Time to give some props to.. well.. some props!  

If you read my blog, you know I love location shots. But sometimes everyone has the same idea. I often TP to a place to find many AVs there taking photos. So on those day where the metaverse is just a bit too crowded,  I head off to my secret place. A little nook I have carved out for myself, complete with great props and other fun tools. It is important to always have a back-up plan!  

Big kudos to those that create photo sets, poseable furniture, and photo walls. These are just lifesavers!  These fashion worthy ”accessories”  allow for any user to create great looking photos in seconds. I am the least savvy when it comes to post-processing, so these items really keep my pics looking interesting without me having to worry about too much.  

I do have my favorites which I will share with you. Juxtapose sells great multi-pose chairs and furniture, as well as photocubes.  La Petite Morte does great photo walls and sets. [Doll] and [S.Loves] offers great multi-pose furniture that goes well with most photo sets. By the way, Le Petite Morte is having a 50% off sale now, so it’s a good time to check them out.  

But by all means, there are others out there. For example,  iTuTu had an awesome photo set for Halloween last year and Vanita Vestures had a cute photoble for Valentine’s Day. In general, I encourage you to find a store/creator that works for you and your photo style(s). The idea is just to have fun and use them as quick and fashionable ways for photo-taking in SL!  

Juxtapose & La Petite Morte  

Hair by Mirai | Clothing by Intrigue | Shoes by *sUmi* | Bangle by Baubles | Skin by L.Fauna

Multi-pose chair by Jutxapose | Photoset by La Petite Morte

[S.Loves] & La Petite Morte
  

Hair by Mirai | Clothing by Fishy Strawberry | Boots by Kookie | Jewels by Ticky Tacky | Shades by Shade Thorne | Skin by Uzuri

Multi-pose couch by S.Loves | Photoset by La Petite Morte

 
Juxtapose
  

Hair by Mirai | Clothing by House of Hucci | Jewels by Uzuri | Skin by Uzuri | Nails by Pixel Mode | Lashes by Kosh

Photocube w/changeable wall textures by Jutxapose

Ich möchte heute ein Outfit von RFyre vorstellen, das im Rahmen der McQueen Show gezeigt wurde und dem ich nicht wiederstehen konnte. Es nennt sich For the love of… (Alexander McQueen). Da der Erlös für einen wohltätigen Zweck gespendet wird, habe ich es gerne erworben.

Dress: RFyre – for the love of….

Skin: Phoenix Design & Firefall – Evane Black Brows Skin / Nude 6

Shape: Phoenix Design & Firefall – Evane Shape

Hair: W&Y Hair Main Shop – W&Y Model Hair 14

Mich interessiert eure Meinung.

Naergilien Wunderlich hat mich gestern darauf aufmerksam gemacht, dass eins ihrer Skin Resource Packs entgegen einer Vereinbarung mit einer Käuferin exakt das nicht zu tun, 1:1 von der Käuferin als ihr eigenes Ressource Pack weiterverkauft wird.

Vergleichsfotos in diesem Stream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32612591@N08/

sound: intro – the xx. pure awesome. although i hate that samsung used this track on their commercial with apolo ohno. that jackass.

a number of new items featured here like the new kik hair, dress, and accessory fair necklace by so many styles… along with some freebies like my cute and functional bag and my pretty verde spiral notebooks for my many many lovely sketches – haha jk, i don’t draw and can’t draw for the life of me. as for the snakeskin in this outfit, the boots are from hoorenbeek and were at a special offer price of a mere $200L. i’d have to say i didn’t stint myself and got these and three other pairs along with . so hurry over there before the deal is caput and snag em – go go go!

skin: arctic greed by tres blah (melt item)
eyeliner: custom makeup tattoo
hair: naomi in honey by kik hair (new)
earrings: arctic pearl earrings by magic nook (melt item)
necklace: feather collar white by so many styles (accessory fair 2010 item)
dress: sakura dress by aurora shop (new)
bag: tres blah tote bag by tres blah (group gift)
notebooks: sketch book/green17mar by bp (group gift)
leggings: my cutout leggings in red by milk motion
shoes: cowboy boots in snake by hoorenbeek (special offer $200L)

love love – euni kira.

