OTT & Theme lolita being the outfit standard now? ✙ Halloween lolita meetup

Photo by Heini Illukka

Hi sweeties! ♥

Like every fashion style, lolita keeps evolving to new directions all the time. It started out as much simpler old school style, at one point simple and OTT (=over the top) sweet lolita was a thing, then it started to move more into a classic direction and now it's passed that. There are smaller things becoming the things, for example cat prints, nun lolita looks, forehead pearls, animal bags and countless of other stuff. Right now I have a feeling that OTT and theme lolita is somewhat popular, but has it gone too much to the outlines of lolita? 

These days social media is so huge, that there is this kind of social media pressure. Okay there are those who post just for their own joy, but mostly it's more or less untrue. It has become a competition! Who has the most likes, how many comments there is, someone has more followers than the other one and so on. Well of course people feel good about being liked, that's normal. If someone gets lots of compliments, then surely they will feel more confident. Still it should not be about the e-fame. SoMe can also make people feed bad if they don't get the response they want, if there is too little of it or perhaps it's negative. Either way it can have a huge impact on people's self esteem and confidence level. 

When browsing lolita outfit posts in facebook, tumblr or instagram, it makes me wonder if the standard level of lolita outfits has become a bit too much. The ones that are getting liked and shared the most are usually high quality photos, outfits are over the top, there are lots going on with a pricey dress and extravagant accessories or the amount of them. There are some exceptions though; simple well done classic lolita looks are usually liked and classic gothic style with Moitie. This is a rough scratch from the surface and does not apply to everything, just something I started thinking about around the Halloween.

F yeah lolita wrote something good btw:

"YOU CAN BE A LOLITA FOR HALLOWEEN. YOU CAN EVEN COSPLAY AS A LOLITA.

It’s OK. You are not banned from dressing up in Lolita on certain days of the year if you don’t wear it the rest of the year. You can wear Lolita as a costume because you want to try it out in an environment where it is socially acceptable to wear a costume and you feel more comfortable trying out the fashion that way.

Be a Lolita for Halloween if you want to be one. Not a Witch Lolita or a Bunny Lolita or a Maid Lolita, just be a regular Lolita if that’s what you want. Lolita has managed to survive the past 20+ Halloweens and past 9 billion anime conventions without descending into costume anarchy. "

Has basic lolita become so ordinary, that every outfit needs to be extravagant? Yes it is fun to make awesome outfits, go through a lot of trouble for them, experiment with style, mix and match and show your creation to other people who will appreciate it. It is good to have lolita goals, inspiration, idols and a direction to improve the style towards to. But.... There doesn't always need to be a wow-factor, something that makes the outfit epic or special. It is good to remember the basics as well and just have fun with other lolitas and wear aesthetic wearable outfits. It's enough to enjoy wearing something pretty that one does enjoy, it doesn't have to be a theme outfit every time. I like to think that sometimes for special occasions like for example tea parties can have a more OTT themed outfit, because usually there is a theme for the event to get inspiration from. For everyday wear, meetups, shopping trips and such and even for the events and tea parties it is totally ok to wear something simpler. 

Everyone has their own style as well, someone likes more color, someone toned down, the other one simpler and some super exaggerated style. If you want to wear a chandelier on your head for buying groceries, then go ahead! If you want to wear a dress and a blouse to a family get together, then go ahead! It's your style and you decide! ♡ This is just me rambling about something that I've been thinking and perhaps I didn't lose my point while writing this without any plans really. x) The thing I would like to gotten through, that there should not be a standard to wear themed and ott lolita style all the time, it is not mandatory. Outfits can be well coordinated, worn beautifully and liked just the way they are. ♡

Photo by Heini Illukka

Photo by Heini Illukka

| French hood: made by me | Queen collar: made by me |
| Blouse: altered mix of a second hand blouse & HNHM sleeves |

| Dress: Maxicimam | Boots: Bodyline | Necklace: Restyle |

My outfit for this meetup is a theme lolita coordination. I made a simple black coord (calling it simple because there are nothing that black and a hint of purple) with my handmade accessories and the big sleeves to create an Evil Queen inspired coordination.

The french hood inspired headdress I made a year ago for a photoshoot and because I wanted to try this kind of historical Tudors era Renaissance headpiece. It's black velvet with hand sewn venetian lace and pearl beads. 

