[PT] Alpacasso!

Arpakasso ou Alpacasso são plushies de alpaca criados no Japão. Originalmente encontrado em UFO Catchers (aquelas máquinas de bichinho com uma garra que você manipula para tentar capturar um), aos poucos foram se tornando populares por colecionadores e agora são encontrados também em sites sendo revendidos. 

Um alpacasso genuíno é feito pela marca AMUSE. Qualquer outra alpacasso que não tem a etiqueta da marca não é um original e pode ser um bootleg de um design original. Não chega a ser uma coisa necessariamente negativa: os preços são mais baratos, e os raros são assim mais fáceis de encontrar, mas também não são tão bem feitinhos, e pra quem gosta de ter produtos 100% originais é algo para se prestar atenção.

Arpakasso ou Alpacasso geralmente têm dois looks diferentes: alpacas normais e alpacas bebê. Muitas vezes os confundem com ovelhas, mas são alpacas ou llamas(quando tem orelhas mais longas). 

Eu consegui meu primeiro plushie de alpaca através de uma revendedora brasileira. Eu não sei se ela é a primeira ou a única, mas foi com certeza a primeira vez que eu vi sendo vendido em lingua tupi e com acesso fácil em território nacional. 

Para quem prefere comprar direito em dolar eu encontrei um site muito bom, RuRu Victoria, que também vende outros tipos de plushie que são uma g-r-a-c-i-n-h-a. Pelo que pude conferir pelo Tumblr o feedback desta loja é 100% positivo.

Agora, para quem prefere pagar em real, eu recomendo pessoalmente a Alpaquitas Melody.  Uma revendedora não só dessas lindinhas alpacas e llamas, como também de diversos produtos para Lolitas. Os preços são muito justos pelo que eu comparei aos valores em dolar e você tem a comodidade de pagar em parcelas, depósito, Paypal ou PagSeguro dentro do próprio site de vendas. 

A comunicação com a vendedora foi excelente, e ela me explicou tudo direitinho, além de ter sido super simpática. Eu compraria com ela novamente assim como recomendo para qualquer interessada, nas Alpacas ou em qualquer outro produto a pronta entrega.

Em menos de 3 dias após a confirmação da compra a Alpaquita já havia sido postada e estava a caminho de casa. Em menos de 1 semana da data da compra ela já estava aqui curtindo sua nova residência. 

Resultado desta experiência: tudo tranquilo, profissional e seguro.

Feedback: para Alpaquitas Melody: A++ Super Recomended!

[ENG] Decorations in Provencal Style

The origins of the Provencal style refer to the South of France 's Provence region . This sunny region composed of small villages are located between the mountains and sea and is known for its fields of lavender and sunflowers but mostly to preserve today features the country life of a distant past.

One explanation of how began the process of formation of the Provençal style of decoration is related to a sense of search for the essence of nobility. Also in the late 1700s many of the peasants in the Provence region , far from the French court that focused on Paris, longed to possess a house that had somehow into its decor a bit of symbols representing the true nobility. This directed the artisans of the region in search of something more simple, not dependent of the work of cabinetmakers of royalty in Paris that made furniture with lots of gold details and convoluted carvings.

The furniture in the Provencal style despite having been inspired by refined furniture style Louis XV and Louis XVI received more streamlined grooves and were made of wood from the region , getting a patina in light colors to mask minor flaws. These pieces with paint faded and slightly worn light shades were assimilated by most people , they soon started to recycle old pieces , adapting them to the style.

Since late november last year we started to work in the house, that looked pretty much the same since they bought it, 27 years ago. She started focusing on decorations soon after, and by the end of the year it reached my room. I am slowly redecorating it to this style. Adapting to the basics, but also to my suiting. Gradually I have changed the furniture of the room and much of the decoration items, but I still have most of the big items (like bed and escritoire) in commission. 

                           (Some of my personal things and my room's decorations)

I have caught several of these mobile in Mirella Mobili, since its a few blocks away from home, and the entire place feels like a fairy tale. Its interior decoration is absolutely the most magical way possible and the service is very pleasant. I have always been treated with care, kindness and dedication. Most of their products its a resale from Kleiner Schein's creations, a store I am completely in love with. If my grandmother wasnt so in love with her own decorations as well, I would ask to have the entire house by this designer. 

It is not cheap, but the price makes up for in quality of materials, workmanship and uniqueness. These are not ​​furniture batch made, these are almost exclusively mobile. And you can see the care in they work, even in the smallest details. So far the investment was large but worth it in functionality, appearance and added to my room that magical aspect of a princess room, even though I still have my big old furniture.

One of the things that is currently on my list of wishes for this room is a canopy. 

A canopy bed is a decorative bed somewhat similar to a four-poster bed. A typical canopy bed usually features posts at each of the four corners extending four feet high or more above the mattress. Ornate or decorative fabric is often draped across the upper space between the posts and a solid swath of cloth may create a ceiling, or canopy directly over the bed. The canopy bed came into existence more for utilitarian means rather than for extravagance or decadence. Canopy beds with curtains that could completely enclose the bed were used by lords and noblemen in medieval Europe for warmth and privacy, as their attendants often slept in the same room.

I've found one in this same store but I didnt like the design as much as everything else. I found some others on the internet, but nothing I fell in love with...(specially considering the prices). So I will probably have to commission one eventually :(