Ace of Spades for modern Alice

I think, I'm addicted to those scarfs... T_T

I think I didn't posted it here before :)

Simple but nice. I found that I feel most comfortable when I combine Lolita with more daily items like denim jacket and boots. It tones down sweetness of Lolita which sometime bites me...

And to come with it here a new Alice in Wonderland necklace

"Ace for Alice"

Available  at Deadly Cherries shop on Etsy

There will be more coming ;)

Black and red: Jewelry

This post is dedicated to my newest creation " Heart of Wonders" necklace. Decorated with black and red beads it holds a cameo of a bright red hears on a black background. It's made from antique silver, designed and created by me. 

Find it at my Etsy Shop Deadly Cherries

Inspired by video game Americam Mc'Gee's Alice and the more dark and dramatic story behind it then the casual Alice in Wonderland we know

And here is Alice in her lovely black and red dress during one of the game scenes.

Dolls outfit: red and black

Red and black is one of my favorite combinations. I often use it not only for myself, but for my dolls to.  And as the host posted a doll herself, I thought I can joint :) Here is my 60 cm tall boy from doll company LUTS. The sculpt is Abadon and I names him Haru which means "spring" in Japanese. These photos are from the last big meet up we had. Entire outfit is made by me. Even the boot are modified platform boot I bought and made them to look more biker boots. The accessories, the jacket, pants and shirt are designed and sewed by me as well as the gloves he wears :) The wig is "Monique" wig. They are super soft and amazing quality wigs. Their site has crappy photos of them, but nobody need better, since they now hove superb it actually are. Damn, my hair are not that soft as this synthetic fiber :D 

All photos are made by Šarūnas Genys so please no posting without linking.

Same doll different wig. This one is made by me from an old human size wig.

My darling stands here with no sport :) as well as in all other photos. He's a tough one :) And since I know his possibilities I like to pose him in more challenging poses that are more realistic:)

"what's up ladies"?

Two hotties  below are not mine. The white-hair cutie belongs to my friend Egura and red jacket rabbit - to Yuki.

Tartan dress and coffin bag

Continuing this red and black week, here's new coord.

 The west is Punk Rave from a local Goth shop as well as my New Rock ( closed already)

Dress itself is second handed. The coffin bag was purchased from a girl I know. The funny thing is that when I was buying it she told me. "Wear it often, because you'll grown out soon of it" I wondered if she knew then I was older then her. But I still love this coffin bag. It's just it cant carry a lot of stuff and that is not good for everyday use for me.

 I usually wear short or bloomers under such short dresses. I feel more comfortable that way...

I usually finish my outfit coordination right before going through the door. That a little bit annoys my BF as I can hear from his deep sigh when I say  "almost readyyyyy...". But that last look at the mirror always reveals something that is missing. Like gloves, another necklace or another jacket that would look better. XD  As I look now at these photos, I think I would change the tights into leggings.

And here what was under the west :D

Nimphadora sends you her best wishes too ;)

Midnight Gypsy Alchemy: review

I was stalking a perfumer shop on Etsy for almost a year. They had those amazing scents with beautiful dark and Gothic descriptions that sounded so wonderful. But some how every time I visited that shop I would end  up not ordering again. And one day after during the same "visit, browse, add to card, leave without ordering" routine I decided to check for more shops the would sell perfume oils with wonderful dark descriptions ( when, those are the only way to try to imagine the smell) ans ingredients.

So I did, and the first one I checked was Midnight Gypsy Alchemy. And the same day I ended ordering four samples pack from it :) Why? I just could guess. Another shop had so many similar sounding perfume oils, that it was really hard to decide and MGA had less, but all were different.

Prat I -  choosing and expectations 

So I started to pick looking which one of them had my most lovable cents - apple, rose, patchouli, cinnamon and jasmine. So, by the most attractive description and consist I picked these four:

Season of the Witch - cinnamon, coriander,apple, rose, patchouli, lavender, frankincense, black pepper.

Raven Spell - Violet, orris root, blueberries, apple, dragons blood, cassia, sandalwood.

