Thursday, February 21, 2013

Rouge Aerie Designs Update!


So I have good news and awesome news today. The good news is that I recently finished a new prototype dress for Rouge Aerie Designs.

 

 


The awesome news is that R.A.D. now has a manufacturer! The details of the arrangements and the secret print that will be used for this dress are currently under wraps.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Sydney's Japan Matsuri 2012

Photo care of Cming! (@hehalana on Instagram)
Wes and I hit up the Japan Matsuri down in Darling Harbour this weekend for the second year in a row! This time, I convinced him to let me dress him up in a yukata for the outing. We met our friend Jon and a few of my lolita friends (including Cming, Jess, Sharon and Maia!) at the event to watch various shows on the stage, eat some great festival stall food and just hang out on the grass.

The highlight of the weekend was when Cming's friend Sam won the Hunky Yukata Contest! I had loaned him one of the spare obi I bought while trying to find Wes the perfect ensemble and the judges apparently really liked how it went with his outfit!

All in all, we had a really good time and I'm enjoying finding photos of us together almost as much (take THAT immigration officials! We've got even MORE photos).

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

La Perouse: Sailors and Pirates



Last weekend, Cming invited me out for a photoshoot with her friend Isaac Leung of Pireze Cosplay and Fashion Photography! We went to the La Perouse rock pools for the shoot, which was shockingly sunny. I also had to hold onto the hat I borrowed from Cming in nearly every shot because the wind kept blowing it off of my head. 
We had a good time, though! And Isaac got some great shots!

While we frolicked (slowly, gently) amongst the rock pools, Wes, Mike and Pete had fish and chips and played boardgames in the park. 

We've decided that we really want to go back, so we can take our time exploring and have a bit of fun. Maybe this weekend? Who knows!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Power of Wishful Thinking

Recently, Wes' grandmother passed away, leaving us with the task of removing her possessions from her room at the aged care facility where she spent her final days. On the second to last trip over, we had movers take away all of the furniture that we intended to keep or donate to the Salvation Army, leaving only garbage behind for us to dispose of. Today, we borrowed Wes' dad's car to go haul the many boxes and bags away.

On the way to there, feeling drowsy from lunch and the heat of the car, I thought "it would be nice if someone else had already cleared everything out." Then, as we pulled up to the building, I asked Wes if we were parking around the side. When he said yes, I thought "it would be nice if someone else had left the side gate open already."

Eerily enough, when we got out of the car, we found that someone had indeed left the side gate open  (our bet was on the gardening crew, given that a ute and trailer were parked just outside). We used the swipe card to get into the building and headed toward her room. Since her passing, the door is always closed when we arrive. Today, it was standing open.

We went in.

And everything was gone.

From the look of the room, they had just cleared everything away this very afternoon. Surprised, indeed, we walked to the front office to hand in the pass key and go back to the car.

Irony is a funny thing.

Our Washing Machine is a Dimensional Vortex

Everybody I know has one, too. You lose socks in there quite frequently and sometimes your favourite pair of panties (if you're not careful enough to put them in a lingerie bag, anyway). Typically, you don't get them back. When you do, they often show up stuffed inside a pair of jeans or a sweater that you haven't worn in months. The key to the whole mysterious procedure is that you never see that dimensional vortex in action.

Yesterday, I did.


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Well. That's funny...


Another sort of filler post.

I will never get over the fact that lemon-lime and bitters soft drinks are pink. Apparently, it's the bitters that does it. To be perfectly frank, I'm not sure if you can find it in the States as a non-alcoholic soda like it is here, or if you can find it at all. It's surprisingly good, though.

The funny part about it being pink is that I never knew until I had a Slurpee from 7-11 that was flavoured as lemon-lime and bitters soda. Until then, I'd never bothered to pour it into a glass, so I had simply assumed it was either pale yellow or transparent like Australian lemonade/Sprite.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

It's a New Year! A Month Too Late.

The last few months have been absolutely insane. I don't mean a little bit hectic, either.

I mean ... In. Sane.

I promise that there will be catch-up photos and posts soon (particularly pertaining to Christmas and all that that entailed this year) but for now, I'll leave you with a little sampling of Domestic Life in Australia, because I don't really know what else to post.


Polly want an apple?