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!

Best Geta EVER and Haneri

I recently purchased a pair of geta from the seller Kimonomachi on Rakuten. While inexpensive, these are the best geta I have ever tried on! I bought the LL, which actually fits my wide size US 10 foot (often times even the LL is too small). The hanao have a soft underlayer which feels amazing, and I didn't have to loosen them. PLUS - they come in a ton of cute patterns! This is the one I purchased:

I bought a second one today after seeing how awesome these were:

And I added a neat ro haneri to the order. Pretty matcha green with willow leaves =)