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Link updates

2012-05-31T22:35:00.000+02:00

This post is basically to let you all know I have updated the download section of this blog.
I got an email from a nice reader telling me there were some links down/not working properly, so I have also used this occasion to upload some new magazines like mori girl papier #5 and mori girl lesson #4. You can find that and more in the download page.

In case you previously downloaded the exercice pages file, I also uploaded a new file with new pages since I couldn't find the original one in my computer.

And since this would be a really boring post if I left it at that, here are some inspo for summer coordinates.

Interior inspiration for Natalie (aka @VanilleryGarden )

2012-05-17T21:44:00.001+02:00

In her last post, Natalie says she's looking for mori inspiration for her new apartment. So here are a few pictures! (Really, I collected them for my future apartment's sake, but I can lend them to you all)
Disclaimer1: Most pictures I got them from tumblr. So who knows the real source.
Disclaimer2: Not all the pictures are interior-related. But they're still good for inspiration purposes.

(This one avobe is on my top 1 favorites of all times)

Who can resist Hahnah? She's such a cutie! ♥

And I'll stop here or else Blogger will sue me for abusing their servers.

Cameras make me nervous

2012-05-10T20:21:00.000+02:00

Life is sometimes weird. And a little bizarre. Like what happened last week. Which I won't be able to talk about until next month or so. Not that I want to sound or make myself appear as interesting and mysterious or anything. I just wanted an excuse to post this drawing (which is a memento of that day. A day that will be engraved for all of the eternity in a videorecording) without being too much gpoy.

Genie and a beautified me

I recently started drawing my outfits again, so "What I wore today" posts will resume soon. #hooray

My fiancé, Mr. Prince Charming, I mean, Michael

2012-04-08T16:12:00.000+02:00

This is Prince Michael, my friend Genie's cat. And my future husband. And he's such a fatty ♥
Sad thing is that I may be allergic to him (and to his half-brother Sgt. Peppers, which has not been featured here yet, but will soon).

Is anyone out there with this not-being-able-to-be-near-cats curse too? Any tips to offer? I don't get a lot of red marks or have any difficulties breathing, so I don't think I have a very strong allergy.

Btw, remember to drop by my Society6 shop!

Miu Miu Fall 2012 RTW

2012-04-01T16:55:00.001+02:00

After skipping the spring's runway for Miu Miu, which I didn't much tbh, the fall collection caught my attention again.

Here are the 3 designs I liked the most:

I recently opened a Society6 account, so now you can buy this illustration as a print, iphone case or skin or as a postcard!

You can see the whole show in this Youtube video

Tsumori Chisato x Ladurée

2012-02-27T05:35:00.001+01:00

I got to confess that I have never in my life eaten macarons from Ladurée. Or any kind of macaron for that matter. But I am seriously planning to fly to France just to get my hands on this beautiful collaboration between Tsumori Chisato and Ladurée for the latest's 150 anniversary!

Source and more info: Mademoiselle Paris

Midsummer coordinate inspiration

2012-01-29T08:52:00.003+01:00

Half of the world is living in winter clothes, but down here, I'm still sweating every time I go out (even though it's been raining for days now).
So take this as inspiration for days to come (even though these scans are from past seasons).
But there are always things that never go out of fashion, and even if they do, one likes them so much it doesn't matter anyways.
And if you like random shots of coordinate inspiration, I recommend you my coordinate tumblr♥

Also, I am aware that lately, all my posts have been scraps from other places, and as inspirational and nice that can be, I still try to post my original stuff as much as I can. So expect that soon.

Short hair post inspiration

2012-01-21T01:55:00.001+01:00

After three years of not going to the hairdresser (three years?! Well, I usually cut my bangs and my sis cuts my ends) I'm finally getting a haircut in two hours! Yey!
And I want it shorrrt (yes, it's summer here in Australia! It's been hard for me and my long hair! haha)

Although I know I'll end up just telling the hairdresser "Do whatever you want, but I want it short", this was a nice post to make.

Miumiu Fall 2011 RTW

2011-12-02T08:43:00.001+01:00

This post was supposed to be posted more than half a year ago, but I never got around to do it.
And seeing as how I absolutely can not like Miu miu's Spring 2012 collection, except for the shoes and some of the purses, this is a nice reminder of the season that's ending.

