images from Vogue Girl Korea, February 2006
When I was in primary school, there was this popular Japanese comic book series about a young ballerina (to my Indonesian readers: inget serial Mari-Chan kan? :)). My besties and I were so obsessed with it, not so much for the story, but we'd spend hours after (and during) school copying the artwork and drawing our own little ballerinas.
I didn't actually expect to find this cover in google, and it really takes me back. Every little detail. Good times.
I don't draw much any more (although I'm suddenly inspired to see if I've still got it), and I certainly do NOT dance (not enough rhythm to save my life), but I was delighted to find some ballerina charms to make necklaces with. This one is available in my Etsy, and is now also available at Leeloo (yay!).
Leeloo has recently restocked their online shop with lots of lovely stuff, so be sure to check them out. All prices there are in Australian dollars, but they have a nifty currency converter on all the item pages.
Also, did you know that they're having a giveaway? Go to Daydream Lily to find out more and enter!
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Such pretty and delicate pictures! Lovely :) x
what a cute post!
xx
lha ini blognya orang indo ya? =)..hmm..masih inget bgt ma mari chan..masih nyimpen komiknya juga..dulu gue juga tergila2 bgt ma ballet pas baca mari chan hehe.. ^^koream vogue memang manteep deh
Halo Anna, terima kasih ya masih komen di blog aku...seneng d...
Iya, tiba2 job desk-ku jd banyak...Tiap pulang kantor udh cape, weekend maunya tidur...Hehehe...
I miss u too ^^
Blog-nya Anna makin keren, setiap buka blog Anna pasti postingan2nya menarik2...
Mari-Chan aku jg baca, dulu sampe ngikutin gaya berdiri kakinya yg lurus tp jari2nya hadap keluar, terus sok jinjit2 gitu...ga punya rok tutu-nya jd berkhayal doang....hahahahaha...
thx for reminding me about Mari-Chan
I also love ballet photo's - these are amazingly beautiful!
I love ballet pictures,
my Mum could have been a pro dancer had she not got married and had myself and my brother,
so anything ballet related makes me think of her.
Sadly she can only wear 18k gold or above, I'd so buy her the necklace otherwise!
That ballerina necklace is so lovely! I also love the ballerina pics you posted. Beautiful colors.
I took one ballet class when I had to fulfill a P.E. requirement in community college. I was so terrible at it - I have no grace or balance at all! But I loved the tights and shoes :)
Oh, and congrats on the award!!
Beautiful pics! I never went to ballet when I was small, but I had I small ballet dress, very pink and very cute. Too bad I probably throw that away when I grew up...
What a lovely post! I recently bought some ballerina charms myself, but I hadn't made anything with them yet. I bought them for my mother. She likes ballerinas for very sentimental reasons, her first pair of earrings as a little girl were of ballerinas. Your comic is adorable. I was a huge fan of Sailormoon, but I probably would've switched if I'd seen the ballerinas.
Hello there my darling.
How I have missed reading your beautiful posts.
Yes, yours has finally arrived. I appears that my mother kept it in a drawer and had it not been because of her absent state now I would have never looked in that mail drawer. So happy was I when I saw.
Jumping up and down, a smile spread large across my face and such happy thoughts running through my head.
Thank you ever so much my darling!!!It was one of the loveliest things to recieve such a darling card.
Mine has not yet set out because I have to wait for my mother to come back from a trip so I will be able to fulfil my word on sending one back to you.
Do not worry darling heart, it will get there in time.
Oh and what a lovely post this is. Such facination I have also held for ballerinas.
When 5-8 yrs old I did ballet myself. It was for about 3-4 years but when I moved to USA I lost it and never again took it up.
You can imagine how depressed I am about me not going back to it...
Beautiful pictures by the way.
So yes, I shall be rsending your postcard in a week or so. PLease do be patient and I am so sorry for the wait.
Yours now hangs up on my wall, along with many other special things.
Anyways darling...have a lovely week filled with many more postcards and lovely things.
~BlueRing
p.s. the postcard necklace is simply adorable! So jelouse am I of you now. hehe
och so beautiful!
What lovely pictures! There is something special about ballerinas. I took ballet classes when I was about 4 or 5... can't imagine what life would have been like had I continued! Ha.
the vogue girl korea photos are beautiful. enjoy your weekend, anna! :)
I love those ballerina pictures, they are so delicate ! I used to take ballet lessons, I miss it so much !
i really do think at one point every girl wanted to be a ballerina! these are adorable photos! thanks for sharing!
These pictures are gorgeous. I used to do pointe when I was younger...I still kick myself for giving it up in my "rebellious" years...
You would love this ballerina necklace pendant I have had for years but never wear, it's a small model of Degas' ballerina sculpture "the little rat" or something like that.
OMG, Lovely Mari-Chan! Major flashback! Udah lama banget ga baca itu, hihihi
i love ballet. this post is great, loving those photos.
xo
I always love everything I see from Vogue Girl Korea. Ballet-inspired clothes are the best.
you're right it's lovely !
I love ballerinas too. I never was graceful or strong enough. :(
Just gorgeous!
I wanted to be a dancer when i was young...but i was/am too tall. :(
<3
Mila.
the vogue feature is stunning!
mari-chan was one of my faves when i was a kid too!!! there's another children book abt ballet too that i really really like, the indonesian title is 'tini belajar balet' it has all these gorgeous vintage illustrations in it, do you know that book?
How gorgeous are those photos you sourced? I vaguely remember ballet lessons but I don't think I ever got past the floor exercise! Thanks for your get well wishes. Unfortunately, I'm still sick :(
Ballerinas look like butterflies - beautiful and so delicate - lovely pictures :-)
Beautiful images. I did ballet for about 8 years then gave up, I regret it so much!
i'm sorry you feel sick ! i hope you can rest this weekend and feel better soon !
So cute, I love ballerina looks. My friend just did Alice in Wonderland and the movements were so pretty!
Haha and as a kid, sad as this is to admit, I was into dragonball z, so graceful ballerinas weren't quite what I liked to draw. lol
what a beautiful editorial!!
Ah, ballerinas. I love, and have always loved them as well. I don't know, ballet just seems like something almost ethereal and magical to me - maybe that's why.
I think every girl secretly wants to be a ballerina! :)
I remember Mari Chan!! Sempet sampe maksa bunda daftarin ke les balet, fortunately she knows me better than I did, ga akan tahan lama, setelah euphoria mari chan selesai ga pengen lagi deh les balet.. kebayang kan ada cowok2 cakep tuh di sekolah balet, tapi di Indo yang les balet cewek smua!! sekarang juga jadi curiga sama cowo yang doyan balet...hahahahaha
Vogue Girl? lucu ya, bukan Teen Vogue?
The images in that editorial are absolutely breathtaking, thanks for sharing them. I am completely smitten with the front dress in the second photo down on the left!
Ballerinas are kind of like the closest thing we have to real life sized fairies :)
Really sexy and lovely ballerinas... Very lovely! I'm sure it give happiness to see that picture which bring all happy memories when you were a kid.
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