AM Friday and Saturday Lolita Coords

Here are the outfits I wore for both days of Anime Matsuri.

As usual I took the pics at the end of the day so I look pretty tired and disheveled. lol

Friday

Went for a bittersweet look. Considering I hadn't been wearing Lolita for too long I don't it's that bad;
 but if I did wear this one again I would probably now make changes to it ^^;

Dress: Handmade (Bought off Etsy)

Top/Jacket: F21

Otks: Sock Dreams

Shoes: Angelic Pretty

Headbow: Innocent World

Hehe. Chibi Me <3

My handmade patch to represent HLC. Stole this pic from Visual Heroine. lol

Majority of my accessories are handmade and the rest I got at F21/ Hot Topic/ Ebay

Saturday

Since I was attending the Tea Party I wore something with a more formal feel to it

Dress: Bodyline (bought 2nd hand off EGL Sales)

Socks: Bodyline

Shoes: Secret Shop

And with my awesome star purse that I lusted after for so long <3

I didn't specify all of my accessories (too lazy. lol) but if there is something you'd like to know where I got it from please feel free to ask ^^

That's pretty much it since I already wrote entries about my AM experience so until next time!

Anime Matsuri Saturday

Although I had a 3 day pass for AM, we knew Saturday would be our last day because we're old people and needed time to recuperate from all the awesome madness, so we made the most of this day.

I got to the con a little before 2 when the tea party was scheduled to start. As usual it started a tad late but not too bad compared to other events that were very late or even cancelled due to timing. The line was massive but surprisingly I didn't end up at the very end ^^

Lolita Tea Party waiting line. I made Adrian take this picture for me. Hehe

I've never been to a tea party like this and was supposed to attend with my friend from the previous day but babysitter trouble kept her from coming with ;-;

 

Not even going to lie when they finally opened the doors to let everyone in I ended up close to the side staring around aimlessly not sure where or who I should sit with, when one of the girls (later found out she was the youngest member of our comm, Katie) called out to me. "Hey you! Yeah you! Come sit with us."

;^; Made me so happy!

 

I took a seat at the table and tried my best to take it all in. There was just so many beautiful frillies <3

Wish I had taken more table pictures

Then before I had time to fully take everything in; the doors opened and in walked in our guests of honor O.O

 

Masumi Kano, Tomomi Nakamura, Midori Fukasawa & Misako Aoki <3

 

They took their seats at the front of the room and a short time after we were told to start eating. While we did Midori had her phone passed around so she could have a picture of all the tables for her blog.

 

Once we were all done eating it was announced that we would all get a chance to sit in front of the guests and talk with them! Wahhhhh! Was so not expecting that!

 

While we waited for our table's turn I got some pictures



Noelle (VisualHeroine) and Stephany (Skyscraperopera) White x Gold

Double Wedding <3

And Lavender x White

The Lovely Lauren and her Boyfriend (She made his outfit!)

  Since AM was at the end of March  and I really had only been in the community since February and met some of the girls a couple of time, I was pretty shy at this event and sadly didn't get enough pictures of all the beautiful people :(

 

But it's ok since something even more magical happened that day... I met my Lolita Idol Misako Aoki!!! 

Baby Designer Masumi Kano, ME! and Misako Aoki

When I first sat across from them I sat there for almost 30 seconds giggling and teary eyed. I'm such a dork. Luckily Whitney (one of the girls from our table) had a translator on her phone and she was able to kind of communicate with them. She also let me use it although I didn't do very good since I was shaking too. I seriously need to get on learning Japanese for the next time I get a great opportunity like this.

Oh well. Next time!

 

Each of us were given a bracelet by AM that said Love a Lolita

and our guests gave each of us a Baby journal. I was given mine by Misako <3

Sorry I had to put a "mask" since the angle was almost up my nose ><

Before we all parted we huddled together and got a group picture together <3

 

After leaving the tea party I waited around to meet back up with my husband when I noticed Misako and Midori at one of the tables set up for autographs. Not sure if I was allowed to but I took advantage of the no line and asked if they could sign my journal

 

Look at how beautiful they are *^* and so sweet <3

I really wish I had taken pictures of Midori and Tomomi because they were so freakin adorable and I didn't know it at the time but they rarely dress in boystyle <3

 

I really thought that my day couldn't get any better after all of that but it did ^^

 

Saw Ciel Phantomhive AND Sebastian Michaelis TOGETHER!

Was so excited when I saw him! Kakashi Sensei (ANBU Style) <3

Also saw the Desert Punk, Kanta Mizuno

When the day was winding down and the evening coming to and end we decided to go to the hotel party we were invited to by some of the members of our Lolita community

OMG I had such a great time! And it was nice meeting other older Lolitas (since it was 21 and up). We talked, played games and lots of shenanigans ensued. All the girls were so nice. It really made me feel closer to my comm. I won't post any pictures from then because most of us had drinks in our hand ;P

Heading out we walked one of the girls to the show and she gave The Lady Spade a card she made that she had everyone sign. She's so cute ^^

Alice, Noelle, Lotta and SLF!! (Shit Lives Forever)

 I really had a great experience at my first Con and will definitely be attending AM next year though I may try to got to both tea parties next time.

