Saka's Tea Party!

I'm very happy to see the idea of parties is both welcomed and enjoyed by the members.

Soon after Mary had her's, Saka offered to host one at her house as well. It was last Friday at 7:30PM SLT. We had quite a little turn out!

There was a lot of talk about the looks everyone was wearing, as well as a irl lolita dress spam once Pepper asked if anyone else irl Lolita'd and Psyche chimed in that she did! The dresses were to die for, I want them alll. ;A;

(Psyche, by the way, models with us a lot and has a lolita blog of her own which is located @ Love Little Lolita She has awesome looks, so give her a peak!)

The best dressed contest was won by Lin who, despite being pretty quiet until addressed because her cuteness hit me like a wave once my lag subsided, was off in a corner and making it hard for me to get pictures of her! Jkjk, I got one. <3

I got to know a few of the members more, and we are planning more get togethers in different places, so that lolitas will have a face on Second Life! (Or so that's my hope anyway. >///<~!)

On a random note, Caxy was wearing one of his newly finished fur mods with one of HK's dresses and looked friggin' ADORABLLLE. Caxy's mods are for sale if you contact him (Caxy's the name in SL x3) and I think the one he's showing off would be awesome on any fur trying to do a sweet lolita look. Hng. <3

We're having another meet tomorrow night at 7:30PM SLT again, I hope to see a lot of you there! <3

Mary's Tea Paaarttyy!!!

One of the changes I'm making to the group is something that was offered to us before, but seeing as we had land for the group and I had a lot going on at the time, it was declined.

This is the ability to host lolita gatherings in your own home or on your own sim that will be discussed between myself and whoever would like to host one, and then inform the group.

The first person to have the honor of hosting one, was the person who originally asked if they could do so- Mary.

Last Friday at 12pm SLT, a few of us gathered at Mary's place for some casual conversation and tea in one of her many sitting rooms~

We had a 'best dressed' contest that went on, and while we were there, someone else donated 100L to the pot. Which, with my input and Mary's input, left it at a total of 300L prize just for hanging out!

Vincent (Vivi), being our only gentleman in anything remotely victorian/lolita, and Betty, who showed off not only one, but three different outfits all decked out with accessories to match, ended up being the prize winners and splitting the 300L prize!

Mary was also playing some music while we were there, letting us in on her musical tastes~

Lovebug hopped on my account while I was making us lunch, because he stayed home from work sick, and ended up having even more conversation with everyone than I had myself! (I'm having shoulder pains. <..3)

We're planning another one at the moment, and Mary's even offered to allow her home to be a hangout for lolitas. As soon as I can get the details discussed with her, I'll put more information on here.

Once the next party is all set, I'll be sending out a notice, so keep an eye out! <3 I hope to see more of you at our next meet!

Ambrosia Store Review!

It's taken me quite a while to finally get on to this, mostly due to the release of Tales of Xillia, but I've finally gotten all the pictures taken and readied!

The first time Saka and I took a shot at this, I wasn't really pleased with the outcome, and I felt that better could be done. With that in mind I'm going back over and reviewing a lot of, if not all of, the stores listed on the Lolita Store list released in July. I'm doing this in hopes of not only showing off the multiple lolita looks that can be made from these stores, but also to inspire creativity to all of those who want to frill themselves up in petticoats and bows.

...and other Lolita stuff but let's face it, bows are my favorite. XD! <3

A lot of things are changing with the group right now. Title changes and a logo change being one of the first~

Please note that the hearts over Saka's face were meant to be a sign of respect. When certain things happened there was no way to ensure that using her face was alright, therefore it was been blocked out. It will not be blocked out in future blog posts~

ONTO THE REVIEW!

~*Ambrosia*~

Ambrosia is a store for cute girls clothes run by a Japanese designer who, despite not speaking English very well, is very friendly and welcoming when spotted in her store. Most of her new releases are made in a special color and available as group gifts on her lucky boards. She also runs frequent group hunts, none of which I remember being paid hunts. They are also not impossible, which I adore. I don't have the willpower to push myself through too difficult a hunt.

Aside from the hunts and lucky baords, which offer those who not only frequent her store and are apart of her group's awesome goodies, she is like the -master- of making cute accessories to go with her outfits. All of which are put in gachas in the many colors of the outfits for us to play a mix and match game with our friends while we try to collect them all. Seriously, gacha remind me of my pokemon days.

