by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 15, 2009 | Art
Another geisha related ACEO.
I went through a phase of painting nothing but Geisha for a while. I like the stark contrasting colours. This was a quick watercolour warm up exercise ACEO.
I bought some really cute clothes this week including a little beanie/beret thingy which actually doesn’t look terrible on me! Pictures to follow next week 😛
What have you all got planned for the weekend? This is my weekend list: -Make a dent in the new Blue Crane Design website -Maybe visit some markets tomorrow -Finish making my first 75 kanji flash cards -Eat yummy food -Re-do my nails -Think about changing the side bar layout of my blog and then not get around to changing it.
Time for breakfast!
As always, click the image to go to the ACEO etsy page.
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 12, 2009 | Life
In which I enjoy breakfast in bed.
Ah as you guys know I haven’t been feeling too great lately what with work and seeming to catch every single flu and cold that blows through the city… It’s horrible some times. Having an illness which makes you immune system so low means you get sick much more often than other people on top of your usual symptoms.
But enough whining! This is a happy post because I have the best boyfriend in the whole world!
I was surprised the other day with breakfast in bed… well actually it was breakfast in couch because while he was making it I woke up and came down stairs and scared him half to death ^_^
This is probably the only photo of me you’ll ever see not dressed properly, heehee even my bathrobe is pink!
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This is what I was served! It was even on a silver platter, how beautiful is that?! Peanut butter and honey toast, buttered toast, a cut up sugared strawberry, a cup of tea just how I like it and to top it all off… an Bueno! Man I love Buenos! Come and sponsor me Bueno and give me lots of free Buenos! XD
And that’s why I have the best boyfriend ever!
Now after that brief interlude of relaxation I’ve got the get back to work 😀
Upcoming posts:
-Review of an adorable CSN stores product (They sell lots of stuff like homewares, wine racks, kids/princess themed things but I’m going to be reviewing this cute hanger thingy when it arrives)
-Outfit posts
-Tutorial- how to use hot rollers
-Lots more!
Also I’m going to be cleaning out my closets and deco supplies soon and putting them up for sale on ebay. I am going to be getting rid of most of my older Lolita style clothes and lots more, if any of you are interested I’d much rather sell to friends than strangers so comment if you are interested in me making a sales post here before I do everything on ebay.
Lots of love!
Do you guys ever get treated to breakfast in bed?
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 10, 2009 | Review
Time for another review, this time of local yoghurt shop Yogen Fruz!
I’ve been trying to get healthy lately. I know, I know, it’s lame but a diet of only cheese burgers will eventually cause me to not be able to fit into that lovely Jesus Diamante jsk! But I loooove candy and sweets and pretty much everything that’s bad for me!
And so the search for a delicious sweet treat that won’t balloon my waist!
What is it?
Well basically it’s frozen yogurt. You can order it two ways “Blend it” or “Top it”. Blend it is where you pick some fruit and the puree the yogurt with it until it’s a smooth delicious mess. Top it is where you pick a flavor and then they put some fruit/nuts/sweets/random other thing of your choice on top
The buzz around this is that it’s actually a healthy-ish snack because it’s got pro-biotics and vitamins and junk in it.
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Personally I couldn’t care less as long as it tastes good.
The store just opened up at our local shopping center (Garden City as well as Carindale) so I decided to give it a go.
I ordered a Green Tea Top It with strawberries and mochi toppings. Yes that’s right they have mochi toppings! Here’s what it looks like:
Firstly how cute is it? The presentation was really well done and there were a good number of toppings. The prices are a little expensive, a regular was around $5.95 I think.
The taste was delicious. Normally I’m not a huge fan of green tea flavoured things but this was awesome! So freaking good I can’t even describe it.
Good points:
-Apparently healthy
-So freaking tasty
-Nice staff
-Cute presentation
-Addictive, though maybe that’s a negative!
Now here are the bad points:
-Out of the 5 times I’ve been I was charged 3 different prices for the same item. Possibly just teething problems in a new shop.
-Not really a negative but “Mochi” is spelled “Moochie” and I had to explain exactly what it was to the staff because they had never heard of it, one girl thought they were mini marshmallows ahahahaha!
So then… the final verdict? Well even if it’s not the cheapest thing in the world it’s still delicious so I’ll be going back!
And more importantly it’s made me want to experiment with my own frozen yogurt. I’ve bought some green tea powder and some yogurt so I’ll let you all know the results ^_^
So what’s your favorite healthy snack? Have you tried Yogen Fruz?
