Dollhouse Diaries

It's incredible, it has been a year already since the Lolita Blog Carneval project started! And what a lovely year of sweet, fun and interesting posts it has been. I've learnt a thing or two of the fashion and our creative, beauty-loving sisterhood, as well as met some sweet fellow Lolita bloggers of whose existence, not very active in the community as I am, I was previously unaware of. Thanks very much for that, LBC :-)
This week's challenge is to design a complete coordinate for $100; actually a topic with which the LBC started, and a prompt I very much regretted missing, since Lolita, as we all know, tends to be a costly hobby - therefore a challenge like this is great to remind ourselves a bit of creativity and thrifting can go a long way.

Green Velvet

Overdress and headdress: $34, handmade by Serenaxyiade
Top: $5, offbrand
Skirt: $1, Zara (thrifted)
Teaparties (not shown): $40, Bodyline
Petticoat: (not shown): $15
Total: $95

Simple Gothic - Great for School or Office:-)

Jsk: $19, Primark
Blouse: $12, Primark
Corsage Headband: $2, handmade by me
Teaparties (not shown): $40, Bodyline
Petticoat (not shown): $15, Proxima Centauri
Total: $88

White, Blue and Pink

Jsk: $10, Orsay
Blouse: $6, Orsay
Lace collar: $5, handmade by me
Silk sash: $10, handmade by my sister
Hat: $11, handmade by me
Fan: $0, it was a gift
Petticoat (not shown): $15, Proxima Centauri
Ballet flats (not shown): $15, offbrand
Total: $72

Shiro Coordinate

Blouse: $6, Orsay
Jsk: $10, Orsay
Pearls: $5, offbrand
Bonnet: cca $40, handmade by me
Ballet flats (not shown): $15, offbrand
Petticoat (not shown): $15, Proxima Centauri
Total: $91

Flowery Classic

Blouse: $40, Angelic Pretty
Skirt: $12, handmade by my sister
Corsages: $5, handmade by me
Petticoat (not shown): $15, Proxima Centauri
Ballet flats: (not shown): $15, offbrand
Total: $87

Sweet

Jsk: $40, Bodyline
Blouse: $6, Orsay
Necklace: $20, some brand whose name I forgot
Bear brooch: $2, handmade by me
Petticoat (not shown): $15, Proxima Centauri
Ballet flats (not shown): $15, offbrand
Total: $98

Blogs participating:

Pretty Little Habits Hello Batty

http://youtu.be/irtQBSpoxww
Snow Rose

The Bloody Teaparty

Her Lumpiness

The Silent Revival

Sweet and Simple

Lace a la Mode

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   After so many photos of this beautiful castle, I think it would be good to introduce it briefly to my non-Czech readers as the official website, it seems, lacks an English version. The castle of Libochovice is a Baroque building situated some 66 km away from Prague. Its current version by an Italian architect Antonio della Porta comes from the end of the 17th Century, neither the original Gothic fortress nor the Renaissance castle having survived the devastating fires they had suffered - in the first instance, thanks to the Hussites, who had a feud with the then owners of the estate, the Zajíc family, who were confirmed Catholics.
   It is a very romantic place, with the park running alongside the river Ohře opened to the general public free of charge daily from 8 am till 18 pm (19 during summer). The castle itself can be visited from April till October, and is full of nostalgic charms; amongst them a carpet which was weaved with one intentional imperfection in the pattern, as the only perfection in the world is Allah.
   (Information courtesy of http://www.libochovice.info/ and, as always in this section of my blog, photos are by my sister.)


One of the chief attractions - but careful; they are very shy.