I have to have them all. <_<;

Now, Ambrosia doesn't specialize in Lolita clothes, but there are very few stores in Second Life that do. Her clothes can -easily- be made into cute lolita looks with the addition of a blouse, over the knee socks, and appropriate foot wear. She already makes adorable hair bows and hair pieces that fit in with the lolita theme and match many of her outfits. Aside from bringing us cute clothes we can work with, she also makes clothes for anyone who wants to look cute in general. She also has a mini chapel area where she has formal and wedding attire. In her store, you'll also find cute summer clothes, a school uniform, idol, and punk looking clothes, along with classy and warm winter looking clothes. The store is well rounded with a little something for everyone, and the prices make a broke SLian(My word for SL peoples) -very- happy.

There is a corner of the store that is set up as a scene to match the seasons, usually, that is nice for just relaxing in while waiting for the LB or for taking pictures in. While we were there, it was a cute little sweets table, and we hung out for a while between pictures! <3

If Ambrosia's prices weren't already fair and appealing enough as is, there is also an outlet store where she houses her season pieces that people may have missed, along with some of the items she's remade and/or redesigned with the originals for a cheaper price. Some of the older and more popular group gifts are also available there, so definitely worth taking a look around!

I don't want to give a number scale, but all in all I think Ambrosia is a great store. I love their clothes, accessories, and how easy everything is to work with.

