Todays outfit

 Lipstick necklace: No:wear (Camden market, London), blouse: H&M, skirt: KappAhl, stockings: H&M, shoes: Tuk

Guests today

My mother and her husband came for lunch and desserts today.

We had canapes for lunch (strange lunch I know...).

and then after we had some coffee with Bailey's, lemon cupcakes with frosting and semifreddo served with strawberries.

I got the one that matched my new GreenGate mug.

Today the try-outs for the European Song Contest starts! Wihooo!
I love that.
Usually we hang out with friends and look at it together; judging their singing, clothes and hair etc., but this year we totally forgot the try-outs started today already. And now we both had Bailey's so we can't drive anywhere :(

Oh well, we'll try to be horrible at home instead, trash-talk and give them the goth-finger if they deserve it. But I'm such a sucker for this type of entertaining so I'll probably just looooove everything. Apart from those "fun" dodoes that's always singing about some pizza or love in a wuss way. (links to two of Swedens best *not*)

Swedes have lousy taste in music, and although we have had fantastic songs for the try-outs they have voted for ass-music. How on earth can they turn Alcazar down - 4 times!

If I was under weapon threat and not allowed to listen to electro goth, I would easily surrender to this. It's happy and glitz, just like me.

Synthia almost crushed by IKEA door!

Yesterday when our sweet Synthia was about to pick out an outfit for the next day she opened her mirror door to the PAX wardrobe, by IKEA, and the door let go in the anchoring and fell right at her. In the nick of time she jumped to the side and the door just missed her.
With a heavy bang the door fell to the floor and there was miniature glass splinter all over.

The door is extremely heavy, and if it had hit her I'm sure she would have been killed! I had a hard time with images of what could have been if she wasn't as lucky as she was. Dear God, she could have been killed! She's so tiny...
She too was in shock I guess, she was very upset later. She had to spend the night in Fairlight's room since hers was full of glass.

The worst thing is IKEA sells these doors to this wardrobe still (I think). Synthia had this wardrobe since she was a baby, what if it had happened earlier? Or if it had hit her on the head now...
I must contact IKEA and let them know this door isn't safe before some kid gets hurt.

Fang broke - AGAIN!

Noooooo! How did this happen? The kids have such soft necks it wouldn't even be possible to break a fang nibbling at their necks (naaahhh, I'm just playing über-cool vampire goth, it was in fact the sticky brownie cupcake. How the hell can you break a fang with a sticky brownie cupcake? Perhaps that is a better protection against vampires than garlic?

Vampire: "- Look out! She's got a sticky brownie cupcake!" And vampire turns to dust with a moan...)

I haven't got a new appointment until Monday...oh maaan :(

Lure them in with cupcakes

Today I had 5 kids at home. Under false pretences I lured them in with cupcakes (well, the two extra kids came with their mother).

Here's the cupcakes; sticky brownie cupcake with nougat frosting, strawberry jam cookies and lemon cupcakes with frosting 

My plate. I got stuck with the ghost marengue cupcake *mohaha ha*

I had 5 kids running wild here. That's good, it get's their blood pumping so it's easier to drink their blood. And after they have gotten a good sugar-rush I had a killing frenzy ending up to my next blog post.....

I'm the stylist of this video

Miranda X, the sweet 16 year old daughter of my good friend made a video for her song (be awere, it's not electro or goth). I helped with the styling. All the clothes she's wearing are my own (bra excluded). You can even spot my own designs as the Adorable Heart blouse and my Lovely Lace long skirt in a few of the clips <3

My fang is back and ready for action

I usually stay in all day as the light shy creature I am. But today I had an urgent agenda - my precious right fang has been broken and I had to fix it since my tummy was screaming for food.
I was in luck today - no sun was up and I could easily take a stroll to Mr V, my dentist.

Lipstick: Kryolan LP 630

He was working with the fang for quite a bit, he even was nice enough to ask how sharp I wanted it. As sharp as it goes, of course!
He made it look fantastic, as if it never been broken.
(For nerds: He didn't remove the whole shebang, he just rebuilt the part that was missing)
I really, really like the sweet curve he gave it, like a little hook. I can feel my fangs itching right now! Time for a midnight snack perhaps ;)

My fang broke!

My career as a vampire is for the time beeing on hold. I was trying to hug (=bite) my son and the little confect knocked me so hard my right fang broke off!!!

"-Hi, mr Dentist, can you please attach my fang again?"
And he could, on Wednesday.
For the time beeing the world is safe from me...

Lipstick: Kryolan LP 630 with Viva la Diva glitter

More modelling pictures for The House of Wade Lee

Here's the second hair bow I modelled for The House of Wade Lee. (and yes, it's fake fur if anyone was wondering, and fake flower, and fake lashes, and fake...)

Goth gadgets

I wished I had an extra apartment where I could go totally goth in the decorations.
Why I don't do it now? I hate colors (in my living area), it makes me scatter-brained so I can only survive having a white apartment.
Sure, I add colored pillows and curtains from time to time - BUT I can remove them easy and then I'm left with that calming white again :)

But IF I had this mirror world apartment I sure would hang this in the ceiling!

