Eltville's Rose Gardens

Hello there!

It's been a long time since my last posting, again. I know, but there are some more things I hope to post very soon.

Last month I was in Eltville with my good friend Chocola to take some nice pictures. It's always such a pleasure to meet up with her and taking pictures.

Eltville is known for its rose gardens, wine and lovely scenery along the Rhine. We'll definitly going to visit it again.

                

After the shooting we went for a short walk through the neighborhood and decided that we should go home and visit a local cafe which serves the most delicious macarons in Hesse.

That's it for today, thank you for visiting.

See you next time.

Blushing Rabbit

(Hopefully nobody noticed the popped button on my right sleeve.. No, my arms are not too fat for this dres.. ugly crying)

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Lolita Meet: Hessenpark

Hello my dears,

Since I started my new job back in January I have less time to wear Lolita and hang out with my friends. Quite funny that I started to wear it more often to use my free time for thing I like at the same time. Does this even make sense?

Nonetheless, so last weekend I visited two Lolita meet-ups. This post will be about the one on Saturday.
We went to a nearby open air museum about Hesse which was very interesting.

 As always, thanks to Christian Rösch for being there and taking pictures! Everyone looks so lovely.

I wish I would have taken more pictures of the marketplace, but I'm not fond of taking picturs when it's too crowded (and to be honest, I wanted to explore the place and haven't planed to blog about it...). But imagine it like that:
In the midle was the little antique fountain from the group picture above surrounded by rebuilt half-timbered houses with little shops. There were shops for cheese, meat, traditional costumes, a goldsmith, a bakery and two taverns. The bakery carried buns which were as huge as a loaf of bread. I'm not kidding. Beside the bun-loaf I also bought some goat camenbert which is so delicious and creamy!

My personal highlight were the pigs. I totally adore pigs and was super happy. These aren't just pigs, they are kind of special.
It's a local breed called Deutsches Sattelschwein* which was held by farmers in the past. However the farmers changed this breed for less fat breeds. Nowadays customers prefer low-fat meats which leads to the fact that the Sattelschwein is an endangered species. Unfortunatly there are only around 200 breeding-animals left of this breed.
(* I couldn't find a proper translation for the name, but a rough translations could be German Saddle Pig. Why Saddle? I guess it's because of its coloring.)

But there were also other farm animals like goats and sheeps.

Between all the different houses there was one which left a prairie-like and gosthy feeling, due to the half rotten shingles.

This picture amazes me over and over again. My friend just matches the location so well.
































After exploring the museum we went to one of the taverns for late lunch/dinner. There's nothing better than a nice mug of shandy and a salad with potatoes after a warm day in nature. It's so nice that our local community started to go for a proper meal than just for some cake after a meet-up.


Outfitrundown:
JSK, Headbow, OTKs: Innocent World
Blouse: Angelic Pretty
Garters: Alice and the Pirates
Everything else is offbrand


Thanks for visiting!
See you soon

Blushing Rabbit

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Day No. 26: 365 Lifestyle Lolita Challenge

Welcome back to the challenge,

Today was a rather interesting task in my opinion.

... and explain why you bought it.

I gathered the purchases of the last ~30 days, which were good investems of my christmas money.
Nearly half of it was purchased secondhand, which is not very typical for me. I tend to buy from brands directly as I love the feeling of a brand new piece. In case I buy something secodhand I often don't wear it and sell it right away, if it's not an absolut dream piece or somethign I wanted for a very long time.

I purchased the black dress (which is by HMHM) secondhand because I wanted to have a dark/black dress for casual wear. I just have a more frilly dress by Alice and the Pirates which doesn't suit my taste of casual. Luckily I really like it and I think I can coordinate this piece in many ways. I'm not really used to dark colors as main pieces, so this will be an adventure for me.
At first I really disliked the design of Palace Rose Tucked JSK. The stockpictures are really unflattering with photoshoped colors. But as soon as I saw it coordinated on Closet of Frills I fell in love with it. When Innocent World had their 15% sale in December and I had to get the it, because I was sure, that it won't be on sale again in the near future.
It was a very close draw between the green and the blue colorway as they look so similar in real life in my opinion. I still think, that the green colorway has a lot of blue in it...

