updates and such

photograph of May 2026 bullet journal layout, featuring Dungeon Meshi stickers, washi tape, fantasy stickers and a tiny fanart of Falin

[fanart] May 2026 bullet journal monthly layout

Here is May’s bullet journal layout for the month! This month’s theme is Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon)! I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. For the calendar itself, I continued with a simple square layout with no day names (just gotta use my old brain to remember). I bought a Dungeon Meshi cooking …

photograph of Larme volume 68, makeup tutorials

[fashion] larme kei fashion – five years later

For all of the J-fashion fans, I want to follow up on an old post and Youtube video I made in February of 2021 about Larme magazine, a quarterly fashion artbook released in Japan featuring clothing trends, makeup and hair tutorials of the sweet and girly type, plus interviews from Japanese celebrities and models. Larme-kei …

photograph of April 2026 Bullet journal layout featuring My Melody stickers and fanart!

[fanart] April 2026 bullet journal monthly layout

This month’s bullet journal is super cute! I chose a My Melody theme since her pink hood version is very spring-like to me and I can use even more matching sakura blossom stickers to match. I drew a slightly different monthly calendar this time, using squares instead of rectangles for each day, and I didn’t …

photograph of classic lolita cream floral print dress from Bodyline worn with Metamorphose socks and Secret Shop shoes

[fashion] French afternoon tea & classic lolita

Just a quick report of the afternoon tea I treated myself to for my birthday (uhh 1 week afterwards because that was the only time I thought I could get off) on April 1st. I researched all of the afternoon/high tea places in the area and I finally decided on this location I have never …

the front of the embroidered husswif, with design patterened by sewstine

[sewing] art nouveau embroidered husswif

I present today a project I’ve been working on the past month, a beautiful art noveau embroidered husswif sewing kit, with the original embroidery patterned by Sewstine (instagram here). I also used their sewing tutorial to make my husswif. Please check out Sewstine’s blog tutorial here if you want to make your own! I have …