The collar is the one I made for Hellocon Tea Party this summer. It has an iron wire frame with black organza, some black fabric for the edges and hand sewn lace pieces.

The shoes are gotten at the time when there was a huge sale at Bodyline. I think they had some trouble, because heard that some got their orders canceled and it took quite a while to ship out mine. These are black gothic Bodyline boots s504 and at the time cost €18. The material is plastic, most likely PU leather. When using the shoes, they get these permanent wrinkles and the plastic is not really that warm or breathable material. Well they were cheap and they look good. Positively surprised how good they look and that they are not overly big around the leg. The only thing that actually bothers me, is how they are not curving enough from the front and when having them on, the leg pushes this wrinkle in front of the lacing. Hmm..okies I explained that really weirdly, hope you got the point. x)

I hope everyone has had a great Halloween!

Mine kind of passed without more than pumpkin carving, since been having the worst superflu-bronchitis-sinus infection-massive cough for over two weeks now. Luckily I got to dress up before the actual time (to me Halloween/Samhain/Kekri starts a week or two before the date and lasts week afterwards) for a spooky photoshoot and pre-halloween meetup that Rosa Nitida put together in Helsinki. 

For me it was a one day trip to Hki by train. Haven't been in a meetup there for a long time and was a fun change and got meet new people and see some friends. First we got together at the railway station, then headed to Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden to photoshoot out outfits. We had an actual photographer to take our pictures, big thanks to Heini Illukka for coming with us! ♡ The weather was quite chilly and we started to get hungry, so luckily we had a reservation for our big group of over 20 people at Fazer Cafe. Mmm.. I had some hot chocolate with rum, quiche with salad and a some cake, which I could not finish! My tummy was so full, but it felt so bad not to be able to eat it. Never happened to me before and hope it never happens again! O_O

Sini had the coolest gun shot wound!! Awsum ♡__♡

I spotted some Mana -shoothies before the meetup, I guess this meant that the day was approved and blessed by Mana-sama! ♡ ♡

Photo by Heini Illukka

Thank you lovelies! The day was so much fun and had such great vibes. 

Let's do it again soon! ♡

If you got some opinions and comments about theme, ott and costume like lolita or the topic in general, I would love to see them!

♡ Thanks for reading ♡

❤~ Saija Sasetar

✤ 10 random facts about me ✤

Hei rakkaat ♥

Tässä on ollut pieni bloggailutauko, no syytä olenkin ilmoitellut instagramin ja facebook-sivun puolella. Masennus on tullut vierailulle ja no oikeastaan ollut jo jonkin aikaa ja sitä ennen työuupumus, tästä ajattelin kirjoitella lisää myöhemmin. Tällä hetkellä mulla on paha poskiontelotulehdus, joten ei ole voimia alkaa sitä aihetta nyt. Se on kuiteskin raskasta ajatella ja kirjoittaa.

Mulla on ollut mielessä sellainen sekalaisten faktojen postaus ja tässä niitä olisi kymmenen kipaletta. Mukana myös kuvia meidän paikallisesta miitistä. Josefiinalle iso kiitos kuvausavusta! ♡

Hi darlings ♥

I've had a little bloggin break, well I have told the reason already in instagram and on facebook-page. A depression has come for a visit and actually been hanging around for some time now and before that a burnout, thinking about writing more about this later. Currently I'm having a bad case of sinus infection, so there's no strength to get into that subject. It is quite heavy to think and write about.

I've been thinking about a random facts post for a while and here would be ten of those. There's also pictures of our local meetup. Big thanks to Josefiina for helping with the photos! ♡

| Dress: Rabbith Teeth | Shoes: Bodyline | Hair: Gothic Lolita Wigs |

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1. Mun lempparijätski on lakritsi! Se on hassu jäänne siitä, että kun mun äiti oli raskaana, se söi paljon lakritsijätskiä. Ei koskaan ennen sitä tai pahemmin sen jälkeen. Olisinkohan minä himoinnut sitä ja saanut äidin syömään vai toisin päin, että jäänyt mulle himotus siitä kun äiti söi sitä. Ei voi tietää.

1. My favourite ice cream is licorice! It's a funny leftover from the time that my mom was pregnant, because she ate a lot of licorice ice cream. Never before it or rarely afterwards. It might be that I was craving for it and made my mom eat it or the other way around, that the craving has become from the fact that she ate it. Who knows.

