Hello lovelies,

I uploaded a new video a while ago on my youtube. It is part of a new segment I want to do, a kind of short travel vlog. Due to the fact that we are constantly in lockdown in Europe, I thought it would be nice to have these kinds of videos for people who miss going out. My first video is all about drinking bubble-tea, the next videos will be about going to another city. 

I went around Vienna and tried out four different bubble-tea stores. And they were all so good!

I hope you liked the video and visit my patreon for special pictures, background information and early access to videos.

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

how have you all been? I am so sorry for the semi-hiatus, I am just so busy. In November 2020 I suddenly got more work and I was working 40-60h a week. Plus in January I was studying for my university exams which I took in the last week of the month (and passed each and every one of them, hooooray) and then in February I wrote my first, of four, bachelor paper on film noir. It was so exhausting and I am so happy when I handed in my paper. From March on I only had my usual classes so it is much better again. Work is still exhausting but I hope it will get better soon. I almost quit, to be honest. It was just too much. 

So, about today's topic.

In 2019 my friend Souly (Il_carnefice on instagram) came over from Germany for the weekend and we had a spontaneous witchy photo shooting because we felt like it. The weekend was so much fun, I hope this pandemic is over soon.

So, for the character, we thought of a little witch trying to study and do some herbology or potions. I already wore this dress but with a black overskirt for the Harry potter event at Rosenburg, but this time, I wore the dress with a white frilly apron. The hat is the same, the tutorial for it can be found here, but I beat it up a bit. The witch is studious and loves her magic, she is kind and loves cats. She has cute freckles underneath the big round glasses and wears braids most of the time. 

It was so good, that I like small glasses and got quite a few of them because they were perfect as props. The book is also from the 19th century so the tattered look is genuine.

The dried petals are actually tea.

The funniest thing about this, is that I couldn't find my wand. So I remembered that my sister once gave me a chocolate wand for christmas or my birthday so I just used that. I had to put down the wand in between because the chocolate melted so fast. 

I hope you like the pictures,

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Have a great week,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

after months at sea my buyee parcel finally arrived. I was already biting my nails and checking the tracking almost daily but there was no progress. I sent the parcel to my adress in October and it finally arrived in January. No idea what happened but my guess was that our local post office forgot about it. 

I made a short video unpacking it and as you can see, I am still not very comfortable infront of the camera. But it will get better, I hope.

So, what did I get? Most of the stuff in the box and what made it so heavy where 13 cotton time magazines from M. No wonder we paid so freaking much for the shipping. At least he is very happy with the magazines. 

I bought a Marie dress from Honey Cinnamon. I love Marie and Duchess from the Aristocats movie and would love to have a fluffy white cat with a pink bow. My cats don't like being dressed up at all, which is such a shame but I am not forcing them to wear something they don't like.

The print is just so cute with Marie and two different kind of bows. 

Next is a cardigan from Ank Rouge. It has three bows at the front and short sleeves. Usually my cardigans are white and it was time to get something different.

The blue dress is from Axes femme. I usually like to wear their simple designs to work because they look cute and are super comfy. I am probably known as the floral dress lady at work with the pastel pink hair.

One button is missing at the front but there was an extra button with the tags. I still  think it is super weird that people in Japan rather re-sell their dresses when a button has come off or is missing rather than sew it back on. Well, I am not complaining because this dress was super cheap. It was the same for the clothes I bought at Shimokitazawa. If there was a tiny flaw or a missing button, even though the extra button was still attached to the original tags, they rather sell it. It is a shame that most stores don't accept returns but it is good for us as the price is usually way cheaper than in the shop and there is a huge second hand market. 

A lolita-friend of mine has the exact same dress and she wore it for a meet-up almost two years ago. It looked so great, I really wanted the dress and now I finally got it on Buyee. Thank you, shopping gods.

 

 There is another white dress but I forgot to take pictures of it. It's from Axes femme and looks almost like a tunic with an underdress. It is nothing fancy and I guess it wouldn't have looked great in the pictures anyway as it would have been white on white. 

What is your favourite piece?

