Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label handmade. Show all posts

Saturday, May 19, 2012

She Sells, Sea Shells








vest. thrift/diy
dress. h&m
leggings. ???
watch. handmade
bandanna. wasteland
earrings. betsey johnson

Today was a long day at work.  I've been getting a good workout lately using a lot of muscles I often never use (or knew existed).  So pretty much my whole body aches, I better be hella ripped in a few months!  I have tomorrow off so I grabbed drinks in Shibuya with my friend then we walked around looking for street food but found no luck so we went to a convenience store and bought some fried chicken and ate it on a quiet street.  Later on, some dude randomly sat a few feet away from us and opened a beer and came over to say cheers.  We thought he was some creeper but he was actually just really bored because he had to wait two hours for his friend to arrive.  Been there, done that, I feel you man.  So we let him join our little street picnic and it turns out he used to be a hairstylist and now works at a vintage store in Harajuku (been there, done that too).  It's funny how you just meet random people in Tokyo.  All in all it was a good day.  I'm really glad I got to see my friend and it was good to go out after a stressful day, we actually work for the same company and I met her at the interview, but I don't get to see her very often because we work at different schools and also she is quitting soon.  Very sad, but I might actually see her more after she quits since she will have more time off!  Yay!  I was thinking of going clubbing tonight but I know that whenever I mix lack of sleep with alcohol I pass out and wake up on the street.  I think I learned my lesson from the first few times.  Even now my eyelids are drooping.  The dude we met is actually going to the same event I wanted to go to tonight, Tokyo is really small.  I kind of love it.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday the 13th







dress. hanjiro (vintage)
sweater. h&m
coat. fcuk
tights. tsumori chisato (gift)
hat. handmade
backpack. hanjiro (original)

My hat is back out of it's box! I made this back when I was in school, it's reversible but I think I did something wrong and if you flip it the other way it looks like a shower cap...

Also I got a new wool dress from Hanjiro for the winter. The pin I got last November at the Tokyo Design Festa. It reminds me of the Finnish flag, and I love flags. As you can see my backpack has the British flag. And I used to have a bandanna of the American flag but I lost it, such a bummer. My teacher in design school gave it to me during a school festival to show everyone I was American... it was actually very annoying and I refused to wear it then, but it became my favorite bandanna. Come back my darlin'!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

handmade cutsew dress





jacket. fcuk
long sleeve. earth music & ecology
skirt. earth music & ecology
dress. handmade
bag. handmade
tights. tutuanna
hat. metropark
necklace. forever 21
earring. h&m
hair tie. h&m

i made this dress in class, the pattern is really simple and requires no darts which i liked, the draping in the back is made by a sort of fishtail braid and there isn't much sewing needed either. it is two layers (two dresses) connected by the braid in the back, i made both patterns the same way but added more flares on the bottom dress but you can't really tell.

i was surprised that my skirt went so perfectly with it! :) happy

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

in the Navy





jacket. h&m
skirt. thrift
tights. tutuanna
tassel earring. handmade
bag. fcuk

today was a national holiday in Japan, so no school for me~
here is what i did today ;)
10am - took a personality test for the company that i will work for next year
11:30 - headed over to Yotsuya station to meet my friend
12pm - ate lunch at Siddique restaurant (yummy Indian food)
1:30 - headed over to Sophia University's festival, walked around the booths and campus
2pm - watched a really long dance performance
2:30 - watched another dance performance by G-Splash which was awesome!! (also long)
3:30 - left festival to fill up on caffeine from Starbucks
3:45 - drank a Gingerbread Latte
4pm - headed over to Shinjuku
4:30 - did some shop research at Hanjiro (where i will start work soon)
5pm - friend came to meet us
5:30 - another friend and her twin sister came to meet us
6pm - headed over to eat some Malaysian and Turkish food (cheap and good!)
7:30 - headed over to friends house
8pm - drank pearl jasmine yakuruto tea, yum!
8:30 - watched tropic thunder
11pm - headed home
11:59 - arrived at dorm (barely made curfew!!)

oh and i painted my nails last week, adding some fall shades to my silhouette

Monday, November 1, 2010

Batgirl, Here To Rock Your World!




top. uniqlo (i made the batgirl symbol and stuck it on a heat tech long tee)
skirt. handmade
cape. handmade
leggings. gift from aunt
belt. handmade
mask. handmade

partners in crime....... i mean saving the world


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

disheveled





turtleneck. Delia's (?? was a gift)
cardigan. thrift
shorts. thrift
leggings. tutuanna
hat. metropark
leather bracelets. handmade by me :)
watch. kalos plague

i made a new bracelet~~ (the beige one)