Alice in PARADOX Photoshoot

Hello guys and gals!

Today I'd like to share some Alice in Wonderland inspired photographs. But first the intro, of course.

For our five years together my boyfriend made me a very special gift (!!!). Actually we celebrate our anniversary in November but this was an early gift. My very first BtSSB dress *dies of happiness*

I didn't say anything until now because actually I was kind of embarrassed. I've seen a lot of girls get seen as "gold diggers" when their boyfriends make them nice gifts, or that they like them just because of that. Welll... you understand where I'm getting at, haha. This is obviously not my case.

So I held a photoshoot!!! Also to commemorate my long long hair, may it rest in peace.

The dress is Baby, the Star Shine Bright's Alice's Mirage in PARADOX White Queen JSK. It is such a dream and the illustrations are so beautiful!

I played "Alice" for a day.


Hola niños y niñas!

Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes unas fotografías mías inspiradas en Alicia en el País de las Maravillas. Pero primero, una pequeña introducción.

Para nuestros cinco años juntos mi novio me hizo un regalo muy especial (!!!). De hecho, celebramos nuestro aniversario en noviembre pero este fue un regalín adelantado. Mi primer vestido de Baby! *muere de felicidad*

No quise decir nada hasta ahora porque me daba un poco de vergüenza. He visto muchas a las cuales critican porque la ropa no es suya, porque están con el novio por plata y etc etc... obviamente no es mi caso, pero sin duda me daba cargo de conciencia decir que no me lo había comprado yo (como sí me compré todo lo otro que tengo, con dinero propio), sino que me lo habían regalado. En fin.

Así que, me hice una sesión de fotos! Además quería conmemorar mi largo largo cabello, que en paz descanse.

Jugué a ser Alicia por un día.

Do you see the length of my former hair??? Scary long.

I would like to quickly credit this PSD for making my self-taken pictures look this pretty.

I hope you enjoyed this picture-centric post c:


Están viendo el largo de mi pelo antes de cortármelo?? Estaba tan largo que daba miedo.

Quiero rápidamente mencionar que embellecí mis fotos con este PSD.

Espero hayan disfrutado este post de puras imágenes!

Kawaii SWIMMER Alice in Wonderland Scans

Hi everyone! Today I have some scans for you :)

I'm a bit of a stationary collector. Well, not collector, because that would mean I don't use anything and just display it somewhere. More like... impulse buyer orz

I specially love folders to put all my study material in. I must have like dozens of these D:

So I will be sharing a lovely Alice in Wonderland SWIMMER folder that has two "separators" inside. It's very useful! And as always, SWIMMER is super cute and really really cheap. Enjoy!

As always with my scan posts, right-click and open in a new window/tab to see them full-size!

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Como para todos mis posts de scans, hagan click derecho y abran las imágenes en una nueva pestaña para verlas en tamaño grande!

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No te olvides de seguirme en Facebook para mantenerte informado de cada actualización!

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Dainty Alice and POP! Alice

What has always amazed me about the Disney branch in Japan is its wonderful merchandise. I, myself, am an annual passholder of Walt Disney World Resort, so you can say I know my Mickeys. However, merchandising in Orlando is mostly just the same, give or take a few exceptions of "couture" merging with Disney characters, but otherwise, always the same old "Florida" T-shirts.

I guess it must be Japan's culture of kawaii what makes their merchandise so unique.

So today I come bringing two beautiful things I bought during my short stay in Tokyo Disneyland Resort. Both are Alice - one is a wonderful cookie tin that actually had heart and spade cookies inside, and the other is a souvenir popcorn basket (BTW, they came in a lot of designs and were cheaper to refill than the usual disposable popcorn bag, but of course I searched the two parks everywhere for an Alice motif).


Lo que siempre me maravilló de la empresa Disney en Japón es su asombroso merchandising. Yo, por si no sabían, soy passholder de Walt Disney World (lo que quiere decir que tengo pase anual), así que me conozco a Mickey por arriba y por abajo. Sin embargo, el merchandising en Orlando es casi siempre igual, salvo un par de excepciones de "couture" que se mezcla con personajes de Disney, pero si no, siempre es el mismo remerón de "Estuve en Florida".

