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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day!

February 17, 2014 By Chie

Happy belated Valentine’s Day! It was a cold snowy day here. I took some time off from work and Andy and I went out for lunch at a French restaurant called “Breeze of Tokyo“. One thing I absolutely love about living in Tokyo is that we have choices of great restaurants in abundance. So many nice places to choose from, and the price is really not bad, especially because we don’t have a tipping system here.

Breeze of Tokyo is located in the 36th floor of Marunouchi Building. The view would be magnificent at night. When we visited, it was snowing and the snow seems to be falling upwards, instead of falling from the sky.

We had a quiet afternoon without our sweet pig (Kiko). How was your Valentine’s day?

雪の日のバレンタインデーは、ちょっとお休みをとって、Andyと二人でBreeze of Tokyoというレストランにランチしに行きました。
丸ビルの３６階で、ランチセットはなんと２０００円！
絶対に２０００円以上の価値あったと、個人的には大満足でした。
また行きたい。

雪が舞ってる中、子供抜きのデートは本当に息抜き出来ました★

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2014 Weco Party

February 11, 2014 By Chie

I have been shifting my business focus more toward Japanese wedding scenes from selling on etsy. It does not mean that I will close my etsy shop, but some opportunities have been opening up to get into making wedding dresses, and I am trying my best to embrace the change and move toward the new business goal.

As I was researching Japanese wedding scenes, I came across with a website called “Weco“. Weco is a short for “Wedding Coordinators”. It is an online publication which publishes books annually, featuring wedding planners, photographers, dress designers who work independently. I know it is pretty normal in the states to have freelance wedding planners, but here in Japan, wedding scenes are so dominated by hotels running everything; from fake chapel to priests, boutiques you MUST rent the dress from for very high price (usually goes up to 3000 U.S. dollars to rent) and even to small details like gifts to the guests. Weco features freelancers who work independently to create unique weddings. I thought the concept fits my vision perfectly.

Yesterday, I attended the party hosted by Weco. I was intimidated at first, since I was there alone. But it turned out many people there showed up alone themselves, and I was able to meet some cool people! The party decorations were done by Ayame, a free lance wedding planner who works in L.A. and Japan. The party had a great atmosphere with live music; I wish I could have taken Andy with me!

I wore this dress I made last year.

先日銀座で行われた、Weco２０１４年発売記念交流会に参加してきました。

Wecoとは、ウェディングコーディネーターのこと。

ウェディングの際に、式場を選ぶのではなく、ウェディングプランナーをまず選ぶ、ということを促進している媒体です。

一人で行ったので、ちょっと緊張してたのですが、

それぞれ違ったお仕事や背景を持った方と知り合いになれて、

勇気を出して行ってみて良かったな、と思いました。

パーティーも、素敵なライブミュージックと、プランナーのAyameさんの飾りつけが素敵で感激★

今後娘の誕生日会の飾りつけに真似しようと、色々アイディア頂いてかえってきました。

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Spring + Bridal Photoshoot Behind the Scenes

February 4, 2014 By Chie

Some behind the scene pictures of the last week’s photoshoot. We shot two Spring white dresses (I’m into white on white look!) and wedding dress that Rina made. We shot at the studio in Jiyugaoka. I was happy that we could shoot indoors, as the weather here has been so cold, it actually snowed in Tokyo for the first time this winter. Can’t wait to share the finished photos here!