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2. Olen tosi huono saamaan selvä laulujen lyriikoista. No en tietenkään kaikista, mutta vähänkin epäselvistä, nopeista tai hassusti lausutuista kohdista.

2. I'm very bad at hearing the words in song lyrics. Well not of course all of them, but even the slightly unclear, fast or weirdly pronounced parts.

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3. Kun olin teini, noin 14-16 vuotiaana, meikkasin oikeastaan joka päivä. En voinut poistua kotoa ilman meikkiä. Kerran oli puhetta koulussa, että jos mä tulisin ilman meikkiä, yks jäbä joka aina laitto hiuksiaan tulis ilman hisugeeliä. En suostunu. x)

3. When I was a teenager, around 14-16 years old, I used to wear makeup almost every day. I couldn't leave home without makeup. Once in school we were talking that if I would come to school without makeup, this one dude who always did his hair, would come without any hair gel. I didn't accept. :P

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4. Olen hirmuinen huulirasva-addicti! En pärjää edes paria tuntia ilman. Mulla onkin useampi huulirasva aina mukana, tarvii olla varalla ja myös kotona yksi löytyy aina jostain kädenulottuvilta. Laitoimpa juuri tätä kirjoittaessa uuden kerroksen kosteutta. :P

4. I'm a huge lip balm-addict! I can't do without for even a couple of hours. I always have several with me, gotta have spare ones and also at home there's always one within my reach. Just know while writing this, put a new layer of moisture. :P

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5. En voi sietää kuorsausta, nenän tuhinaa tai vinkunaa! Se on sellainen mikä saa stressisuonen pullottamaan ja repimään hiukset päästä ja en vaan kestä! Nuorena kävin potkasemassa mun faijaa aina jos sen kuorsaus kuulu mun huoneeseen asti. Hyvä etten räjähdä bussissa jollekin jonkan nenästä kuuluu järkyttävä ääni. Tämä pätee myös omaan nenään, herään yöllä jos nenäni tuhisee ja en saa nukahdettua ennen kuin saan sen kuriin. Korvatulpat on myös no-no, koska sitten kuulen oman hengitykseni.

5. I can't stand snoring or any nose sniffle sounds! It's something that makes my stress-vein pop out and tear my hair off and I just can't stand it! When I was young, I used to go kick my dad if his snoring reached my room. I'm in the limit of exploding to someone on the bus if their nose is making sounds. This applies to my one nose as well, I wake up at night if my nose is snuffling and can't fall asleep before I can fix it. Earplugs are a no-no, because then I can hear myself breathing.

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6. Nukun jokaikinen yö saman pehmolelun kanssa. Sain kissapehmolelun isosiskoltani sen jälkeen, kun kissani Ninni kuoli ja masennuin syvästi. Pehmolelusta tuli turvaleluni ja pidin sitä mukana ja silittelin koko ajan. Sitten vieroitin itseni siitä ja otin kainaloon vain öisin. Otan sen yleensä mukaan jopa matkoillekin. Vuosien aikana on vain muutama yö, ettei se ole ollut kainalossani jossain kylässä. Se on jo todella nuhraantunut ja hieman litistynyt vinoon, koska se on öisin hieman vasemman kylkeni alla.

6. I sleep every single night with the same plushtoy. I got a cat stuffed animal from my big sister after my cat Ninni died and got deeply depressed. The plush toy became my safety toy and I had it with me and petted it all the time. Then I narrowed it down to only having it in my arms at night. I usually take it with me even when traveling. During the years there has only been a few nights when it wasn't next to me, times when I was sleeping over somewhere else. It is already really worn out and a little bit flattened into a crooked shape, because at night it's a bit under my left side. 

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7. Tosi usein kun hymyilen, mun suupielet on oikeasti alaspäin. 

7. Very often when I smile, the corners of my mouth actually point down. 

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8. Olen erityisherkkä ihminen monessa asiassa. Yksi pieni asia mikä häiritsee mua on vaatteiden sisällä olevat laput ja leikkaankin ne aina pois. Jos mulla on sukassa joku pieni muru tai roska, se on pakko ottaa pois tai jos sängyllä on jotain, se häiritsee mua ja pakko siistiä se. 

8. I'm a highly sensitive person in ways. A little thing that bothers me is the labels inside clothes and I always cut them off. If I have a tiny piece of anything in my sock, I gotta take it out or if there's something on my bed, it really bothers me and I have to clean it. 

