Part 1 is here, I won’t repeat much to save space on your dashboards. ;p

So on November 19th I got the amazing opportunity to model for the Spank! and Chubby Bunny fashion show at the Sweet Streets: Art Exhibition. :D Here is a photo of all the models in the dressing room just before the show… (Photos watermarked “Tadatime.com” are by Dave Tada.)

So much pastel, and I got to meet so many awesome, creative people. c;

Here is Yume clearing the runway before the show (I think at least, my dad took this photo so I can’t know for sure :p He also took the rest of the photos with the szmoon.net watermark~). There were too many people for capactiy so a lot of them had to wait outside. :c

The show begins! Michelle of Chubby Bunny and Tavuchi of Spank!

The models went out in pairs in five different themes. Kellie and India went first as the Cheerleader Girls. They had such fun poses each time they stopped~

Next cam Shannie and Bryanna as the Candy Girls! The passed out Sweet Streets chocolates to the audience.

Ahh! Anneline and I were third as the Bubble Girls. I was soooooo nervous I don’t think I can even explain how much.

(I’ve kind of explained in the past how terrified I am of public speaking.. but over the past year I have been trying to make myself more confident. Especially in the past half year I’ve been purposely putting myself into situations I’m uncomfortable/terrified of to make myself less scared.. I think it might be working little by little??)

But anyway, here’s me and Anneline! :D

Blowing bubbles~~

And another photo of us, sorry. ;p

Next came Sydney and Amanda as the Pop Idol Girls. They looked like they walked right out of the Jem tv show (I haven’t actually watched it before). Their hair colors went perfectly with their outfits. I think this is one of my favorite photos that my dad took…

And finally it was Mandy and Sandy as the Unicorn Girls. c; I think their outfits were my absolute favorite. It’s kind of hard to see in this photo but they both have rainbow unicorn neck wraps. *o*

And then we all came out again and popped party poppers~ I chose this photo since Tavuchi and Michelle looked like they were having so much fun, haha.

Afterward we went outside for the people who weren’t able to get in yet. I love these photos, so much rainbow pastel…

And that’s the end of part 2. :] The next and last post about Sweet Streets will be about everything after the runway show. c;

(link to Part I)

It’s taken me a couple weeks but here it is: the fabric I got in LA two weeks ago. :]] Yumeninja and Cateaclysmic suggested I visit the fashion and garment district while I was there and I must thank them very much, it was exactly what I was looking for!

Soo much fabric that I would never be able to get around Chicago, and clothing-wise it was like everything I’ve seen online and been wanting for the past six months (and affordable too!). ;p

I got five different fabrics. From left to right, top-down:

1. light green spandex with a silver skelton design on it. *o* (1 yard)
2. space/planet print spandex (1 yard)
3. Galaxy chiffon!! (almost 5 yards, I bargained on it haha..) I’m going to be making a couple of crop tops for sale to make up for the cost of this one.. :p
4. blue metallic spandex, the photo didn’t turn out very well (1 yard)
5. fuzzy neon green zebra print spandex with glitter (1 yard)

Not exactly sure what I’m going to do with all of these yet. For the spandex fabrics I will probably make leggings or bodysuits, though I’m not sure if they are for myself or for sale yet. ;p At least I will have plenty to do this winter~

(link to Part II)

Somehow I got the amazing opportunity to model for Spank! and Chubby Bunny this past Saturday at the Sweet Streets: Art Exhibition opening. The day was a blur of rainbow pastel colors, nervousness and new friends! I met so many awesome, talented people and gained so many new experiences. c;

I realized that I have too many photos in one post, so I’m going to split the day into three parts: before the show, the fashion show itself and after the show. :] Let’s start on Part 1, the preparation for the fashion show!

