Tag: october

Now that I’m settled in California, I have many things to share. First up; October’s birthstone, opal. Originally I was going to go with pink tourmaline, thinking it would be the easier option — and in fairness, it would have been — but then this beautiful, softly iridescent obi arrived. I loved the sagara-nui (or french knot embroidery) on it and knew it would look lovely with this pastel bokashi tsukesage that also has sagara-nui on it. What I didn’t expect was how much the two together would end up looking like a white opal. With that, the plans for tourmaline were thrown aside and this beauty was assembled.

I had to include detail shots of the incredible embroidery, of course. I love how subdued and elegant this coordination is, while still feeling a bit youthful thanks to the bunny and the girly colours. In retrospect, I do wish I’d found an actual opal brooch or something to use as an obidome, and really I should have been doing that for this whole series, but hindsight is 20/20.

As for the rest of the month, I have some fun and slightly spooky things lined up!

Items used in this coordination