In Fields Of Flowers - Featuring from Designer Showcase Artizana, Also New From Dot-Be Fashion and FINESMITH

Even in the midst of a great number of events and thus designers and options, I feel responsible to the designers who've been there, supporting me, letting me review copies of their things long before I had a clue what I was really doing. This dress comes from Boniefacio at Dot-be fashion, called Benigna. Boniefacio creates for both men and women and works to have a balance of ideas in his store at any given time so that just about anyone could walk in and find something they loved.

I've been around Second Life for eons, or at least since 2005, so I have known some people a really long while. The fashion bug didn't bite me until 2011 when I applied to be a store model. Many of the friends I made and kept up with prior to that time were so supportive as I first got myself in gear to model and blog. They remain my grass roots.

The people I've met and cared for between 2011 and today have almost all come from the fashion sector. Internet years feel like 'dog years' where the year may pass and look like 365 days; and a year can be a lifetime. A handful of designers gave me a chance. Boniefacio and Dot-Be Fashion was one of them.

I accessorized the new dress with new jewelry from F I N E S M I T H, a set called Late Bloomer. Artizana created the hat, found currently at June's Designer Showcase and had many of the same colors used in the rest of the outfit. I really enjoy the privilege of working with new people; always looking back to those who have been there all along with a smile and gratitude.

I'm so thankful for each designer represented here, each making this blog possible:

Featuring from Designer Showcase ARTIZANA BLESSING VIII

Featuring F I N E S M I T H Late Bloomer Earrings and Necklace

Featuring Dot-Be Benigna

1. FINESMITH Saturday Silver

2. HOLLYHOOD: Mya Gold Heels

3. In-Pose!

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. SLink: Female High Feet

-- Elegant 1 Hands

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Papavar Skin Tone

7. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Mysteria

One With the Sea -- Featuring Lybra, >Asset<, F I N E S M I T H, and Moondance Boutique

I love the quality of everything I've seen at Lybra so far and I've only just begun to explore. The gown looks like ripples of water lapping at a shore and I love the sea.

I paired with another new release from >Asset< and one of several colors (with color change stones in them) of new jewelry from F I N E S M I T H. The new nails are from Moondance Boutique.

I'm grateful for each designer who allowed me to work with their creations to make this blog:

Featuring Moondance Boutique Enhancement Pearls Nail Appliers

Featuring Lybra Alyssa Gown

Featuring F I N E S M I T H Danit Floral 3

Featuring >Asset< Sophie Hair

1. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Orchid Skin Tone

-- Shine Pink Pearls Eyes

-- Glamour Ombre Ocean Gloss

2. SLink: Female Feet High

-- Elegant 1 Hands

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Miamai: Catwalk Lashes

5. In-Pose!

From PENUMBRA- [ZD], KL Couture, also new Moondance Boutique and EMO-tions

Another series of photos shows another complex array of pieces from designers involved in PENUMBRA Fashion Week as well as new releases from different locations.

You can see the unique horns and hair from EMO-tions. I went to a Fairy Fantasy Sim to take the photos. I used KL Couture's bangles from her new release for PENUMBRA, and the outfit is called Shine from [ZD], also at PENUMBRA. Moondance Boutique is also represented here as nail art.

I'm grateful to each designer who made this blog possible:

Featuring [ZD] Shine for PENUMBRA

FEaturing KL Couture Bangles from Kora Mesh Dress and Set

Featuring Moondance Boutique Stalking Tigre Slink Nails

Featuring EMO-tions DARKLAND V1

1. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Fantasia

2. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Latte Skin Tone Ultra Makeup 01

4. SLink: High Female Feet

-- Elegant 1 Hands

5. [Liv-Glam]: Fancy Heels]

6. In-Pose/Avante Pose

Ask Alice -- Feautring Violator, JUMO from FASHIONART Faire, Face Paint, and no. 7

One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all Go ask Alice When she’s ten feet tall.

And if you go chasing rabbits And you know you're going to fall Tell them a hookah smoking caterpillar has given you the call Call Alice When she was just small.

When the men on the chess board get up and tell you where to go And you just had some kind of mushroom And your mind is moving slow Go ask Alice I think she'll know.

When logic and proportion Have fallen sloppy dead And the white knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "Off with her head!" Remember what the dormouse said, "Feed your head."

I put together this wild styling with Violator by Soraya Vaher at the heart of the design. The new Light and Shadow Pretaporter has lines and curves that inspire almost a madness. For that reason, this old song by Jefferson Airplane came to mind. I began to put together pieces after that with chaos as the core aesthetic. Black lips from Jumo are a part of a set from FASHIONART Faire. Face Paint has a set called "Killer Liners" and I used one of those, apt to the overall feeling. And no. 7 had a series of masks out during a Gacha fair in recent past. The Dark Mask was one of the items from that series, and something I hadn't shown. You've seen EMO-tions Semiramis style before, on my blog and others' perhaps, but you've never seen it like this.

