New Year's Resolutions

Happy New Year everyone! I had one of the best New Years celebrations ever, but I became incredibly ill for the first day of 2013, unfortunately. Yesterday, I could barely stay awake yet alone do anything. I looked and felt like crap all day. Today I feel significantly better, yet I'm still sick. I hope you all are well, this really sucks :C

I always do this thing where I create a whole list of New Year's resolutions. I am constantly on a path of self-betterment. However, just as everyone else in this world, my New Years resolutions continue to be New Years resolutions and I never actually do them. This year, I thought I'd be more reasonable in my resolutions, so here they are!

     ♥ Limit myself to five hours of technology time a day and slowly decrease amount over time
     ♥ Exercise every other day
     ♥ Read every day
     ♥ Drink more water!
     ♥ Maintain a clean room

I feel like these resolutions are achievable and I've been a;ready trying my best to do them. it's been a little harder for the ones like maintaining my clean room and exercising because I am really sick, but hopefully when I get better within the next couple days it'll be easier [:

In other news, Ahnaf has another concert on Friday and I'll definitely be going to that. I'll also be taking pictures and stuff so that I can actually post about it this time! :D

I hope you are all well. I'll be posting hauls, outfit of the days, and many other random posts within the next couple weeks, so look forward to that!~
Yours Truly, Jamie♥

Lolita Blog Carnival: 5 Books Every Lolita Should Read

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful last couple days of 2012. Today, I will be posting with the Lolita Blog Carnival about five books every lolita should read! I love the idea for this post. Reading is one of the most crucial parts of my life. I absolutely adore reading.

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 

This is the very first book I believe every single lolita should read. It is the book that most people would mistake it for when you say "this is lolita". I understand that this book is seen in a very bad light, but I enjoyed reading it... well. Hm, how should I word this? xD It is a very good example of wonderful prose. I enjoy higher reading, and this book is definitely under that category. Nabokov's use of vocabulary is astonishing.

However, I also feel that every lolita should read this so that they don't make rash assumptions about this book. It's one thing to call it crap and the like after reading it. You have formed a well educated opinion. But deciding that it's the devil because it gives you a bad name, but not looking into it? That's just ignorant. 

2. Kamikaze Girls by Novala Takemoto 

Most lolitas have seen this hilarious movie about friendship, however, I found the book to be significantly more entertaining. This book isn't a hard read at at, and it follows, for the most part, closely to the plot of the movie. I think every lolita who likes Kamikaze Girls the movie, should see where the idea originated from. [: 

3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory 

I may just be putting this book in here because it's one of my all time favorite books, however I think there are plenty of lolitas out there who enjoy the historical aspect of lolita. The Other Boleyn girl is a fiction novel based on the story of Mary and Anne Boleyn, who lived in the court of King Henry VIII during the Early 1500's. 

4. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 

Although I didn't particularly enjoy this book, I think it is a basic book that most lolitas should read. Seeing as how Alice in Wonderland motifs are used incredibly throughout the whole lolita fashion. That's pretty much all I have to say about that book xD 

5. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 

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I loved this book a lot. I mostly just included it though, because a lot of other people did, I have read it, and I had a hard time thinking of a last book to add. xD 

Thank you for reading this Lolita Blog Carnival post! Check out what the other girls were writing about:

Sparkling Girl

Palace of Frills

A Lace Jail

EGL Community

Under the Parasol

Ice Age

Minimalist Lolita

Yours Truly, Jamie♥

Happy Holidays!

Hello everyone! I was going to do an outfit of the day post, but then my camera decided to die on my and NOT import all my pictures. C'est la vie. I do really need to charge it. Anyway, this is mostly just a post to let you all know that I'm still alive and to wish everyone happy holidays!

I will probably post later tonight or tomorrow when my camera is more charged, as well as a Lolita Blog Carnival post on Friday. Also, I will be posting a Christmas Haul post! That one is super exciting.

Yours Truly, Jamie♥

Lolita Blog Carnival: Underrated Colors

Hello everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful week. I just recently started my winter break, so hopefully I'll have more blogging time. Today, I'll be posting with the Lolita Blog Carnival about Underrated Colors!

The Lolita Blog Carnival is a group of bloggers who dress in lolita, and each week, we post about one of the same topics. You can visit our facebook page HERE!

Today's topic, underrated colors, is a topic I hold very dearly to my heart. A couple years ago, when I was first starting out in lolita, my favorite color was green. I asked my grandmother to sew me a dress for my birthday, and it was a lovely shade of muted mint green.

After posting my outfits on the Lolita Forums, I received an overwhelming amount of hate. Not specifically on my outfits, but more on the color of my dress. One person went so far as to even say it wasn't a lolita color. I was totally upset by this. How could colors be deemed as "lolita" or "not lolita"?