Chocolate Mystique - cocoa, chocolate, coffee, cardamon, vanilla, sandalwood.

Pavo Real - strawberries, rose, jasmine, Orris, orange, honeysuckle, patchouli, bergemot, cori.

I had very high expectations Chocolate Mystique since they had the most ingredients I love. Chocolate Mystique has all of them!!! Cacao is my happy drink. Whenever I'm sad I just make myself a big mug of cacao. So I  got all cozy just by imagining the smell. Plus vanilla and cardamons are most common spices for ginger cookies and the coffee should tone down the incredible sweetness of the smells and give a more sophisticated note. This perfume has none of my perfume smell I like, but it sound extraordinary having all smells I like particular.

 MGA takes 10 working days witch is about two weeks to make and send your order. I totally understand 10 days process of making it and have no complains because it's a delicate work and I bet the orders are coming all the time.

Part II The real thing

Everything was packed beautiful. I got card with printed descriptions of the perfume oils and one extra - the Music of the night, that I really liked.

So, does I got what I was expecting??? Oh yes.

Season of the Witch. First impression - frankincense. Then something fresh strikes and I guess it's apple and rose. After it, the cinnamon catches the apple and two of them creates a new scent - apple pie :) Then comes patchouli. It's really season scent  Autumn. That deep sweet odor of fallen leafs, the fruits that are ready to be picked. It's lovely. And it's magical. It's sweet, but not that bold sweetness. This one has many notes. The rose, apple, lavender are escorted by cinnamon, patchouli and black pepper. Black Pepper  is a wonderful note of this scent  This was one of the reasons I chose this perfume oil to try. It's deep and seductive, jet not to hard to make you feel dizzy.

Raven Spell. I expected it to be dark and cold. But blueberries change everything and it's warm and sweet at first. I feel like a little child in a forest gathering those blueberries and eating of them half right away. The scent lingers trough my finger sweet and fresh as the taste itself. Then comes the dark lady and takes me by the hand. And I'm spirited away to a mystical place. To the tale itself. In this journey I meet wonderful fresh apple and cinnamon ( cassia). Then something sweet and dark comes along - the sandalwood. A rich and magnificent odor. I feel like in those tales where little girls are spirited away and end up on a mystical ball being all grown up ladies in fancy dress escorted by a handsome spirit/demon.That is the perfume  - childish, warm and playful at first and turns into deep and seductive later.

Chocolate Mystique. Oh my Goddess! This scent is all I expected and more. It's so rich so overwhelming. It's sweet and bitter the same time. The first thing that strikes is cacao, then comes the cardamons and chocolate and coffee comes along. Vanilla and sandalwood are the final notes. I keep smelling my wrist as I write this. I must have a big bottle of this :D The odor is deep and that what I like the most. It's sweet, but it's dark. It's definitely Mystique :) It lifts my mood right away. Soft and spicy, jet sweet but with the touch of bitterns...

Pavo Real - I had no Idea what to expect from this one, but I was intrigued by strawberries having affair with orange and jasmine. And orange come first. It doesn't reveals itself for me so perfect as others, but it's still amazing odor. It's just not mine. I don't really feel the strawberries. Maybe my nose is already overwhelmed by all those scents it had a blessing to experience today...

EXTRA sample added  by seller Music of The Night. It's definitely a citrus perfume and a very pleasant one. It's fresh and green and I can smell fresh lime fused with Bergamot ant a hint of Tobacco.  Then comes something more sweet which is still accompanied by the light hint of lime. An odor of the flower-  yaang- ylang.  But the freshness do not fades. I like that it's not a bold citrus odor that strike  right away through all other scents, but rather a delicate one, wrapped in many other ones :)

I really like Chocolate Mystique, Season of The Witch and Raven Spell. They all are similar but have different main notes. Like a bitter chocolate for Mystique, blueberry and sandalwood for Raven and Rose and pepper for the Witch.

The Witch for it's pepper seems to most pleasant for everyday. The Chocolate is a must have during a winter to lift the mood to you and those around you. And Raven Spell... Well, perfect to put a spell on someone during an enchanted evening.

