Seafoam

This month's round of Collabor88) is themed 'Snow Day' and one of the featured colours is a beautifully frosty seafoam / aqua tone. I grabbed this shawl from Baiastice and the long mermaid skirt from Fashionably Dead to put together this modest look.

I delved deep into my inventory to add a short dress from u.f.o, top and sleeves from On a Lark, and a flexi skirt from an old FallnAngels outfit.

The hand jewels are an older design from Crystal Line. They're not intended for Slink hands, but with a little tweaking you should get a reasonable fit on at least some of the Slink hand models.  I'm wearing Casual and Elegant hands in the pictures.

Headdress is from Modern Couture, and the beanie hat I'm wearing as a hood comes from a Soedara outfit, tinted to match the shawl.

Finally, if you're super-quick you might still be able to catch the poses on special offer for Lazy Sunday at Ma Vie.

FF2014: Fairytale

I took some photos at Fantasy Faire sim Hope's Horizon the other day, and noticed that the white tree near the summit was labelled 'RIP Daddy'. I'd be lying if I didn't admit that tears came to my eyes.

Sometimes, it's little touches like this that remind us what Fantasy Faire is all about. There isn't a single one of us who hasn't been touched by cancer in some way, whether someone dear to us has been taken too soon, or is bravely battling the disease.

While the funds raised for the American Cancer Society are vital, the Faire also gives us a chance to remember and honour those we have lost to the disease, and be thankful for and celebrate loved ones who have pulled through.

It's in this vein that Augurer of Luminary has included moving tributes with each of her RFL items and named the gowns for the women in question. I'm wearing Annette, a beautifully modest outfit, fit for a fairytale princess.

I've teamed it with House of Rain's Melt necklace and earrings, and I'm sitting on {anc}'s Fairytalebook pose prop. (You have to see this in-world; my photos don't do it justice, and it's a mere 4 land impact.)

Tomorrow is the last day of Fantasy Faire; so visit while you still can.

Her fragrance and her radiance

February's almost over, which means it's almost time for this round of We <3 Role-Play
to end, before another new round starts on 4 March.

Fantasy Gacha Carnival will be finishing up on the 28th February also, so now's your chance to hit those machines up in search of those elusive rares!

In these pics, the kaftan and moon necklace are both to be found at W<3RP (from Apsara and Bliensen + MaiTai respectively) while the choker I'm wearing is actually a circlet from Black Pearls, the gacha ultra-rare at FGC.

More from TFC and FGC!

The Fantasy Collective has been open for a couple of days now, hopefully you've had a chance to look in.

The good news - this won't be the last round of TFC after all! Another full round will start on February 20th.

The fabulous coat is from Junbug - I just love the belt, nipped-in waist and swagger to the hips.
The red-lipped skin is another Fleur gacha prize (common! yay!) from Bite & Claw.  Remember, this items are exclusive to the event, so if you don't snap them up now, you'll have to wait at least another 3 months before you can do so.

Some more items from Fantasy Gacha Carnival as well - the Fashun Crowns and Staff from Enfant Terrible and the Elbensoul jewelry from Emo-tions. Both creators are making some amazing jewelry and accessories so if you can't bear the wait till 1 February, why not check out the mainstores instead!

Junbug at Geeks 'n' Nerds fair

If you want to get down to the Geeks 'n' Nerds fair you'd better hurry - it only runs for a couple more days until December 8th.

What I really love about the Zelda outfit is that all the pieces are separate - boots, breeches and doublet. So you can mix and match as you please.  The beautiful Cersei gown meanwhile is inspired by Game of Thrones / ASOIAF but it as it's perfectly modest it's suitable for lots of roles.

Slurl to Geeks 'n' Nerds fair

Morgana gowns from The Plastik

The Morgana gowns are a recent mesh release from The Plastik.  They come in a range of prints - some grungy textures, strong florals or geometric prints, and a series of galactic options.

The grunge, floral or solid options would work for Free Women - just add undershirt or sleeves. The galactic prints are more science fiction or supernatural... could be a nice alternative option for a chic witch this Halloween! (Photos after the jump.)