These are some of my favorites from the collection.

MEG spam

2011-09-25T13:07:00.001+02:00

This is going to be a post about MEG.
Just because she got a new haircut.
And because I couldn't adore her more than I already do!
And because my readers deserve some prettiness c:
All the pictures from MEG's blog.

Seda bonus

She also got a new blog recently at So-en's webpage. Which is quite cool: firstst because I love the magazine, second because I love MEG, and getting her twice is better than once!

Giveaway winner

2011-09-18T13:51:00.000+02:00

Did I say something about posting 3 days ago? I was kidding! orz Why am I so lame?? I can never keep my promises!

But anyways, here's the winner of the giveaway, together with a coordinate inspiration to go with the second prize of the giveaway! (and you must be thinking, why didn't she do this before? Does she have the least knowledge of marketing??)

A mori-like vest from H&M!

And the winner is... *drum roll*

Kidcaella!

Congratulations! I already sent you an email! (Be quick to answer! D: If you don't before 3 days, the prize will go to someone else!)

And lastly, here's some inspiration for you and your new vest!

Isn't she lovely print, giveaway deadline!

2011-09-07T12:10:00.000+02:00

Wow guys, this is amazing, more than 20 of you are participating in the giveaway and you don't even know what the prizes are! That makes me think you really trust me or something! haha

So now, together with the promise of a proper post soon, I'm letting you into a bit more of what you can get in the giveaway:

Original "Isn't she lovely" silkscreen print.

Remember to enter the giveaway before next Thursday, 15th. I'll announce the winner the next day and I'll actually update the giveaway post once it's closed.
I'll be posting the rest of the prize on Sunday, so you're still on time to decide if you want to join the giveaway or not.

Isn't she lovely giveaway

2011-08-30T23:58:00.000+02:00

There were some big news I was talking about in my last post, and that is *drum roll* that I'm moving to Australia for the next 7 monts!
And I'm doing that tomorrow. I know it's a sudden announcement but this last few days have been crazy busy.

Plus, 4 months ago was this blog's first anniversary! Congratulations to Moko moko!
With 190+ followers, 137 posts and lots of great people I got to know thanks to blogging.

All that deserves....

...a giveaway!

The prize is a secret, but I can tell you already it is mori-related.

I will announce the yummy things you'll get once I've settled down, but for now, you can enter the giveaway the usual way:

-You need to be a follower+leave a comment with your email.
-Extra points: promote the giveaway (twitter+1p; facebook +1p; blogpost +1p; etc)
You can wait until I post more info about it to start promoting the giveaway, then comment again with links.

See you on Sept. 1st! (hopefully!)

Vintage and second hand hunt

2011-08-26T20:44:00.000+02:00

Last week I went with a friend to rediscover Barna (why is it that foreign people know more about the place where you live than yourself??).
(Remember to click on any picture to see it bigger!)

She took me to her favorite vintage shop called Lullaby vintage, and of course, I had to get something D:

Pretty baby yellow blouse ♥

And a kinda sporty, retro top. Cute ♥

This shop is located in the number 22 of Riera Baixa street, which is a street full of second hand/vintage shops like M.O.T.E.L., G.I.Joe, Billie Jean, Carrousel, Smart and clean, Slang, De Faralaee and Lailo.

Went into almost all of them, but didn't get a single piece of anything. I am prouf of my endurance skills! (which failed on me two days ago when I got three cameras in a street market D:)

Also went to the Kling shop, there are lots of shops that carry stuff from them which you can find everywhere, but only one brand shop.

Picture from their website

I didn't get anything from there (was so tempted to buy a super cute round straw hat!), but just going there was worth it, super cute shop!
Check the location on google maps, if you ever happen to come to Barcelona.
And the greatest thing, you can buy online!
There's also a few great cute/indie shops in that street (Banys nous).

What I did get were some cute headphones from the brand Onto, which are awesome sound-wise.
Got them at a shop called The rent shop where my friend got a pair of Vivienne Westwood's Melissa flats for only 25€! (no right size for me=no shoes for me orz)

I also have been doing some personal vintage hunt in my mom and grandma's closets, which led to the greatest findings:

This pair of Missoni glasses I now use as my regular pair of glasses after having the glass changed to my eye prescription.
I am in love.

These ones are a pair of sunglasses which are too cool for words.

