouses so I wanted to give that coat a go. They finally arrived in February!

Metamorphose Tea Party Weekend

Hello there! ＼(^▽^＠)ノ

On the 17th of October I attended the Metamorphose Tea Party in Vienna!
On Saturday the general admission started at 1 pm at the Schick Hotel Stefanie.

I enjoyed myself so much! So many pretty lolitas to look at and wonderful outfits for the eyes to feast on. ₍₍ ◝(　ﾟ∀ ﾟ )◟ ⁾⁾

The stalls were nice and the food was as great as I remembered it!
My new flatmate Mia had a VIP ticket and when I arrived she had already bought some stuff at the stalls!

Picture time! Here's what I wore to the tea party:

 

Birthday spoils!

Hello again! (*´・ｖ・)

On 2nd of September I celebrated my birthday with a bunch of friends!
It was so much fun, I think this was the best birthday I've had so far.

In order to give more people the chance to hang out together (and because I wanted to have tea and beer on the same day hehe :P) I held two parties that day.

In the afternoon we went to the Café "Little Britain". I love it so much there, it's just comfortable, the service personell is so nice and of course food and drinks are delicious. I also adore the interior of the café, it has such a cute style. Many of my friends liked it very much aswell, I'm glad about that.
So we indulged ourselves just like we should!

Hamburg & the Grand Lolita Tea Party - Part II

Before the last LBC post I had taken a bit of a break from blogging, so actually it's time to say:
 "Long time no see!"

I've reworked the design of my blog a bit in the hope to make it easier and more comfortable to read - hopefully I've achieved that; I'm quite content with it so far.

Finally I'm managing to finish this! ...how do people say?
"Better late than never." :P

On the second day of the GLTP Hamburg Dani and I got ready and took off directly to the city hall after taking some pictures.

Hamburg & the Grand Lolita Tea Party - Part I

Hello hello!

I've been travelling again, so there's finally something more exciting to write about!
The Grand Lolita Tea Party itself has been extensively discussed and gossiped about online, so I'm not going to add anything to that.

On Thursday 18th I already had arrived in Hamburg by bus and visited the Planetarium, which was really nice!

In the evening Dani joined me at the hostel and we met up with Kyra and Michaela for dinner. It was so much fun, the food and cocktails were delicious!

Pizza + cocktails = :D <3

Music and I

Hello there! ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

I've been wanting to write a little more about one of my biggest passions on this blog: music!

As some of you might know, I'm generally a metalhead with a preference for symphonic and melodic metal, but also a liking for death metal ;)
Classical music is also one of my favourite styles of music. Other than that I also listen to a whole bunch of more music, stylistically spreading all over jazz, medieval, pop and a bit of electronics like industrial.

In general I always give music a chance, but at the same time I think I'm quite a critical listener. What makes or breaks a band for me in 90% of the cases is if the singer is good or not. That way of listening to music might of course occur because I'm a singer myself or because of my pickiness with voices xD

I've been part of multiple bands and projects and am really thankful for all the great opportunities I've had so far.

My most active one at the moment is Daedric Tales, an Elder Scrolls themed symphonic metal band.

My "Kawaii Week"

Hello there!

As promised and just a little belated - here's my 'Kawaii Week'!

The plan was to wear cute stuff and lots of lolita during my one week of Easter break. I met up with friends whom I hadn't seen in a long time and tried to spend my time enjoying (and erhm spoiling) myself!

Day #1:

I went to my friend Mimi's birthday brunch (where the hostess had prepared incredible amounts of marvellous food and we started to drink cocktails in the early afternoon - silly me didn't take any pictures!) and spent some lovely time there. It really had been long since I had enjoyed myself as much as I did that afternoon. ʕ·ᴥ·　ʔ

 Silly pose because my camera's battery died after just a few shots and this turned out OKish, so here you go xD

and a selfie!

Sweets and Updates

Hello there again! ʕ·ᴥ·ʔ

I spent the last month studying like a maniac - I had some very important exams and so my social life was basically set on pause for that time!

Seldomly I managed to take a little time off and met up with friends.

Once I met up with my friend Claudia for lunch at the Jewish Museum of Vienna, which has a really good café attached to it. The food is so extremely lovely, I wish I could go there more often!

 Yummy tahini salad with falafel and ice tea ʕ•̀ω•́ʔ✧

Afterwards we went for a walk around the district and went to get some sweets.
Claudia had never tried macarons before, so I suggested to try some at Café Oberlaa!

Left to right: vanilla, chestnut, salted caramel, orange, raspberry and 2x currant

Happy International Lolita Day!

Yay!

On 7th of June again International Lolita Day had arrived!
Some of the local Lolitas had decided to meet up and I was happy I could join in too!

 credit for this picture goes to the lovely Varis Varjo !

We met up at Minoritenplatz and took some pictures at the church, because it offered a pretty background!