I sometimes live in a bubble.  There, I said it.  I do have to admit, I’ve seen the occasional post about Sigma on the Le.Look blog, but it didn’t register or something, I dunno.  But I’ve now corrected that gross oversight, and I have to say I’m a little bit in love now.  Thank gawd they were at the Accessory Fair when I was checking out the stores or else I would still be in my own head going “la la la…”

The Lumina set, comprised of  a necklace and two styles of bracelets, was one of my favourites to discover, as I absolutely love muted metallics.  The necklace is casual, cool and layered, which are three very hot looks for me right now.  It also comes in other colours, and when you buy it, it’s as a set of two colours, which I think is pretty cool.  It was also not too expensive at L$320!  There’s soooooo much overly expensive jewelry right now and it’s nice to see a store that is a bit more realistic.

The Perio necklace is made of a couple of different types of smaller beads in several different colours (this is Pink Sea), and it’s a great way to bring together an outfit if you just can’t find the right accessories.

Thought I bought (and love) more than what I am going to show today, I decided the photos have to end sometime.  Another of my favourites pieces from the fair is this Amelia necklace.  It also comes with two colours per pack \o/ and there are two packs to choose from.  This is Terra Lime, part of the Pastels pack, but as you can see it’s not really too pastelly, which I like because well, I’m not a holiday person and I almost always associate pastels with Easter.

If you haven’t seen Sigma at the fair, then you’re missing out.  If you’re like me and you’ve never heard of them, then consider this the proverbial slap upside the head and go check them out at their mainstore!

Other Items Worn:

Hair: Truth – Grace (top photo), Truth – Hannah (middle photo), Truth – Peta (bottom photo) \ Skin – Laqroki Pearl 06 in Fair \ Shirts – Whippet & Buck – Simple Cropped Bustier (top photo), MichaMi Laila in Navy (middle photo), Fri.day Basic Cami (bottom photo).

Swimsuit: White Crochet One Piece ~ Badkatz Clothing
Pareo: MIH Pareo – BALI (modified) ~ Diesel Magic
Earrings: Evangeline Ingenue Dangle Earring ~ Serendipity Studios
Shoes: Maitreya Gold – Esprit Pearl ~ Maitreya
Manicure: Candy Nail #FP006 Clear Glitter French Fresh ~ Candy Nail
Hair: >TRUTH< Melinda – Treacle ~ Truth
Lashes: [LeLutka]-Photoshoot II Lashes ~ LeLutka
Shape: 2010 “Ms. Pink” ~ AlphaBrat® Creations
Skin: Elegance 6/The Sins – Envy ~ Pulse

“A real friend is someone who takes a winter vacation on a sun-drenched beach and does not send a postcard.”

~ The Farmer’s Almanac

More again soon. Happy Wednesday everyone!

Estos trajesitos cortos, coquetos y en colores juveniles son regalo de subscribo de la tienda Insatiable fashions.

Dresses:  [Insatiable Fashions] Subscribo History #2

Boots:  N-Core (group gift)

Skin:  Gatti Angel (group gift)

This sparkler of a dress will announce your holiday spirit with a bang!

Blacklace presents Love Affair, a Limited Edition in the St Patrick’s Holiday Collection.

No wonder we all are having a love affair with Love Affair, because what’s not to love? Short and sexy, fun and flirtatious and that’s just for starters! No matter how you celebrate St Patricks, you’ll be rockin’ the house and your date will be certain he stumbled into a whole patch of  four-leaf clovers.

This dress comes with gloves and a delicate shamrock on a chain, that you can wear or leave off. Lets don’t forget an adorable Shamrock Holiday Bear to snuggle with.

Grab your taxi to the Blacklace Magical Forest here!

*Blacklace now provides style cards for your convenience*

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Where have I been?

First, I will lay the blame of this post entirely on my current course of medication. This, along with other events, will partially explain my absence from my blog and life in general. As I am not one to whinge about personal matters, suffice it to say that my health has been in less than stellar condition of late and we shall simply leave it at that.

