Chie

Happy thanksgiving!

November 27, 2009 By Chie

Happy be-lated thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is my most favorite American holiday… I think. I love cooking big dinner, and get together with family and friends and share what each one is thankful for. I think I am thankful for having be able to transition to life back in Japan from the States so smoothly. I anticipated much worse. I thought I would dislike living here. I’m glad it’s proven to be wrong! It’s so nice to kind of stop and think about all the things that you are blessed with…
We did not have dinner on Thursday night, but we are having a party tomorrow! Mom and I went to Costco to get turkey, and it is de-frosting right now, to be ready to be cooked.. We decided to do it on Saturday so our friends can come (We don’t have Thursday off, obviously, it’s American holiday).

Anyway, I wanted to post another oatmeal project I created the other day. I made it simple and versatile. Since I had some fabric left over, I made a matching scarf as well. I uploaded this to my shop🙂

xo!

Style inspiration: church & state

November 25, 2009 By Chie

All images are from church & state.

“If church & state were a day of the week, it would be Sunday. if it were a baked good, it would be a homemade pie if it were a liquor, it would be bourbon and if church & state were a friend, it would be the best one” – quote from church & state

It looks so refreshing to see dresses in color other than black and gray in the winter. I had this thing in mind that I am not allowed to wear pastel color in gloomy weather, but after looking at their fall 2009 collection, I’m convinced that’s wrong.

Party dress I

November 24, 2009 By Chie

Although I have not invited to any holiday parties (yet, hopefully!), I already started planning for party dresses. Perhaps because it’s all about Christmas over here already. Malls and stores put up Christmas decoration right after Halloween, since we do not have Thanksgiving in Japan. Also my little sister had asked me to design her a party dress for her to wear. So this dress I made was just part 1! More party dresses are coming to the shop🙂

This dress is a modification of my Kirstin Dunst inspired dress. I made a change in the back, to make a big bow and open back. This came out more clubby than I was expecting… but might be good for new year’s eve?

I had a really nice weekend in Nagoya. Met friends over there and their kids. We took a bus to Nagoya , but it was terrible, we got stuck in the traffic and took us almost 7 hours to get there! Thankfully, our friend drove us to Tokyo on Monday, and it took much less. I can’t wait for Thanksgiving, we are having a party on Saturday instead of Thursday, which is not a holiday in Japan. I’m going to shopping at Costco this week to get turkey, cranberry sauce etc…