Hello lovelies, 

my newest vlog was uploaded on youtube a week ago - my Regency cap vlog. With it came a special little extra for all of my patrons - the sewing pattern for it. It took me ages to make and write the instructions but it is finally done and I am so happy about it. I am already planning my next project but university will start in October again so I only have a very limited time frame for it. Wish me luck!

If you want the sewing pattern to this cap - please consider joining me on patreon. It will be available for all 5€ tiers and upwards. 

And now off to the video, enjoy!

Have a great weekend, 

Auris Lothol

 

Hello lovelies, 

I fell into the tambour embroidery rabbit hole again after handing in my final paper for university at the end of July. Two months of free time after work await me until October and I already did more creative work in these ten days than in the last eight months combined.

My first embroidery work was a fleur de lis. 

I even made a video which you can also find on youtube and Instagram. 

 I started out with the outline it gold rocailles and filled it with three different sized-pearls. It was a project where I just went along with the outline and didn't really have a plan. But it turned out so nice, I was really happy and motivated with it.

A very crooked moon was the next project. I was cussing at it so much because it just didn't look good and I felt a bit betrayed by it. 

I realize that not everything always comes out a 100% the way I wanted and perfect. For the next moon I just need to use smaller pearls and try to stay exactly on the outlines.

After this I made Sailor Moon wands, a stroke of genius because I just loved what I did. I didn't want to settle on the colour and size of the pearls and therefore made two versions. I would have thought that the pinker version with the smaller pearls was more popular, but an Instagram poll revealed that the pastel pink version was more popular. Well, that was unexpected.

After the wands came a cross, which did not turn out that well and is still unfinished. 

I also did a heart and embroidered the trans-flag colours. It turned out so cute. I even managed to sew the brooch pin and the edges and not use spray-glue, unlike the wands. 

I am thinking about doing a candy next or a cat, but I also want to continue my next project so maybe I'll do a mix of both. 

All the best,

Auris Lothol

 

 

Hi lovelies, 

It has been almost two months since we visited Castle Bernstein and I still have so much content to share. A video about the castle is in the making plus a Regency dress up. 

But for now I want to show you the pictures we did from my red Souffle song lolita coord. I planned the coord at home and decided to bring my prisila clip ins; staying in a castle required something more fancy. 

The light was not really that good for most of the indoor pictures and I had a bit of difficulties to get the colours right. In comparison, the pictures in the winter garden with the huge glass windows turned out amazing.

See the sudden difference in light and quality? Natural light is just the best. 

I uploaded this picture in its full size on my patreon!

Most of the furniture in the room is super old and from the time, when the family bought the castle in the 19th century. It was a mix from a few time periods and I loved it so much.

At first I thought that this was a picture of Empress Elisabeth, but it was an aunt of the current owners. Oops.
But here is a picture of Emporer Franz-Joseph. It is kind of random that a picture of him is in the room but it's an original.

I really enjoyed my stay at the castle, I hope I can go back soon!

The video from our stay will be uploaded soon, I am still on a monthly upload schedule but I have more and more content and maybe I can to at least 1-2 videos per month. 

All the best,

Auris Lothol

 

 Hi lovelies,

my new video from the unboxing of the glitzywonderland parcel is finally on youtube. 

Cutting always takes ages with me. :(

I got three new painting dresses and the fresco painting dress is my favourite. 

Enjoy!

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies, 

two weeks ago I finally visited Petit point Vienna for the first time in her studio. We had planned to do this much earlier but somehow our dates were never compatible. 

The studio is located near Schloss Schönbrunn and Johnstraße . It is not open to the public but for appointments only. If you want to visit the studio you can reserve your time slot on Facebook. 

And wow, the studio was amazing. The workroom was small as was the storage but every small space was utilized perfectly. There were boxes over boxes full of raw needlepoint material and finished goods. I was also very fascinated that the owner, Caroline, seemed to know exactly where everything was. 

The designs for Petit point are created with these plates, there are tiny squares that have been painted. Afterwards the thread is matched. It reminded me of a retro-excel sheet. 

There are different gauze, from 9 to 21 and each has a different amount of stitches per cm. It is illegal in Austria to use the 21 Gauze (bottom left) because it is too fine and would hurt the eyes of the embroiderer. But using it as a private person is fine, the rules just applies for people who want to sell them.