Find it here at etsy.com

Yesterday

My Saturday was spent celebrating my husbands brothers son who turned 18.
It was lots of fun, and here in Sweden that means when you come of age (is that the right expression, really?), so he now has the right to buy alcohol at pubs. I'm guessing he was the first one in line yesterday!

I admit - I was not the best me, I used the time to make my kids pretty in their hair and then there was no time for poor me :( This is my "boring" hairstyle. Shit - I'm really in a need of bleaching my roots!

But it's not until 20 you can go to the "Systembolaget" (we still have alcohol controlled by the state in just one special store) and buy liquoer yourself.
Very strange considering you are allowed to buy it at pubs 2 years earlier... I'm guessing the state want that money for those two years.
And I know noone who waited past 16 for their first drunkenness..

My first drunkenness was at the age of 15.
We were a big gang of girls, and we had a rule so we all tried, but at different times, so a few of us got drunk, and the other girls took care of the drunken ones (smart, right!). I was one of the last ones to try. This time it was me and a girl named Jenny. We didn't know how much we were supposed to drink, but we wanted to make sure to get drunk. It my case that was drinking 1½ bottle of red and white wine in just 3 minutes.
Needless to say - I couldn't be in the same room where my parents opened a bottle of wine for the next comming 8 years.... They teased me a LOT about it :)

Drunk I got, puked I did, laughed about I've done ever since.

The content of it all: I couldn't see the fun in it really since I'm always been very freed before, and needed no alcohol to get out of my shell. So I was always the designated driver in my SAAB 96 V4, named Arnold.

This is not Arnold, but it looks exactly the same, color and all. Best car I've ever had. It had a column shift.

I think I was sober until 21, then I drinked a bit, and by 26 I could enjoy it (or how to speak). I'm still no big alcohol consumer - if I don't count the weekend at the M'era Luna festival in Germany every August ;)

Baked: rhubarb crumble pie

Kids wanted something sweet for Friday afternoon break.
Mum baked a rhubarb crumble pie.

 I defrosted my freezer yesterday and found some rhubarbs of the summer, so I tried a new recipe. Althought it was very good, I won't do it again - it contained far too much sugar. I will continue using my old well-proved recipe for crumble pie. Served with lightly whipped cream with a dash of vanilla.

Even if I eat mostly according to Montignac Method I can eat small portions of delights <3 since I'm in Phase 2.  Without getting fat! All hail Montignac and his method!

Adora BatBrat inspired makeup tutorial (dramatic)

I just found this! So cute <3
My Friday just got even better :) The worst part is she does my look better then I do...

The only difference is that I have mini-hearts instead of dots at the ends. I do love hearts...and dots..

All the pictures are from the M'era Luna festival, Germany 2010

Here with my pretty, pretty sister Jenny and her pretty, pretty boyfriend Mattias (of band D-Tox)

Me answering a question

I got this in a message and decided to answer it where everyone can see:

"I was reading your blog post about the "little make up and shabby outfit"... and I have to ask you (though I know I'd be the 1000th one): do you put on make up and style your hair and wear fancy dresses every day? Even to stay in home? I mean, what time do you wake up? Right now I'm wearing a sweater and a pair of jeans... I'd like to look at my best everyday, but aside my laziness, I don't feel comfy all day long staying at home in leggins and tight shirts... not to mention wearing shoes at home! is this something you can get used to? Can I train myself feeling at my ease without baggy clothes? Or is this some kind of swedish superpower?"

The answer is - yes! I do dress up every day and wears heavy make up. 
Not festival-dressed, but a bit more over dressed then the average person I guess (since I get asked this a lot). At festivals I'm half nude, and that is not something I wanna be going grocery shopping for broccoli ;)

It's hard to explain without sounding like a narcissist...
I think of it like: "I deserve this. I deserve to feel beautiful and to be the best me every day". Many people wonder why I'm so happy, and I am, and part of it I think is because I dress up every day. Who can not feel happy when dressed nicely?
And also I can't figure out why the most pretty clothes are only to be worn on special occations? I don't have that many special occations...

Sometimes my husband changes into a t-shirt when he gets home from work *sorry to out you, honey* and I give him hell every time. This is what he hears, the poor bastard: "-If you are gonna wear ugly clothes, wear them at work. I should be the one you dress up for, not your work!" I'm a bitch wife!

Also: when we met, my husband choose me because of the way I looked, and out of respect for him I do my make up every day, wears cute clothes and try to keep my hair okay. And therefor I demand the same respect from him. This sounds so horrible: but remember - we have been together for 22 years, so there must be something right by this? Or it might just be Swedish superpower.... (I loved that comment! Wihhhiiihhaha)

But the main reason is: If you look good, you feel good. You deserve to look fantastic every day!

(I do not wear my shoes inside my flat, I have pretty black slippers at home, but I wear shoes on the outfit pictures since I'm in the hallway of the house).

How I miss my blue hair seeing this



Todays outfit

This was how I looked at todays business meeting

A lot better than that lame make up I had on yesterday. Felt a lot more like me today. Only my nosechain missing - and why I didn't wear it? It's winter here, and to add cold metal against your cheek is not what you wanna do then.