Which I also love to death.

These ones are Laura Biagiotti. I still need to change the glass, but I'm sure I'll eventyally do.

All of these I got from my mom. And she got them more than 20 years ago! It is quite amazing she still has them since she likes to throw away everything she doesn't use anymore.

And this kids, is why you should never ever throw anything away, you never know what you son/daughter will love when they grow up!

Like this bra I got from my mom also, which is extremely cute, even if I forgot to draw the dots on it!

This is a dress my granny made for my aunt in the 80s or the 90s that she used to wear to go partying.

I still need to gather the courage myself to wear it! (outside my house, that's it).

I've got a big announcement to make, that will be accompanied by a giveaway. Tomorrow. So stay tunned! haha

Kawaii dotto ai

2011-07-10T15:05:00.000+02:00

Have you ever had your wisdom teeth removed? Well, I did last friday, which resulted in me staying the whole weekend at home. Which ended in me finding this cute videos.

The themes of the videos go from your typical 109 super-cute shop to a cosplay maid café and the latest trends. Everything in Japan. Everything introduced by Jelly's Mana Honda.

Video featuring Dazzlin!

MaNa coordinates everything she got on her trip to 109.

Going to a Maid café

MaNa goes Hime!

I'm not sure if a lot of people know about this, since the channel only has a few hundred subscribers, which is a pitty since all the videos are so cute (and short! haha). But you can go over Kawaii.i official channel and watch all their 26 episodes (up to date).

And you may think this post was done to distract you from my long abscenses while bribing you with some eye candy. Well, you got me!
But on the other hand, summer holidays are coming soon (this is my last month at my current job!), plus I've got a big announcement to make, which means more posting starting soon.

Mori girl papier

2011-06-07T21:27:00.001+02:00

Just a few snaps and since the magazine talks for itself. Not much wording that needs translating (concerning general Mori knowledge).
Plus, Mori girl papier is not like Mori girl note, which gives guidelines and tips about being a mori. This one is more like any other magazine featuring any other style.

This time we got Aya Hirayama on the cover. Who you can also find on Poupee with her own "shop"! Not very mori over there though! hehe
(btw, if anyone's interested in playing Poupee and wants an invite from me, just leave me a note here!)

The magazine features French Lippée a lot this time. Which is a brand I must talk about soon. It's like a mori Tsumori Chisato! Adorable, pretty, cute!

Looks like more vivid colors (not just pastels as we were used to) will appear in summer. Just, as layered as before. So keep your cool and keep cold in the forest.

Foot wear- sandals, pumps and clogs
Mori girls know how to be cute and stay fresh!

A good mori girl of course loves a good DIY! I adore magazines with DIY articles!

Coordinate inspiration.

Coordinate featuring Carolina Glaser!♥ (first on the left)

And of course hair inspiration. For all lenghts!

No post about Mori without a bit of MEG tehee

There's also a mini-guide of shops/cafés/bookstores in the magazine. Which are incredibly useful if you're in Tokio. But incredibly cruel if you can't go! haha

You can already get Mori gilr papier vol. 4 in the download section!
Plus, all the files I've been uploading for the blog, and a few new magazines (highlighted in bold).

And btw! The blog got featured on Sugar Plum Kawaii! Thank you very much girl!
Now go see the entry and all the cuteness around the blog <3

Milan is waiting for me!

2011-05-26T21:58:00.000+02:00

Yup!
As they say, if you follow me on twitter you'll probably know by now that tomorrow I'm flying to Milan.

And even if I haven't been as active here as I was in the beginning (one post a day compared to nowadays post a week!) I still want to believe someone will notice my absence♥

I'll be back on Monday and I promise to bring back lots of pictures of the beautiful Milan!
As you can see I'm taking my Diana mini, plus my EOS 350D c:

Ciao!

That's what happened a couple of days ago

2011-05-05T20:21:00.001+02:00

Make-up hand-me-downs

2011-04-12T20:04:00.004+02:00

It seems like my mum has been reading my mind lately.
First I noticed my blush (the one on the right, Maybeline) was starting to run out, on the same day, she gave me hers (the one on the left, Bobbi Brown) without me saying anything.
For which I'm really glad, since I'm in love with Bobbi Brown's pale pink blush! (I used to secretly borrow it from her, now there's no need for that!)

