Finished!!! And Crafting Videos

So I finished the garment for iSautner!  YAY!!!  She has been awesome an patience with me and I am really hoping she loves this pieces as much as I do.  I really want to make a second one for myself.  I also hope that it fits.  If not I will gladly make alterations as needed, but I think it will be ok :)
I am going to take some pictures of the garment for my portfolio, and I have previously asked iSautner if she would be comfortable sending pictures of her wearing the item.  I will not post pictures until iSaunter receives her parcel in the mail.  So excited!!! 
In other news my classes are almost over so I will have more free time to blog and complete more of my project checklist... which I don't think I have updated yet.  Anyway, i promised a selection of videos that I found on YouTube.  I have not gotten a chance to make any of these yet, but I want to.
The first video I came across by... Googling Pretty Little Victorian... I was curious about what would come up!  And this video came up, on how to make a fan with some materials, and this one piece I have no idea what it is, but I found one half of it in my house and I will be going to the hardware store to find out exactly what it is and I will let you know where you can find it!  Most of the other materials you can get at your local craft store or you can buy online.
Pretty Little Victorian Fan
This person also has a blog that you can check out :)
Second video is done by Sweet Vanity.  This is a tutorial on how to make a sleep mask.  I thought this was really cool because you can do so much with this and make different styles.  It doesn't even have to be Lolita related.  I want to see if putting lavender in the mask would be aright, but I am not going to advise it as I have no idea if having Lavender near your eyes might cause problems.  I will update you on that as I get the chance to research.  Just thought having scents, especially Lavender, would be neat.
Lolita Sleep Mask
Third is a Hat tutorial using a lamp shade so that you can get the small bottom, big top effect.  I saw one before (not using a lamp shade) and I could not do it no matter how hard I tried.  I am hoping that this will be easier, which it does appear to be.  I will try to add fabric to mine, therefore making it harder, but I just like a fabric covered hat.  Nothing against those who want to paint theirs!
Lolita Top Hat
That's it for today.  I do have some more videos to show you, but I will save that for a later blog post :)  Please email me with any questions and I will be happy to answer them here on the blog, or there are any tutorials you would like to see, or if you yourself have one online you would like to share! lolita_doll11@yahoo.com or lolitadoll1121@gmail.com
Hugs and Kisses,
PLV

Twitter.... Tweet?... What?!

So, turns out, we have Twitter! I must have made one and forgot. So if you want to know my random thoughts I may have during the day or random picture post, follow me on Twitter. @LolitaDoll11

First Rule... Lolita and Music Channels. And Lets Get Steamy! Steampunk that is!

So I tried to be silly the other night and thought I could make a skirt without a pattern...  Silly Lolita Doll 11.  The first rule of sewing, ALWAYS use a pattern!... Second rule, ALWAYS USE A PATTERN!!!  So now, I made a skirt, but it is soo bad...  I still have some fabric left from it that I am actually going to try to make another skirt using some other fabric with it too.  But first I will make the pattern that I was lacking the other night!

So Today I am going to post some youtube and website links. 

The first one is from Canudoitcosplaygirl!  I am a big fan of this girl, and after I move to London I plan on meeting her if I can find a Lolita Meet that she will be attending.  Canudoitcosplaygirl, you have two years to flee the Country and avoid me XD.  Anyway I find her videos to be pretty entertaining and downright useful!  I myself am a budget Lolita.  Any brand that I do have is Bodyline and I think I only have two dresses.  Aside from that, I have been making my own clothes and some of the stuff I make comes out pretty awesome if I do say so myself, but I do have times where I finish something and look at it and go "omg, what the %^&* is this?"  Moving back onto the topic of Canudoitcosplaygirl, she has a video on how to make a budget Lolita video, specifically for Kodona style.  I already have a pair of pants that are waiting for me to finish making them frilly tastic!  Hopefully I will be getting my own laptop soon and I can make her a video of my finished outfit (if she is interested in seeing it... it would be nice to have feedback :) )  So everyone should subscribe to her right now, and watch her turn this guy into a BroLita!                                                                                                                              

