TPC Dream Masquerade Carnival event: Day 2

Second day of Dream Masquerade Carnival event! It was tea party day of course! I was way less tired fortunately and also way less stressed. I woke up quite early again and patiently waited in my hotel room until it was time to get dressed for the tea party. My outfit was quite simple, so I had plenty of time to get prepared. I wanted to wear my Dressy Rose JSK for this event since the tickets were released last April, so I sticked to my first idea. The theme of my outfit was "British rose garden" with yellow and red accessories. I even made the fascinator myself,decorated with roses and daisies! I was quite happy with this outfit as I love retro-themed outfits, but I felt a bit uncomfortable though as this dress has quite a lot of cleavage. Haha! I sometimes can't believe it's an actual Angelic Pretty print, so different from what they usually do!

♥ Angelic Pretty Dressy Rose  ♥ 

Barrette: Angelic Pretty

Fascinator: Handmade
Bolero: Offbrand
JSK: Angelic Pretty
 Pochette: Angelic Pretty
Socks: BTSSB
Shoes: BodylineBracelets: Claire's
Wristcuffs: Angelic Pretty & Chocomint
Rings: Offbrand & Zygomatics

I arrived early to the venue (which I had some difficulties to find... stupid Google Maps showed me a totally different place!!!), but many Lolitas wre already waiting outside, including Rosalynn and her parents! I quickly joined her and we waited together. After a while, we were invited to go inside to wait in a small room. I was a bit stressed at that moment because the waiting room filled quite quickly and felt crowded. After my ticket was checked, I was hoping to feel a bit more comfortable in the tea party room, but this one was actually also really crowded! Too many tables and chairs and it was quite difficult to move around. The room was amazing though!

Such a fancy place! Perfect for a tea party!

Rosalynn could enter before me so she kept a seat for seat and I myself kept a seat for my friend Pom who wanted to join us! I was so happy to be with Pom, she is a cutie! I am glad we could spend more time together on sunday as we didn't have time to talk much on saturday.
There were lots of gifts waiting for us on the tables, but it was a bit messy and confusing. I didn't really get what I could take, but we all had a cute Angelic Pretty badge and a fan saying 'I said no picture' (which was honestly the best gift ever! Haha) for sure. I also grabbed some postcards I think. The food was already served too and there was plenty: sandwiches, scones, pastries, etc. The sandwiches were delicious and actually, at the very end of the tea party Pom and I went to grab all the leftovers at other tables! Hahaha (we also basically ate all the watermelon which was left... but that would have ben a pity to throw it away as it was also delicious!)

I love the badge! It would go so well with my British Crown JSK!

While everybody was coming in (we were quite a lot so that took time!) I went around and spotted Maki & Asüka at the head table! I went to say hi and to give them some Swiss chocolates too. I asked for a picture again and they were kind enough to accept! I'm always so happy to have a picture with them! Since 2010, I already had my picture taken with them dozens of time but it makes me really happy everytime ♥

I also managed to have a pic with Asüka later :)

The tea party hadn't officially started yet and Rosalynn and I were still roaming around, when we suddenly spotted BABI & Kaie from Triple Fortune doing some Kabedon again!!! I TOTALLY WANTED TO BE KABEDON-ED and Rosalynn too of course, even if she already had a glorious kabedon the day before. It was a... surprising experience! Rosalynn took pictures of course, but I totally hate my face on them so I will keep them private (sorry... ^^''''''''') but doing Kabedon with Triple Fortune definitely is an achieved goal!
I think we then went back to our table. We were wlecomed by the Tea Party Club and we were immediately asked to go outside to have the group picture taken. I think we were all a bit frustratd as we were quite hungry and wanted to start eating! Haha. It was quite a thing to take a proper group picture. So many people to fit in one small frame. The photographer did an amazing job though and the picture is great!

Picture by Jatzu from Freefall Creation

Now we could eat! FINALLY! I was starving! I ate all my sandwiches, a scone with jam and clotted cream and a chocolate pastry. I think we spent quite a lot of time talking with Pom and Rosalynn and then just went around to take more pictures with friends! I am glad we had a lot of free time! It didn't feel rushed and we had plenty of time to talk with the guests.
I will just now post some of my favourite pictures of the day with amazing girls!

I love this picture of Maki! She looks genuinely happy!

Gorgeous Pom! I loved her outfit ♥

Hello perfection: Marlessa & Cadney ♥

And I met with Lea again of course! ♥

After a while, it was raffle time! No confusion this time, the raffle went pretty smoothly (except I think for someone who actually won the exact prize he actually donated for the raffle! That was funny! Haha!), but I didn't win anything... Rosalynn did though! She won the cutest Swimmer jewel case ever! I think she was quite happy with her prize!

Soooooooo many prizes!

Then, the guest went to choose their favourite coordinations of the day. I think they all chose with their hearts and the winners were all gorgeous in their own style! ♥
Then, we all had some kind of emotional moment as the Tea Party Club officially stated this would be their very last event. I was abit shocked as I had been dreaming for years to go to one of their events and now that I finally could, it would be the last. But in the other hand, I was happy to be there to share those special moments with them. They did an amazing job, for the whole Lolita fashion community worldwide and they made many on my dreams come true during that weekend! So thank you very much Tea Party Club for all your hard work!

All the guests: Triple Fortune, Angelic Pretty, Rose Marie Seoir and Kira Imai!

... And I am only posting this picture because of Asüka's face! XD

The tea party was now officially over, but we still could stay a bit in the room. I went around again to take pictures (it's always a bit hard to lave after a great event....) and eat watermelon with Pom as I said earlier! Haha.
We then went outside where Rosalynn's parents were waiting. We chatted for a bit and they were kind enough to invite me for dinner. I had to decline though as I was dead tired and just wanted to go back to my hotel as I was starting to feel dizzy. But honestly, can I just adopt Rosalynn's family? They're like the kindest people on earth ♥♥♥
After saying goodbye and taking some final pictures, I went on my way back to the hotel. It was quite an adventure as it was Notting Hill's carnival that day! Street near my hotel were all crowded, but at least nobody asked me why I was dressed up! I also treated myself with a bubble tea on my way back, which was delicious!
I don't exactly remember what I did back at the hotel (I was so tired...) I think I called my mom and then took a shower. I couldn't believe the event was over already... I had to pack my stuff again which took my a while and then I went to bed. It was an amazing weekend. I am glad I spent it with my dear Rosalynn ♥ I missed her a lot, as our relationship went a bit down after my father's passing (mostly because of me and my erratic behaviour back then). It just felt so good to have her around again, take pictures for each other and together and just talk like we always did! Thank you so much for all of that, Rosalynn! ♥

My event partner ♥ Thank you Rosalynn!

Thanks also to everyone who has read this entry so far :) Hope you enjoyed my TPC Dream Masquerade Carnival event reports!