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Thursday, February 7, 2013

New Lolita Skirt for Sale!

Hello with a new skirt!
 
 
A three tier skirt made of a cotton material, pastel pink lace that has been hand dyed, and white ribbon! Half elastic and half flat waistband with two white buttons and a 4 inch zipper.
 
 
 
 
 
The roses print was what inspired me to make this dress! So pretty!
 
This dress took me a few months to finish. Only cause I had to finish the first semester of college. I FINALLY LEARNED HOW TO GATHER NICELY! I am so proud of my self! This skirt was kinda a wonderful accomplishment of this particular technique.
 
:D
 
Remember this?
 
 
I will also be posting a preview of my Chrysalis Cosplay. Its maybe 3/5 done. 
 
 
 
More on that soon :) 
 
 
 


Monday, November 26, 2012

Portfolio Submition: Review for Yourself!

Hey guys!
 
It has been quite a while since I have been posting updates.
 
I am sorry for that! I have just been working hard on starting college as a freshman.
 I have been doing more than just sewing in the past few months. I now have to draw, paint, and create works of art on picture plains, instead of human bodies. I will have to post my past semester's work!
I have so much to show you!
:D
 
But for now, I am posting a quick review of my past works that are within this portfolio. I had to submit this for a different college (not the one I am in today) for a scholarship.
I got $26,000 worth of scholarship from this school, but it wasn't enough to attend to, sadly.
But my other school offered me much more.
I just had to take that!
:3
 
Anyway, here ya go and I hope you enjoy.

 
Photo by Kat
 



Photo by Kat
 

 
 
Photo by Kat
 
 

Photo by Kat
 
Photo by Kat


Photo by Kat
 
 
I am truly sorry for not making any posts on my blog. I will make sure to keep updating this for now on!
:3
 
Happy Holidays!
 
 


Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Very Red Lolita Dress

Latest Project!

I was SOOO bored the other day I just wanted to create something! I also wanted to keep working on my lolita dresses. Here is the latest, ready and made!




The back view turned out pretty well. It looks nicer than I expected.


This dress has a button closure and a 10 inch zipper.


What's pretty awesome about this dress is that I made pin tucks on the hem! I think I did a great job for a beginner on pin tucks!



Here are my notes about this dress. 
I did leave out the long ties out of the dress. . . 

View the Etsy listing here!

Monday, December 26, 2011

New Lolita Skirt: Elegant Roses

Latest project!
Roses are Pink Elegant Lolita Three Tiered Front Panel Dress


This dress was a challenge for me
I'm not so proud of the result, but I learned to like it
It's pretty nice when you add all the petty coats underneath (right photo),
but by itself (left photo) its ok

This is a specific design I came up with myself (assuming that this wasn't thought up from a big time lolita designer first)

This is another one of my half elastic half flat waist band skirts

The a front panel has three tiers with lace covering the seems

The sides also have a twill tape (I forgot what its real name is) on the side seems to add a little more elegant detail

And there is also 4 inch long ruffles and white lining

Here are my notes on this skirt if you are interested in the process and thought pattern
Please check out my etsy shop if interested in this dress

 
:D

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Lolita Dresses: Large and Pink

Well, it's been a long few weeks
I FINALLY had the time to do SOMETHING now that I'm on my winter break and got all the exams done

I finally got to finish a small project to test out a new pattern I learned how to make recently
And the results were AMAZING!


I learned how to make a "flared skirt" pattern



Its almost like a circle skirt but its made of 4 or 5 different sections (not 1 or 2 like a circle skirt)



I made this skirt with some eyelet lace and long white ruffles

This skirt took me at least 6 hours to complete, maybe more than 6
The ruffles were hand crafted

This skirt is on the etsy shop!
Click on the above banner to lead you the the shop!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Lolita Skirt: Heavenly

Here is the latest of off the sewing machine

A Heavenly White Lolita Skirt 
Half Flat/Elastic Waist Band


Made from bedsheets, clean of course, inspired by the pattern on the fabric (see very last picture)
This skirt was made for someone who REALLY loves huge skirts, this width is 134 inches!
Fabric is slightly heavy, but its no problem for someone using a couple of good and puffy petty coats. Model is wearing a single medium petty coat.

