I was awarded the Liebster Award!

Before I post about the Kawaii Event I wanted to tell you guys about something else. I was pleasantly surprised when I noticed that I had been tagged for an award. I had seen this award fly by quite a few times on the blogs I read, but I never imagined I would be elected. It was from Isabell, from the blog Satoyume. I had no clue Loli's in Germany read my blog so that was a nice surprise.
I had never come across her blog before but apparently that is the whole point of the "Liebster Award." It's to help little blog's get more readers. So thank you Isabell for giving me the honor of continuing this tag to help more Blogger's, yet to be discovered, out there.

So here I go!

Rules (secretly copy pasted this Isabell ^.^):

✰Write 11 random facts about you✰

✰Anwer the 11 questions you got asked by the person that tagged you✰

✰Tag 11 bloggers with less then 200 followers and link them✰

✰Ask the the bloggers you tagged 11 questions✰

11 Random Facts about me:

1) I have a fascination with ears...I know it's weird xD

2) My face is covered in freckles (the cute kind ^.^)

3) I love animals especially bunnies, cats, hamsters and gerbils.

4) I love the colour lavender in Lolita.

5) If I could eat one type of food the whole day, every day it would be cereal.

6) I work at a coffee bar but hate coffee.

7) I love tea though.

8) I love to smell the air after a thunderstorm. It's so fresh.

9) I live in a little cute house in the middle of the forest.

10) My favorite pizza is a 4 cheese pizza.

11) Crazy about Lush!

Answers:

1) I'm not so keen on candy but I do occasionally like any kind of sour candy.

2) Well, it's okay.

3) Drama. I love to be creative, act different characters and wear cool costumes.

4) Both I guess. I listen to what ever I have at hand. May it be a CD at the time or a song on my MP3.

5) I can play the recorder and I used to take keyboard classes.

6) Oh totally!

7)Expensive and not really my style.

8) Constantly checking my face and redoing my lipgloss.

9) Piep Piep!

10) Headphones please.

11) When I look at the sky I like to think about the shapes of the clouds and give them names. When I look at the stars I sometimes get a little freaked out thinking there are "others" out there.

Questions:

1) Which do you prefer, olive oil or sun flower oil?

2) What's your personal style like? Describe.

3) Describe your dream dress.

4)Whats your favorite cereal?

5) If you could organize a Lolita meet what would you do?

6) Have you ever tried eating pet food?

7) If for one day you could be anyone famous, who would you be and why?

8) What's your favorite Disney movie?

9) Your in a theme park, which ride do you go on first?

10) Do you like aquariums?

11) How many petticoats do you normally wear whilst wearing Lolita?

Tagged Blogs:

Abigail from Kiwi Vanilla

Tamara from I caught the Frills

Josephine from Frillypinkdreams

Caylee from Like Candy Floss

Eevee from Frill and Spills

PeppermintTeaLove

Kimberly from Lolita-Land

Yuki-chan from Lolita Wonderland

Dieuwke from Lolita in the sky with diamonds

Violet from Angelic Nostalgia

Chrissii from Chri-Chan

That was a lot of fun to write but a bit tricky too. It's hard to think of interesting question's to ask. ^-^

Well I hope you liked reading nonetheless. Take care!

xxxoooxxx

PC problems? Yeah! But look on the bright side the weathers great!

Its difficult to write when my PC isn't working properly and there is a heat wave passing through the Netherlands. I've just been hanging around the house for that reason. It's nice to be experiencing some nicer weather but I have to conclude that I do prefer the cooler, windy days. But that's not the only reason I've been hanging around lately. I've been a little down. Why? I don't really know. Maybe it has to do with being so busy lately that my body wants to take a passive break. I've also been having trouble to keeping myself motivated and active. So I browsed the web, when I could, for some form of inspiration and I found it on a down to earth girl's blog. She reminds me some what of myself and I just love her writing style and creativity. Check out her blog and Facebook page if you like: http://kiwivanilla.blogspot.nl/ Her blog really cheered me up and gave me my hope back to go to Japan. I will definitely keep my eye on this blog.

