Plushie Bergamot Bunny’s Day Out

Once upon a time there was a bunny who still didn’t have a name. In fact, as it turned out she had amnesia… explosive amnesia!

The bunny and her owner Violet thought long and hard what her name and life story could be but couldn’t come up with anything at all so they decided to call her Miss Bunny until someone could remember who she was. Man explosive amnesia sure is inconvenient like that!

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Miss Bunny was quite upset at her lack of a name and memories and so decided to venture out into the world to see if anyone knew her.

She took Miss Violet and Mr Jimmy along as transport in hopes that one of them would remember where she came from …VioletLeBeaux-Plushie-Bunny-050271_9509 copyShe visited desert islands but no one remembered her…VioletLeBeaux-Plushie-Bunny-050275_9513 copy

 

She went to the ACMI museum to find inspiration. There were cool video games and Australian film industry things there but no names.

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Bunny did however have to watch James play aforementioned video games for way too long to be healthy.

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Back to her search, Miss Bunny wondered if she couldn’t find her old name maybe she could get a new one and maybe that talented guy who made Jasper Morello could come up with something old timey for her… but no.

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After spotting some very famous Australian toys just like her, Bunny thought she could get some inspiration… unfortunately “Little Ted” and “Big Ted” weren’t exactly poetic names either >_<‘

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Refusing to give up, Bunny decided to continue her search at a winery near Mornington Peninsula… at least then if she had no luck she could drown her sorrows!

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It was a beautifully picturesque place and gave her lots of inspiration for photos but nothing in the way of remembering who she was so she decided to break for lunch.

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Or rather she and her traveling companions were very distracted by lunch!

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After a suitable amount of time relaxing she went back to hunting for inspiration among the beautiful daisies. Maybe the natural habitat bunnies were supposed to live in would jog her memory!

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All it made her think of was more food…

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And instead of doing something constructive like asking around or making a list of names Miss Bunny just continued cam-whoring around with the beautiful scenery.

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She was even nice enough to let Miss Violet in on the photos… but only once…

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Miss Bunny ventured deeper and deeper into the forest looking for someone who might remember her. She came across streams, beautiful flowers and very well manicured gardens but none of them seemed familiar!

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Even after trekking through the darkest of the forests she came back empty handed…

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Well not quite empty handed, she did manage to find a very pretty flower to take home ^_^

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On the long drive back into town Miss Bunny had time to think. She was so close to giving up when she remembered that the awesome readers of Miss Violet’s blog were all awesomely creative people! That sparked an idea in her little bunny brain.

Maybe they could remember who she was and what her name was! Maybe if Miss Violet bribed them with a competition to win their very own bunny they would tell her!

And so it was sorted. Miss Bunny and Miss Violet discussed the idea at length and came up with the competition which will be on the blog this coming Thursday. If you want to win a Miss Bunny stay tuned until then and start thinking of a name for her!

Old Lolita Fashion Sewing Projects

I’ve been going through a lot of my old stuff lately to clear space for new things and reclaim some floor space in the apartment. While I was getting rid of stuff I came across some old craft projects I did when I was interested in Lolita. I’ve given away almost all of my Lolita stuff now so this was the last to go to a very excited girl I know!

But anyway I thought you guys might be interested in seeing some of it and I feel like reminiscing!

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These ear muffs were made out of an old broken pair of headphones. I never even wore them once because Brisbane pretty much is Summer all year XD So they were completely pointless to make! They were based off a BtSSB design back in the days when no one did overseas shipping.

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In the end it creeped me out a bit too much and it didn’t hold much so I think I only used it once.

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Blue was my favorite colour at the time if you couldn’t tell XD

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Lastly this is the last Lolita skirt I ever sewed, the design was quite plain but the fabric was so cute that I didn’t want to go too crazy. I wore this one quite a bit, in fact I had quite a few similar blue skirts because I liked them so much. I’ve kept one AP one but the rest have gone to more loving homes where they can be worn and enjoyed again rather than just collect dust at the back of my closet ^_^

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One day I should did up some of the photos of other dresses I made back then. I did quite a few, before I went to Japan in 2007 almost my whole wardrobe was hand made.

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While I’m not wearing Lolita styles anymore I know a lot of you guys do wear it so let me know if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see made, I’m in the mood for nostalgic sewing haha!

 

 

Soba and Fried Rice Sushi Food Friday!

Food Friday! Today I’m showing you my favorite summer food to cool down in summer: cold soba noodles, and one of James’ random kitchen creations: fried rice sushi XD

Both of them are ridiculously easy which makes me happy!

Soba noodles first!

Cook noodles and wash them until they’re chilled. Put them onto a wooden rack in a bowl (I didn’t have one so I use the steamer rack from my rice cooker).

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Make dipping sauce out of soy sauce, sugar (or mirin if you have it) and rice vinegar. You can also buy proper soba dipping sauce but this is the cheap lazy version XD You can either dip the noodles in the sauce as you go or just pour it on top which makes eating on the couch much easier!VioletLeBeaux-soba-fried-rice_3930_9619 copy

If you feel like it you can also add some cut up seaweed to the top as garnish, I like using those flavored pre-cut snack versions. Yummy and great to cool down in summer!

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Next this is something James wanted to experiment which I found hilarious because he hates both seaweed and fried rice so I had to be guinea pig >_<

Basically it involves lef tover fried rice and again those flavored pre-cut seaweed snacks. I could eat so many of those *_*

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So take a sheet and place a spoon full of rice on it, warm up in the microwave for a few seconds so the rice wets the seaweed enough to stick.

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Fold it up into a little cone.

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Repeat until you’re not hungry anymore. I wasn’t expecting to like these, sometimes James makes the weirdest food especially when he’s trying to make stuff I would eat. He can’t eat fruit or vegetables and I loooove veges so it’s always odd seeing creations made my someone who doesn’t eat that kind of food… like when Bender from Futurama was a chef XD I hope he doesn’t try cooking me a pony! *_*

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Anyway long rambling aside it was actually pretty nice! I would probably be lazy next time and just eat it all with a spoon 😀

 

 

 

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