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9. Olen todella huono huomaamaan jos joku flirttailee mun kanssa tai on ylipäänsä kiinnostunu sillä lailla. Voin ihan törkeesti huomaamattani sivuutta asian, jos sitä ei suoraan sanota, kun luulen että ihminen on vaan mukava ja haluaa olla kaveri ja keskustella. Tosin mun yli-intoilu ja hörhily tulkitaan monesti taas väärin, kun mulla on vaan tosi kivaa.

9. I'm very bad at noticing if someone is flirting with me or is anyways interested in me that wort of way. I can just rudely ignore the whole thing with my unnoticeability if it isn't said directly, because I might think that someone is just a nice person and want's to be my friend and have a good conversation. Although my over-enthusiasm and goofyness is many times interpret wrongly, when I'm just having a really good time.

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10. Juodessani kahvia tai teetä, jätän kuppin pohjalle aina pienen lirun, en koskaan juo sitä täysin loppuun. Joskus koko kuppikin kyllä unohtuu ja löydän sen myöhemmin. x)

10. When I drink coffee or tea, I always leave a tiny bit into the bottom of the cup, I never completely finish it. Sometimes I even forget the whole cup somewhere and find it later. x)

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Meillä oli oikein mukava pieni miitti nelistään. Käytiin kiertämässä Pyynikinlinnaa ja nautittiin sen estetiikasta, kauniista huoneista, tauluista ja kaikesta. Tein tapani mukaan sitä, että kosketan kaikkea ja sanon "mun". Ihan kuin siten merkkaisin kaiken. Museokierroksen jälkeen mentiin takapihalle kuvailemaan asukuvia jokaisesta ja tulikin ihania otoksia kauniissa ympäristössä. 

We had a very lovely little meetup with the four of us. We went to visit Pyynikinlinna and enjoyed it's aesthetics, beautiful rooms, paintings and everything. As usual, I did the thing where I touch everything and say "mine". Just like would be marking my territory. After the museum stroll we went to the backyard to take outfit photos of everyone and we got some really lovely ones in the beautiful environment. 

❤~ Saija Sasetar

♥ Lumuos Dark Market & Sleipnir outfit ♥

Muih ♡

Lauantaina oli tyypillinen sesonkihelvetti-päivä! Se on tämä Suomen kesäkausi, kun kaikki mahdolinen ängetään samoille viikonlopuille. Lauantaina oli pieni lolita miitti, Lumous dark market, Uffin alepäivät, kansainvälinen suurmarkkina-tori ja Pirkkalan muinaismarkkinat. Muissa ehdinkin pyörähtään, paitsi viimeisessä, mikä jäi harmittamaan kovasti. Oli kauhea asudilemma, koska meinasin ehtiä jokapaikkaan ja asun piti myös mätsätä kaikeen. Tällainen sekalainen kokonaisuus siitä tuli. :P

Heya ♡

On Saturday it was the typical high season hell! It is this summer season in Finland, when everything possible is stuffed into the same weekends. Last Saturday there was a small lolita meetup, Lumous dark market, Uff sale days, international market fair and Pirkkala ancient market thingie. Actually managed to visit all others, except for the last one, which I feel really bad about. I had the most awful outfit dilemma, because I was planning to have time for everything and the outfit needed to match everything as well. It became a mixed combination like this. :P

Muutama ulkopaikkakuntalainen lolita oli käymässä Tampereella, joten näkyiltiin kakun syönnin merkeissä keskustassa. Nomnom..söin hyvää suklaakakkua! Oltiin samassa mestassa, kuin viime miitillä ja halusin maistaa tuota suklaista. Oli herkkua. ♡ Nappasin lisää sokeria suurmarkkinoilta, koska englantilainen toffee on vaan niin hyvää. Yritin metsästää myös caramel shortbread-nimellä kulkevaa brittiherkkua, mutta ei näkynyt. Harmitus. Siinä on meinaan murupohjaa, karamellia ja suklaata päällekäin! Mun lempparia. Uffilta tarttui mukaan aivan ihana pieni nahkalaukku 4€:lla, voi olla että tuunaan siitä vyöpussukan tai isonnan sitä. :)

