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-Keiko Lynn

Not So Summery/Little Bunny Miku

You'll have to forgive my sporadic updates; between painting, moving and this infection I'm fighting, I've been a bit preoccupied. I haven't been able to wear really cute clothing, because my left arm is twice its usual size (down to the elbow) and hurts like no other. I have good days and bad days; the last couple of days were awful! I had a fever and horrible chills and the pain was unbearable. I am on antibiotics, but the doctor's expectations are pretty low. He wants to refer me to a surgeon. Lovely! I don't have insurance. What to do?

Keep your fingers crossed that it's not too late for antibiotics to clear this up. At the very least, I'm happy that my fever broke. In the meantime, here are some pictures from a week or so ago, before the infection spread like wildfire:)




One of my favorite necklaces, the little bunny necklace from Anirtak. It's my Peanutty necklace. Nunner Bunner (one of the many nicknames I had for Peanutty) always lives on in my heart, but I keep her pictures on the wall and random little bunny trinkets around, so she's always near me.



On this day, I changed outfits three times. This was the first outfit. It doesn't look very summery, but that's because it was not a summery day. It was chilly and rainy, when I woke up. As we took these pictures, it started to warm up, so I changed into a different outfit. Later on, I changed into a dress for dinner. Kind of ridiculous!

Outfit Details:

lace slip (I just realized I've had this since freshman year of college...weird)

wrap knit top - Express (also really old)

thrifted belt

vintage purse (from my mom)

thrifted skirt

h&m skirt (worn under the other skirt for fullness/to keep the skirt from flying up)

gap tights

vintage heels

bunny necklace from Anirtak




Speaking of bunnies - did you know that I almost named Miku "Bunny"? I named our cat "Puppy," when I was five. I thought it would be cute to name her Bunny, since I had a Peanutty bunny at the time. Plus, she looked like a little bunny. My mom vetoed the name. I still call her Bunny, from time to time, but it's just a term of endearment that I use for most animals (and Kimbly). This was really more of an excuse to post cute pictures of the little babies. Miku and Vester are best buds. Excuse Miku's ratty looking coat - I guess I didn't brush her that day!


I felt bad for Lacy, because she's always left out. Bobby favors Vester, and so does Miku! My friends and I all give her extra attention, just to make up for it.

In other news, you may have noticed the lack of Postlapsaria updates. That's because I haven't been able to photograph the clothes! I don't want to get my gross infected arm all over the clothing. I was waiting for it to clear up, but I guess I'm going to have to photograph them hanging on a form or something. Antibiotics, please clear this up! It's getting so old.

-Keiko Lynn

p.s. I just checked and the bunny (Lone Hopper) necklace is still available at Anirtak's Etsy, and it's only $10!

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-Keiko Lynn

Happy Fourth of July!

...and Happy Birthday to my dear friends, John and Peter! 

I like to be obnoxious on holidays, which means bunny ears on Easter, and red, white and blue on the fourth. Last year, we spent the week in Cape Cod, with little Miku in tow. I wore a patriotic prairie dress and ate homemade pumpkin ice cream. Let's just be honest, it's difficult to top Cape Cod. We planned on making the same trip this year, but the move has slightly delayed it. So, we went to Coney Island and the New York Aquarium!

I did mention that I like to be obnoxious, right? Can we add campy in there?

Coney Island was packed - and we arrived a few hours after the hot dog eating competition!

We celebrated with fried, greasy foods (fried clams and an arepa)- something we almost never eat. It was a delicious treat, but we both felt pretty gross afterward. Worth it!

I wore a vintage sailor romper. 

I liked how straight forward this sign was.

After a couple of hours on the boardwalk/at the amusement park, we headed to the aquarium.

We saw a lot of beautiful sea life, at the aquarium. Among others, we saw:

the happiest frog I have ever seen in my life!

a terrifying fish gang

star fish

magical sea horses

sea lions

But nothing captured my heart as much as the otters. Oh my gosh! 

We also shared an ice cream cone. It was already a high calorie day, so I just went all out!


It was a lovely day. Too bad Miku wasn't there, because she would have loved the excitement of it all. Unfortunately for her, she had to babysit the kitties, and pups are not allowed at the aquarium. 

I do miss fireworks, though. We didn't bother trying to get to the Hudson festivities, so this day was fireworks free. Oh well - Coney Island will be doing fireworks every Friday, so I'll have to head down there next week!

-Keiko Lynn

How did you spend your Saturday?

Dancing in Brooklyn

Today, I received this lovely little ModCloth dress (named Dancing in Manhattan) in the mail. It was great timing, because I had just gotten out of the shower and didn't have an outfit ready. I used the name as an excuse to dance on the rooftop, with Bobby in tow. We may not be in Manhattan, nor are we good dancers - but we're just over the bridge, and we did our best!

It's too warm for even this light weight blazer, but I didn't have much of a choice. I have this kind of gruesome, swollen lymph node and infection under my left arm and I figured I'd spare you the visual.

