Southern Belle

Styling/ hand sewn dress by: me (Michele Achacoso). Photography by: Pawie Achacoso (yihee!!).

Big brother got a new toy! I am having the most fun using it. Lulz. Picture above shows what we obviously did this afternoon. I guess we'll be doing more practice shoots at home. *rolls with glee* Will blog more about the dress I made tomorrow; have to sew stuff now. I'll be having a bazaar this coming monday to friday (Jan 10-14) at the Ateneo college zen garden. Hello eyebags!

Dark tutu land

Outtakes from a shoot with Zel

Oookay..couldn't think of a better title. Had a shoot with Zel for my online store: Pirouette, a few weeks ago. Pics above weren't used for my shop, but i loved them so much that i decided to post-process them a bit and er.. post!

Marionette skirt

Ultra-frilly black tutu

Model: Zel Gratela
Photo/ Styling/ Skirt designs by: me (Michele Achacoso)
Hair: Marielle Penafiel
Clothes c/o: Pirouette at http://www.lapirouette.multiply.com/

Summer Solstice

Sheer maxi tulle skirt and stained glass top from: Pirouette. Lace cover up made by: me (Michele Achacoso).

Wore this to day 2 of the Summer Solstice bazaar at the Megatent last first week of June. Wore my hair in a puffy side bun which I thought I could never achieve because of my thin thin hair, until I saw Bubz beauty's tutotial.

studs and chains

Early this year (january), i started my first SERIOUS attempt at making jewelry. I made this studded heart necklace for my shop; and thankfully, people liked it and bought some (also had this in color gold; crown and bow shapes). ^_^

Studded heart necklace by: me (Michele Achacoso)

After making my bunch of necklaces i was stuck with a few bits os extra studs and chains that i couldn't use for my necklaces anymore. So what did i do? >>> Recycled them and made a doll dress of course! Haha. My love for dress making started because of dolls, actually.

In the woods...

Test shots

See how the venue and lighting changes the mood of a picture?

Sunny day

Another day at the park. Lately, i've been meeting people studying MMA (multimedia arts), haha. weird coincidence. And its so funny when they ask me about my course, and I reply "international studies". lol i know, soo far from sewing and anything creative. ^_^

Pastries made by: Bianca PensotesModel: Zel GratelaSkirt design + Picnic dress + lace top made by: Michele AchacosoPhotographer: Marielle PenafielBunch o' outtakes by: R + me

The Crew

More pictures coming soon :)

Butterflies and fairies

In my closet, you can find some...peculiar things...

like this and this and these:

Angsty (Emily the Strange dress), Nationalistic (baro't saya in hot pink), Cutesy (bunch o' printed hoodies), Furry (furry stuff)...among others.

...but a fairy costume, I do NOT own. haha. A friend asked me if I happened to have a fairy costume that she could borrow. she needed it asap. lulz, i do not have a human sized one. But i did make some doll-sized fairy outfits about over a year ago:

Photo and outfits by: Michele Achacoso (me)Flowers: c/o mother nature...~NOT. I attacked our flower vase. Those are plastic flowers.

a butterfly and a fairy

I love working with themes. If only I had enough materials (given to me for FREE), i'd probably make a life-sized one. I really do prefer making costume-like things. But normal clothes are more wearable. ^_^

-By the way-

Bel-air 3 village, Makati is having a second-hand sale at the village park this coming Sunday (Sept 19, 2010). Yeah..im going to join. I have alot more stuff I want to get rid of! Any takers on the baro't saya (national costume)? haha.

Playing in the park

Night time pics yet again. Guhh. I never seem to learn.

Lolita stuff from my closet. Not made by me. But oh how I wish.

These girls would like to remain anonymous. :)