Event - Dicken's Faire 2012

2012

Visit One

For this visit we went with Dh Jack Burton's mommy so I wanted to look cute and nice for it, thus I went with a Christmas themed Lolita cord.  I am wearing an Angelic Pretty dress that I bought second hand from one of my friends.

Me and my Dh Jack as the Doctor

Drunken Lolita! Oh No!

The Doctor trying to get out of jail...

The lovely food we got at the place that serves dinner.

I got the duck. Duck is delish.

Second Visit

For this visit I went as a Victorian inspired Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  It was super fun to be in character.  Spent a lot of time at the book store. >.<

Twilight Sparkle doing what she does best. Reading.

Leaning new things to tell Princess Celesta. 

Friendship is Magic!

Booze is also Magic!

Face Squeeze!!

Ponies! Yeah!

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Event - Dicken's Faire 2011

It has been a while since the 2011 and 2012 Dicken's Fairs so I don't really remember all of what was different or specific about those verses the others, but I remember a few things.  This, this will mostly be pictures and whatnot of myself and friends costumes.  I hope you do not mind.

((I'm breaking this up into three entries just for the shear fact that they are so picture heavy))

2011

This was the year I went as one of my LARP characters, Anne.  My friends dressed as a Gentlemen and one of American McGee's Alice Characters from Alice: Madness Returns.

- For More pictures of both Alice and Anne, look forward to future posts. ((link in here once those pages become live))

Friends!

Anne chillin' in the red room.

Door to the Tardis? Did she find it?

Look out! She's got a rabbit!

Found the Doctor!  I have a Sonic too, Doctor!

Perhaps Alice will Drink in this house

Anne

Seahorses, love 'em. Forev'a. 

Besties

Alice knows how to party

Anne knows how to party too!

Anne found some more friends!

Two lovely ladies.  

I made the black and white dress to the left.

Anne with the lovely owner of Bugs and Monsters on Etsy

Telegram sent to the Doctor!

Anne and CupcakeTerror!

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Winter 2013 Angelic Pretty Lucky Packs + Opening

Angelic Pretty Lucky packs are know to be few and far between, however, they are my most favorite brand so it only stands to reason that I'd want to own one.  I've passed up the Lucky Packs in the past because it would be released on working days but this year the San Fran store had it on a Saturday.
These packs are an AMAZING deal that are very hard to pass up.  PLUS this time round it was a bunny print and I go crazy for bunnehs!

Onto what LPs were available! 

Dream Fantasy JSK Set

Dream Fantasy overalls Set

Set dream girl

Dream Fantasy Special Set

TOY MARCH Special Set 

*Link to Japanese AP luckypack site

Internet Sale

This event was a complete bust.  It took place on January 1st at noon and everything was gone in less then 60 seconds.  I had four people helping me camp the website to buy my LP.  One of my friends got the dress that I wanted in their cart when everything went gone.  There had to be the use of scripts for them to go so fast.  I like the fact that they make these specials available to other Lolitas that are not local and can not go to the store, however, it was ridiculous how fast they went.

LP Store Sale

Having not been able to get a Lucky Pack through the Internet sale, I opted for my second option, going to the store early on the 5th.  Living only an hour away it was an option that I couldn't really pass up this time round.  With a bunny print at stake I just HAD to.
My darling boyfriend and I went early to San Fran to sit out in front of the store and wait for their opening.  Dressing in many layers we waited for hours for the opening and sale.  I attempted to sew ponies while I waited and talked to my boyfriend about various lolita styles and brands while looking at the newest Gothic Lolita Bible Mook.
After losing some of the feeling in my feet and hands it was finally time to go inside and pick!  We were the second group in line and had the pick of the litter.

Shop Girl: "Which one were you wanting?"
Me: "The Pink JSK?"
Shop Girl: "That one is already taken."
Me: "The Blue JSK?"
Shop Girl: "Here it is"
Me: "Squeeeee!"