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 All the best,

 Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

sorry for the lack of updates, I am currently super stressed with pretty much everything. Workwise its hell at the moment and instead of working 40h I usually work between 50-60 hours each week. I am hitting my breaking point fast and I will probably quit anytime soon. 

But let's get to the good stuff, the coordinates from September and November. As it is already February I am as always super late. But I am trying to film a lot more for youtube and instagram and trying to push it. And this is so much work. Plus I still need to write my first Bachelor thesis (of four).

So, what were my outfits in these three months?

September

I spontainously decided to colour my hair pink at the hair dresser at the beginning of September. I yearned for some change and as I didn't really leave the house and didn't go to the office anymore, I had the feeling that now was the perfect time to get my hair in a weird colour; nobody would really see it.

This was right after the hair dresser. I wore my fox dress in mint. Not really my colour but the foxes were so cute.

The dress is from Magic tea party. I didn't want to combine it with a bolero because it was a hot day. Instead, I just wore a light scarf and suddenly the outfit looked like a Russian grandmother. But I did like the combination. 

October

Halloween month and I didn't even had my halloween week off because of work, nor did we have a party because of the covid restrictions. Instead M. and I spent the night watching a horror movie. 

This was a rare day at the office. Of course I had to wear my brand new Liz Lisa pullover. 

Ignore my shoes, those are my current house shoes. But this is also the newest Strawberry dress I got from Liz Lisa. I love how cute it looks.

I am not a fan of the following look because the light or my make-up look so off.

But I am here with my Cat Devil, at least she fits the Halloween theme and the door perfectly. 

The dress is from Abyss Museum and the last time I wore it was for the Halloween teaparty in Vienna. It had been quite some time. The bonnet is from Angelic Pretty. I really love it but the sides tend to flap terribly.

The hufflepuff dress is one of my favourites. And it fit the Halloween month perfectly again, as does Maja. She is definitely the most photogenic cat in this household. I couldn't get a decent picture with Sheila at all. She is super scared of everything. 

November

SHOCKING! Another cat dress. Who would have guessed? I pre-ordered this dress from Emily temple cute in July or August and received it in November. It is such a cute dress, I am really happy I decided to buy it. Shoes are from Bodyline and the bonnet is actually a very old opne from Alice and the pirates.

Maja is my special guest is almost every month. But I can't help it, she is so cute. I just want the world to see her. 

The dress is from Metamorphose, the overskirt from Mighty Kingdom, the shoes from Rosemarie seoir and the wrist cuffs from Bodyline. I made the round head-dress myself two years or three years ago. 

I hope you enjoyed it, check out my youtube or support me on patreon for more special content!

Have a great weekend,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

I got wonderful news! Last year around Christmas I decided to join Patreon with the intention, to use the money to make more printable sewing patterns, photo shootings and maybe scan all the vintage sewing patterns. 

At the moment I am working on two new videos and my newest video got released on Patreon one day ago and it will be released for everyone in 48h afterwards on youtube. 

I still have to work hard to get a grasp of the Valentina pattern program, because I also want to upload a free sewing pattern of the Regency cap I made a while ago. 

I hope you can join my Patreon community, there are four tiers and the lowest tier is just 1€ a month. 

Join here

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

sorry for the lack of updates, I am currently super stressed because of exams, work and pretty much everything else. It's hell at the moment. I even took a vacation from work to study for my exams next week and there is still so much to study. And I just really want to sleep. Oh no. 

The title of the post is actually the whole story of this post. haha.

I entered an online giveaway from Veinityfair and won! I was over the moon when they contacted me for a comic. We talked about some ideas and I really loved the Victorian hair-jewellery. The artist went for it and about a month later, the comic was ready. 

I will only post two pages of it as a teaser. Read the whole comic on their Instagram.

Thank you so much again, that was great!

All the best,

Auris Lothol

Hello lovelies,

my video tutorial of the half-round mask is finally done and on youtube. Please watch and subscribe! 

There are a lot of different ways of how people sew the mask and that was the method that worked out best for me. I hope you like it and share your result if you sew one!

Download the mask pattern from my dropbox.

Stay safe and healthy everyone!

All the best,

Auris Lothol