Rainy day kitsuke

well yesterday was yucky and gray... but i just had to get in kimono and feel pretty. This was my second kitsuke in  two days which is more kitsuke then usual for me. So i broke out my IG Prize and put on the main peices... as in the kimono, the obi, the obijime, and the obiage. being still quite warm here in Texas i wore my hitoe juban (if i had a Ro juban i'm sure it would get much love). Texas has a longer and hotter summer then japan (i think any way by their awase- hitoe- ro/sha calendar) so i may not be able to wear awase much untill  mid october...

oh well thats enough gripeing! so here are some lovely kimono pics!

I must say, thease are some of my favorite kimono pics so far. I look cute, the kimono looks neat... my 1+ years of self teaching have paid off! thank you for the support every one! (though i mostly get support from the stats... i wish more people commented...)

I won...

Ok so today was the day that a certain Kimono Raffle ended... It seemed like a normal enough day, i mean i have had a long history of subpar luck when it comes to winning but i had entered any way. i spent a good chunk of the morning, checking and rechecking IG and suddenly i noticed i had a message... i had only ever gotten 2 PMs... 1 as a welcoming and another the other day when one of the administratitors contacted me about adding my yukata pic to their facebook yukata pic collection.

Then i saw that they had posted the results... of course i was all like "No.... it couldn't be..." so as soon as it was loaded i scrolled down to the Showa Retro Kimono Ensemble - Donated by Ichiroya & Naomi winners secotion... and i saw my user name. again i was like "really? i'm not seeing things?" so i check that PM and OMG (excuse the chat talk) i had actully won Showa Retro Kimono Ensemble.
I was simply extatic... i ran down strairs, arms flailing, to find my mom and tell her... then i told some friends and my dad... and then i filled out the nessisary info on IG so i would receive my prize and then i posted on face book and now i'm posting here... yay!

For those of you who are woundering what exactly did i win... well here it is:

Original picture from Immortal Geisha

and here is what it comes with:

Donated by Ichiroya:

- Warm purple haori with rose and faux shibori rinzu (this purple is notoriously difficult to photograph well)
- Gorgeous silk indigo komon with shibori momiji and ume upon a square lattice rinzu background (Length: 157cm, Wingspan: 125cm)
- Dark, dusty pink hakata nagoya obi

From the collection of Naomi Graham Hormozi:

- Soft pink silk juban with shibori and rinzu ume
- 1 Obi-ita with asanoha pattern
- 1 obi-makura with asanoha pattern
- 2 date-jime (1 silk hakata and 1 velcro with silk hakata stitched to the top)
- 1 korin belt
- 1 eri-shin
- 3 muslin koshi-himo
- Spring green shibori obi-age
- Spring green obi-jime
- Spring green kasane-eri
- Red han'eri with embroidered sakura
- Red and gold zori and matching bag

Of course i will wear it as soon as i get it but for now this is all i'll say.