Supongo que será la cultura kawaii de Japón la que influencia el merchandise y lo hace tan único.

Así que hoy les traigo fotos de dos cositas hermosas que me compré en mi corta estadía en el Tokyo Disneyland Resort. Las dos son de Alicia - una es una latita de galletas que de hecho venía con galletas de corazones y picas, y la otra es una caja souvenir de popcorn (que por cierto, venían en miles de diseños y eran más baratas de rellenar que la usual caja de cartón de pochoclos, pero obviamente yo busqué por todos lados hasta encontrar la de Alicia).

Dainty Alice

POP! Alice

Portraits

Hello everyone! Again, long time no see :)

Today I wanted to blog about my wonderful collaboration with Venezuelan photographer Natalia Feliú. If you click her name it takes you to her Flickr, but you can also check her Facebook, Tumblr and website.

We met on Model Mayhem and arranged for a photoshoot. She is lovely to work with, A++ person. Everyone should go and check out how talented she is!!

We settled for an "Alice-y", kind of wonderland feel for the photos (^^) Would you like to see a few?

I can hardly believe that's me!! (O_O) What do you think??


So anyways please send Natalia some love over at her Facebook page. And if you live in the Capital Federal (Argentina) area, maybe you can set up a session with her (^^)

Eating in Japan Special ~Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall~

What is that in the distance? Don't let's be silly(*), I knew exactly what it was. When I first started planning my Japan trip, which of course, being the Disney freak that I am, included Tokyo Disneyland, I spent hours analyzing the park maps, where to eat, etcetera.

Suddenly I came across the name of a "buffeteria", i.e. another meal option in TDL, called "The Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall".

I called my boyfriend over and spazzed: "Please, please, please let us go there, I need to eat in an Alicey restaurant INSIDE of Disneyland, I don't care how much it costs to eat there, I swear I'll pay for it".

Anyone would have agreed under those conditions, lol. So, the day we went to Tokyo Disneyland, we ended up having dinner at the Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall.

This is part of the Eating in Japan series, but I thought it deserved an individual post because of how important Alice in Wonderland is to me!

(*) before you attack my seeming lack of grammar, refer to this.

How cool is this place?! Made to look like part of the Queen of Heart's court, you can even see the hedge maze spreading in the background. And poor Mister Three is still painting the roses red, lol.

Stepping inside! Please take a look at my tourist ensemble, lmao. Minnie scarf, Minnie pass-holder, two or three gift bags, Cheshire Cat popcorn souvenir box, and Haunted Mansion maid Minnie ears. I don't know how I managed to walk with all that on me!

 

Le food. It was very good. Nothing extraordinary but yummy. At least the meat tasted like meat. I had forgotten what meat tastes like. (biased Argentinian who likes nothing but good meat here)

My boyfriend ordered some battered seafood variety. He said it was delicious.

Had random dessert because SOUVENIR CUP OMG. Please take a good hard look at the Queen's heart-spangled bloomers HAHAH

My boyfriend said to me, "Would you like to go take pictures around the place? Sit still while I set up the camera's colors". So I kept still. He took this picture while configuring the camera. It's not the best face, but considering this was the evening of a really hard day (too cold, too much walking, queues too long lol), it's not bad.

I am le worst photographer so please bear with me. Here we have Cheshire looking crazier than ever.

There was this huge vitraux in one part of the restaurant. So pretty!

Half a cup, please.

The Queen of Hearts Banquet Hall is a buffeteria, meaning you will go and order your food at a counter, they prepare it, escort you to your table with the food, but afterwards you are on your own, meaning there won't be a server attending your table. It's halfway between counter and table service. As such, it is a bit more expensive than a regular fast-food, but the ambience is worth it.

Specially for an Alice in Wonderland fangirl such as myself. The whole place is so amazing you really feel like you've transported into a whimsical, surreal otherworld.

