by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 9, 2009 | Hime Gyaru, Inspiration
Today it’s time for Hime Gyaru inspiration.
God I love Jesus Diamante! I just can’t wait until I can get into that store for real and spend it up! Then again I think most of my money is going to be blown in AP or yummy food shops.
Mmm I can’t wait for those yummy pieces of meat on a stick and the deep fried dough balls.
I’m really into tartan at the moment, it’s nice to see Hime Gyaru without a pink overload! I think I’m going to make some little bows like this tonight. Man I need more cardigans to decorate!
What are your favorite inspirations from this week?
by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 9, 2009 | Advert
Hey guys welcome to Blue Crane Design!
Ok so most of you only know about the girly side of my life, but a girl has to pay the bills and to do that James and I have opened our own Graphic Design company! Hurray!
We are called Blue Crane Design and you can visit our website by clicking on this sentence.
It’s lots of fun but it’s also lots of hard work. Anyways I just want to let you guys know that we are having a Grand Opening Sale! We are doing photo touch ups and manipulations starting at more than 50% off!
Now if you’re in America that’s awesome for you because our dollar is very weak at the moment so AU$50 equals only US$31.98! That is super good value for money!
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Are your holiday snaps are sitting around doing nothing?
Do your wedding photos need a lift?
Does that awesome shot of you last Friday night at the pub have a pimple the size of mars in it?
Old family portraits have water or sun damage?
Grandma’s wedding photo starting to lose it’s colour? (This makes a great gift by the way)
Think it would be cool to see your best friend’s head on your dog’s body? Or your boyfriend’s head on a girl’s body? Want to make a hilarious birthday card?
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Thanks for reading all of this guys, to reward you I’ll give you some of the pictures I’ve worked on just for fun!
How funny does Jeremy Clarkson look this young! Thanks for reading guys, I promise more girliness soon!
by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 6, 2009 | Notices
WE HAVE THE INTERNET AGAIN! THANK GOD :D:D:D
by VioletLeBeaux | Mar 2, 2009 | Craft, Decoden, Hime Gyaru
A little about decoden…
I freaking love deco! It’s one of my favorite pass times right now. Here are some of my creations and tips, at the bottom are some decoden designs that I love, want or want to make myself!
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Decoden or Keitai (when referring to cell phones) is basically the art of sticking gems/random cute stuff to every smooth surface of any item you own.
Keitai means mobile/cell phone in Japanese and when used in this context refers to jewel encrusted phones but you really can deco anything with enough room to fit a gem. Some other common items to deco include cameras, Ds Lite, fingernails, or if you’re me then anything that holds still long enough! Look out James, sleep with one eye open!
So what’s the point? Well it’s the same as any decoration really: it’s pretty.
Deco is popular among many demographics, from Lolita and Hime Gyaru who appreciate the details and over-the-top-ness to Japanese housewives who love something cute in their lives. It can be classy and slightly subtle or crazy detailed and yummy or plain old ridiculous! Here are a couple I’ve done! 
You can order supplies from Strapyaworld and this Deco Livejournal community is awesome for inspiration. if you live in Japan you can also go to Glam Baby to have the “experts” do it for you (all for a modest fee of course).
Here are a few tips if you decide to be creative and give it a go:
-If you want your gems to stick permanently then make sure to use epoxy glue. Only if you don’t ever plan on changing them though, that stuff is like nails! Epoxy glue is known by different names depending on which country you live in but it’s distinguishing feature is that it comes in a set of two tubes which you mix together with a stick and then apply to the surface. It comes in 2 varieties one which dries in 5 min and one which dries in 1 hour, either is acceptable for use but if you don’t have much practice it might be better to go for the 1 hour variety so you have time to correct any mistakes. 
-Make sure that you have all your jewels and everything set out and ready before you mix the glue! I can’t tell you how annoying it is having rapidly drying glue that you’ve put on only to be searching around the bottom of the box you keep everything in looking for the one last tiny pink jewel you need to complete a design.
– Plan out your designs before you start, again running out of jewels half way through sucks!
Here are some awesome things that inspire me!
*edit* all of the photos I linked have since been moved or deleted */Edit*
by VioletLeBeaux | Feb 26, 2009 | Life
Baby the Stars Shine Bright where I wear them.
Outfit rundown- Shirt- Crappy cheap store in the City Jsk- Baby the Stars Shine Bright Socks- Swimmer Shoes- Demonia
To be honest I’m more of a fan of Angelic Pretty than Baby the Stars Shine Bright. I find that in general the patterns that Baby uses aren’t as poofy in the skirt department as AP’s designs. There are of course exceptions and when Louise told me she was selling this beauty I fell in love with it at first sight!
I tried it on in the bathrooms at David Jones in the City and it fit like a dream!
I think that one of the reasons I love it is that this is almost half way between Lolita and Hime styles. So many bows.
It’s not as well finished as my AP clothes but it’s still lovely and soft.
Ah I need more clothes XD
Especially Baby the Stars Shine Bright!
