KimoNovember 2015 - Week 1

This is my week 1 kitsuke for KimoNovember. Usually, the premise of KimoNovember to wear kimono every day this month (or as many days as possible), but with a hectic schedule, I can only do weekly ensembles.

For the first ensemble, I went with a "casual and cozy" theme. Teal komon with ginkgo, yukiwa, and sakura, deep purple ichimatsu hanhaba obi tied in karuta musubi (not pictured), salmon and lavender obijime tied in fuji musubi, pale blue haneri with white lace overlay, pale yellow shigoki obi, silver leaves necklace used as obi kazari, tabi with black cats, and multi-color leaves zori. This komon is plenty long for my height, so the shigoki is not to cover the lack of ohashori, but just a stylistic choice.

This is honestly not my neatest kitsuke because I wasn't feeling quite myself yesterday. Kudos to my husband who got me to smile and take a picture with the cat to cheer me up a little. I'm hoping the upcoming ensemble will be a little neater (and I'll be in a better mood)!

February 8th - Tea Ceremony Kitsuke

I haven't posted any kitsuke photos in some time, so I thought I'd share these. We had an informal tea ceremony practice this weekend. I wore a pink full shibori kimono that I had only briefly tried on when I bought it last April. I couldn't find a good occasion to wear it before, but my husband suggested I wear it this weekend, so I did! He also helped me choose the rest of the outfit. (He has somewhat reluctantly become a part of my outfit-choosing process.)

Since it was a casual practice (and I had another event right before), I took a little license and wore a casual nagoya obi with a cat design. I paired it with a dark blue obiage, a blue checkerboard sanbuhimo, rose design obidome, and a blue haneri with plum design for February.

Pictures:

Close-up of accessories

Selfie, but you can see the haneri better in this one.

Full-body, front

Full-body, back

Of course there has to be a cat photo!

I also performed tea ceremony that day, and my friend took some pictures, so I may have some more photos soon! Thanks for looking!

"Cami Sits on Things" Blog

My twin sister just created a blog for her cat Cami - who likes to sit on everything. It's quite hilarious ^_^.

Please enjoy: http://camisitsonthings.blogspot.com

I like... cats...

Me:      "Hello, my name is Jackie."

Group: "Hi, Jackie."

Me:      "...and I like... cats..."

There should be an equivalent of AA for cat people like me. No, I don't have a million cats in my apartment - just one fluffy little spoiled demon. But I love them as a motif on kimono, and fortunately for me, designers are into this trend as well. One of my favorite sellers on Rakuten was having a sale, so I picked up some things - mostly cat themed things...

Black cat and temari tabi (just look at the pink bow around its neck!)

Cream black cat hanhaba obi

Burgundy cat "peeking" nagoya obi (its red eyes are kind of freaky though!)

Lavender tabi with colorful dots

And biyosugata (Thanks, Bebe Taian!). This one is hanhaba sized, mostly for yukata musubi.

So yeah... 猫がだいすきです！ >^-^<