Now I want to order something light to. I loved the Music of the night a lot too. I guess, I'll order a sample with the full bottle of Witch and Chocolate for now :)

Conclusion

If you consider ordering from MGA, I say you go and order. Lovely packing, wonderful scents. And to know that it created and mixed by Nina herself. It's like ordering a magic potions from a sorcerer. And indeed she's a sorcerer of perfume oils :) And I've become another enchanted client :>

Playing with the dolls

Just some photos of my dolls I took. The deer girl finally has a name. Enya. I started to work on her  deer antlers. 

Enchanted deer maiden: Snow White

It was time for a new deer antlers hairband. I really love making these:D I always get some kind of story or a heroin it would belong to. This one was inspired by the darker image of Snow White. During the days she lived in forest. This one is available at my Etsy store DEADLY CHERRIES

THANS FOR READING :)

From sleepless nights of my soul

Sometimes my mirrors brake leaving small pieces of their shiny nature scattering across the room. Some of them stick into my skin and I begin to wonder what is the purpose of my fleshly existence.  Is it to be, to roam and feel things, or to create, to teach and to spread ideas I grow inside. But well, again, what kind of ideas they are? Without the mirror it’s hard to see. It’s like I’m blind to myself. Suddenly I don’t know  what I feel, where I go, and how do I taste. Everybody has a taste. I bite myself, to feel everything: the taste, the warmth,  the pain… 
In a second there is a fear that if I won’t see myself I’ll disappear. Maybe I am not real already, maybe I’m just somebodies imagination…an idea. I often do scratch my pale skin to see if I still feel. Or maybe I’m already dreaming. Dreaming myself having this vulnerable body. Weak and soft and still so magical. To just watch how it heals and recovers… Sometimes I think, that I hurt myself unconscious just to witness this miracle of regeneration. What if I would cut myself in half.. Would there be two of me? 
When the mirror is gone, I feel lonely. I feel how the darkness of the world starts gathering around, whispering in my ear. “You are so beautiful” she says,“so lovely and sweet, ah, stay with me” She crawls to my heart  worshiping every millimeter of me and just when it almost reaches her destination, I cut it off. I like her flatters. “But I’ll never be yours” I say.“Pityyyyy….” her whispers crawls away. I know she’ll be back.  The lonely hearts always calls for her. But I like the light. It hurts. It shows every disadvantage of my incarnation and then I know what I have to change. It shines trough me reaching every single cell in my body and suddenly I start to glow. Just for a second. And I know my way again. I know I’m alive cause every cell in my body hurts from the light. Such a strong feeling of my own present. Have you eve felt yourself so strong that you could even duplicate your emotions? The energy starts my mind and I feel how my skin sloughs off. Just a little bit longer and I’m born again. No more mirror shreds in me. I left them in the old skin.

Strawberries and denim jaket

Here comes an outfit post. Always easy to make and almost always fun to read (or watch). 

 This skirt for sure needs bloomers. I Usually wear ones, but this time I skipped it and... I  wasn't that relaxed every time the wind tried to catch it. Luckily he was unlucky :D

Simple classic cardigan with fake pearl buttons wore over a simple T - Shirt. Topped with a denim jacket, flower decorated tights and black boots.

Oh, and a Ruby Gloom hand bag. I now somehow have a whole collection of different bags of this character. Though the cartoon itself did not amused me at all.

Nimphadora all big and black

Deadly Cherries jewelry

I got some new beads and details I ordered. So I wasted no more time. Lately things have been a little bit crazy. But maybe it's me who making them more crazy then they are. Oh well. Making jewelry always calms me. It's like escaping to another dementia  and here's the souvenirs I brought back. These days I could just lock myself with all my tools and supplies and just keep producing beautiful things all the time :)

New jewelry from Deadly Cherries

available here

 "Bat glide"

 "Bewitched"

 "Mourning"

Earring  "Mourning"

"Midnight Bloom"

 "Escape from the Asylum"

 "Eternal Lust"

"Tea party"

Thanks for taking a look ;)