One of the few Bodyline pieces I like is this floral print in grey. I don't feel well in Bodyline and didn't wear my past pieces often, just because I wear my bradn pieces more often if I can choose. But this skirt is so nice and well done so I was happy to find it for a nice price. Although I need to get it altered, the corset part is too big/long on me.
There's this H&M lace cape which kind of every (German) Lolita owns by now and I'm late on the train I guess. The lace is so so so soft and delicate, very surprising for a H&M product. I don't know why I bought this one so late or why I didn't want it at first.. But I'm happy I bought it, because it's wearable above a dress as a cape or underneath as a blouse. Both looks are very feminine.
The My Anniceversary Dot Dobby Chiffon blouse by Baby the Stars Shine Bright was somehow a birthday present to myself in December. It's a cute blouse which can be worn in both, casual and facy, ways. I like dotted fabrics and the crochetted lace looks beautiful on the chiffon collar.

These head accessoires are part of my New Years resolutions. I don't had any dark headwear for the longest time and felt unbalanced everytime I wore something dark.
The two headbows are from Innocent World and purchased at their 15% sale. One in navy and the other one in black. I have many navy mainpieces, so I was in need of navy headwear. The bows are really simple and meet my taste to the fullest. You can always upgrade simple bows with more decoration but never downgrade the fancy ones.
The pillbox hat is by Alice and the Pirates from their Funeral Rose series. I traded this piece with a dear friend of mine. She always has such beautiful and unique pieces I never saw online for sale... 
By pulling the veil into different directions you can create different looks with it. A great addition to my wardrobe.

I think the hat and dark colors totally shows the direction I want to go with my Lolita style. More classic, more elegant and lady like. 
More grown up.


See you next time.


Blushing Rabbit

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Little Red Riding Hood and the Hunter

Hello my dears,

Back in early spring my friend from Vietnam visited me in Germany.
This was a very special occassion for us, as it was only the third time we met. Luckily Trang and I had more time than just a few hours so we took a daytrip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a lovely little town with a beautiful and breathtaking historic city center.

I visited this town the first time when I attended the Lacebook teaparty in summer 2014. We took part of a guided tour and were the main attraction for the other tourists. But in winter/spring there are just a few tourists so we enjoyed our stay way better although it was very cold.

When Alice and the Pirates released their Le Petit Chaperon Rouge and matching Gustave series Trang and I decided to do a couple outfit when we meet. Rothenburg was just a perfect placed to be with it's wonderful castle garden which looked a bit foresty in this season. In summer it's in full bloom and so colorful, also a very beautiful setting for a shooting.

In the beginning we tried to take couple inspired pictures as the Hunter saved Little Red Riding Hood from the Wolf and they lived happily afterwards. Did you notice the little illustration of Little Red Ridinghood and the Hunter in the Print where they hold their hand and look into eachother's eyes? This made me buy the print...
But we failed on doing this, mostly because my boyfriend was taking the pictures, which was very awkward... Also shouldn't be the hunter the tall one? Switched roles I guess.

Nothing worked like we planned it so we switched to a more sibling-esque atmosphere which worked so much better. Now the Hunter was Little Red Riding Hoods loved brother who keeps her save.

Fun fact: If you're a fan of Shingeki no Kyojin you might know that Rothenburg is a walled town like Nördlingen, which are the main inspiration for their city design. You don't find walled cities that often in Germany anymore. So if you do some SnK cosplays, go to Rothenbug or Nördlingen and take some awesome pictures!

Hopefully you enjoyed the pictures.

See you soon

Blushing Rabbit

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