Features include:
Linning
Ruffles


A back view
3 rows of elastic for a tight and comfy fit :D





Measurements: 

Waist Band Details
Size: 26-30 inches 
16 inches Flat
10 inches Elastic
3 1/2 Length 

Dress Details
Total Length: 20 inches
Ruffle Length: 4 inches

Now on the Etsy Shop!


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Nyan with ya soon!

The Begining

I would like to start off this blog by explaining how everything started...

I guess it all started with a crazy idea that me and another friend of mine had. The idea was to create products to sell at the local Anime Convention named "MTAC." It was one of those thoughts that was a good idea at the time, but we never really were devoted and gave a serious effort to start.

But there I was...just thinking...hhmmm...making money eh?

While my other friend had no sewing experience, and me with...some experience, I started to invest in felts, threads, a sewing machine (well conveniently enough, there was a Singer machine sitting around the house, go figure) and all those other important supplies to start a small hat business. This was my freshman year of high school, and ever since then I haven't been able to stop sewing and creating random items to share to the world. 

:D

Things just progressed from there, I eventually started to make a SHIT ton of money with the silly/crazy Otaku anime hats, I also, at the time, wanted to become a professional actor.

In fact, I wanted to be a voice actor, just to be in animes and work for FUNimation. I wanted to  meet those voice actors, such as...
Todd Haberkorn 
Luci Christian
Aaron Dismuke (drooool)
and of corse, who can we forget...the amazing, Vic Mignogna 

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o*_*o
MEOW!

Back then, I really didn't know where I wanted to go in life.

Which path to walk upon, 
standing at a crossroad 
Endlessly staring at the street signs
Deciding to go left, right, straight
or backward, from once I came from....

It was hard back then, but then something happened, something that really made me change my mind: a Christmas gift from my dad, lessons for what he thought were for voice acting
NOPE! (Chuck Testa)
They were for theater projection...voice....lessons
as in...making your voice stronger from an on stage performance 
had NOTHING to do with character voice acting 
:/
It was a six or eight week lesson, meeting on tuesdays, or something, at the local collage theater building, because he apparently works for some collage theater class.
His lessons where SO ANNOYING!!! 
I didn't enjoy anything about those damn classes! The breathing excursuses were down right uncomfortable!!

I mean, I understand the reasons behind those stretches, but the things he made me do, I mean jezz, he might as well of just made me go doggy style in the middle of the theater, or some other weird sex position...

-__-*

By the end of the lessons, he really made me feel like SHIT!! 
I was suppose to memorize this monolog from Romeo and Juliet, which was incredibly difficult for me. Whenever I tried to preform it to him, he would just shake his head in disgust, and say
"wow...look at how far we have come, and YOU can't even get this down right.
I would HATE to leave you like this, unaccomplished and disappointed"

Total "Son, I am disappoint" moment...

It was his lessons that made me feel terrible as an actor. 
Thats when I change my direction from acting to fashion design, because THAT was going well WAY BETTER than whatever I was doing with my acting stuff

NOW, I have an ok little business on Etsy.com
http://www.etsy.com/people/JapanCandys?ref=si_pr
^ Linkie Linkie!! ^

I also have progressed since then. I am now learning and making Lolita skirts, steampunk attire, goth attire, punk, JUST EVERYTHING!

I guess this blog will represent the little details of the things I make, maybe each item will feature a story as to how I came to make these items

I don't know

But I hope that people will read this, share, and find the shop through this blog

Well, I guess thats all I really think I can say about this...
Enjoy

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NYAN ~NYAN