Moving right along, I am grateful for my friends and one lady in particular (/me casts a sidelong glance at Lady Pipsqueak Fiddlesticks). A more recent friend, Kulta Hannu, has declared me an enabler with my suggestions of shops for clothing and landscaping — everyone should know that I am only too happy to help others spend their Linden Dollars on fine fashions and foliage. But I will now point my paw at Kulta-chan and cry out: “Enabler!”, for there is nothing more terrifying than two women conspiring against a poor old fox.

Attend… a travesty of epic proportions…

Once upon a time, as the snows melted and gave way to Spring, a lovely Lady suggested to her gothicly-inclined gentleman fox, “I believe it’s time to transform the Physic Garden and Apothecary into a place of dead things, as though abandoned, or that we went mad… very mad.” She continued teasing her gentlefox with delightful dark images of decadence and artful decay.

This gentlefox perked at the idea, very much liking dead and dark things (of the non-tacky variety, that is), and so set about to transform their lands.

A few days ago during a visit from the resident neko and recently made Grounds Manager of Syzygy, Kulta-chan asked with growing concern, “And just how far will the dead spread?”

The gentlefox wished to quip that the dead would spread far and wide across all the lands, but he bit tongue with his lengthy fangs, and merely smiled, pointing to the immediate vicinity.

Believing the neko satisfied with the answer, the gentlefox continued with his work, unaware of the machinations brewing in the cat’s head… nor his Lady’s.

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And so it came to pass this fine evening that the gentlefox’s Lady exclaimed in that come hither voice, “I have something GREAT to show you.”

As a result of Linden Lag, several minutes passed before the true horror of what befell the gentlefox’s dark work dawned upon his furry pale face.

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Flamingos. The Dark One could not have been amused, but it is difficult to say as his relationship is deepest with the Lady of this land, and he would likely do anything for her (even remain still in Winter as she outfitted him with a scarf).

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The Physic Garden and Apothecary had been quite successfully… flamingoed… by Lady Fiddlesticks… enabled by the neko, Kulta Hannu. The Lady was greatly amused, giggling happily like a victorious school girl prankster (which, incidentally, is one of the many reasons the gentlefox likes her so… although the flamingos may be going too far).

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Even Arnold, the gentlefox’s prized albino peacock, was cozying up to one of these frightful pink creatures! As if regular feedings of marshmallows were not enough, his head was actually turned by the bright invaders.

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Betrayer! Defiant, mocking peacock. “I know a nearby campire at the beach that will enjoy your marshmallows henceforth!” the gentlefox vowed.

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Alas, this gentlefox can only resign himself to his fate. And the flamingos.

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Please visit Syzygy Selene: Physic Garden & Apothecary — with flamingos to bear witness to this travesty.

Other Details:

Flamingos, cunningly fashioned: Yo, flamingo! nr1 *pink* by Antonia Marat of Artilleri (in the off-chance that my humour is lost on some readers, I do seriously believe that these flamingos are actually quite awesome and if anyone is every in need of flamingos, Artilleri is likely THE purveyor of flamingo love).
Ensemble: Viktor by Darwin Mizser of AVid
Monocle: GC-Monokel (Dark-Knight clock) by Grazioso Alekseev of Crie Style

Fox avatar

• Avatar – Male White Fox by Mephitis Jezebel of Aventity
• Hair – The Dauphin (Powdered) by Siyu Suen of Illusions

The Fellini Couture -Divine gown just screams Spring is coming!  This highly detailed and ultra high quality gown is so much fun to wear, not to mention sexy.

So so sparkly and did I mention it has adorable dragonflies?  Yes!  Even one for your hair.  This Divine gown is by Fellini Couture

Blog & Model:  Glitter Bolissima

Blacklace is offering a tempting little gift for St. Patricks Day, Hearts Temptation!

Who can resist such a cute white bra and panty set? Hearts Temptation is trimmed in a delicate green floral pattern and also includes a matching garter and seamed stockings. Oh, and the adorable Blacklace Shamrock bear, perfect for cuddling when your special someone isn’t around.

The best thing is that there is no need to resist temptation this time, because Hearts Temptation is free as Blacklace’s gift to you and you can find it in the magical forest at Blacklace!