Some of the makeups are relatively "subtle", like the Silver featured in these first photos, or the Noir, which is heavy on the black. For the most part, they're riotously colourful. At the moment these makeups are exclusive to the Body Modification Expo which runs until November 3.

I've included the contact sheet from The Beautiful Plastik Machine blog at the end of the post, just before the credits.

Slurl to The.Plastik 

Fantasy Gacha opens tomorrow

Fantasy Gacha Carnival opens tomorrow. It's already been heavily blogged, but I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek today and naturally couldn't resist playing a bunch of times.Today's post shows some items from Junbug and part of the prize from Luas.

Junbug has set out the 'Crush Rose' accessories set, and 'The Queen' complete set which includes common neck ruffs, rare gowns and an ultra-rare parasol. Luas's sets, meanwhile, are slave jewelry - but here I've just added the necklace and armbands to the gown.

In general, there is some fantastic value to be had at the event - at the Library's seven sins gacha for instance, you can get a gorgeous mesh dress plus matching accessory for just 75L. (The rares come with even fancier accessories.) Obviously if you start chasing rares and throwing money at the machines, that's your business!

Back... let's go shopping!

Sooo... I'm back from holidays again. Naturally, one of the first things I did when back in SL was go shopping.

Among the places I hit up were Genre, The Dressing Room Fusion and The Attic.

The theme for this month's Genre is 'Western'. I thought I'd just pop in and have a quick look, but there are so many great items there (all 100L or under) that I spent ages trying on demos. And purchasing.

The 'Native American dress' by La Petite Morte would make a great work tunic, while The Muses have a beautifully modest dress that would be perfect for Gorean free women (add your own veils).

Someone of your own

After I put together this latest look, starring Junbug's new Stellata mesh gown, I figured it reminded me of Cersei Lannister... can only be the red dress and green eyes, I suppose!

Stellata is a lush new mesh creation which comes in a few variations. The red gown featured is Stellata in silk, a posher version of the Stellata peasant gown. The chief difference I can see is in the texturing - silk features a shinier texture for the main part, and the contrast panel at the bottom is a floral print.

The black gown, pictured at the end, is the Stellata maternity style, ideal for any free-companioned Gorean ladies who might be raising a family! It includes three sizes of bump for the different stages of your pregnancy.

Clan Maiden from Soedara

The new partial-mesh outfit from Soedara is so versatile it can take you all the way from elegant lady to raggamuffin (stopping off at peasant and wench in between).

There are so many options possible with this outfit, I'm not even going to attempt to show you them all, but I'll try to outline the various building block pieces for you.

We Love Role-Play: Velvet Whip and EZ Weaponry

Yes, it's another shot taken from the back - but I couldn't resist having this beautiful bow from EZ Weaponry in the first shot (along with the gown from Velvet Whip). I don't know much about combat or weaponry in SL roleplay,  but I know when something looks good, and this surely does! It's called the Guilded Bow of Jie and there's 25% off at We <3 Role-Play. It comes with a useful looking hud for those of you who know about these things :emb: with sheathed and drawn versions of the bow, and a separate quiver.

The mesh gown from Velvet Whip is 50%, so it's a mere 100L at the event. It includes snood, veil, and mask, so you could wear it as a Gorean free woman, or else any kind of medieval roleplay. I think it'd be really nice in an ASOIAF setting.

The We <3 Role-Play event opens on May 4 (only two more days!) at 3pm SLT and I'll post the LM when it opens, but you might already have come across the parcel on a well-establishing shopping sim :)

I just want to take a moment to mention the skin from Aeva, which is at the special fundraiser, for aevaheartsick, to help Amesha Jewell with the cost of a new computer. She will be participating in future rounds of of W<3RP, but right now she has two brand new skins at the fundraiser. They are all only 100L for each tone of the base skin. I usually wear light skins for this blog, but IMO, Amesha does beautiful dark tones too. Please go and check them out! :)

More pics after the jump!

Crayon Colour Challenge: Week 17, Manatee

Manatee

Manatee

Well that wasn't very smart. When I took the photo for week 17, I completely forgot to copy the outfit list... so the credits will be a bit less detailed than usual. And of course this photo is a bit late, due to Fantasy Faire!