A few lolitas were visiting Tampere from out of town, so we met briefly in the city and had some cake. Nomnom..I had some good chocolate cake! We visited the same place on our last meetup and wanted to try that chocolaty one. It was yummy. ♡ I grabbed some more sugar from the market fair, because English fudge is just so damn good. I tried to search this British delight called caramel shortbread, but didn't see any. Too bad, because it has a layers of cookie crumble like base, caramel and chocolate! My favourite. From Uff second hand recycling store I found an absolutely lovely little leather bag fro 4€, could be that I'm making a belt pouch out of it or making it bigger. :)

Derplita Saija >_<
Photo by Tomi Vitikainen Photography 

Shoppasin myös jotain kivaa dark market:ista, ei ollut oikein rahaa ja muutenkin tässä elänyt ylivarojen pitkälle luottokortin puolelle, mutta kun löytyi jotain kivaa Deadfine:n pöydästä. Näätte sitten myöhemmin. Pakko kuitenkin näyttää tämä supersöpö Misfortune cookie! Se on niin kuin sellainen fortune cookie, mitä näkee aina jenkkiläisissä leffoissa ja sarjoissa, kun ne syö kinkkiruokaa ja sieltä saa sellaisen keksin, missä on sisällä joku sellainen ennustus tai fiksu lause. Nää on kuitenkin jotain ihan muuta! Himoinnut noita jo Deadfine-facebook sivulla ja nyt sain ihan oman! Waaaah ♥

I shopped something also from dark market, didn't really have any money and anyways have lived way beyond our funds and used credit card too much, but I found something nice from Deadfine-table. You'll see it later. I just had to show you this supercute Misfortune cookie! It's like a fortune cookie, the likes you see in american movies and series, when they eat chinese food and get the kind of cookie, that has a prophesy or a smart sentence inside. These are so something else! Been wanting one already when I saw them on Deadfine-facebook page and now I got my own! Waaah ♥

Medieval & Folk inspired lolita

Mekko / Dress~  Ergi by Piratessan / Lolitabutiken

Sukkikset / Tights~  Lindex
Kengät / Shoes~  Primark
Peruukki / Wig~  Wig is Fashion
Nahkalaukku / Leather bag~  ite tein / made by me

Rautakruunu / Iron circlet~  ite tein / made by me

Vyö / Belt~  Vintage

Joskus koulussa korvasin poissaoloja metallitöistä ja sain touhuta jotain itsekseni, kerroin että haluan tehdä rautaisen otsakruunun. Sain vähän ohjeistusta ja väkersin kaksi kruunua. Ensin harjoitustyön, että sain tuntumaa vähän hommaan ja tämä on tuo ensimmäinen kipale, ihan käyttökelpoinen sekin. :)

Se mätsää ihan kivasti Eestiläisen kansallispuvun rintaneulan kanssa, minkä löysin käytettynä ja maksoi hurjat 1€! :D

This one time when I was making up for my absence from metal works in school and got to do something by myself, I told that I want to do an iron circlet. I got some instructions and made two crowns. The first was a practice piece, so I could get the hang of it and this is the first one, usable piece also. :)

It matches nicely with an Estonian national costume brooch, which I found second hand and cost so much as 1€! :D

Purr purr ♥ ♥

~Saija Sasetar

Metamorphose Cherry Berry ♡ Lolita picnic meetup

Moikka ihanaiset otukset ♡

Meillä oli perjantaina, eli toissapäivänä, pieni piknikki miitti Tampereen lolitojen kanssa. Treffailtiin tuttuun tapaan Sorsapuistossa ja tuotiin nyyttärieväitä. Säätieto ei ole oikein pitkään aikaan osannut sanoa juuta tai jaata näistä keleistä. Ensin perjantaille luvattiin mahdollisia sadekuuroja, sitten ei luvattu sadekuuroja ja sitten tulikin niin tummia pilviä, että lähdimme karkuun sisätiloihin kahvittelemaan. Matkalla tulikin jokunen tippa vettä ja kaikilla ei ollut sateenvarjoja. En itsekään moista jaksanut raahta, kun oli jo neljä kassia kannettavana. Kassi-alma :P

Hello you lovely beings ♡

We had a little picnic meetup this friday, the day before yesterday, with Tampere local community lolitas. We met in the usual way at a familiar park, Sorsapuisto (=duckpark, because there's a duck pond) and we had potluck snacks in the traditional way. The weather forecast hasn't really known anything for a while now. First they said there could be some rain showers in the afternoon, then there was not supposed to be any and after there was such dark clouds, that we ran off to an indoors cafe. On the way there it started raining a few drops and everyone didn't have umbrellas. I didn't want to carry one, because I already had four bags to carry. A bag-lady :P