I find myself ever grateful for the support of designers like the following who make this blog possible:

Featuring Violator PretaPorter Light & Shadow

Featuring Jumo from FASHIONART Faire by Glamourist

Featuring Face Paint Killer Liner 2

Featuring no. 7 Dark Mask

1. EMO-tions: Semiramis

2. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Skin Tone

4. Candy Nail: Rosey Black

5. Lunas Boutique: Gothic Gloves

6. MiWardrobe: Horns Earrings

7. !Lybra: Malificent Arm Accents

8. Baboom!: Mesh High Knee Boots

9. In-Pose!: Artful Hands Set

Running Barefoot In the Spring - Pichi, Chop Zuey, and EMO-tions

I joined a Flickr group or two (don't remember if it was two or not egads, my swiss cheese brain!!) that wants photos of places, pretty places, interesting places, and I deliberately seek those out when I have the energy to do so. The 3.27.2014 1a then is a full photo shot, with me as only a small spot of the overall photo. Not so much fashion as an appreciation for artsy places and people in SL.

I have had the very best time working with the creative energy put into the SAVIAD Spring Fair and I cannot believe how time flies. Only a few more days are left for this event and I've got several items I still very much want to share, and I don't know if I'll get through to each of them before the end but I'm going to continue to try. This pretty little mini dress from Pichi felt like a perfect representation of Spring. It's one of those moments where I consciously chose not to adorn the face or hair with a lot of amenities.

That first day of spring, running barefoot out of doors, tugging my hair up in a loose knot and playing a bit like the little girl of yesteryear, it's one of my memories that repeated year after year as I grew, and regardless where I lived, eventually Spring would come and chase away the darker days of Winter.

The hair from EMO-tions fit with the same energy as did the Candice Papavar skin tone from Kyxe Skins & Shapes without any of the makeup options that you can get with Papavar. I pulled some casual jewelry from my box from Chop Zuey, some new pieces and well loved pieces I already owned, suited to a lighthearted mood as well, not too done up, and perfect for an afternoon picnic with someone special.

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My deepest regards to each designer who made this blog possible:

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Featuring SAVIAD Pichi Melba Ruffle Dress

Featuring Chop Zuey Paz Eterna Pink Earrings

Featuring Chop Zuey I Carry Your Heart

Featuring EMO-tions Susannah

1. Hawker's House: Cap Toe Pump Copper

2. SLink: Elegant1

3. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

4. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Divina

5. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Papavar Skin Tone Candice

6. In-Pose! Poses

Thank You For Bein' A Friend -- Featuring Silk Dreams from Fashion Pride AND Kyxe Skins & Shapes

I am amazed at the depth of care and compassion one might share across the miles in virtual space. It was an oddly difficult day today, primarily because of worry for a loved one, and in that time of frustration, so many reached out and touched a friend. Thank you.

Thank you for being a friend

Traveled down the road and back again

your heart is true you're a pal and a confidant

I'm not ashamed to say

I hope it always will stay this way

My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And if you threw a party

Invited everyone you knew

You would see, the biggest gift would be from me

and the card attached would say,

Thank you for being a friend

Very grateful to each of you who helped provide designs for this styling:

Featuring Silk Dreams Kristina Gown Emerald

Featuring Kyxe Skins & Shapes Updated Chocolate Cosmos Skintone

Featuring Son!a Serra Jewelry Set

1. Carrie's Lingerie: Sparkle Emerald Heels

2. SLink: Elegant 1

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Elegance Nail Appliers

4. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

5. EMO-tions: Maxine

6. In-Pose!

Dots and Dashes and Other Camera Tricks -- Featuring Death Rocker Betty Crocker, KMADD/Moda, In-Pose!, and Chop Zuey

I put together a series of photos taken after a challenge was offered to models who'd like to try out, in essence, for the amazing group The Fashion Teller. I did not get the styling done in time to enter, but that didn't stop me from working on the challenge.

It's supposed to be a 'Doll' look. I did a bit of research and think this look came somewhat close to what I found. Great designers sent 'Doll' stylings down the runway in both 2013 and 2014.

My sweetheart is a fan of the Suicide Girls, an alternative group of models who portray a specific lifestyle and theme, and have their own website. Though not all of the girls in this group go with the doll look, many of them have some qualities of that look.

Recent television shows in the states have shown 'Doll' looks as part of the youth culture. It's an overly dramatized face with bright lips, long lashes, and unique clothing options. Some also use tattoos as part of their overall style.

I went with the porcelain face and body tone and did not add tattoos. I thought the dark toned clothing contrasted well with that pale pretty skin.

Designers I used to create this style - Thank you!!

Featured Death Rocker Betty Crocker Medea Bodysuit

Featured Chop Zuey Darkness Falls

Featured In-Pose! Belle Boots

Featured KMADD/Moda June Hair

1. Baubles by Phe: Spike Bracelets

2. Victoria Endersleigh (VicE): Dangerous Liasons Shoulder Roses

3. Death Rocker Betty Crocker Dia De Los Muertos

4. Rock Oil: Cult Nose/Ear Piercing

5. Candy Nail: Rosy Black

6. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Alabaster Geisha

7. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

8. Nikita: Long Lashes

9. Osmose: Roses Hair Ornament Red and Noir

10. Eternal Dream Poses

11. Wicca's Wardrobe Poses

To Love... or To Get Sexxxed Up... That Is the Question -- Featuring EMO-tions, Kyxe, SSW and Pink Sugah

I don't put a lot of emphasis on holidays. There can be so much performance pressure on any given one, and depending on how you're raised, that pressure might be financial or expectation of creative or something else. It's easier to avoid the conflict by not doing anything with those pesky dates.

