Lavender is one of those colors that’s easy to provoke a synesthetic response – the soft, relaxing scent of lavender.  Just browsing these beautiful, softly ruffly ‘casual princess’ clothing pieces is like aromatherapy~

All of these come from the TaoBao brand Candy Rain, and are listed by LoliLoli Shop for Lolita Princess!

Soft Chiffon Princess Overlay Lavender Skirt

Ahhh, lately I have been trying to look up what that draping ‘princess bustle’
is called by name, and can’t seem to find it!
There are definitely some sewing projects I want to do that include it. c:

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Soft White Chiffon Overlay Lavender Blouse with Big Bow

That’s a BIG!!!  BOW!!!
And gosh wow the loose and ruffly chiffon sleeves are heavenly.

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Chiffon Lavender Mermaid Embroidery Skirt

*gasps and points in excitement* Mermaid shell motif!!
You could wear those pretty pastel mermaid shoes with this!

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White & Lavender Sailor Collar with Candy Rain Embroidery Blouse

I love when bow tails are cut like that!!
This is a perfectly nautical-themed top to go with that mermaid skirt~

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Soft Floral Chiffon Ruffle Skirt (Lavender or Pink)

Have I featured this skirt already? oAo
OH GOSH I DON’T KNOW!!
It’s so beautiful, like soft flower petals~
Really, it couldn’t hurt to cover it twice, could it?
Edit:  Oops, I also told a little lie in the intro. nn;
This skirt is from BoBon21, not Candy Rain~

I have never tried searching for fabric on Aliexpress, but I am so glad that I tried it! (/*o*\)  The selection of fabric available by the yard is more limited, but there are TOOOONS of collections of fabric quarter-sized pieces that are available in so many beautiful, shabby chic-like prints!  It would be so awesome to bring these together in a pretty, patchwork way!  They would also make very cute smaller crafts!

56-Piece Shabby Chic Fabric Quarter Lot

Wow!!  I clicked on this thinking it was going to offer a selection
of which color you’d like – not a whole 56-piece lot of all of them!
But that makes it all the more amazing that so many are available!!

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8-Piece Pretty Pink Fabric Lot

Of course there was going to be pink in this post somewhere!
The floral prints in this lot are so sweet and dreamy!!
And you can really, seriously, never have too many polka dots or gingham prints.

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50-Piece Cute Print Fabric Quarter Lot

Another huge collection of quarters!
Looking at all of them, I kind of want to make another stuffed bunny,
where each part of the bunny is a different color and pattern.
It would be a pretty pastel patchwork bunny!

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5-Piece Baby Blue Fabric Quarter Lot

Ohhh look at this sweet baby blue!
I love that you get the bow print in both white-on-blue and blue-on-white.
I would make some cute, color-coordinated pieces out of them!

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50-Piece Floral & Variety Print Fabric Quarter Lot

There is such a huuuuge variety of prints in this set!!

I’m featuring Dream Vision/Yumetenbo again, because I found a lot of cute dresses that they were featuring! \(^o^)/

Long Sleeve Fairy Tale Dress with Cape

Oh my gosh, this is the sweetest, most Red Riding Hood-like dress!!
This is for going on your own adventures through the woods in~

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Classic Gingham Flower Garden Picnic Dress

Soooo pretty!!
This looks like the kinds of dresses I’ve fallen in love with from Candy Rain!
Pink and soft blue is probably among my favorite color combinations.

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Pastel Chiffon Mermaid Dress

For the sweet mermaids out there!
You know what would be perfect with this?
These soft pastel mermaid shoes in the same colors!

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Blue Stripe Off-the-Shoulder Ruffle Dress

This looks a little nautical!

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White & Pink Floral Cocktail Dress

This looks ‘dressier’ than the other dresses featured here.
It would be classy and pretty for an agejo style!

Ok so you probably already know that I have been sewing a lot lately… so browsing fabric is something I have been doing of late as well~  And Fabric.com is probably the easiest place to search for unique stuff!  On a whim I happened to find some FANTASTICAL MAGICAL fabric with unicorns on it, and then I realized that they have an ENTIRE CATEGORY on the subject, so HERE ARE SOME OF MY FINDINGS!!

Timeless Treasures Unicorn Sky Fabric

This reminds me of the book covers from fantasy series that I would get
from Scholastic book fairs in the 90s.

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Michael Miller Unicorn Princess Unicorn Frolic Opal Fabric

More whimsical and cute, these pudgy ponies come on a couple
of different background colors!

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Timeless Treasures Glitter Unicorns Multi Fabric

Did you hear that??  GLITTER!!!
Glittery fabric is 300x better than regular fabric!
And ohhh my gosh I love the pastel colors in this one,
and all of that artsy foliage and background work.

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Michael Miller Princess Charming Unicorn Town Brite Fabric

This one is cute!!! and!!! colorful!!! and!!! fun!!!
Haha I just fell in love with all of the polka dots and
fancy little castle spires!

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Heather Ross Far Far Away Unicorn Blue Fabric

This brings to mind a famous unicorn tapestry, the Hunt of the Unicorn.
It features a unicorn sitting similarly to the one
laying down in the middle of this fabric!
So, this fabric would make a cool project for an art history buff
that is also a unicorn fan~

I don’t really have a theme for today’s selection of features, these are just some miscellaneous cute tops, skirts, and dresses!

Pretty Heart-Shaped Keyhole Top

This is!!  So pretty!!!
I have been seeing this top a lot in a lot of bloggers’ outfit posts.
I’d really love to have it myself!!

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Pastel Tie-Dye Hoodie Jacket

Ahhh what pretty pastels!
This looks awesome to wear to the beach,
or just to crawl the mall or lounge around at home.

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Kawaii Pink Cake & Sweets Fairy-Kei Skirt

These sweets look soooo precious!
And there is a light chiffon overlay to this skirt,
for added dreaminess!

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Cute White/Navy Sailor Tie Blouse

A cute variation of the sailor/seifuku blouse theme!

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Galaxy Seifuku Top Dress

Speaking of sailor tops, look at this galactic interpretation of the classic sailor collar!
These designs decorated with long tails or cutesy wing shapes
remind me of something that would be a part of a magical girl’s uniform!