I can tell you the outfit is Simplicity in Sky from On a Lark, and I probably picked it up on one of their fabulous 30L Saturday or 25L Tuesday rounds. It's mesh, and the outfit includes mesh gown and cape plus alphas, and a modesty shirt if you want to keep all your skin covered.

The hair is Marisol from Truth, and the skin (can't remember which) is from Curio. Both places have sales on at the moment. Gala Phoenix of Curio will be releasing whole new skin lines soon (hurrah) so her older designs are all half price. This means you can pick up one of her megapacks, containing over 100 skins, for 1000L. Insane, right?! The Curio sale (mainstore only) runs till midnight SLT on May 4.

Dollarbie fantasy hair at Eater's Coma

*Update - These hair packs have now reverted to usual price of 250L *

I knew Eater's Coma had a fab group gift hair, as I'd seen it featured in a bunch of blogs. What I didn't know was that all their hair styles had dollarbie packs of fantasy colour hair! (Creator Kumii calls the shades 'funky'.)

Another Valentine's gift (well two)...

I don't have time to crack this outfit open & model it for you (bet you're really upset about that /sark) but wanted to let you know it's available for Delicious group members to grab now. (Group is free to join.)

Thoughtfully, there are two versions of the gift, one mesh-based, and one prim. Two different outfits in each as well - one for slave and for free.

Slurl to Delicious

New releases at Shack

*Shack* Moxie Gown Red

New releases from Shack - and today only, one colour of each outfit is on special offer for 50% off. Today's selected outfits are a new Free Woman gown in red, and a some sheer slave silks in violet. There's also a men's outfit, but I didn't bother with that as I didn't think it'd be a good use of my lindens :)  (My male alt is only allowed out to slap midnight mania boards.)

Also worn in the pics is one of Belleza's new 'best buy' skins. The first weekend of every month, Belleza will now put out five exclusive skin make-ups, three female and two male. They're at a reduced price of 400L, but you'll have to be quick if you want one of them, as they're only available for three days!

Soedara - Captive to Winter

In some regions, simply surviving has to come before being chic, but wrapped up warm in this fur and hide outfit from Soedara, you'll be able to brave the elements while maintaining some rough glamour.

Soedara - Captive to Winter in black

30L Saturday, 8 December

I'm poorly RL at the moment so it took me a little while to summon up the energy to take the pics (don't worry, you've still plenty of time to grab the offers).

Luckily it didn't impair my shopping abilities... interestingly, where I live, today is traditionally the big shopping day before Christmas. So while I might be stuck at home this weekend, at least I can indulge my one of my favourite hobbies in SL!

Anyway, lots of gorgeous things in this week's 30L round, including some cute mesh from On a Lark, Sweet Pea, and Sweet Poison; a new store to 30L in the shape of Velvet Whip; and this adorable Christmas camisk from Dream Things.

Dream Things - Daisy Christmas Edition in red

30L Saturday, 1 December

Don't miss this week's round of 30L Saturday - there are so many great bargains to be had.

I've taken a few quick pics of some favourite outfits, but there are way more than I can show you right now.

I also picked up some great furniture and props which I haven't photographed... what can I say, get shopping!

Sweet Pea - Aura in red, (MESH, more colours available)

25L classics at On a Lark!

Yay! On a Lark's 25L Tuesday (they're calling it Black Tuesday, so I'm guessing there's going to be some blowout sales on the grid...) offers are out early. As soon as the notecard landed I ran over there to stock up.

Five classic outfits have been out in a bunch of colourways (and they're transfer). Have to say, I especially love OAL's pre-mesh outfits because the boxes are full of so much stuff and can be worn in so many ways. They're ideal for all sorts of medieval and fantasy roleplay.

On a Lark - Winter Wool in Coal

Exploring in the snow

Had nothing much to do (am becoming too afraid of my inventory to tackle sorting it) so I wandered over to Izzie's sim, which seems to a bit of blogger hotspot for photos at the mo.

(BTW, check out Izzie's skins, they're gorgeous.)

Outfit is Wanderlust from Wishbox by Wisp Jinn. Today is the last day of the Black Friday sale, so be quick if you want to take advantage...