So here I am, an unbeliever yet dressed as the sexiest cupid this side of the Mississipi, ready to shoot an arrow of love into your heart. I'm not falling for the insta-emotion of Valentine's Day, but I'm willing to launch a little missile filled with hope and caring in your direction.

It's not that I don't believe in love, unconditional love, erotic love, and all the good and mushy stuff between the two, I do. I really do! I just don't believe in banking on a holiday to provide an excuse to show my care to someone else.

Ever since I spent my 10th anniversary in (yes I know it's pitiful!) tears, feeling somehow that there was supposed to be this magical thing that happened on the special day and then finding my expectations were unfairly exceeding the possible, I reconsidered how I participated in holidays.

To this day, I work harder on day to day connection and no expectations for a specific day on a calendar. I love, love, love and yes I enjoy the naughty too. It doesn't have to be Valentine's Day to find it, though. I could wear this impish costume year round, and enjoy every minute of it!

Live! Laugh! Love!

I love the playfulness of this little cupid outfit from Pink Sugah. It's perfect for flirtation and wickedness, from love to the sexxxy fun people love to have. The special gift skin from Kyxe Skins and Shapes provided a sexy canvas for the lingerie. Silly Spoiled Whore created the unusual heels and the hair is new to my blog from EMO-tions.

Featured Pink Sugah Stupid Cupid Pink

Featured Silly Spoiled Whore Heels

Featured EMO-tions Judith

Featured Kyxe Skins & Shapes Group Gift - Blossom With Flowers from Asia

1. MADesigns: Subtle Moss

2. Candy Nail: Tea Time Nails

3. Cupid Pose included in Pink Sugah

4. In-Pose!

The Most Wonderful Time Of the Year - Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}}, SKY designs, FINESMITH, EMO-tions

I've collected a whole array of holiday clothing this season and it's been a blast. I hope you've enjoyed the season of diverse talent and incredible bounty as well and have visited some of the places I've visited, and met some of the great people I've met in the process.

I try to represent a cross section of fashion from Second Life and explore new boundaries as I find them. I know the designers who've given a great deal of time to their craft have earned their stripes as we used to say in the Navy.

There are also designers on the grid who've been doing their thing as a NEW thing for less than a year. They still want to grab notice of those who move and shake and make it big in their own dream version of this imagination that we all share.

I pour my heart out passionately for what I do. Since I know a bit about what it takes to do so, I admire others who do as well. If someone approaches me, I'm open minded, hopeful for their journey and supportive. What else could I do? Someone did that for me.

I wish everyone happy holidays, wherever you are in this crazy big world. If you're into fashion, I get you. If you're into other things, I get that too. Whatever you do, I hope you do it passionately, with all your heart, soul and mind.

Live! Laugh! Love!

Featuring {{BSD Design Studio}} Supermodel Anjelica Black & Silver Classy

Featuring SKY Jeanies Dots Dress

Featuring FINESMITH Ice Angel Earrings, Bracelet and Wings

Featuring EMO-tions Mae made for MVW representing Portugal

2. MADesigns: Eyes Attention Ravishing

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Latte Skintone

4. Natural Beauty Lashes

5. FINESMITH: French Sky Nails

6. In-Pose!

Sexy... ABSOLUTELY - Featuring Carrie's Lingerie and [Mirror's Enigma]

It's impossible to feel anything but SEXY when you're wearing well made lingerie. Carrie's Lingerie fills this to perfection. Every detail she creates with the eye of an artist wanting to make sure every piece, down to the eyelets for the corset laces, looks amazing.

The Princess in Aqua makes me feel like a princess ready to prowl the chambers of my prince, with gloves, corset and stockings, makeup (plus a prim miniskirt and shoes not shown) amped up for the greatest appeal.

The close up shows the details of the lace and print on this holiday bit of sensual fun. You can also see the elegance of the makeup, lips plump and ready for biting ... ermm kissing, and the design compliments the attire.

All of my photos capture places you can visit when you visit Carrie's. Inside, many different holiday displays are set up for the purpose of great pictures and greater fun. Outside, the crisp snowy landscape takes you away to a place of winter even if it's 77 degrees and sunny in your world off line.

A special note** Carrie's VIP area has been opened to the public this December. If you find this fireplace at the back of the store, you'll see a VIP transport that takes you to Carrie's 12 days of Christmas, and another world of beauty. Everyone should take advantage of this!

Live! Laugh! Love!

Featuring Carrie's Lingerie Princess Aqua

Featuring [Mirror's Enigma] Kami Native Skintone

1. MINA: Tabita

2. MADesigns:

- Eyelashes Fabulous Darling

- Eyes Confidence Subtle Ocean

3. AIDORU: 70s Bracelet and Earrings Copper

4. Italiano: Biker Boots

5. In-Pose!