Dress Code: Glamour
The second time of me organising a
meet and this time I did something a lot more casual and less
themed/event-like. Which worked out perfectly!
Since the theme was Dress Code:
Glamour, or simply whatever makes you feel glamorous, fabulous and simply
amazing, I took Crystal Dream Carnival
out for a spin. This is a lot more casual than what I’d normally do with this
dress, but since the print is simply magical I don’t mind. I actually enjoyed
doing a more relaxed coord with this dress – with such an in-your-face border
print it’s difficult to tone it down or wear it in a way that you feel you
could just throw on and do something ordinary, so I’m glad I managed to achieve
something like this whilst still feeling fantastic. And I managed to
incorporate so many smaller elements that I haven’t had much opportunity to
coord yet or at all even!
The meet was originally meant to be
the one where we took a comm photo for the last Tea Party Club Annual, but
since we decided to use the photo we took at DMC instead, it opened up the meet
to a fewer more options. Which worked in my favour as I’ve had such a mad,
hectic September that the 23rd was the only day I could host – yet this
clashed with Thought Bubble, a comic book and comic artist convention that many
in my local comm wanted to attend, which would’ve made for a comm photo not
reflecting how massive a comm we are! Because I’ve been literally everywhere
and doing everything all month, I was very close to calling it quits and calling
the meet off, so I could rest, but I didn’t because I knew that once I was
there I’d enjoy myself a lot and would’ve regretted not hosting a meet. So the
fact that there were only four of us, myself included, helped since it was a
very casual, very relaxed meet and I didn’t feel like I had to do anything
beyond the usual to remain a good host.
How do I stay a good host? (Also, check out the chandeliers!) |
The theme had actually come down
from the exhibition at a local crafts gallery that had the same title. What I
didn’t realise until we got there was that this wasn’t much of an exhibition.
We wandered round what looked like a museum shop until I asked a staff member
where the exhibit was – and she pointed to literally four small display
cabinets in the corner! That wasn’t going to fill the time I had allowed for
it, it took us maybe ten minutes tops to see what was in the cabinets. The
exhibit description suggested something a lot more lavish and bigger than that.
Luckily, everyone laughed it off with me and we went to find somewhere that
served tea and cake.
Lolitas as you know them. |
Lolitas goofing off when you don't look. |
This place ended up being Creams in
Leeds’ The Core. Honestly, I’ve walked past that place so many times and never
even realised what a treasure it hid! Creams had lovely, airy and elegant décor,
lots of tea, desserts and even savouries at very affordable prices and more
than enough room for all our poof. I’d love to go back there again – it might
not be a ‘proper tea house’, but the fond meet memories have now made it one of
my favourite places in Leeds! It was great to spend hours chatting, struggling
with our giant cake slices (seriously, look at the size of them!) and just
having a good time. Of the three attendees, I knew one from before whilst the
other two were new to the comm (for one it was her first Lolita meet ever), so
I sincerely hope that they’ll attend more and that they felt comfortable and
welcome at the meet (they certainly didn’t look like they were keen on running
away, which is a good sign).
That cake had me defeated. So much sugar! |
After this we had planned a dinner
at a local Japanese restaurant with some of the C.L.A.M. Lolitas joining us after
their Thought Bubble adventures, but unfortunately they couldn’t make it due to
getting stuck in a queue and having to rush to catch their coach home. So we
proceeded just on our own to have more food, more chatter and more laughs.
I am so, so glad that I didn’t back
out because I would’ve missed out on a very fun meet and probably wouldn’t have
met these lovely frillies (or at least not at that time). I came home
absolutely shattered, but happy. I won’t be able to make any Leeds meets until
the Winter ILD (still going to some other things in the meantime), so it was
great to host something small that didn’t require too much planning or energy.
As nice as large meets are, small ones are fantastic too!
Crystal Dream Carnival is such a gorgeous print!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had fun at the meetup, you look happy in the pictures!
x
Marina
Teapots and Frills
It was great fun, thank you! I always come back from a meet wanting another one :D
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