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 7, 2009 | Hime Gyaru, Life, Nails
Evening all! Excuse if this post is a little all over the place, my brain is fried from looking at code for the last 3 days. Yes I know today is supposed to be ACEO Friday but I’m so behind on posting I thought I’d scrap it this week and show you some photos from last weekend.
James and I went to Greazefest!
What’s Greazefest? Well it’s a Kustom Kulture expo, basically full of classic cars, Rockabilly/Psychobilly music and 50-60’s culture! We go every year and it’s fantastic. These are the type of cars that you can expect to see at a Kustom Kulture expo:
I spent a lot of the day posing for photos with the “normal” people, very funny as I was wearing Hime Gyaru fashion not Rockabilly ^_^ Ah they are a bit similar so everyone assumes.
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This car was so tiny! I can’t remember what model it was but it litterally came up to just above my waist!
So I decided to play out my Godzilla fantasies and pretend to crush it. Hime Gyaru is a fearesome monster! RRRAAARGH!
I can’t remember what this band was called but they played a lot! None of our friends were playing this year which was quite disapointing but oh well! I do miss bands like the Voodoo Kreepers, Bad Moon Company and Men Into Space, they were all awesome 🙁
This is one of my dream cars! Pity I can’t drive XD Can you imagine going on picnics in this though?!
This is one of James dream cars haha. My god it was very hot that day, this year there were so many more people than usual too so there was no shade. I ended up cowering under my parasol all day!
How cool is the inside?
There were even adorable kid’s cars done up in classic style! So cute!!
This was the main stage, there are always heaps of swing dancers but when we took this photo there were just a bunch of kids. It’s a big family day and it’s adorable to see the tiny little girls in their swing dresses or the little boys with their turned up jeans and quiffs.
Heehee after James took this I noticed you can see us both in the reflection!
Me next to my picnic car 😀
Posing for a really nice old guy who loved this car ^_^ haha coming to Greazefest can make you feel like a celebrity!
After we walked around for 3 hours looking at the cars and market stalls I needed a break to sit. Look behind me to see the line for the food stall *_* I wanted a drink but decided to wait until we got home because it was craaaazy!
I did my nails specially for the day! James is in a psychobilly band called Sin Vida and their trademark is purple tiger stripes so this was for him ^_^ I even covered his double base with matching tiger stripe fur, it looks so cool! You can’t really see it here but the nails have silver lace on the tips and silver diamante bows.
I wanted more photos of James but he’s always so awkward when I try to take photos! He really wants a motor bike but I’m too scared he’ll fall off and die!
This is what you get when he won’t let me take real photos… Beard photos. Yay.
I also had to put up with this face everytime we turned a corner and he saw a new car! Imagine the sound effect of “AAAAWW YEAH! Look at that engine! Man that Slant 6 is so hot!” -_-‘
Ok so I got one nice of us at least! AAAAAND… you can see my hair! What do you think? Yay or nay? I think the last blonde got voted down in my poll so what do you think of this one?
At the end of the day I realised my parasol had gotten broken some time during the day and I was very sad. We went to get pearl tea and Yogen Fruz (I’m going to review it next week) to cool down which put an awesome end to the day though. I only had this sulky face for a few minutes…
Lastly here I am doing a bad job of blending in. I had such a great day, I can’t wait until next year but I hope they change venues so there’s enough room for everyone this time!
What did you guys do this week? Did any of you get to Greazefest?
by VioletLeBeaux | Aug 4, 2009 | Art, Hime Gyaru, Life, Notices
Yes this is one of those annoying times when real life gets in the way of internet life. So what’s getting in the way? Well work mostly. We’re at a crazy point right now with a lot of projects finishing and starting at the same time so I’ve been working for like 15 hours a day, not very fun even when you have an awesome job. At the same time I’m learning to code iPhone applications (which hopefully you all will eventually benefit from!) which is hard work but fun. And on top of that for a limited time only I’m taking very cheap art commissions for some extra play money (interested? Email [email protected])
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…so as you can imagine I’ve been a bit out of the loop!I’ve got a backload of posts and photos to put up here and I dyed my hair even blonder last week so I have to show you guys that too! Oh and Greazefest was last weekend too so photos photos and more photos! Argh getting a little stressed just thinking about all of this hahaha!
Tomorrow I’ve got a bit of a break in the storm so I’m going to get down to it and make some posts!
Also I’m still reading everyone’s blogs I just don’t have time to comment as much sorry!
<3
Oldest photo over.