In other news, I've been selected to blog for Kawaii Deluxe. It's a cute kawaii shop selling Asian accessories and make-up in the Netherlands. The owner placed an ad asking for bloggers to write for her and I applied immediately. I hoped to challenge myself more and gain more blogging experience by doing this. I selected a few subjects to blog about that interested me from the long list and will hopefully get to hear more about that soon. August will be the probation month and I can't wait to write my fist blog post. I just hope my PC doesn't fail on me. I'm praying it doesn't shut itself off whilst writing this (it already did it once T-T ).
Well that's all for now. I hope to post about the Kawaii Weekend soon.

Thanks for reading and take care xox

Baby the Stars Shine Bright Tea Party Paris 2013

I have returned from Paris in one piece and I have much to talk about. My trip was a lot of fun and I got to befriend Paris after all. I'm not really fond of Paris but whilst in Paris this time I saw a whole new side. It was quite an adventure using the metro all by myself for the first time too. I was very frightened at first, but I made sure to print out a map and wrote down my destinations with a route to follow. I hardly had to ask anyone for directions. Instead I was asked for the way.

I departed a day before the event and arrived in Paris around 4 o'clock. I was glad to finally exit the bus to stretch my legs after a 7 hour trip. It was warm and sunny and I really couldn't have wished for more. After having a little trouble with the metro barrages I finally boarded the metro an hour later, feeling exhausted.
As soon as I arrived at my hotel I took a rewarding shower then headed towards the Baby shop. Luckily my hotel was very close so I was there in no time until I took the wrong turn and ended up in the wrong place.

A little while later I finally found the pink shop. I squealed with excitement while I entered the shop for the first time. I had never been to an original brand shop before so my heart was racing. I was heartily welcomed by the shop assistant, Claire, who was really nice. I browsed the blouse racks first awing at every cute item I saw. I really wanted a cute black chiffon blouse but I didn't have enough money with me so I sadly had to hang it back on the rack.
Next I browsed the dresses and skirts and my was I overwhelmed with cuteness. Seeing the clothes online is one thing but seeing them in real life is another. You see so much more detail and the colours are much nicer. Plus you can feel the fabric which I think is important. I like my dresses to be made out of a nice sturdy material.
At the end of the rack I found my dream dress. It has a pretty strange name actually. It's called Lame Dot OP but it's everything but lame. I really wanted to try it on but I was just too exhausted and warm so I just dazzled at it's beauty instead.
I ended up buying red Alice and the Pirate socks. They were really simple but that's what I loved about them so much. I've been craving to make a red coord lately so I thought buying them was my first step.

Baby has so many beautiful accessories and head wear that choosing an item was impossible. I really couldn't choose so I promised myself to buy something the following day so that I could think about it a little longer.
I paid for my purchase and picked up my Tea Party ticket and chatted with Claire a little while longer. She looked so beautiful and is really lucky to work at the Baby shop. It's a dream job and I wish I could work there.
I left the shop and wanted to head towards Princess Crepe but they would be closing a half hour later so I wouldn't have made it in time. So I headed back to my hotel to get some rest and prepared everything for the following day. I would also be leaving Paris after the tea party so I also prepared my suitcase.

The following day I got up early to get ready. I had planned to meet up with some French Lolita's to have breakfast together but it was far too early for me and I was so nervous I couldn't eat anyway. A hour and a half later I was ready. I borrowed a Aatp dress from my friend Deborah because I don't own any Baby dresses yet. I didn't think that through when I signed up. I put the outfit together a week before and was going for a princessy look. What do you think?

I was nervous to leave my hotel room. I've worn Lolita in public many times before but it was the first time in another country. After some time I plucked up my courage and left. I left my luggage at the hotel reception and went on my way.
It was an interesting journey to the Baby shop. I had hoped the metro wouldn't be full but to my dismay it was. I wasn't sure how I and my petticoats were to fit in but it worked out after all. I have to say that the Parisienne metro is so strange. I first came across a man selling coloured pens giving a not so enthusiastic demonstration. Later on this other man started preaching in the metro. I had no idea what he was talking about but I vaguely remember the word "mort" coming up very often. After that a tourist was robbed and ran after the thief who just so happened to be in my metro. Luckily the tourist got his things back.