A few days later I started to notice how my brown eye pencil was getting smaller and smaller.
Then my mum suddenly took out all the make-up she was not using anymore and gave it to me. And one of the little treasures was this brown Lancôme pencil.
Which is really nice and lasts longer than the Elisabeth Arden I was currently using (which my mum gave for my birthday last year).

So yeah, my mum's the make-up gurú at home! haha

I'm really curious, who's your personal make-up "gurú"? Or the person/people/site you turn to when facing make-up dilemmas?

You know spring is here when...

2011-04-12T18:32:00.004+02:00

You know spring is here when you buy light clothes and don't feel bad about it. (And your mom approves <3)

I love winter, but I'm a more summer-minded person when it comes to clothes, even if it's -0ºC and I only own a couple of jumpers, a couple of long-sleeve (light) shirts and one pair of long trousers, I still buy t-shirts and summer clothes.

It's something I can't fight against!

So, when do you feel spring has arrived?

Miumiu goes online

2011-04-07T21:39:00.006+02:00

I promise a much more extensive kind of posts (with lots pictures and yumminess) coming this next weeks, but just to try and not lose the posting spirit, I'll post this candy.

Miumiu (I bet you're tired of reading me talk about them all the time) opened their online store yesterday.
Yes, the most pretty stuff just a click away.

The store opened with their SS 2011 collection, and I'm so tempted (really, I just need the money) to get all I've been dreaming about.

Would I dare get them for 400€? I'm afraid I'd get them if I had the chance to try them... *throws wallet as far as possible*

Brand introducion: Dazzlin

2011-03-10T18:38:00.005+01:00

It's been a while since I last introduced a new brand, so I thought it's time for another introduciton!
(When I say new, I don't mean it's opened recently, I mean new as in, I've never talked about it before/I recently discovered it.)

This time, I want to introduce you all to Dazzlin.
Probably lots of you know about it since it's got featured in plenty of popular magazines, from Cutie to Non-non, Elle, Pop sister to Nylon, Blenda, Nuts,...

Dazzlin featured in April's SCawaii. Playsuit! Dots! Peter pan collar!

They got a super cute catalogue (as to be expected from their clothes!).
You can get the prices just by passing over the pictures.
Next are a few of my fav shots!

I love their "how to be playful without being silly" motto!

This is not as mori as many of you would expect from this blog, but this brand did catch my attention for their playful, happy clothes.
And I'm already thinking about summer. In fact, I never stopped thinking about it. And I can't wait for it to start haha

They also got shots from their catwalk show for 2011 SS on their web. Which as you'll see are super fun!

The bum pants! And this swimsuit! ♥♥

Dazzlin, of course, got an online store where you can find (I'd say) all of their stuff.
I have no way to confirm this, but I've seen most of their runway/catalogue stuff on the site.

Dazzlin has got lots of dresses, shorts, and lacey/see through clothes, and that's why it's getting to become one of my favs, even if I don't know much about this brand yet.

Did you already know about Dazzlin? Have you ever bought from them? Tell me if so!

HURTS live in Barcelona pic spam and biased report.

2011-03-06T17:44:00.006+01:00

This past February the band Hurts came to play here in Barcelona. And since I fell in love with their music instantanely the first time I listened to them, I flew to get my ticket so I could go.
You should listen to them if you haven't yet, btw. They really are something.
Here's a Spotify link for example.
I took there my Eos (digital) and my Diana F+. I still need to take the roll to develop, so you'll have to do with the digital photos (which sure came out better anyways haha)

Jacket from Humör
T-shirt from MEG's Best Flight Terminal A
Skirt from H&M
Trainers from Irregular Choice
Bag from Irregular choice
Camera Diana F+ from Lomography

I wish my hair was pink as in the drawing... unfortunately it's not... (someday, you just wait)

I took like, 100.000.000 pictures, which makes me think I should let go of the shutter button from time to time...

I get so excited taking pictures, but then I forget I have to sort them all once I get home. And that's such a pain in the ass with so many pics!

But they looked so amazing and cool on stage I just couldn't help taking a thousand pictures! (even if they all look almost the same D:)

(Btw, and jokes aside, total count: 727 pics, and only about 60 of them made it to the final edit!)