I had decided to go for sweet this time!
The dress once belonged to a friend of mine, I've always admired it and now, a couple of years later, it is part of my wardrobe ;)

It was really hot outside, so the cotton fabric was definitely the perfect choice!

 

I also always enjoy when I am able to show my tattoo while wearing lolita! 

(Makes me feel all badass, haha :P)

Meet-Up Time!

Hello there!

Once again I'm a biiit late with things but today I'd like to tell you a bit about two lolita meet ups we had in Vienna!

The first one took place on 12th of April!

This was a rather spontaneous meet-up  - it basically came to be because Annie, a lolita new to our community, wanted to get to know the local lolitas.

We met in the early afternoon at the Hofmobiliendepot and took some pictures in the area in front of the museum.

The exhibition was called 'Böse Dinge' and displayed all sorts of curious items which people had collected over time and of which most never have had any practical use to them.

Life Update: cakes, bands and dresses!

Hello hello,

It has been a little quiet around here recently, but at least I'm not letting this blog die off completely xD
I'm in the middle of my preparations for taking entrance exams, so I don't have much time to do anything else - except when some special occasions occur!

Last weekend two of my bandmates from Daedric Tales celebrated their birthdays and I decided to surprise them by baking cupcakes and a cake for their party.

I tried working with fondant for the first time and it was rather giving me a hard time, being all bitchy and tearing on the edges of the cake, so I had to take it off the cake again and smooth th edges out completely.

The end result looked like this:

Spring Hauls & more

Hi there!

So recently I made a spontaneous purchase and also some more parcels have arrived, one of them containing one of my dream-print items :D

A while ago Sylvia and I went to get some delicious donuts at 'Tasty Donuts'.
It is in the same street as the 'Humana' second-hand shop, so we figured we'd stop by there before induldging on donuts.

*drools*

Lolita Meet Up in February

Hello again dear readers,

So about two weeks ago (yes, I'm a little behind) a Lolita Meet Up took place in Vienna!
I had been looking forward to this meet up since it had been announced, so I was really excited!

The lolitas gathered next to an underground station before we started off towards the National Library.
I filmed our group a little bit while walking through the inner city of Vienna (I'll add the video during the next days).


Then we took pictures at a square right next to the library!

 pretty Natascha! 

Day 1 – 10 things about your lolita bubble

It feels a bit funny to start a Lolita challenge on the most unglamourous day of all - I've just been working today and because I've been way too lazy to get up on time in the morning I just snatched the first clothes I could find and put them on. Because sometimes I just don't care :P

Alrighty, let's get this baby started!

01. I recently realized that I've been into Lolita fashion for 7 years now (that's a hell of a long time!) Wearing it "successfully" for about 6 years now I'd say.

02. I've already had two Lolita flatmates, which can be really practical (I can always run over to Sylvia in case of not knowing what to coordinate xD and sometimes we inspire each other on what to wear <3)

03. I have quite a big collection of Lolita clothing (20 dresses and 10 skirts to date); it just kept growing over the years - although I'm still nowhere near satisfied with it.

04. I can't choose a favourite style. I do especially love Gothic Lolita, aswell as Bittersweet coordinates, but I also have a knack for Classic, Sailor, Country and some forms of Sweet Lolita.

05. I recently discovered my love for OTKs.

06. I like to mix some other styling influences into lolita, for instance mori girl or vintagy stuff.

07. When I was in school I wore Lolita almost every day. One teacher even called me "little hat" because I was mostly wearing tiny top hats with my outfits.

08. In summer I always work at a hospital and never wear lolita to work because we have no air conditioning in the office and I'd probably die of the boiling heat.

09. I'm literally obsessed with headgear. I never leave the house without an accessory stuck to my head - may it be bow, flower, bonnet, beret or hat.

10. At school I even had a Lolita friend. It was so awesome to meet up in the breaks and talk about Lolita; after we graduated we spent a holiday together in Japan (and shopped the shit out of hell xD)


That's it for today!

Hope you enjoyed reading ! :)

Lights they blind me

Whoa... first of all I have to apologize for taking so incredibly long with reviving this blog from the dead xD

As I had promised, here are finally new pictures!


This film I started shooting during my holiday in Japan around Christmas 2012 and New Year 2013!

Spending time with friends, enjoying the beautiful nature...

The last few pictures are from various parties at friends' places and at my place and were shot between  March and April 2013.


Enjoy!

This camera's flash is a bit unpredictable, sometimes it exposes the pictures way too much and sometimes it just doesn't really lighten up anything at all.

But nevertheless, memories are memories, right?
No matter how they may look on film.


What kind of equipment did I use?

Camera: Fisheye No. 1 (Hello Kitty Edition)
Film: 35mm,  dm's Paradies Universalfilm, ISO 200.





Thank you for reading !


See you soon! :)