So before I booked my flight, my dad decided to come with me. This turned out to be a good things because apparently you can’t rent cars until you are 25, and not having to deal with public transit saved me some stress during the busy weekend! He had the idea of taking a photo of me on the way to my first “real” modeling job.. we are silly sometimes (silly because I had to turn around and walk back in order to get the shot). :p

After I arrived to WWA Gallery, I got to meet some of the other models who had already gotten there. :D I was a little nervous at first, but everyone was so friendly and we started bonding pretty quickly~

After the models all got there, we started our first rehearsal for the show. We’re wearing the hairbows so that we can practice with their weight (photo below by Kellie Dot Jpg). ;p The pastel begins!

Here’s Michelle trying to decide on how the bubbles will work~ My partner Anneline and I were the Bubble Girls, so we used them during the show (photo below by Kellie Dot Jpg).

First practice!

The Bubble Punch boombox! (super fangirling, haha…)

Sandy and Anneline looking at the display of pieces by Onch Movement and Shojono Tomo in the gallery.

Kaytea and Kazu of [a]narchy start working on everyone’s hair. They did so many creative styles throughout the day, my favorites were when they added colorful extensions. :]]

Here are “before” photos of Anneline and me! ;p

Amanda getting her makeup done as one of the Pop Idol Girls~ The makeup artists were using Sugarpill Cosmetics (so bright and lovely!). :] I loved the colors in this photo..

Sydney and her Pop Idol Girl makeup. :] I found out later that day that she’s also studying New Media, so cool haha.

The Pop Idol Girls all dressed up~

I think the Unicorn Girls (Sandy and Mandy, below) had my favorite outfits.They both had rainbow unicorn wraps! *o*

Shannie, Mandy and Bryanna being fierce.

Look at all our leggings and shoes~~

Anneline and I were some of the last to get our hair and makeup done (which might have been good because it meant I didn’t have as much time to touch my face and ruin all their pretty work :p ). Here is our “after” photo!

And that’s the end of Part 1, whooo! This day was so lovely, it’s fun reliving it through blogging. c; I’ll work on getting parts 2 and 3 up soon~

(link to Part II)

Sooo… I did a little shopping while I was in LA. ;p Mainly in the Fashion and Garment District. There was so much cheap fabric and clothing (guess who got 5 yards of galaxy chiffon?)!! :o

Still haven’t had the chance to make a giant post about the trip since I’m busy finishing up my last few days at work, as well as working on end of semester projects for college. :c

But here’s a photo of my outfit today. :D Julie has been trying to make me get a leather jacket for years.. I got this super cheap from a street vendor who only had one or two racks of jackets. c;

Going to LA I had the goal of getting a pair of knock-off Jeffrey Campbell Litas, hahaha. They are around the same price as some of the ebay pairs, but I got to try them on before buying which is what I needed, since the smallest size was 6 and I wasn’t sure if they’d be too big. I got a black glitter pair and they fit perfectly! c:

I feel like I should be listening to the Ramones or something.. the black jacket and shoes are a very different and dramatic addition to my wardrobe hmm..

(photo taken by my mom~~)

brokenemotions:

why can’t we have cute plushies here ; 3; ~ 

DA: szmoon(plushies in taiwan)

Haha, I searched my username as a tag on tumblr and this came up. :o

A photo I took during my 2005 trip to taiwan~

It’s from my deviantart.. I’m pretty sure I’ve never linked to that account on tumblr (for good reason, haha..), though honestly it’s not that difficult to find… maybe I should disable it one of these days. :p

Renegade Craft Fair, 09-11-2011

Here’s Melissa and me at the Renegade Craft Fair on Sunday. :D It’s held in Wicker Park and is usually on the weekend of or around the 11th, which also happens to be Melissa’s birthday (happy birthdayy ;p ). We ended up matching obnoxious colors on accident..

My mom wanted to join in for a photo~

On the drive there (I miss living in the city! D: ) we saw a car with this plate. Haha, kinda fits me..

The booth Tee and Toast, a reallyyy colorful shop, had a sign asking you to guess what the mushroom thing was. Melissa wears it very well, but it’s not a hat. :p Can you guess what it is?