Whilst transferring, to another metro, I came across my first Lolita and I didn't feel so alone anymore. She looked so cute and wore this lovely straw hat covered in flowers and pearls. It looked so elegant and colourful. Matching to that she held a straw case also covered in flowers. She looked like a country maiden.
Her name was Aimie, and she came all the way from Switzerland with her boyfriend to attend the Baby tea party for the first time. Even though her English wasn't so good we got along very well and are still keeping in touch. She's such a lovely person. So we traveled the last part together and this time there was no getting lost.

I had expected more Lolita's to already be present at Baby because there was a meet up at 10 that morning. But there were only two people in the shop so me and Aime quickly joined them. Even though it was still a little cool that morning it was already warm inside which made me uncomfortable. I wore a long chiffon blouse which wasn't such a good idea to wear. Oh well it was for Lolita and it was worth it.
A little while later more and more Lolita's strolled in and browsed the shop. It started to be a merry gathering of frills. I always get really excited when this happens. I just love admiring everyone's outfit's and I have to say that everyone looked amazing.
Soon my tummy started to rumble and I really craved for some food. In all the excitement I had forgotten to eat something. Luckily I met Isis, whom I was supposed to meet at the breakfast that day, who was also hungry.

We still had plenty of time before the tea party so me, Isis, Aime and her boyfriend decided to go eat something. Along the way we passed the Angelic Pretty shop and of course we couldn't miss this occasion. I didn't recognize the shop at first. The outside gave no indication whatsoever of what was inside. So we popped in and there were already quite a few people in the shop.
I saw some lovely items but I was a little disappointed in the shops layout. I found it very unorganized and it wasn't easy to maneuver around the shop either, but I was glad to have seen it at least once.
We soon decided to leave and have some lunch at the Mcdonald's near the venue. I chose a fresh salad with fries and a milkshake. I felt very relieved after my meal. Never did Mcdonald's taste so good.

It was nearly time to gather at the venue. I was so excited and my heart beat in my throat. While we strolled down the road I could already see lots of frills in the distance. There were so many of them. I don't think I've ever seen so many Lolita's in one place at the same time. Everyone looked dazzling and I received a lot of compliments too. I think I blushed most of the time.
The clock had struck and it was time to enter the hotel, where the tea party would be taking place. So we slowly shoveled in a long line inside. It was such a beautiful hotel. The interior was very elegant and magnificent. They chose very proud strong colours like gold and chocolate brown. The mirrors were encrusted in a frame of gold and the walls were draped with the most exquisite wallpaper. 
At the check in point I received a cute gift in a BTSSB bag and a voting card for the two best coordinates of the day. I really didn't expect to be receiving a gift and I was really happy. I received a BTSSB gold necklace and two bow hair ties in sax blue. It was all cute.

As soon as everyone was seated Claire gave an introduction speech and thanked everyone for attending the tea party this year. Afterwards the buffet table as declared open and everyone could take some lovely treats. Once it was my turn to take my pick there was hardly anything left. I was glad that I had eaten before hand otherwise I would have starved :-P.
After haven eaten my little treats I got to taking pictures of the featured dresses on the dress forms and of the hall we were in. It was a simple but elegant hall and I liked it. Wouldn't mind one like this for my events. Most of the time I sat and chatted with Aime and Isis, took pictures and admired other people's outfits when they passed.
I was also lucky to meet Harley Harlekin from Germany in real life. It was so nice to meet her. We talked a lot online before and I really enjoyed our conversations. Plus she's a German Lolita and I love getting to know more of them. She was dressed so beautifully don't you think? The time passed by while I daydreamed about my trip back home later that day. Luckily I would be traveling during the night so I could sleep a little.
It was time for the lottery and it was very exciting because there were 5 prizes to be won. I secretly hoped that I had a chance but unfortunately it wasn't meant to be but I was happy for the people who had won. They won some beautiful prizes.

