Proper kitsuke ^_^

Weekend!

Don't you agree that when the holidays fall in the middle of a week, and you get a few days off, the first week is a bit of a mess, and hard to get back in your normal rhythym?
O well, the first week is over, on to the second week of 2008! But now it's weekend!

My dummy is dressed in my first wool kimono, the one I posed in in front of our Chrismastree (which I'm going to clear off today or tomorrow). But then I was almost ashamed when I saw the pictures I posted them. So now some proper kitsuke on my dummy!
The hanhaba obi is tied in the clamshell musubi, very easy, but I still have to tie it while having it on my back.

Happy New Year everyone!

May all your dreams and wishes for 2008 come true.

Just testing...

Just a quick post to see it this works... I'm writing this post not online but in my Blogger widget for Mac OSX's Dashboard.

And as far as kimono... In the weekend before New Year we bought some new cupboards for our bedroom, and reorganised our bedroom, so now it looks more spacious with actually less room. And now my dummy/mannequin has a really nice spot against the wall, so if I have time this weekend I'll dress her in a nice wintery kimono with hanhaba obi.

Wool wintery komon

The last kimono from the package is this wool kimono, which was one of the wool-sale on Ryu's sale. This hanhaba obi is the first hanhaba I've bought. I also got another one with a kikko-pattern, but it didn't match as good as this one.

Because it's my first hanhaba obi, it was also the first time I tied a clamshell musubi, which isn't difficult. But I must confess that I tied it the easy way, on my belly and then turned it around, hence a not so good kitsuke.













One thing I really need to learn is to tie my musubi on my back :)

Black-pink komon

This is the second kimono from the package I got a couple of days ago.
It's a black and pink komon, a black base with tiny pink flowers. The obi I bought to go with this komon is a black nagoya obi with one big rose and two smaller roses for the front of the obi. It turned out to be a perfect combination!

The only thing I figured out is that I have to buy a pink obijime/obiage set (but I already knew that) and a juban with longer sleeves.

Peacock Houmongi

2 weeks ago finally my package with new kimono arrived, and unpacking your package is always fun :-)
Pardon the kitsuke, but here are pictures of the peacock houmongi with the peacock obi. A perfect combination!

New resolutions

As it's almost the holidays, let make a newyear's resolution.
I've already translated posts I made on another blog and posted these on this blog, so now my new resolution will be....
To make a nice layout for this blog!