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Journal Entry: Fri Nov 26, 2010, 12:50 AM
Yesterday was a day of adventure, as ~Keiisah and I ventured out on a journey to discover as many opshops as we possibly could, armed only with my poor navigation skills and Keii’s yellow stockings. Turns out, there are a lot of opshops. And so, with many U-turns and misdirection, my attempts at sewing an entirely new wardrobe of clothing have begun!

I bought as many second hand clothes as I could, because my poor University student lifestyle does not allow me to buy bolts of decadent fabrics :'(

Unsurprisingly, my purchases soon became a small mountain of spoils in the back of Keii’s car. The entirety of which I hope to turn in to Lolita-y, ruffly delights.

As of last night, I have started resizing a huge blazer, bleached the shirts back to white, and turned a tired pair of old shoes into pretty gems. You can see the pictures on my blog!

We also found an antique British Naval uniform in an antique shop, complete with named sword! The owner of the store was very nice, and moved it around so I could take pictures. It was a truly awesome outfit ... so much detail D:

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=imaeko Dec 2, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
What is an op-shop...?! :O

The British Naval uniform looks so COOL! And of course I have been following your art blog keenly and coveting your pretty personalised clothes! <3 :XD:
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~thali-n Dec 2, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Um, it's a thrift shop or second-hand shop, usually run by a church or an organisation like Goodwill or the Salvation army :D It's short for oppurtunity shop ;D
Argh, I wanted that uniform so badly ;A; Hehe, thank youuu <3 As I have been following yours! Will there be any updates on 'Field of Lilies' soon?~♥ It's looking really amazing so far!
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=imaeko Dec 3, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oooooh we call them charity shops here ^__^ We have lots, lol. You can find some really good stuff in them but a lot of it seems to be junk... ^_^;

There will be updates on Field of Lilies, I just need the time to get to it! I have to put in some overtime at work in the coming weeks and I also took on a massive commission that will take about 30-40 hours which I kinda need to get done.. fairly sharpish! So Field of lilies is sadly on hold but I cannot wait to get back to it. Its so much fun <3333333333333 I'm glad you like it! :D
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!GweNdZ Nov 28, 2010  Student General Artist
sounds like you had so much fun :meow:
btw I love your journal skin :D
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~thali-n Nov 30, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
hehe, thanks~!! ♥♥
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!GweNdZ Nov 28, 2010  Student General Artist
OMG! I LOOOOVE those black shoes with the satin bows! >w< GOrgeous!
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oh my god. just saw what you did to those shoes D: they look incredible now, specially compared to what they were before.
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~thali-n Nov 27, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Aw, thank you~ ;A; I was pretty pleased with them. I didn't own a pair of shoes with giant bows, so I thought it was about time to remedy that.
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I'm surprised you didn't D: it's like, the staple of any girly girl's wardrobe. but now you've remedied the fact, and inexpensively and prettily, so it's all good :3

to reply to two comments, in one, i'm sure that navy uniform would have been heavy, but with all that trimming and finery it would have been totally worth it. practicality is overated ;p
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:iconacid-creature:
that naval uniform is incredible. they had such sexy uniforms back then ;A; now days it's just khaki or white cotton
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