Porsche joined me on the pic

Synthia and me

I had a business meeting today with people who know lots about the import business that will be part of my webshop. It was a very good meeting, and I feel even happier than to begin with. My rate is now up to 143 percent!

This is when I just fetched Synthia from school.

Then Fairlight wanted to bake strawberry cupcakes for afternoon break. They were very yummy!



Todays outfit

We had a parental meeting tonight, and this is how I looked:

I know, I know...too little make up and a booring hairstyle.
Perhaps 4 times a year I wear this little make up. But isn't it true; when you are used to be wearing lots of make up and always looks your best every single day, you always have one day when you are not the best you and that is always the day you end up meeting lots of cool people/the hottest boy/your enemy. It's so typical! And then you feel ashamed because then they might think you always look this shabby..

At least I had a fantastic bang-day! Wow, it looks amazing!

And yes, I used shine spray on it.

I was in luck and managed not to meet cool people/hot boy (set aside my husband)/enemy...but I can assure you I felt ashamed all day long. I better make it up by looking more "me" tomorrow.

I was on Spanish TV!

Yesterday I got this on my Facebook from Maria A.
"Hi Adora! today at about 21h you appeared on my tv in news! It was something about gothic lolitas, they showed a bit of one of yours youtube makeup tutorials! I was looking for a link to show you, but I can't find it, maybe because it's too recent. It was on telecinco channel (Spanish tv)"

That is just super cool! I would really love to get my hands on that clip!
Thank you Spain!

Modelling pictures for The House of Wade Lee

This is a set of 4. So this is the first 1/4'th; The Cotton Candy shoot.
I'm wearing a sweet pink Hello Kitty bow. I really liked this one, very cute. I especially love the dots. The shoot was for The House of Wade Lee.

Pretty in Pink

Here's some pictures from when we were going to see The Cure in Stockholm 2008.

I don't normally drink beer, but this was clearly an emergency!

.....because I was under threat from Count Cap

..who then CAP-tured my heart!

Hello, baby!

Today I said welcome to the world to Enya (dad is famous by his electro band Colony 5). She's now 10 weeks old and look - she even gave me a smile <3 (and I who was about to eat her pink, warm, little body. That saved her....for now...) She and I are now totally buddies, we even called each other before to color match as you can see!

Fantastic chocolate cake made us this happy

My husband gave me a mug

I'm such a bad goth. I, of course, love spiders (NOT live though), web, bats, blood, vampires, ghosts and skeletons...BUT I also have a "grandma-gene", it's probably the same that makes me somewhat like the horrendous shabby chic style...it also makes me a fan of romantic tomfoolery, such as the Danish design GreenGate.

I'm totally ambivalent between the dark and the flamboyant and flaunty styles. I'm also like a crow and can't keep my paws off glitz and sparkly things - I'm no good poster-girl for the goth community. I beg for forgiveness..

Aaaaaany who, I told my husband I have finally found a new coffee/tea cup that I liked but I thought it was a bit too expensive as well as unnecessary (I've been looking for a while) and can you imagine - today he bought it to me <3 It's Green Gate's Mille White.

The premiere drink; Irish Coffee

Todays outfit

Netting shirt and corset-top from the Swedish E-bay: "Tradera". Black skirt and red gloves from Lindex (skirt from kids wear) and white skirt from H&M kids wear.

Stockings from grocery store and Demonia shoes.

Cupcake time

Mmm, TeeBee helped me bake the cupcakes today. We made lemon and raisins cupcakes.

Frosting for 6 cupcakes: converter
20 g butter
35 g Philadelphia cheese
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1/3 teaspoon of vanilla sugar
1,6 dl icing sugar
(caramel color; beetroot extract for example)
Blend it with a fork or a beater. Decorate. Store in refrigerator when you've added the frosting.

Friday, people!

It's FRIDAY!!! And here I am with my Friday-glass! As you can see I'm currently in Paris ;)

What's in store today?
I'm gonna bake something for the kids efternoon break, most likely I will be lazy and make cupcakes, then for dinner it will be tenderloin (of human of course) with red wine sauce (type A negative with a dash of Crianza) and béarnaise sauce served with grilled veggies (brutally slaughtered).
Then I'll take a stroll down town to buy something for a baby named Enya who we are going to visit tomorrow, Her dad is Magnus of Swedish electro band Colony 5 .

Happy Friday to everyone!

Me want!

I'm so in love right now! The white plate with the simple skull in the middle is so magnificent! I'm thinking appelpie and home made vanilla ice cream when I see it...or perhaps an appetizer with spinach, smoked salmon and feta cheese tartlet with pine nuts...

Can be bought here for $39.80

And this is just so luxurious! I couldn't eat anything but tenderloin with a red wine sause added a hint of thyme on it.

Read about it here. It costs horrendous £21!!!

And this would look fine with a slice (or two) of cinnamon cheesecake with lime glaze

Can be bought here for $7.

Perhaps it's time to get started on my Christmas wish list already...