Yleensä fiilistelen ja suunnittelen hieman mitä sitä haluaisin pukea, kun on lähdössä jonnekin tiettyyn paikkaan. No nyt en millään jaksanut ajatella asiaa ja menin aamusta vain vaatehuoneeseen ja katselin muutamaa mekkovaihtoehtoa ja päädyin tähän marjaisaan Metamorphosen Cherry Berry korkeavyötäröiseen mekkoon. En yleensä pidä samoja coordeja uudestaan, minkä vuoksi en varmaankaan jaksaisi harrastaa cosplaytä, mutta nyt laitoin lähes saman asun, mitä olen kerran pitänyt toissavuonna. Asustauduin kuitenkin hieman erilailla ja laitoin tukan tuollaisille rullapalleroille, koska pallerot on vaan niin suloisia! ♥

Usually I thinking and planning a bit about what I wan to wear, when I'm going to some particular place. Well this time I just didn't have the energy or feeling for it and in the morning went into my walk-in closet and checked a few dress options and ended up into this berrylicious Metamorphose Cherry Berry high waist dress. I don't have the habit to wear same coords again, which probably is the reason I wouldn't like to have cosplay as my hobby, but this time I wore almost the same outfit of which I've worn a little less than a couple of years ago. Accessorized it a bit differently though and made a circle buns hairdo, because buns are just so adorable! ♥

Cherry Berry lolita

Mekko / Dress~  Metamorphose
Paitapusero / Blouse~  Angelic Pretty

Baskeri / Beret~  Metamorphose

Ylipolven sukat / Over the knee socks~  Angelic Pretty

Kengät / Shoes~  Montreal

Peruukki / Wig~  Gothic Lolita Wigs

Sormukset / Rings~  Itse tehtyjä + offbrand / Selfmade + offbrand
Feikkilasit / Fake glasses~  eBay

Tiedän näyttäväni tuon baskerin ja tukkatyylin kanssa ihan Pokemon sarjan hoitaja Joy:n lolita versiolta! Hihih~ aika veikeää! ^_^ On kyllä hauska näyttää ihan animaatiohahmolta ♡

I know that I look like the lolita version of nurse Joy from Pokemon series with that beret and hairstyle! Hihih~ quite funny! ^_^ Well it's fun to look like an animated character ♡

 Saija Sasetar, Loliaikaa & Destinedhime
Lolita is such serious business ^_~

Kaikki jotka otti kakkua, päätyi jotenkin sopivasti ostamaan täysin omannäköisensä! Ensimmäisenä vasemmalta on ruskea suklaakakku ja ihminen, joka pukeutuu lähes aina ruskeasävyiseen lolitaan, sitten vihreä-keltasävyisen mekon kanssa samanväristä lime-juustokakkua ja minä marjaisen vaaleanpunaisessa mekossa tilasin vadelma-valkosuklaa-kakkua! ♡ Naureskeltiin tälle yhdessä. Oli muuten hyvää kakkua ja kahvila oli Pyymäen Oma. 

Oli ihana päivä, kiitoksia muruset! ♥

Everyone who took some cake, somehow ended up buying ones that looked like their selves! The first one fromm the left is a brown chocolate cake and the person, who almost every time dresses up in brown toned lolita, then there's a green-yellow-toned dress with the same coloured lime-cheesecake and me in a berry pink dress ordered a raspberry-white chocolate cake! ♡ We were laughing about this together. It was btw very good cake and the cafe was Pyymäen Oma.

I had a lovely day, thank you sweeties! ♥

 Olin myös prinsessa piparkakku -leidi ♡
I was also a princess gingerbread -lady ♡

❤~ Saija Sasetar

Old School Lolita picnic meetup ♡

Moi söpöläiset ♡
Koska säät ovat kerrankin suosineet mukavasti, järkkäsin meidän paikalliselle lolita-yhteisölle kesän ensimmäisen piknikin. Avattiin puistoilukausi oikein mukavasti, oleiltiin puistossa koko iltapäivä, nautiskeltiin lämmöstä ja herkuteltiin oikein kunnolla! Tein jopa ensimmäistä kertaa elämässäni raaka-kakkua, mutta se kai sitten oli niin epäilyttävän näköistä, ettei muut kuin lisäkseni yksi uskaltanut sitä maistaa. Nyyh~ Se oli kyllä tosi hyvää, sellaista kanelista.
Miitin teemana oli old school lolita, eli sellainen lolitan tyyli, mitä se oli muodin alkuaikoina joskus 2000-luvun alkupuolella ja puolivälissä. Otin mukaan vanhoja Gothic Lolita Bible lehtiä, niin saatiin selailla kivoja ja vähän kamaliakin vaatteita. :)

