Hello everyone! It's taken me a while to update, but a couple of weeks ago I attended a lovely tea party in Vancouver, hosted by Fairytale Boutique! For those of you who don't know, Fairytale Boutique hails from downtown Los Angeles. The store promotes kawaii fashion and culture as much as possible and they sell all sorts of wonderful Lolita clothing and accessories. Miki and Hayley were so sweet and I'm so glad I got to meet them and spend some time with them!
The tea party was put on as part of North West Fan Fest, a cosplay and costume convention that was held for the weekend. I unfortunately didn't get to go for all three days (work impeding on Lolita life), but I went for the final day on Sunday, the same day the tea party was being held!
The theme of the tea party was "fairy-tale". At first I wasn't sure what kind of co-rd to go with. I had ideas about Little Bo Peep or some sort of princess, but in the end I decided to go as my own version of Goldilocks from Goldilocks and the Three Bears!
Here's my co-ord rundown:
Bonnet: Triple Fortune
OP: Angelic Pretty Victorian Rose in Sax
OTK's: Metamorphose
Shoes: Bodyline (customized)
Accessories: Rilakkuma, H&M, handmade
I found out at the last minute that Fairytale Boutique's booth at the con would be carrying some of the latest Automatic Honey Moonlight Pegasus gear, in special colours only released for Canada and NWFF. I loveeeee Automatic Honey, and was really hoping to grab an item or two at the booth on Sunday.
I was unlucky with my timing however, and the last Pegasus necklace sold minutes before I showed up :'( My lovely friend Jen had grabbed the last two Moonlight Rings, one in each colour, and promised me the white one though! So next time I see her it shall be mine, OHO.
(And on a side note, one of the girls in the local community was selling her pink version of the Moonlight Pegasus necklace that she bought at NWFF and I saw it on Lace Market and scooped it!!! Lucky!)
Moonlight Pegasus necklaces by Automatic Honey!
Moonlight Rings
As soon as I got to the convention, I immediately went to Fairytale Boutique's booth! It was so nice talking to Miki and Hayley one-on-one, and fawning over all of the cute things they brought with them.
Miki and Hayley at the booth!
After hanging at the booth for a while, meeting up with some other Lolita friends, and general wandering about, it was time to go to the tea party. The tea party was actually being held off-site from the convention at a tea room in the middle of downtown Vancouver, called Patisserie Fur Elise. The patisserie is in a re-decorated, beautiful heritage home tucked right into the heart of the city, and is one of my favourite places to have tea and purchase delicious macarons!
We had a schoolbus chartered to take us there, so we all piled in and made our way downtown.
As soon as we got there it was photo time!
The patisserie is literally one of the most beautiful places to sit and have a full tea service. We got right to ordering and it didn't take long before our treats arrived, along with our individual teas we had all chosen. I picked the Honey-Scented tea this time around, which has a delightful flavour!
As we went through our cute little goody bags that each attendee got, our first mini course arrived.
Of course I can't quite remember what it was now, but it was so delicious!
Soon after, our tea and service trays came, which were stackedddd with treats.
Both the sweets and savouries were amazing. They even featured the patisserie's special little dessert, as well as the macarons they are known for selling.
After we stuffed ourselves full on everything, it was time for the raffle! I won some tickets to an alternative fashion show in the city, which I ended up giving away, but there were some great other prizes up for grabs!
Then there was official introductions/co-ord explanations where we each had to get up and say what brand our dress was/what character we were inspired by.
After we drank some more tea and chatted, there was a surprise announcement of a co-ord judging by Miki and Hayley! There would be two winners, and each one would win something from the Boutique! After they quickly decided, my friend Amy won second place for her amazing Maleficent inspired co-ord....and I won first prize!! I was so honoured and happy!! Miki and Hayley both said that I looked like I stepped out of the pages of a Gothic Lolita Bible and that my co-ord was fantastic *flattered*.
So here's what I won!
Minus the cute alpaca coin purse, I won a gorgeous double-sided poster designed by Automatic Honey, and a pair of rare Angelic Pretty tights that were co-designed by Kira Imai and that go perfectly with my Lolita wardrobe!
Before long it was time for everyone to go :( We all went outside and took group photos first though!
I had such a fun time and I can't wait to go back to Fur Elise soon. I'm also so glad that Miki and Hayley came to Vancouver and I really hope that they come back many more times!
Bye-bye!