At the end of the tea party the winner's of the outfit contest were announced. I had picked a lovely girl with a steam punk theme. I really loved her dress and it's colour. Plus the accessories were so unique. Her whole look was unique. I also picked a girl with a simple but cute coordinate. I mainly chose her for her cute little lavender/pink curls. She really did look like a baby doll. The girls, I chose, sadly didn't win but the two who had were definitely beautifully dressed and deserved their prizes. They really put a lot of effort into their outfits.  Right after the winner's were announced it was time for the group picture. There were so many of us that I wasn't even seen on the picture. I'm normally not one of the smallest but this time I was.

I had to leave quite soon after so I said my goodbyes to Aime and Isis and went to change in the toilet as I wouldn't have time to do so in the hotel. I half ran back to collect my suitcase. It was a bit of a stupid situation because I couldn't pick it up after 7 pm but after I had collected it I had to wait 4 hours long before my bus would leave. So I did a little sight seeing in the neighborhood and enjoyed sitting in a park with a fountain.

My bus left at 23:00 pm and I was so glad to be going back home. Even though I was just gone for 2 days I felt lonely and missed my boyfriend. But I still had an amazing time in Paris and I was glad to have experienced it.

I arrived home the following day nice and early and was welcomed in a warm embrace from my boyfriend who came to pick me up at the station. I slept most of the day and dreamed of my adventures in Paris and of Baby the Stars Shine Bright. Maybe next year I'll go back. But who knows. Until then, À bientôt!

Japantag and Lolitopolis Summer Meet!

I've been quite busy the last few weeks with being ill this last week that I didn't get the chance to write about Japantag and my own Lolita meet up. But don't fret I'll give you a recap of the last months.

Japantag was amazing. It was the first time I attended and even though the weather wasn't all that nice I and my family had a great time.

I was lucky that my German family lived close by so me, my boyfriend and my mum stayed over for the weekend. I was really excited to see some German Lolita's there. I had heard so many nice things about them and how active their community is.

The day was filled mostly with food, merchandise, picture taking and fun though I didn't really get to take part in any of the activities at the booths because it was so full.

I did see some awesome Cosplays, one of which was from Naruto. I have no idea what the character is called but he carried this HUGE sword. It was very impressive. Shame I didn't dare to get a picture though. 

And one of the most amazing things happened. I had given myself the task to find an Alpacasso, seeing that I didn't find one at previous events. It was my boyfriend who spotted them near the end of the day. I just simply snatched my purse and payed the guy at the stall. In my Ecstasy it didn't even occur to me that my boyfriend wanted to buy it for me. xD

We finished the day with home-made pizza by my aunt when we got back to her house. And we watched the fireworks on TV.

Me and a beautiful Lolita, Manilla and sushi!

Last Sunday my first Lolitopolis Summer Edition Event took place, which I am very proud of. I started the Lolitopolis community a few years ago wanting to bring people together at meets. This year I wanted to top it up with my first event. I hope to repeat the event every year combining it with my fashion line Christeline. And in October I will host a spectacular Lolita Halloween event in the name of Lolitopolis.

Coming back to the Summer meet, we all met up in Amsterdam and headed towards the bag museum. I had walked past this museum months on end and always told myself to one day go inside and have a look. Well I'm glad we did this time because it was absolutely beautiful from the inside. It was so elegantly decorated and they had the cutest tea room.
We started our tour right at the top of the museum. I felt like a real lady gliding up the old fashioned stairs to the top floor.
I handed out quizzes to everyone and explained that they could win great prizes. Everyone was super excited and off we went to explore the museum. The oldest bag at the museum was an old leather bag dating back at least 200 years. That was pretty amazing.