Next is blinktwice4y.  I love the sound of this guy's voice... sorry Mason (that's the boyfriend for those who don't know).  This guy was introduced to me a while go and he comes up with these great songs that he   Favorite Disney movie, EVER!  If Mason and I come into a lot of money, or if I ever become a fashion designer, I'm paying this guy to play at my wedding.  I will pay for his hotel room, feed him, whatever it takes!  And Monique has to come too to sing that song.  Anyway, he got a lot of hipe from the Mario Kart Love song that he wrote.  I bought his download, and I actually have to buy it again because I lost my copy :(  But I am happy to send this guy my money, you should too!writes himself.  He also does covers.  I almost cried when I heard his and Monique Macasaet's version of Kiss the Girl from the Little Mermaid.  Favorite Disney movie, EVER!  If Mason and I come into a lot of money, or if I ever become a fashion designer, I'm paying this guy to play at my wedding.  I will pay for his hotel room, feed him, whatever it takes!  And Monique has to come too to sing that song.  Anyway, he got a lot of hipe from the Mario Kart Love song that he wrote.  I bought his download, and I actually have to buy it again because I lost my copy :(  But I am happy to send this guy my money, you should too!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/samhart  <==== where you can buy the download.  .99 cents!

Final plug for the night, then I am going to go to sleep and hopefully work on my pattern tomorrow!

Steampunk...  What is Steampunk?  I was going to make a seperate page, like how I do for Lolita at the top of my page (which reminds me... I have to site my sources because I don't think I did before...).  The problem was that I kept getting frustrated every time I was thinking about how to explain it.  It's not that I cannot, but I have a problem where I need to get into every little tiny detail about it.  Your lucky that the Lolita Tab came out the way it did!  So lets see if I can describe Steampunk in a sentence.





Steampunk is a Neo-Victorian universe/life style that embodies the romance of the Victorian Fashion with Science Fiction...  There, that wasn't too bad!  But here is a video that can probably give you a better idea than I can!  This video covers so much in so little time!  Crafting, Music, Fashion!  And it's from PBS, what more can you ask for?

Alright, well that is it for me!  Hopefully I will have something new for you soon!  Bye!!!

-Lolita Doll 11

Videos, Lolita Themed

 Disclaimer:  The videos that I am sharing are not mine, nor do I take any credit in their creation.  I simply

enjoyed these videos and thought that others would

enjoy them too.  I really think there should be more videos about this fashion, explaining what it is, and why we wear it.  I love watching the documentaries, but I also like watching the videos of girls just sitting in front of their cameras basically saying "This is who I am and it makes me happy."

 I hope you enjoy and you share some of your own
videos that you might find :)

    The first video is a documentary on a group of girls from Australia.  I think one of the girls in this is also in the music video for "Throw it in the Bag" which I will leave at the end of this blog post.  The next three videos are all one in the same.  They are one of the first few videos I found on Youtube about the fashion, and I was eating it up even though it was all subtitled. The documentary focuses on three different stories.  Watching these videos just makes me love the fashion even more and I want nothing more than to just find even more people who share the same love for the fashion and culture as I do.

One of my dreams is to become a designer and open my own shop and selling my own Lolita Designs.  Its going to take some time since I need to go back to school, but in the meantime I am teaching myself as much as I can, and learning wherever I can.  I have thought of trying to get tables at Conventions, but was told a table was like $400.00, which is explains why sometimes shopping at a convention can get expensive!  If I am unable to become a designer, I know I want to do something with my life that involves Lolita.  Maybe opening a Tea House or something.  What I am getting at is that watching these videos and seeing these girls... it gives me hope that even though I may not be moving as fast as I like, that wherever I am meant to be I will get there as long as I can do what I can to get myself there.

I like this girl, don't know her personally, but she covers some really important things.  Don't care what other people think, stereotypes, and how you can make your own fashion.  I have found a few more videos of girls, young girls who go to school dressed in Lolita and I wish when I first got into the fashion that I was brave enough to just not care and wear it.  Now I try to wear it when I can, and honestly I don't get bothered by people too often, people mostly question what it is and why your wearing it.  Maybe one day I'll be able to walk outside of my door wearing whatever I want and people wont be taking double takes (though to be honest, its kind of fun).

So here are some American girls!  If I could edit 

video, I would try to make my own.  I am going to be recording at a Lolita meet, but don't expect the video to be up soon, I'm going to see if I can play around with it.  I will be conducting interviews, nothing too extensive though since its suppose to be a crafting meet and greet.  If you can think of any questions you would like me to ask the girls please let me know and I will see about making it happen!

And as promised!  'Throw It In The Bag!"

I hoped you enjoyed the videos!  Until next time!

-Lolita Doll 11