Here is another painted plate. Big pictures are only used for bags. 

Here is a work in progress, I think it was for a ring.

Caroline had so many boxes with finished embroidery, it was such a pleasure to look at. I really love how stunning the florals look because of all the designs are more than 100 years old. 

The picture below is a painted plate and two embroidered pictures with the same motif but with slightly different variations. The church is St. Stephan, the landmark of Vienna.

I love the bags so much, they are so pretty. The motif was so fine and the colours so vibrant, I would love to own a bag. The hue of the picture is a bit off, but it was late already and I did not have a flash on my camera.

 

All of the boxes infront of me and behind me are full with items. There are just so many items that also did not make it on the homepage like place card holders, lipstick holders, small mirrors, powder tins and cufflinks. I am looking at thimbles and I also want to get one next time.

This is the current work in project.

 If you are interesting in buying something, please go to her site at Vienna petit point or follow her on social media. 

all the best,

Auris Lothol

 

 

 

Hello lovelies,

I am back for another round of Outfit of the day. April was a more relaxed month with not as many coordinates as I would love to have because I was on sick leave for almost three weeks. It was really tought but I am so happy I managed to push through it. May was a super busy month, it had a lot of public holidays and I dressed up on these days too.

April

I only relly had two coordinates this month, the first one was my strawberry dress. 

I decorated the hat, socks and wrist cuffs with plastic strawberries and even though they are not really visible, they do give the outfit a nice touch. The chocker is also handmade but I made that a while ago, I think probably even two to three years? What is time, I do not know.

The second outfit was pretty simple with a Lady Sloth dress and a necklace from petit point Vienna. 

May

I have about 12 different coordinates for May, I did not think it would be that much. But some of them are just selfies.

The month started out with a picnic on the 1st of May with friends and my sister. We also filmed the last bits of my strawberry dress video which is still not up. Heck, I just realized now how much more I still have to do. Oh no. 

Quick lift selfie. I have no idea were I was heading too but my bag looks pretty full. I probably only went shopping. The blue dress is from Axes femme and the cardigan from Liz lisa. Most of my cardigans are from this brand. They are just perfect.

 

Work selfie at work. Behind me is a cabinet full with sweets and everyone at work knows that I have a very sweet tooth. The dress is super cute and was actually bought at Orsay.

Another outfit for a long walk and matcha. The dress is from Innocent world and the cardigan from Liz lisa, once again.

And here is another lolita coordinate with a dress from cherie cerise and a blouse from Angelic Pretty. I have difficulties getting matching purple tones, the stocking was a perfect match but not so much the flower crown. It had a bit too much of a red hue in it.

Another outfit for a walk and bubble tea, but this time we met two friends who did not yet have any bubble tea. They were not as flashed with the drinks but at least they tried it. The dress is from Secret Honey.

And here comes lolita coordinate #3. I filmed my lolita journey with this coord. If you haven't seen the video yet, then go to my youtube. It is really hilarious (because of my cats). The dress is from Angelic pretty and the shoes from rosemarie seoir.

In between these two coordinates I was at the hair dresser and she cut my hair short. I stil miss my longer hair but at least the colour is now even, due to many bleachings, the ends were already really split and the colour did not last for a long time. The dress is from Innocent World and I think the bow is a really old meta bow but I am not sure, it could have also been a bow from Baby.

It may seem like I have a shopping addiction when I mention new items that I am wearing, but that's not the case. I think. I just like to wear them as soon as they arrive. This is the case with the hat, new and already worn. The dress is from R-series and I was so happy when I realized that the hat had the same colour as the dress. A Perfect match!

Here i had re-dyed my hair and I am showing off my first covid vaccination. Coincidently, when this blog post is published I will just have gotten my second vaccination. My arm looks a it chunky though?

This coord and the pink angelic pretty dress are my favourite from May. I don't know why, but the blond wig in that length always gives me a super young look. The dress is from Inori and the blouse from Angelic pretty, the tights are from baby and the shoes are from DreamV.

And this is the end for April and May. One month was super busy and the other was definitely not. June was not as busy as May but that is for my next post. 

I hope you had a great time - join me on my other social media or patreon!

All the best,

Auris Lothol