After about an hour, and me being sick with the fever, we went to sit in the tea room to have something to drink. It was so nice just sitting there taking pictures, chatting and sipping on our refreshments. Even the toilets were picture worthy.
After a long while I decided to hand out the first sets of prizes for the best three coordinates. Sanniya, Dido and Tamara won. I have to say everyone was dressed so beautifully it was really hard to choose but I was happy the winner's loved their prizes.
After some time we picked up our tour again and munched on some delicious home made rose and Lady grey macaroons by Naomie. They were so delicious. Naomie you need to make these Lady grey macaroons more often.
Not long after we finished the tour I checked the quizzes and selected two winner's with the highest score; Tamara and Sanniya. But the two people who hadn't won anything didn't leave empty handed of course.

It was then time to eat Frozz. For the ones that don't know what Frozz is it's a frozen yogurt dessert which is normally topped with fruit, chocolate, muesli etc. All in all it's just really delicious. Apparently in America there are more sweet toppings but the Europe concept exists of more fruit toppings.
We still had some time to kill so we did a little shopping at Accessorize and walked around Rembrandt plein in Amsterdam. It was very lively with music and a little market. A little while later we took the tram to the restaurant that we would be eating at.
We all couldn't wait to eat our food at the Japanese Pancake World restaurant. We met up with two other girly friends, who couldn't make it to the museum, there. We all had preordered a okonomiyaki's with different toppings and we were very curious how this food would taste. 
I chose a Hiroshima sea food special okonomiyaki and it was the most interesting thing  had every eaten, accept for snails they just taste plain weird.
I really liked my dish and it was a lot of fun to eat. From the whole group only two were not so fond of their okonomiyaki. But to make up for their loss we had green tea ice cream with black sesame ice cream and vanilla ice cream. Some people had a crepe with it too. I have to admit that I really love black sesame ice cream. I had read about it on my friend Rosalynn's blog post whilst she was in Japan and I was very eager to try it too.
It was already getting late and we all needed to retreat to our homes. It was a lovely day and it was a great first event for Lolitopolis.

The classic Koetie face, Mona Lisa me and okonomiyaki.

Whilst finishing this post I am preparing for my trip to Paris. I am super excited and can't wait to experience the tea party for the first time.
I also finished my event poster and will be handing it out to fellow frills in Paris.I am supper excited to tell people more about the Halloween event. I will of course post about it here too.
Should any of you readers be at the BTSSB Tea Party in Paris don't forget to say "hi." I always love meeting new people.

Thanks for reading an take care.

Big update with great news!

I nearly went through the roof when I beheld my e-mail inbox the other day. As I recall, reading through my resolution list, I wanted to visit some more international Lolita events like the tea parties from Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Angelic Pretty. Well I can safely confirm that I am officially an attendee of the Baby the Stars Shine Bright tea party. I just can't believe my luck and I'm so happy! Some friends have also been elected and it's going to be a blast. I can't wait until I leave for Paris. It is going to be a short trip sadly because my saving pot isn't that huge at the moment with another event planned too. But a stop at the Loli shops is still on my agenda of things to do while in Paris.

Which brings me to my other great update. A Dutch Lolita, and owner of MFashion, has organised a Lolita Kawaii meet where Misako, Rin Rin Doll and more will be attending. It's a whole weekend event with a tea party Saturday during the day and a evening party with a performance from Misako herself along with a fashion show, outfit competition and so much more. The planning for Sunday is a trip to a castle with the Japanese celebrities and a lovely pick-nick. I probably wont be attending that one but I will have to see how for my budget can stretch.
The concept, of the event, had been flying around for a while and yesterday the tickets where finally released. It was a shock to see the prices though. I wasn't sure if I would be able to attend and was very sad. But after a kind donation from my wonderful boyfriend I safely snatched my ticket. I really couldn't be happier and I just love that my schedule for the summer is filling up nicely. Wearing Lolita more often was a resolution this year after all.

Other events coming up are Lolitopolis (organised by me), Almere Cosplay Event (I will be presenting a quiz show in Lolita) Summer darkness (there will be a Lolita fashion show) Dutch Lolita Summer meet, Abunai and  Frock on! But more on those in another post!