Don't just take my word for it. Go take a look yourself! <3

~~~ALSO~~

I've been resending the Meet-A-Lolita cards! I'm going to be doing a post with them soon, since I'm hoping to gather a few more. If you need one, IM me (Chobii) and I'll send you the blank card to send back!

The next store we're going to be reviewing is Violent Seduction. We're looking for people who are interesting in modeling for the blog. Since it's a group blog, I want all of you to be able to stick your faces on it if you want. Message me to show me what you've done with VS's stuff in world if you're interested in being a part of the shoot. <3

A more in depth look at the 'Lolita' Genre fair.

So we all know how much of a meanie I am when it comes to the 'rules' Lolitas 'should' follow when dressing in the fashion, and how much I hate when people decide just because they think it's cute, they can slut it up and call it the same because it looks similar.

These reasons were why I initially frowned upon the entire genre event. Sneaker heels? Really? How is that Lolita? Well I was later told by someone else that it was supposed to be a mix of cotton candy and Lolita, so basically any pastel item was being accepted.

I, of course, popped in to grab Violent Seduction's dress and bounced, thinking NOTHING of the rest of the event. Then Psyche IM'd into my life and showed me a few of the outfits she'd thrown together from the fair. They were good. I was surprised. They also fit the rules near perfectly.

So I went back and gave it another shot, a few of the girls from the group and I got a couple of the dresses and market place/in world shopped for ways to create our own looks from the outfits in the fair.

The Genre fair runs from the 15^th of the month until the 12^th of the following month, and takes up a different genre of style each month. Meaning, after the 12^th these dresses will be returning to their parent stores for whatever price their creators want to sell them for. The price limit for the fair is 100L so for right now you can get the base dresses from all of these looks for 100L~

Genre Fair!

Remember our sleep over?

Well I totally ran into an adorable store after Katat0nik's last notice, about the hair she made for the femboy hunt. I'm a curious one so when I heard she meshed a hair after so long I just -had- to see. I went to her store, and from there the blog, and while peeping at her hair I noticed the most adorable ice cream hair bow headband. (I'm sure some of you remember me whining about it in chat. XD!) Welllll, not only does she have adorable headbands, but she also has some cute accessories. Socks and animal face slippers being two of my -favorites!- I had such a hard time finding sleep wear for the slumber party that I redid my whole outfit from it with the new slippers. I totally couldn't find a comfortable looking shirt to go under the tank, so it'll have to do. I'm still on the hunt though!

It makes me want to have another sleep over, andand I just might because of them. >~<!!!

(Also sporting one of Rosy Mood's hairs for the Hair faaaiiirr!)

She's got hair bows, leg bands, some fur tails, anime emote blind folds, and a few other cute things in her store. I recommend giving it a look to add some cute flare, especially to any decora lovers out there!

The owner of NoRe also wanted me to let people know that she's interested in doing some free art commissions for practice! I have a NC of all of her terms and conditions for anyone who likes their individual SL looks captured in art forrrevverrr~ She's also willing to do fur. IM me for Note caards. :]

SLURLLLL <3 :0

NoRe!!

A few goodies for Lolitas!

 Fauxlita event anyone? Well, apparently it's a cotton candy and Lolita theme, but there is hardly any actual Lolita there unless it's pre-bought mesh dresses with textures thrown on them. ASIDE FROM Violent Seduction's Rosearie dress, which took my breath awaaayy. It got Saka and I so giddy that we dress a few people up and had a little tea partyyy~ Unfortunately due to time zones two of the people bailed early. ;A;

There are also a few other pretty cute dresses at that little thing, which I'll leave a SLURL to at the bottom of this. I'm a hater, we all know this, but even I have to say a couple of the other dresses were cute if worn and not categorized as Lolita. There are also some pretty eyes, a cute necklace, a little tiara, and a couple maid uniforms that are pretty cute. There is also a dress that would be a decent JKS if worn with a blouse, and a bunch more. GO CHECK IT OUT~ From what I saw, most items were $100L a color. For an original mesh dress, that's amazing. Igotallfivecolorsit'ssocute.

Speaking of Violent Seduction, The designer is now added to our group as a designer! Along with Jinn from Wishbox, Pidgeon from Katatonik, Sherry from Ambrosia, Milo from Bubblez's Design and others I can't think of, I'm so sorry anyone I forgot to mention. I want to thank all of you for bringing us adorable clothes to run around in.

On the topic of Wishbox, Jinn put one of her BEAUTIFUL Charm dresses out as a gift!~ I do advise anyone to pick that up because it's super cute!

Last, but not least, is that the hair fair is in SL again until the 28th! Each designer involved donates a portion of sales to "Kids with Wigs", and a bunch of awesome designers like Rosy Mood, Alice Project, Ploom, D!va, Wasabi Pills, and Lamb are there with hair styles that are exclusive to the hair fair! I haven't been able to explore it fully, but I loved the styles D!va and Alice Project had. I had to pick them up as a preview to get you in; LOOK AT THESE PIGTAILS. (The Diva style is the bun I'm wearing in the mint Rosearie dress from VS) <333 Go support kids with cancer!

I have shoulder issues at the moment that are keeping me from being as frequent with this as I'd like, but Saka and I are back for the most part so store lists will be coming out again and I will be trying to get the group more active! Another update will come soon, as I've yet to completely store hop due to laaaaag monsters.

I will defeat it though, I'm a lv.99 white mage summoner. D; <3

<3saChobii

SLURLS <3

Hair Fair! 

Cotton Candy/Lolita Genre Event

Violent Seduction

(Check out Versailles! The underbust skirt with a blouse looks amazing, but I'll cover that later WITH pictures. :D!)

Wishbox

KNOCK KNOCK~

I feel like such a failure when it comes to the group, and I have to apologize because I suddenly decided to run away to help a good friend of mine, Zroxxus, get his apartment together. I'm sure some of you remember him from prancing around the hangout in Lolita dresses with us. BROLITAAA. <3

I also needed to get away from the madness that is my life, because I have a lot of crap going on that I don't really want to publicly discuss; it's not that bad so no needless worries... but it does cause me to disappear sometimes. I've also been ill, so despite having my computer here with me, I've been sleeping quite a bit.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN I WANT THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ANY LESS THOUGH.

Please feel free to hang out in the HANGOUT (lolwordplay) whenever you guys want to! The more we get together, the happier we'll be!!

Speaking of getting together, Saka and I will be opening our store soon! In order to celebrate, we're going to be having a sleep over party on the 9^th starting at about 11AM SLT/2pm EST (We like to sleep late)!

Yes, the first SL Lolita gathering will be an awesome sleep over party (Meaning we're going to have our lights all set to night and be partying in Pajamas!) Why Pajamas, you say? Because why not! Let's get comfortable and get to know each other! :DD

At the sleep over we're going to have pillow fights, stories by the fire, camping bags and tents for people to sleep in. Come in your favorite nightie or pajamas! Lolita attire is NOT required, considering it would be a little stifling to sleep in all those layers.

Those who do end up putting together a pretty amazing looking lolita ensemble will be rewarded though, as we're going to have a best looking Lolita Nightgown contest! In order to enter the contest you need to NC a picture of your avatar to Chobii to be reviewed with Saka. Winner will be announced on the 10^th.

We have exciting things to reveal at the party, so make sure to pop in at some point that day and hang out a little bit to get our awesome NC about the updates coming for the group.

I'll give you a few hints- they're cute, wearable, and can help shape any Lolita into a proper Lolita with the right adjustments~ They will also help bring the community together, if you choose to stay... ;D

We hope to see you then!

<3Chobii