 

I'll post my Lolita coords from Friday and Saturday in my next post so I don't spam too much ^^


Anime Matsuri Friday (Fashion Show)

Hello! This post is going to be the last of Friday focusing on the fashion show. This year Anime Matsuri was able to bring back Baby, The Stars Shine Bright for an epic fashion show with special guest models Midori Fukasawa and the addition of one of Japan's Cute Ambassadors (Kawaii Taishi) Misako Aoki <3 Also Gothic Lolita Wigs was one of the sponsors so they provided all the wigs the models wore.

We waited in line for the show more than an hour before it started and it started more than hour late with some drama in the lines but it was all so worth it ^^

As a special treat Waveya was dressed in some of Baby's designs for a small dance performance which was a lot of fun and something totally new.

They weren't full on Lolita but they still did a great job and seemed to have fun dancing

 Then the fashion show began

(pictures will be somewhat blurry since the lighting was bad and I was excited and shaky)

HLC member Avery

HLC Member Jessamyn. Her outfit was so cool. I love that hat

HLC member Haemy in Alice inspired coord <3

GLW model Alexa

HLC Member Tia

GLW model Grace

HLC Member Meci in Marionette in Closet Room (love the details in the print)

NOLA/HLC member Shai, (not sure who the guy is) and HLC member Becky. So much love for these coords <3

Oh Yeah! BABY got BACK... Bustle that is. lol Seriously awesome bustles

(Again not sure who the guy is) but he's with GLW model Tin Tin

Metroplex member Gabi. Such a doll

Wahhh! Carol looked so adorable  (*°∀°)=3

ATX/HLC member Ann & NOLA/HLC member Amber

Not sure who the girl on the left is but Pixel is on the right

GLW model Amara (I think) and Metroplex member Camille

Dani rocked that Runway. Such a fierce cutie



The ever so cute Midori Fukasawa. She walked like royalty

And last but not least... Misako Aoki (on her way to marry me >< JK)



Models up on stage

They're so cute <3

Designers Masumi Kano & Tomomi Nakamura

John introducing the newest addition to AM: Misako Aoki

 Then a very exciting thing happened. John asked Midori to come to the center of the stage and exclaimed how a few days before was her birthday. So we all together sang her happy birthday. I really wished I had video taped it. It was such a special moment and her reaction was priceless. She was so cute, endearing, adorable... the list could go on, but you can tell she appreciated it ;^;


 

And another picture of Misako because well, she's so cute.

We ended up leaving after that since we still planned to come the next day and I was worn out (because I'm an old lady like that). That was my first live fashion show and so happy it was a Lolita one, was such a great experience.

Next post will be Saturday of AM, which includes the tea party. Stay tuned!

Anime Matsuri (Friday)

This past Easter weekend I finally got to attend our local convention Anime Matsuri. It's been around for a few years and has really grown so much but I really just suck at getting my tickets in advance before the prices skyrocket so I never got the opportunity to go. This year I made sure we got our tickets before hand and even asked for Thursday (we get Good Friday off already) and Monday off just so I could go all out without worrying about work XD

Have to break up my AM posts into 3 parts because there was just so much <3

Friday, Adrian and I got there a little before noon (because I took forever to get ready). We also met Adrian's good friend Adrian and his Wife (+daughter) there. Since the guys wanted to go be guys we split up and went our own way to explore. So much to see and do O^O

On this post I'll just put the pictures I took on Friday before the fashion show
 

HLC Members: Stephany, Kate & Tati

Mephisto Pheles (love him) - Blue Exorcist

Vampets - So Cute, Creepy and Adorable all in one <3

OMG YES! I saw Sebastian Michaelis - Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)

One of my other favorite characters! Naruto - I love that he's in sage mode <3
(I kept seeing this guy everywhere and I couldn't help but smile. I really love Naruto!)

Tier Harribel - Bleach (Arrancar No.3)
Her Beaded face mask is so awesome

Harley Quinn and Joker
(Asked Harley if I could take a pic of her and at that exact time Joker was passing by. LUCKY!)

These pics are from the opening ceramony

Yaya Han (Cosplayer)

Took a pic while they were waiting O.O

Masumi Kano (BABY Designer) Tomomi Nakamura (AATP Designer) Misako Aoki, Midori Fukasawa

The Lady Spade: Lotta, Alicetogizzelle, Tiffany

They also had the Kpop dance group Waveya

Japanese Rock Band: Mary's Blood

After the opening ceremony we did more wandering and shopping

Madoka Kaname & Homura Akemi

Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Madeline (friend's daughter) and Rainbow Dash

Final Fantasy Cosplayers (at least I think so, not too familiar with them, but they looked so cool)



Belle and Madeline (She was so happy to see her. Fairy tales are true)

Getting a Chibi drawing made of me XD

Alice from The Lady Spade
(I first saw them in the vendor hall (all 4 of them) but was too nervous to ask for a photo.
I was mad I chickened out, so when I saw her in the RR I knew it was now or never. lol
So I waited outside like a stalker and got this lovely photo (w/her permission of course))

Sailor Moon <3

One of my favorites: Tsukimi Kurashita & Kuranosuke Koibuchi from Princess Jellyfish / Kuragehime

I'll try to post the rest of the day which will be the fashion show and stuff next time!