If any any of you are attending any of the meets above do let me know and we can share love!

Thanks for reading and take care!

Japanese market in Leiden

The day after Rowan's birthday me and Rosalynn went to the annual Japanese market in Leiden. It was the first time I had been there and I have to say it was a fun day.
I had planned to wear Lolita that day but because I was still exhausted, from the day before, decided on something more casual and comfortable. I wore a navy blue dress with a cute crochet white collar with my new shoes. I was going for a Pastel Goth look but didn't quite succeed. But no matter I thought my outfit still looked cute.

Around 10 ish I met up with Rosalynn at the train station. She too decided on a more casual look that day. She was dressed in red and black. I loved the combination!
By chance we met a friend at the station and he was also going to the market. So we rode together. It was a fun ride; talking about Japanese food, Purikura, cosplay and just laughing most of the time.

Once in Leiden we waited at the station for more people to arrive, seeing we didn't know the way to the market. It's always better to follow a group that does know before you get lost (my logic ^.^)
We were also ever so lucky weather wise. It has been so cloudy here lately but on that Sunday it was nice and sunny. I really enjoyed the warmth.

About a 10 minute walk later we beheld a little crowded market. We soon lost our little group but that didn't bother me all too much much because I had seen a takoyaki stand and that was far more interesting at the time. But because I had forgotten to withdraw cash, at the station, we had to walk all the way back to find a cash machine. While getting money we bumped into Eline and Kimberly who were also heading to the market and we ended up hanging out together for most of the day.
Once back at the market I grabbed some delicious, and hot, takoyaki. Oh my god was it delicious but according to Rosalynn it wasn't the same as in Japan. One day soon, I hope, I will try real takoyaki!

Most of the day consisted of looking at cute merchandise, drinking remonade, taking pictures and walking outside the botanic garden.
I ended up buying mostly food and drinks and I really loved the remonade I bought! It was my first try and I have grown fond of it ever since. I think watermelon flavor is my favorite.
I  also met quite a few cosplay friends and other Lolita's who were engulfed in a wave of paparazzi photographer's every time we stopped to talk.

Because the market was small we decided to leave earlier and get some delicious hot brownie and ice cream back in our town. There was a fun fair too so we went into the fun house because that looked the least intense. I love wild and crazy rides but I wanted to go on something together with Rosalynn.
We had such a laugh in the fun house. We must have looked ridiculous at times. There was a huge, terrifying sloping treadmill which I nearly fell off of but was luckily saved by a local hero (one of the workers at the attraction *ahem*). Once standing at the top I felt rather daft while Rosalynn had a laugh attack at the bottom of the slope.
It was starting to get cold and Rosalynn had to go home which was a shame. We said our farewells and hugged each other goodbye. I always hate saying goodbye because it makes me sad :-(.
Later that night I went back to the fair with my boyfriend. I literally begged him for an hour before he finally gave in *GO ME ^.^*. I  had a lot of fun but went home with bruises from some rides but it was totally worth it xD.

Unbeknown to me I would step off this ride with a sore bum.

Did any of you attend the Japanese market in Leiden? And if so what did you do, buy?

Thanks for reading and take care!

Happy "Early" International Lolita Day!

Just another quick post. 

As we all may know tomorrow it's International Lolita Day Summer Edition! I'm posting my wishes now because I wont be able to tomorrow because I will be in the UK attending a wedding! Yay for the first wedding since 12 years! *WootWoot*
I unfortunately wont be dressing up in Lolita because I have a very limited amount of space in my suitcase but will be celebrating at heart in my own way that day! Maybe treat myself to a cream tea? *hmmm*
I'll be in the area London, Norwich and Gt. Yarmouth and if any Lolita's around would like to say hi and share some love that would be fun!
Do let me know what you will be doing, or did on this glorious day, I 'd love to know!

Bye bye for now!

Lots of love from Cat and Señor Vanilla!