This was my first time seeing them live, and I've gotta say they completely captivated me. Made me fall in love even more with their music, which I thought couldn't happen.

I loved how Theo "commaned" us while he was singing. It looked like we were his orchestra.
They're so charismathic on stage.

Anyways, I tried to edit as less as possible the pics, since the light was so nice. I picked the prettiest ones for you all, so just lay back and enjoy!

There's only a few of them here, so if you want to see them all (you should!) you can do it over at my new Flickr account c:

If you happen to like them, don't hesitate to go to one of their lives if you have the chance. If you don't know about them, don't hesitate a single second and go listen to them.
(Unfortunately) they've only released one album so far, but it's so powerful you'll have enough listening to it in loop for a while.

When fashion meets cinema. Miu miu, Chanel and Tom Ford

2011-02-25T23:40:00.000+01:00

Miumiu released their first short a few weeks ago featuring the Spring 2011 collection.
"The powder room" is the first of a serie of short films called "The women's tales", and it looks very promising. And directed by Zoe Cassavetes.

You can see the video in Miumiu's homepage, or find it on Youtube. Or just keep reading.

Chanel also released a stop motion animation by Peter Philips and Nowness, to promote the brand's make-up line.
You don't need much description, since the video's coming right now. Just enjoy the cheerfulness!

It's not, by far, the first movie/animation/short film by Chanel, since it's widely known (or not?) how mister Lagerfeld likes to film. It's up to you to think if they are as weird as some people say, if they're nice, or just pretty in their very own way.

This next short animation's music's so cute, I had to include it in the post! (made for V magazine). Also for Chanel.

Tom Ford's a Single man must be one of my favorite movies (I've already seen it more than thrice since I got on it on DVD a couple of weeks ago!).
If you haven't seen it yet, I don't know what you're waiting for. It's not just the story, it's the music, the clothes, the light and the colors. And the emotions and feelings that get to you while watching it.

Tom Ford really makes you wonder, why more creators, aside movie-related people, don't make movies (lack of time maybe? haha).
But I really think, movies are not just a way to express one's ideas or feeling. It's also a way to collect a lot of pretty feelings and images and share them. And pretty doesn't just mean flowers in a garden. Prettiness can be found in everything and everywhere.

This is the truth about my first encounter with A single man. I went to see the movie just for this guy. And two hours later I was out of the cinema and the only thing I wanted to do was watch the movie two or three times again in a row.

Mister Ford, do make another movie as as possible!

My new Diana F+ is so cool it glows in the dark!

2011-02-05T18:56:00.004+01:00

If you follow me on twitter you may already know about this, but a few weeks ago I got myself a new super duper ultra pretty camera: a Diana F+, special edition, that glows in the dark.
Yup, I'm a sucker for stuff that glows in the dark. You should see my room's ceiling.

Remember the post I made about a Lomography workshop here in Barcelona? Well, I couldn't wait anymore so I got my own camera! tehee

This is my Lomohome btw, if you happen to have one too, don't hesitate to add me!

For 90€ this is what you get, a pretty yellow box with a beauty inside.

It even comes with a manual and a picture book with interviews!

Can you see the stars? They also glow in the dark!

I forgot to take pictures of them, but they also come with (LOTS of) plastic color filters you can use when shooting, and they make your pictures more colorful. Which is really cool. They come in strong red, light purple, navy blue, baby blue, yellow, orange, pretty green, ugly green,...

The shopstaff recommended me this film, Color negative 400ISO for my first time (the pack comes with three rolls of film, not two).
The Diana F+ is a 120mm (medium) format camera, so you need larger rolls than your typical analog camera.

I already developed one of the rolls. I just need to wait for my birthday (next month that is!) to ask for a film scanner so I can show you the pics!

It's way cheaper this way, since developing is 3€ for a 35mm and 6€ for a 120mm film, then developing+scanning is 11€ for each roll.

The results are square format photos but if you are tricky photographer, you can also take panoramic shoots, which are really cool.
I tried it with my camera (only used two frames tho) and (looking at the negatives haha) the results look quite cool.
No picture can come out wrong with an analog camera though.

What's left for me to experiment with is the pinhole function. You let light go inside the camera through a super small hole, which makes you hold the shoot button for a while. Resulting in the so called "dreamy" pics.

Learn more about the Diana F+ in the Lomo page.