Goofing Around at Sannin Party 7 Unisri, Solo (part 2 of 2)

Okay, I guess this is part 2 of goofing around at Sannin Party :P. I will post mainly our customers' kitsuke and some bonus pics of our back stage (?) activities.

Sabi neechan. She hadn't worn her kimono.

As you may know, we set our booth at Sannin Party Unisri at 3rd February 2013. At some point of event, this was actually to promote our page, Indonesian Sisterhood of Traveling Kimono ;). We then expanded the booth into yukata rental hahaha....

I already printed the namecard in a rush instant (off-the-record: I cut the namecard myself, found a really cheap print place :P).

Without further ado, let me present you our hustle buste day at Sannin Party ;).

 

Our customers obviously were girls and lady-dudes. But we had a dude's customer. He lost in a game and the rest of the participants demanded him to wore yukata.

 

Sabi-neechan was a really skillful in tying the hanhaba obi. I need to improve my chocho musubi's skill .__.

I got a heat prostrate. Maybe the way I tied my kimono and obi were rather too tight. I was afraid the kimono and obi became loose T^T. We ate in a rush in the back at ishoma's time :P. We closed our booth temporarily hihihi....

I love went to such an event. It's true it was hectic, hustle bustle and tiresome. But heck yeah, it's a really  indispensable and unforgettable memory.  Arigatou gozaimasu~

Goofing Around at Sannin Party 7 Unisri, Solo (Part 1 of 2)

How did it start? Nggg....I guess Sabi-oneesan got some information about a matsuri event in Solo. We wish to have a booth there. I have plenty of yukata to be rented and Sabi-oneesan has some. After we got the deal about the booth, we found an aid for transportation and accommodation. The day before the D-day, Sabi-oneesan slept by my place so we didn't need longer preparation time. Apart from her yukata for rental, she also brought her ready stock and made-by-order or custom kanzashi. She showed me how to make a kanzashi. It was a test for my patience and my endurance since kanzashi is actually an elaborate and delicate handcraft :D. Anyway, the day before the D-day, we also surveyed the place, and we were lost to the point we reached Sangiran (what the....?!?).

But we managed to find the matsuri place and way back home to Yogya, we had some glass of warm milk and roti bakar in the random food stall in Solo. Things are so much better when our tummy is full ;).


After we set the sail the next morning, we packed all of our stuff into four big bags. Now I understand the significance of a seller. Sabi-oneesan has various display for her selling items ^w^. An hour land trip and we arrived at the venue. We unpacked our things and started tend our booth. This was my first time going to a matsuri as a tenant and not as a visitor. I have plenty of yukata and I was willing to lend them to the visitor there. I have seven yukata plus the obi ^w^. Lot of them....

Oh yeah, have I told you that I wore kimono started right from my crib? Yep-yep. I wore my gray faux denim kimono paired with my pink stripe cotton fukuro obi. The kimono and obi are home-made. I also coupled the coordination with black-striped blue scarf as obiage, jet black obijime, polkadot white haneri, lavender cabochon in my collar, white tabi, and my only zouri. I still haven't get any juban yet :P. But anyway, this ensemble really cozy and comfortable. I never knew that matsuri atmosphere could be that hot, hectic and busy ^o^;;. I also 'usurped' one of Sabi-oneesan's kanzashi! I chose the rainbow one since it would get many attention :P.

As for Sabi-oneesan, she wore her kimono and obi after we set our booth. That's why she still had plenty of time and I could dress her ^w^.

After our booth was ready, we were REALLY hungry! No wonder! We haven't grabbed anything since we woke up in early morning. But thanks to Adi, he bought us some breakfast. I only managed to took a piece of small bread. The first customer was ready to rent our yukata hehehe....

Sabi-oneesan and I dressing the visitor ^w^.

This was how the booth looked like from the front. The picture was taken after the long day.

Not sure about this pose, but it was taken before the typhoon rain hit.

Release the kraken!

Notice my sloppy kitsuke, crazy haneri and collar, unintentionally boobs attack, dangling obiage, TIRED face, and washed out make-up!!!! Yup-yup....just snapped this picture AFTER the whole event in the day. I wore kimono for 12 hours straight consecutively. BUT....I do LOVE the event and will surely fill in for such event. Next time, I shall take kitsuke picture after I'm done with the kitsuke. Seriously! Backache was the aftermath I guess LOL.

Tired but astoundingly happy ^w^!

This is the only back shot I had. Yes-yes, I knew, the pose was derp indeed.

Notice my sloppy kitsuke, crazy otaiko, slipped out obiage and awkward pose!!!! Look at the fabulous RAINBOW kanzashi I wore on my head! My partner-in-crime Sabi Sabishigaru has this beautiful stuffs~~~ Check out her store nao!

March 2013 Kitsuke

I dearly wanted to wear kimono and looked for some opportunity. When the chance of matsuri didn't happen in March, I created other event to cater my craving of wearing kimono :P. Then, I asked some members in my group to tag along. Since it was rather sudden gathering, the participants were small. I was afraid that only few would come since it was too sudden and was raining almost the whole day. But nonetheless I was contented ^w^. We went to Kawaii Suki & Sushi, one family restaurant serving Japanese cuisine with spacious room and nice atmosphere.

I wore black with red and white polkadot komon and paired with gray home-made faux-denim obi. It was custom made obi and was decorated with simple hand emboidery. One of my kimono friend made this from me. Her name is Sabi-oneesan ^w^. The boring gray colour obi was brighter when some colour was put there hihihi.... As for the kimono, I really love the komon! It draped neatly and nicely to my body. Yay!

The kimono drapes nicely. Gotta love it!

Actually, I just realized that the hem was short. I couldn't estimate the hemline since I don't have body length mirror.

I'm not really sure about the coordination, but I was willing to try out the new obi ^w^.

This is how the taiko looks like from behind hehehe. The hem was crazy I know ^^;;.

Gotta learn how to tie neater otaiko.

February 2013 Kitsuke

I never wore tsukuri obi before, so I kinda curious about how to wear tsuke obi. Tsuke obi can safe your time in doing kitsuke and as the name indicated, it was pretied. My kimono friend, Agnes, relinquished my curiosity by lending me one of her tsuke obi. The obi was made from tsumugi silk. I also wondering how tsumugi feel like in the real life since silks has various texture.

I finally receieved the obi and to my surprise the texture was stiff and neatly woven. I barely need obiita when I wear this obi. The obi was single layer and has no core, but still, hold very well without any wrinkles. Very astounding! And I fell in love with this obi. It can make perfect box otaiko which I love ^w^.

Long story but short, I negotiated with the owner to let me have the obi. She finally let me have it with some compensation hehehe ^w^. And now the obi is mine.

I love my polkadot komon, but I also hate it for an obvious reason. The kimono wrinkles easily! AAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa....T^T. Anyway, please be kind to the rather sloppy kitsuke I had.

Showing you the otaiko. Look how wrinkly was the kimono!

The kimono really loves to annoy me T^T. But I can't hate it!

Showing of my sleeve ;). Chocolate polkadot, how come I don't love it?