The Tim Burton Look

I was happily seating my by classmates today. I know one of them is an Alice in Wonderland - Disney fan. She is a lovely girl (errr, not just because of her tastes lol)

So she suddenly said -and please, do read this-

"You know Abi, you have the perfect face for a Tim Burton character. You look just like Alice."

IS THIS NOT THE BEST GIRL IN THE WORLD. DANG.

The other classmates sitting by agreed. I was gushing all over -so happy- saying "thank you, thank you". I understand it is the weirdest thing to say thank you for. It's not like they are saying I'm pretty, more like, "you have a victorian/gothic look in your features"

I DON'T CARE

SO HAPPY

PUKING RAINBOWS (... that doesn't sound as good as the meme does)

So this lit up an idea in my head...

Even though I did not like Burton's Alice (I am so sorry to say this. It just had nothing to do with the original. FORGIVE ME TIM), I admit that I thought when the auditions were taking place, "Dang, I wish I had some sort of acting talent or just the power to show up in England and present myself as Alice"

Well lucky I didn't do it. I could have gotten the part. Then I would have had to play the part of a very jaded and stoic Alice. No way Tim. You know that's not who Alice is.

Tim says, "Don't worry Abi dear, no hard feelings."

... thank you Tim.

But if you - and by you I mean YOU Mr. Burton - decide to make an awesome new Alice who is as polite and precocious and curious and lovely as the one from the original book, I will right now proceed to put up some pictures of me so you can have no doubt you are going to choose me.

Of course.

I know right - am I not the victorian face you need? If you call me I swear I would spend 23 hours a day practicing my British accent, and sleep just one hour. And I love sleeping. So that is saying a lot.

You can even have a picture of me where you can see the camera tripod. Sign of a good photographer. I know. I self-took it (yes, really, and all the other pics too)

This one is a little bit murder-stare-ish. I wasn't feeling too happy the day I took these photographs for a college assignment. I think it shows.

There were creepier pics with the bunny but I picked the mildest one. See Tim? Oval face and droopy eyelids. I got the works going on!

And finally, contrasting a little bit with the blue, a pic where I am literally having a tea party with my stuffed toys. Yes, that is an Alice-themed tea cup. I own at least 5 different Alice cups.

So what do you think Tim?

For the rest of the pictures contact my manager please.

I do not have one yet, but errrr I'll get one if you need me too! O_O

Or even better! No manager! So you don't have to deal with anybody else!

Aren't these some delightful photographs? I shall be waiting for your call, Burton, sir. *lame British accent*

In spite of all the embarrassment I just put myself through, I just wanted to show you these pictures. I know I'll get no call from anyone.

Disclaimer: This post is a joke. I respect Tim Burton as a creative genius and would give anything to be an ounce of what he is. I do really feel that way about the Alice movie, though.

Disclaimer2: Despite my nonsense, it IS true my classmate said that. But people have been saying I look "like a doll" forever, and I see no modeling agency discovering me. FUUUU forever a midget.

Disclaimer3: How is a raven like a writing desk?

Disclaimer 4: I am currently a little feverish. I guess that explains this post. I am not even sorry *tough guy pose*

Eighteen Years in Wonderland

I love Alice in Wonderland. I always have and always will. I love the book and I love the Disney movie. I love it. Forever.

So in the spirit of my 20th birthday, which is just around the corner now (March 21st), I started reminiscing about my 18th birthday. Because it landed on a Sunday, I said "OK, let's have everyone over for tea" (I don't even drink tea, but of course it sounds posh). My family surprised me with a full-on, over-the-top Mad Tea Party in a true Wonderland style.

Move on over for a clean cup. So they say. But I think we had plenty of cups!

Once upon a time... Happy 18th Birthday, Abigail! Jesus and I'm turning 20 now. God.

And of course we had singing flowers. What kind of Golden Afternoon would it be otherwise?!

Props to my family (mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt and everyone else) for setting up the table and decorations, and for finding a cupcake baker good enough to do all this. This was a surprise they gifted me, and I was delighted :)

Hope you enjoyed the picspam! :D I should really consider setting up an "Alice" tag in this blog, lol.