Talk about the luck of the Irish, and after all…in March we are all Irish, right?

Grab your taxi  to Blacklace’s Magical Forest, and pick up your free gift.

*Blacklace now provides style cards for your convenience*

Inspired by the look of the new film Sex and the City … Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker.

Óculos/Glasses by koguma Kumaki, made especially for this look  ^^
Thanks a lot Koguma/Kumaki Glasses Style
Bolsa/Bag: Pochette gold/Baiastice
Skin: IFE light-Vamp/Lelutka (Group Gift)
Sapatos/Shoes: Barcelona Slingback Gold/Armidi Gisaci
Cabelos/Hair: Audrey II Sandy Brown/Jolie Femme
Saia/Skirt: High waist skirt/La Maison Kaestne
Blusa/Shirt: Ruffle Jacket White/Coco
Cinto/Belt: High Waisted Belt/Maiiki

If you’re a fan of Second Style’s monthly ‘Style Icon’ column, you’ll dig what we’ve got coming your way in our upcoming issue.

Beginning in April, I’m going to spend five minutes introducing you to an everyday Style Icon– someone I randomly bump into while traipsing about the grid who has an especially inspiring, inventive, or just plain interesting style worth taking a little peek at. I wanted to share a teaser of our first Five Minute Girl, Miss Missy Mumblewood. What a mouthful, right?

Happy wanderings and who knows– perhaps I’ll see you around?

Tootles.

Hello!! Here in Brazil, autumn starts on march 20th and i can’t wait!! the weather is beginning to change and already feels so good!! I hate summer here, we can get to 43ºC which the termical sensation goes to 50ºC or more depending of where you are at the moment…i feel like if i was being cooked or something! So, i’ve created two looks, one with tones of beige and brown which always are my favorite colors for autumn and winter there is no way to commit a mistake wearing them..and a happier one, i tried to play with textures and tissues i hope you enjoy both.

lashes: [ glow ] Flutter lashes – flutter babe  (nose) by Anemysk Karu
hair: “*noju*  funwari hair mocha by noju Jupiter
skin: (vive9) Marianne II [apricot] Smoke *Light/Noteeth/frek (grp gift) by BlueAbiss Denimore New
headband: **DP**yumyum Katyusha by toraji Voom
necklace: *SiSSi* Cutie Necklace ~Checker Brown/Green~ (chest) by Sissi String
eyes: MADesigns NATURALS – brown studio eyes (less veins) by Maddox DuPont
bag: DUBOO*Cheesecake bag (l hand) by Newreem Waffle
shoes: [LeLutka]-KORINA SHOES checked/beige by Thora Charron
cardi: PARALLEL LOVE Cardigan White by erika617 Shan New
shirt: part of tomoto, comme un garcon set A by Tomo Wachter
skirt: {SMS} Sorrow Long Skirt Brown by Irie Campese

bag: -tb- Tres Blah Tote Bag (worn on shoulder) gift by Julliette Westerburg
necklace: [glow] Studio Necklace – Secret Garden Keys (resize) (chest) by Anemysk Karu New
headband: [glow] Studio Cherryflow headband 6color(click to change color) by Anemysk Karu
belt: part of *Fishy Strawberry* Tweed Jacket Beige by Fae Eriksen
boots: *Kookie* Armarda boot / Vintage / by Kookie Lemon
leggings: couverture*kiyoshi-leggings Pink BOX*Tr gachagacha by chocolate Arashi
skin: [LeLutka]-E/Estellepale-makeup2(D Brows)hairbase by Minnu Palen
hair: I LOVE OLIVE- BETTY HAIR by Yura Gazov
sweater(dress version): Hani * Sugarism > Grey*Purple by Hachiko Waco

first picture background is Zacca’s house and second is Zacca’s store

“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”
-Jorge Luis Borges

Artists absorb the world around them. Their environments, that which they can feel and touch and see – and that which they can’t. Sometimes that which they can only dream of. They absorb it and translate it into a language that affects us all in some way.

This project is a study of translations. I presented 25 artists within Second Life with a concept of creating art with these words in mind: Drowning. Melting. Polar bears. Arctic. Culpability. Corporate greed. Inevitability. Extinction.