Plus a small piece of a tip and a bit of a reflection:
If you ever plan to visit this castle,there is a funfair plus an exhibition of exotic birds annualy around this time of a year. I bought a pretty picture there, coming packaged with a bit of a story which struck me as rather sad: the lady who painted it is a former teacher of drawing and she paints pictures for sale now to supplement her pension. There seemed to be hardly any pleasure in her upon receiving compliments about her work - perhaps it was shyness, perhaps she thought the ability of the onlookers to evaluate her pictures dubious. Who shall ever know. Still, fragile and ladylike as she seemed there in the mercilessly blazing Sun, there was indeed something sad about her - as if she was truly doing it only for money. Once again, who shall ever know. Perhaps I'll ask her next year?

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Have you imported all the blogs you are following yet to a different reader in time, or are you doing it at the last minute like me?
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On another note, sorry for the long silence. I'm still rather ill and too tired for blogging. For now, I wish you all a wonderful time and hope to post something more substantial soon.

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This week's challenge is Top 3 Wishlist Items, which I imagine was a really tough thing to decide for all the participants!:-)
Nevertheless, here are mine and I hope you will like them as much as I liked the items on the other bloggers' lists.

1. First comes the white batiste and lace dress that has been for so long on my To-Sew List, inspired by this beautiful Edwardian doll dress by Cynthia Howe:

Plus the Juliette et Justine skirt:

And a doll dress by Molendrix:

2. A new white parasol, which I'll most likely try to make by myself. Finding a suitable frame with a nice handle on a budget is proving quite challenging though - not to speak I can't decide whether to use silk or not.

Victorian Maiden

The Metropolitan Museum of Art:1880-90

The Metropolitan Museum of Art:1850-60

3. Tavistock Victorian Boots- boots like these have been on my Wishlist for a long time, and my heart made a small sommersault when I saw them on the American Duchess's blog... she's got them in white right now as well, so cute!

American Duchess

Have a lovely new week everyone and stay tuned for a fresh addition to the Beautiful Sights section:-) (Plus the violet oil recipes are coming soon too... with a disaster story)

Blogs participating:

Masquerade Doll
Annie Old Fashioned
Derpland
la petite princesse
Alice in Lolitaland
hologram world
Frillycakes
Jewellery box of starry-eyed lolita
ima-princess
2 teaspoons of sugar
Toothless Tigers
Darkly Darling
Lace Jail
Under the Parasol
Tangled Lace

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Godey's Lady's Book, August 1864

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Welcome to my new Victorian Cookery series, in which I'm trying out recipes from times long gone by, found in women's magazines like Godey's Lady's Book or Victorian cookery books like Isabella Beeton's. First comes a very quick and easy recipe from an August 1864 issue of Godey's - if I understand correctly, it was meant as a little snack, but beware, this meal is very filling - I made only 2 eggs instead of 3, and despite being rather hungry could not finish it.

And here is what it looks like prepared:

Taste-wise, this dish is rather good, especially if you like rich foods; what do you think, was this meant for somebody who labours hard, considering how fatty it is?

Love, RosaJ

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This week's prompt is to write about our favourite Lolita accessory - but how would it be possible to choose just one among so much beauty? So I've compiled a small list:-)

Bonnets

I'm an aspiring Period Lolita, so bonnets make my heart flutter - this is the first one I ever made and hopefully is soon to be followed by another one, made of dark blue velvet. I just need to find some buckram...

Corsages

Flowers and girls simply belong together the way I see it; even the dullest of outfits or hairstyles is instantly made interesting if a flower is added to the equation. Not to mention, corsages are fun and easy to make!

Parasols

Parasols, in my humble opinion, add a touch of incredible elegance, romanticism and femininity to a coord - plus they are very practical, especially if your skin does not fancy Sun much and if you wish to keep it fair. Once actually parasol saved me from a potentially very nasty sunstroke, when I had to wait for a bus on a station with no roof to hide under for four hours under a mercilessly blazing Sun.

Antique Haircombs

Not strictly Lolita perhaps (yet),but in Period Lolita coords they could look so amazing! They could give them a certain air of authenticity I'd say and add interest to an otherwise dull updo.