The credit card machine was down in the shop so most of us had to wait for it to charge up.  I was able to look around in the shop and oogle all of the pretty prints and dress designs and show them off to my wonderful boyfriend who had never been to the Angelic Pretty Store before.
I just out of the store with my LP in hand, jumping up and down, a grin from ear to ear and squeeing like a fool.  I opened my LP and looked inside and all the pretty things!
I absolutely adore the print on the dress and am so very pleased with it.  It is slightly mind blowing to think that there are so few of these dresses out there, especially in the USA. But, onto what, if your looking at this, you probably wanted to see in the first place.  The opening of the Lucky Pack and all that is inside it.

Picture Porn!

Opening of Dream Fantasy JSK in Sac

Lolita Closet - Alice and the Pirate

The following are the AatP pieces that I own in my collection.

I tend to feel myself more on the side of fluffy Sweet Lolita but I really like the darker qualities of Alice and the Pirates.  A lot of them make perfect additions to any cute Steampunk outfit and I've worn a few of them to those types of events.

Gathered Chiffon JSK

This was the first AatP dress that I bought.  I got it at the opening of the BtSSB store in San Fransisco.  As I stood in line various people told me how it was their dream dress but I held onto it tightly.  I had fallen in love with it too and love it just as much to this day.  It is the fanciest lolita dress that I own and I won't part with it.

a/p Circus Print JSK
I loved the print on this one.  The little monkeys and the elephants and Alice balancing on a ball.  It's super fancy and I love to wear it.
On many occasions I have worn this dress on special occasions to steampunk events.
The only downside to this dress is that when I first was wearing it my arm would hurt like hell.  I wondered why and then I found out what was wrong.  The top is a bodice with plastic boning and one of the bones was protruding it's little super sharp tip out of one of the seams.  It was not fun...  I cut then filed down the bone so it was not so sharp-- cut myself on it a few times before I actually found it but happily did not get any blood on my dress.

  

AatP - Original Tartan Check Vest and Half-Pants

I bought these two matching pieces when they were on sale at the SF store.  I tried them on when they first came out and was giddy it was ridiculous.   I glowed, but at that time I got a different dress.  I didn't have any "boy style" items and wanted to stick with dresses.  I was glad that I did get the dress that time because it let me get it on sale.

Event - BtSSB SF Opening

Let's go back in time a bit to August 14th, 2009.  I was u in the Santa Cruz mountains LARPing when I told my fellow Plot members that I would return late Saturday night.  I'd be going to crash at a friend's house to sleep and wake up early to the opening of a very special store in San Francisco's Japantown.

Me and my friends in line to get into the New People building on opening day!

We went in a full car down to SF in all our lolita to find an epic line.  We all showed up pretty early but we were still down near the crosswalk.  There were people all over the place and, like all festivals in Japantown, it was full of sellers and crafters.

I found someone with the same print on as me and so I had to take a picture with her.  We were both pretty excited to find someone matching us in an older print.

I was a genius and left my credit cards up on the mountain so one of my friends greatly offered to front the payment and I payed her back a few days later. <3  That way I could buy my first AatP dress in sac.  I was told a few times while I was in line (took 2 hours after we were inside) that it was their dream dress I was holding-- I just held it tighter because I loved ever little piece of the dress.

They were, by far, the best dressed people there.  It made me happy.

Excited and oh so tired, we finally made it over to the mall to have Ramen and relax a little.  I changed into my new dress and after visiting Sanrio we headed home.  We drank tea and talked and then I left for the drive up 17 and Bear Creek Road back up to the LARP game.  That night was the first and only night I wore brand "camping."  It was quite glorious.

The dress I bought that night.
The picture was taken of the cord I wore when I went to see Beauty and the Beast on Stage.

The whole experience I will never forget and I always like going back and visiting BtSSB and the other stores in Japantown.

**Tomorrow's post will be on my Lolita Closet: Angelic Pretty!
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