What they have done is breathtaking and beyond any realm of my expectations.

Welcome to Melt – Please explore and involve yourself in this temporary world created here. Interact with it, wear it, enjoy it and immerse yourself in it.

Melt is only open March 6 – March 21, Please feel free to share your experience by adding your snapshots to the Mirror Installations Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/meltinstallations/

Thank you
Radio Signals

more after the cut :: around | Melt. an installation on thin ice.

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As I posted here on the official +++BLUE BLOOD SL FASHION+++ blog, Ghanima has returned to SL after a short RL hiatus bearing a beautiful new creation for her fans.  And she has really outdone herself this time, too.  The colors are richer, the shading more realistic, the textures are more complex, and the sculpts are just perfect.  As I mentioned earlier, I just couldn’t stop staring at the sleeves. And if that isn’t enough, Ghani has given us a motif of *bunnehs*!  Yes, bunnehs are all the rage, aren’t they?  Everyone is breeding them and buying fancy little hutches and gardens for them.  Well, Ghani has used them as the motif for the fabric, but it’s subtle.  I’ll bet you wouldn’t even have noticed if I hadn’t told you.  Ok, enough chatter.  On with the photographic evidence.  I have lots to show you, so if the post gets cut short, please visit my blog to see more.

Above is one of the dark goth colors – purple.  It also comes in dark goth black, gold, red, and teal, with gold as a group only color.  Astrid’s top comes on all possible layers for maximum mixing and matching.  Show above are the full outfit including the jacket and jacket prims, cuffs, sleeves, belt, and collar, as well as a stripped version with only the shirt/corset on the top layer.  Want more?  Lookee!

Astrid also comes with an sculpted belt which attaches under the breasts in a Japanese kimono way.  Very interesting.  You can see it best in the next photos.

As much as I love the dark colors, I think I love the whitegoth colors of Astrid even more.  I had to show you the pink version, which I think is more red, but that’s just semantics, right?  A rose by any other name…. etc.  Astrid also comes in whitegoth blue, purple, and white, plus the group-only gold.

Like the poses?  I love them!  Oh please, Penny Dreadful Arcade, don’t close!  More, I *must* show you more of Astrid!

I’ve again shown the full outfit and the more stripped down version.  I love the little suspender-type texture over the tummy, too!  But, you say, you can’t see the bunnehs!  Ok.  One more – this time an extreme closeup of those gorgeous sleeves that I couldn’t stop drooling over.  Click to make it larger.

Get your own copy of Astrid in your favorite color or the whole fatpack at +++Blue Blood+++.

Happy hunting, gathering, shopping, lovin’ (^ ^), etc. *mwah*!

Details:

Outfit – +++Blue Blood+++ – Astrid – Darkgoth Purple

Skin – Amacci – Felicia – Goth – Plum HB Cleavage

Hair – Kitsune Couture – Sun – Onyx

Eyes – *sakurako* – Purple 1

Lashes – Insanity – Prim Lashes Normal (Car Wash 10L)

Boots – [Gos] – DARE Booties – Black

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Outfit – +++Blue Blood+++ – Astrid – Whitegoth Pink

Skin – Amacci - Felicia – Goth – Red – HB Cleavage

Earrings/Necklace – Dark Mouse – Loves Labours Lost – Silver (retirement sale)

My girl wants too
party all the time
party all the time
she parties all the time!

~ Eddie Murphy, Party All The Time (1985)

Hair by Jolie Femme | Dress by A Piece of Candy | Shoes by HOC | Jewels by House of Hucci (no longer available) | Skin by L. Fauna | Lashes by Kosh

Hair by Junwave | Dress by *tw. | Necklace by Ganked | Skin by Cupcakes | Lashes by Kosh

Hair by Truth | Dress by Fishy Strawberry | Stockings by GLAM (no longer available) | Necklace by Ganked | Skin by AYY | Manicure by Skinwithin | Lashes by Kosh

Limited Store SLurls:

Fishy Strawberry: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sanchon/79/159/1708
*TW.: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rannug/154/90/34
Ganked: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hazeldean/113/56/106
A Piece of Candy: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oamaru%20Bay/183/55/22