Hi cuties ♡
Because the weather has been fairly nice for a while, I organized the first picnic of the summer for our local lolita community. We started the picnic season very nicely, hanged out in the park all afternoon, enjoyed the warmth and had loads of nomnoms! I even made raw cake for the first time ever, but I guess it looked so suspicious that only one person besides me had the guts to taste it. Sob~ It was actually really good, cinnamon flavor. 
The theme of the meetup was old school lolita, the kind of style that it was in the beginning of the fashion in early and middle 2000s. I took some old Gothic Lolita Bible magazines with me, so we could browse the nice and even a bit awful clothing. :)

Söpöt t-rex derp lolitat ♥
Cute t-rex derp lolitas ♥

Old School Sweet Lolita

Paita / Cutsew~  Angelic Pretty

Mekko / Dress~  Baby the Stars Shine Bright

Polvisukat / Knee high socks~  Bodyline

Kengät / Shoes~  Montreal

Käsilaukku / Handbag~  Shirley Temple

Päähine / Headdress~  Anna House

Olen kovasti tykästynyt old school lolitaan, se on juuri sitä tyyliä, minkälaiseen lolitaan kauan sitten on tutustunut. Vanhoissa mekoissa a hameissa on usein pääasiallisena yksityiskohtana erilaiset leikkaukset, röyhelöt, pitsit ja rusetit. Asukoordinaatiot ovat yleensä yksi- tai kaksivärisiä. Oma lempparini on vaaleanpunainen ja valkoinen. Btssb on mun entinen lempparibrändi, varmaankin siksi, että olen niin tykästynyt Babyn old school tyyliin. Nykyisin lemppariksi on noussut Innocent World. Old school lolita on nykyään hieman harvinaisempaa, koska suurin osa haluaa printtejä ja ott tyyliä (over the top), mutta onneksi on vielä paljon jotka tykkää vanhemmasta tyylistä ja pitää sen elossa!

I'm very fond of old school lolita, it's exactly the style of lolita, of which I got to know long ago. The main details of the old dresses and skirts were often different cuts, ruffles, laces and bows. The outfit coordinations are usually one or two colored. My own favorite is baby pink and white. Btssb used to be my favorite brand, probably for the reason that I've gotten to like Baby's old school style. These days Innocent World has become my favorite. Old school lolita is more rare these days, because most people prints and ott style (over the top), but luckily there are still many who like the older style and are keeping it alive! 

Mun pikkuihminen oli myös mukana piknikillä. Neiti on nyt ollut muutamassa miitissä mun mukana ja tietenkin hänet puetaan vähän nätimmin ja osaa käyttäytyä ihan kohtuullisen hyvin, vaikka on energinen lapsi. Mun pieni rakkauspakkaus! ♡ Hänellä oli nyt päällä mun lapsuudesta vanha röyhelöpaita ja bodylinen lasten mekko ja ensimmäistä kertaa pieni tyllihame! Käytiin välillä leikkipuistossa ja puhalleltiin saippuakupliakin.
Olen tosi vainoharhainen jakaessa mitään kuvia tytöstä, joten pahoittelut, mutta mun söpöläisen nassua ette pääse näkemään. :P ..halusin kuitenkin jakaa meidän yheiskuvan mun pienen mussukan kanssa. ♡

My little human was also with us at the picnic. The little misses has been at a few meetups now of course we'll dress her up a bit and she can behave fairly well, despite the fact that she's an energetic child. My little package of love! ♡ She was wearing a frilly blouse from my own childhood and a bodyline children's dress and for the first time a little petticoat! We visited the playground too and blew some bubbles.
I'm very paranoid about sharing any pictures of my babygirl, so sorry about it, but you won't be seeing my cutie's face. :P ..still wanted to share our pictures together with my cutiepie. ♡

Oottekos muut käyny jo puistossa piknikillä? :)

Have you been on a picnic at the park yet? :)

❤~ Saija Sasetar