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/

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.

Remaining september, please be kind to me...

Scallop trim dress made by: Michele Achacoso

Plans unplanned. Happy surprises. Situations you just have to deal with. Mysterious mysteries. Shout out to Tine for buying this even if I wasn't selling it (and even if I didnt attach the lining yet)! Thanks dear!!

I see spots!

The usual person I force to wear my stuff.

Yep, thats her fate. ^_^

I miss my long hair!

Deleting tons of files in my laptop; and i came across some pics of an old dress I made. Its still in my closet! Ooooh ~vintage! haha.

Sweet tooth

Styling/ outfit/ accessories made by: Michele Achacoso
Photography by: Quiela Sandel
Model: Maya Cabuang
Sweet treats by: Bianca Pensotes of the Dolce Bianquita Bakeshop

The preparation kinda took long. We had to rush (the taking of pictures) to catch the sunlight. When the shoot was finally done, we relaxed and had some pizza. We went up to the rooftop and from a distance, saw some fireworks...

Dolce Bianquita: 8197 Sgt. Fabian YabutCorner Orense St., Guadalupe Nuevo, Makati City, 1212, Philippines.

bakeshop loli, cirus cat.

Styling/ outfit/ accessories made by: Michele Achacoso

Photography by: Quiela Sandel

Model: Maya Cabuang

Sweet treats by: Bianca Pensotes of the Dolce Bianquita Bakeshop

Made this outfit for another Dolce Bianquita Bakeshop shoot. I never get tired of making loli dresses. Will post more pics of this shoot soon ~ ^_^

Today is tutu making day

Photography by: Michele Achacoso

Model: Carmel de la Cruz

Making alot of tutus for my shop. They're all free size; but i do make customized ones upon request. Heres a pic of one of the first tutus i ever made (around last year). I asked my friend to pose for me, and i took her picture in our backyard! haha. Boy, the first look of my webshop had no theme whatsoever. All the other stuff she's wearing were products that i had for sale too. ahh memories of starting out...

Rooftop girls

Just got home from a photoshoot (well...around an hour ago). Had so much fun! Here's one outtake from yesterday. Argh...not a lot of outtakes to choose from, but this one's pretty decent looking. Gonna sort thru the other pics later! Woohoo!!

We are the dolls

Big dolls and little dolls, dressed in matching outfits that I made.

outfits by: Michele Achacoso

Spreading the Pullip Love! My first attempts at clothes making was sewing clothes for my dolls. I have now progressed to creating fashion for "big dolls"!

Draw when you're bored

We had no internet yesterday --the horror! haha. i put my idle time to use by drawing; and its been so long since i used colored pencils. I had fun drawing this. :D