Then we stumbled upon the awesome booth of Unbiased Clothing. They sell bamboo-made clothing and accessories, but what I was really interested in were the Teeny Screenies. They’re miniature pre-made screens, many of which have a repeatable pattern (they also come with a miniature squeegee and a sample packet of paint to get you started, all for $10). It’s such a good idea, I’ve never seen anyone make or sell something like that before!

I ended up buying two… you will definitely be seeing some new shirts up for sale soon. ;p

The only other thing I bought was this poster. I really couldn’t help it. D: Every year I visit the fair I drool over the screen-printed posters, but I’ve never actually purchased one. This year I found a booth called Peaceful Traveler. Some of the posters are simple, vintage (I don’t even know if that’s how you’d describe them) maps of cities and railroads. Their other posters are retro 80s neon designs.

I honestly loved them all, and couldn’t decide between the moon phases or a map of San Francisco… In the end I just had to get the moon. I really love the moon~

My friend Nick met up with me later, after Melissa left for an unknown birthday surprise from her boyfriend (he brought her to the zoo ;p ). He took professional shots of my outfit for me. :p I wasn’t sure what to expect, since in the past he managed to take a photo of me that turned out as a blank screen of white… ;p

Bodysuit and shirt sewn by me, shoes decorated by me and I hand-studded the shorts. :]

This is me on my way to take the camera away from him so that he will stop shooting.

I also saw my friend Bella (I know people in Chicago. Tumblr people. whooo!). :D Matt decided he didn’t want to see me.

Oh, and I was supposed to look for hat shops for a friend in my costume fabrication class.. There was only one shop I noticed, called Pretty Good Things. I’ve seen her work in past years and I am in love with it! One day when I have money (haha..) I want to get one of her headband hats.. my favorite are in the animal kingdom collection.

It seemed like there were fewer bright, obnoxious and colorful booths compared to past years, replaced by more of the same vintage-feel booths… but all in all the fair was pretty fun. :] Hopefully Melissa and I can be vendors if we apply even earlier next year (and not last minute)!

For some reason my posts end up super long when I travel or visit somewhere.. How do you guys feel about these long, “normal” blog posts?

This summer my family and I went on a cruise, and one of the stops was the Cayman Islands. :] It was my first, and maybe last, cruise. I was frequently dizzy…

These outfits were displayed in a shop called It’s Sugar. Soooo much inspiration.. I fell in love immediately and took a bunch of photos to share with you guys. So. much. color.

Heehee, I’m going to take advantage of the fact that my friend Nick is on vacation (and thus not checking my blog) and upload this photo I really like of us. Taken by our friend Bill during my recent trip to san francisco. :]

Nick is the one I have interesting conversations with…

I realized that I never blogged about my san francisco trip! :]

what made me go on this trip was 1) a latent urge to just book a ticket and go somewhere along with 2) my friend nick mentioning that he was going to the maker faire in san francisco that coming weekend. so I thought about it that evening and got my own plane ticket the next morning. I think I was brave enough to do this due to the knowledge that, if I really screwed up somehow, there’d be a friend that might be able to help me in a strange city.

some background info: up until that trip, I’d never flown alone before. also, I have a really bad sense of direction, even in areas I live. :p

a note to people booking tickets last minute: you will get really bad flight times and really bad prices.

prior to leaving I prepared a lot, since I’m definitely not travel-savvy enough to make decisions on the fly. booked a hotel for the first night, bus tickets to and from the airport and my maker faire ticket. felt very proud of myself. ;p

since we were staying in two different hotels, I knew I’d have to carry around all my belongings for much of the weekend. all I brought with me was this backpack and the contents you see in it. I highly recommend traveling light when on your own, and definitely with only carry on items (I hate checking in luggage..). :]

for awhile now I’ve said that I want to live in san francisco in the future, but I never really knew much about it (I visited when I was really young once but don’t remember much). as soon as we left the airport I fell in love with the california land/city-scape. look at all the colors of the buildings! it was pretty much like that everywhere we went that weekend.

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