My dancing shoes. Which, now that I think about it, probably aren't the best shoes for rooftop dancing. I'm surprised I didn't topple over the edge.

My makeup, which by chance, kind of matched my dress. I already had one eye done, when the mailman arrived. 

Outfit Details:
Dancing in Manhattan Dress: ModCloth
Double breasted blazer: vintage
Bow Heels: Nine West

Makeup Details:
Concealer
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light
Benefit Benetint (cheeks)
MAC bare canvas paint on lids
MAC stars n rockets eyeshadow (purple)
MAC white pigment (middle of lids)
Urban Decay Oil Slick (outer/crease)
MAC freshwater (lower lash line)
MAC blacktrack fluidline
mascara
lipstick (I can't read the label anymore; it's worn off)
MAC dipdown fluidline (brows)

After a day of dancing, we're off to dinner. Did we do that backwards?

-Keiko Lynn

Little Bits of Happiness, Part Two: Notes From Roxy

For Mother's Day, Roxy made cards for everyone. She dictated to Amanda, and Amanda wrote everything down verbatim. Since I'm not a mother (apparently people don't count Miku, which I think is ridiculous), Roxy made me what she called a "Happy Day" card. Needless to say, I was very pleased with the outcome. When I'm in a bad mood, this immediately brightens my day.




If you can't read the silver parts of the card, here is what they say (clockwise). Keep in mind that Amanda wrote down exactly what Roxy told her to write down (strict instructions from a three year old):

That's Keiko. Your hair is going crazy. No actually it's your face.
(hands)
(legs)
My name's old
That's Rowdy cuz I love him (Rowdy is one of our horses)
(whole entire hand)


To clarify, Axle and Pookie are two of their dogs (Lily is the third and she is an angel). They are well behaved, but apparently Roxy was afraid of them peeing on the card. My favorite part is how she wants a dolphin, so she can give it a thermometer.


My niece is crazy. I adore her!

Love love,
Keiko Lynn

Baby Keiks

It's pretty crazy to think that at around my age, my mom had three children. I found these old photos on an old photobucket account, and figured I would share them on here. Not much has changed; I still dress the same way and put my hands up to my face in half of my pictures.

It's so weird, looking at old photos. It seems like only weeks ago that we were chasing each other around the house and tattling on one another. We fought like crazy, but we were always close. We still are - just as my mom said we would be - but my goodness, we couldn't be more different from one another. I don't even think we look alike, not even a little!

Do you have pictures of yourself, as a child? I'd love to see them!

-Keiko Lynn

p.s. Since this blog is intended for personal reference [present and future], I'd like to go ahead and say RIP, Michael Jackson. Everyone knows I love and listen to way too much Michael Jackson, so it would just be ridiculous if I didn't mention it here. MJ, I will play my favorites (The Way You Make Me Feel, PYT (Pretty Young Thing) and Rock With You are my top three) even more often than normal, this week. Which is pretty scary, because they already monopolize my "sewing" playlist on itunes. I hope I have the pleasure of running into the Thriller flash mob, this week. I have a feeling there will be several more appearances.

Smiling With My Eyes Closed

Have you noticed that trend? I tend to smile like a five year old; it's just my thing.






Outfit Details:
Vintage Dirndl - Beacon's Closet (replaced the zipper)
Thrifted and reconstructed blouse
Thrifted belt
Jeffrey Campbell heels (I wear these a lot...mainly because they're the most comfortable heels I own. They're even better than most of my flats)

I've been working on tutorials for Emerging Thoughts, today. I was wondering, are there any specific tutorials you would like to see? I want to keep things somewhat simple (requiring little or no sewing skills). So far, I've been focusing on accessories, but I'm open to any suggestions you might have.

-Keiko Lynn

Park Slope

We officially have a new apartment! It's a 2.5 bedroom (the half will be my sewing area) in Park Slope. Bobby and I are about to go shopping for paint and furniture. Expect a lot of DIY projects in the near future! We have a month and a week transition (we already have the keys), so it will be plenty of time for us to paint and move everything. I'm so excited! Exclamation point!







Outfit Details:
Vintage Dress - Melrose Fairfax Flea Market
Magenta belt - thrifted (or from my mom's store; I can't remember)
Tights - H&M
Shoes - Urban Outfitters


I have to admit, I will miss our apartment. Maybe not so much the neighborhood, but the apartment itself. I get attached to inanimate objects rather easily. It will be nice to live near all of the cute little vintage shops and restaurants, though...and to get away from some of the crazies in our area. I'll miss our mechanic friends next door, though! We will have to come and visit them when we have car trouble.

Yayyyyy new apartment!

-Keiko Lynn

p.s. Why is it that I can always hear the UPS or Fedex guy when he comes, but never the USPS mailman? I currently have some returned packages waiting for me at the post office, because they never bother to ring my doorbell or knock on my door. Even more annoying than the fact that some of my Postlapsaria packages were returned!

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