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photo of leopard print satin lolita jumperskirt dress with matching hairbow and black/gold jewelry

[fashion] International Lolita Day Summer – leopard!

Happy International Lolita Day (yesterday!) I did take these photos on the first Saturday of June but was too lazy to post until Sunday. While this coord isn’t especially summer specific, the fabric is very smooth and lightweight polyester satin and I just love tacky leopard print for all seasons. [jumperskirt, hairbow, earrings: Metamorphose; socks: …

backview of my wa-lolita coord from CEL

[fashion] Wa-lolita for Kira Kira Market

Kira Kira Market was an artist alley event in the suburbs of the city to the west of where I live, held back in the first weekend of April and I’m just posting about it now the last weekend of May lol. It was a cute event with indie artists selling arts and crafts, a …

photo of fanart and merch from https://www.nono.moe/

[shopping] small business support purchases of late 2024

When the pandemic started, I began a thread on Twitter detailing all of my online purchases and con hauls to help support small businesses who would be suffering during the lockdown and general economic downturn. I occasionally reposted pics on Instagram if I was already following the accounts and businesses on Insta. But I stopped …

drawing of Rei and Rin from Free! anime, dressed in 2010s fashion. Rei is holding a cup of hot drink and Rin is grinning at him

[fanart] February and March monthly fanarts!

I didn’t post February’s artwork because it was just one piece and not that impressive except to other Free! fans, but now that I’ve finished March, I thought I could make a post of both! This is for the Rinrei week on Tumblr, see my post with links here! The prompt for this day was …

gochujang stew from "Simply Korean" cookbook

[recipe] recipe review Friday (late) – gochujang stew

Last week’s recipe is gochujang stew from “Simply Korean” by Aaron Huh, a chef who shares Korean recipes on Youtube. I actually already made this stew from online recipes, but I wanted to use up some gochujang and highlight this book I just got recently as a gift. I obviously replaced some ingredients and it …