These are the three colors I feel are most underrated in the lolita style: peach, muted mint, and royal purple. 

Peach is one of my absolute favorite colors ever. I think it looks beautiful and sweet, especially paired with a creamy white. I think this color is often ignored, and I can't even think of a dress I've seen with this color. I feel like it would be a great alternative to the color pink, especially in sweet or classical lolita. 

I love the muted mint color. I think it adds a bit more elegance to an outfit, rather than the brighter baby pastel mint. This color seems a lot more adult to me and I feel like it's a versatile color. I, myself, have a skirt in this color, and it is a very fun piece to play around with. 

And last but not least, royal purple. This has evolved into being one of my absolute favorite colors lately. Although lavender is a hugely popular color in the lolita style, it's darker counterpart seems to get little to no attention. I feel like royal purple would be a very beautiful color to pair with a hime or classical coordinate. I also think it would be a lovely color to pair with a black gothic coordinate. 

I even had issues finding a non-ita picture of a purple lolita dress, and I'm pretty sure this isn't even lolita, because it looks like it is probably full length. 

Comment below with colors you'd also like to see more in lolita, and if you liked this post, check out what the other girls in the Carnival think about underrated colors! 

A Lace Jail

Ramble Rori

Xylia-X

Lemontree 11

F Yeah Lolita

Angelic Nostalgia

Darkly Darling

Lets Go!

Commercially Alternative

Ice Age

EGL Community

Suns in Our Hands

Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you all have wonderful weekends, holidays, and let's hope the world doesn't end ♥ Be safe, everyone. 

Yours Truly, Jamie♥

I apologize.

I apologize for my lack of blogging within the past couple weeks. I was doing pretty good, but I've just been getting overwhelmed really easily, especially with finals week and the shooting...

In July, my community was affected by the Aurora theater shooting, and many people I knew were there. Someone I knew even died. Hearing about the Connecticut shooting brought upon a whole new set of panic attacks and bad memories. I can't even comprehend what happened. It has been really bringing me down, and I needed a break from the internet for a while. I still get choked up thinking out it.

If any of you have been affected, my deepest condolences. I know how hard it can be, and I've been there. If any of you ever need anything, know that I am here for you always. Send me a message, and I will listen and understand. Time heals all wounds, but in the meantime, mourning is all that will do good. I hope everyone is being safe, and I wish you wonderful and joyous holidays.

I may be blogging within the next week, if so, see you then.
With Love and Warmth,
Yours Truly, Jamie♥

NDK Part 3: J Fashion Show

Hello everyone! I realized I never finished blogging about what happened at NDK, and I know it was a while ago but I can still post. I will also be posting another post later about everything I got at NDK. Maybe I'll just do a little haul post for the last couple months before Christmas. Anyway, NDK Part 3!

So after falling asleep on Saturday, I woke up kind of later and got ready. I was going to be in a panel called J Walking Fashion Show which is basically a compilation of many different J Fashion styles all together in a fashion show! Here is my outfit.

I also saw my friend Sarah, whose outfit was absolutely gorgeous. Sarah is a gyaru. Sarah also got asked to be in the fashion show, so we went together. 

When I got to the fashion show, I was expecting about five to eight other girls to be participating as models, from previous experience. But as Sarah and I walked up to the line of models, I was completely surprised to see nearly forty models, ranging anywhere from Visual Kei to sugary sweet Lolita. 

During the fashion show, I talked to one of the cutest decoras and over all J-fashion followers I know, Saki. She actually told me my outfits get better and better each year, I was honored. A local Lolita named Raven was also in the fashion show dress in the Mori-girl style, and I got to take a picture with her. 

All of the models together

There was a winner but I don't remember who it was. xD Below are some more pictures. 

After the fashion show, Natalie and I headed down to the auction and took a bunch of silly pictures of ourselves, as per tradition. Overall, I had a very fun time at NDK this year and I always have a great time. Thank you for reading and have a wonderful week!

Yours truly, Jamie♥

Busy!

So today started out like an average day, go to school, come home, get on the computer... 

And I saw that my last post had some comments and I got super happy and all that! I realized that I haven't posted in almost ten days and I feel totally bad, but man it seemed like ten days just passed by at the bat of an eyelash. In the past couple days, I haven't really done much except for making my own jewelry, fill out scholarship applications, have a Thanksgiving dinner and go to a lolita meetup. 

I'll be posting more about the meetup and the jewelry I made soon, as well as another Lolita Blog carnival post. In the meantime, pictures! 

A picture of my eyeball earrings and bone necklace! 

A picture my boyfriend made for me cause we're all cheesy and such. 

I hope you all have a wonderful day and expect posts within the week ♥

Yours Truly, Jamie♥