A Pose Makes It Perfect -- Featuring Odelitte from Four Seasons Market, [LG]Boutique, Sundaara and .:JUMO:. from .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week and **NEW** Dark Horse Style

What a difference poses make, eh? I find myself truly blessed by the relationship turned friendship turned family that I've found myself in with October, aka Keisha. Because she's done so many photos for different people, models, non-models, couples, friends, she's got a trillion zillion poses on her work station. I go gah-gah for her poses and play; and I could take a hundred photos before I moved on to something new.

In this styling today, I pulled in pieces again, yayayaya grateful for the diversity in designs that allow me the puzzle time part of this process. I took this Petra Jacket from Sundaara Designs and sold at .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week and began to build the look. The skirt comes from a design by [LG]Boutique, sold this month at Designer Showcase - which recently relocated so here's a new link - http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Flawless/179/59/28, called Hang With Me. Mixing it up with bold colors, I pulled on a new pair of boots from Odelitte Suede Boots Red that you can purchase at Four Seasons Market then promptly added a pair of tintable socks from N-Core to add those ever necessary Autumn layers. The socks tinted to a bold purple complimented my final new accessory, the necklace from .:JUMO:. called Fascination in Purple.

And last but never least, I took a friend's suggestion, and went over to a brand new store called Dark Horse Style and snagged a whole array of new nail appliers. I've learned that just like shoes and hair, one can never have too many nails. I wouldn't want you or me to get bored with the same old same old! This design is called Curved Dark. Many different little painted pictures adorn an array of nails, including some fun Halloween related autumn sets. I'm not sure how long her nails will be 50L but that's her opening week special and that means your Lindens s-t-r-e-t-c-h better.

Featuring Odelitte Suede Boots Red from Four Seasons Market

Featuring [LG] Boutique Fall 2014 Hang With Me Skirt from Designer Showcase

Featuring Sundaara Designs Petra Jacket from .PENUMBRA. Fashion Week

Featuring .:JUMO:. Fascination Purple Diamond Set

Featuring NEW STORE Dark Horse Style Curved Dark

1. Vanity Hair: Opium

2. Face Paint: Breezy 3

3. October's 4Seasons: Milk Skintone (Angelina)

4. SLink: Elegant 1 Hands

5. X-Sight: Angel Eyes (Earth)

6. N-Core Socks Modify

7. Del May Poses

Something Beautiful This Way Runs -- Featuring Loovus Dzevavor, Wicca's Wardrobe, PosESioN, and Lyrical Bizarre from SAVIAD

What a treat it is to work with the myriad of designers who've added items to the coming SAVIAD Spring Fair! I'm loving every minute of it. 

When Ms. Wicca sent me her contribution, she made me smile in amusement. "Warning, these are a bit Wicca-y"... Well I love Wicca and her shoes for this event, and each item she creates has that Wicca edge.

Loovus Dzevavor has this dress Bloomatic at SAVIAD. Lyrical B!zarre Templates has a number of things including the jewelry shown here. I repurposed the headpiece in the set.

And thank heavens for pose creators. We models and bloggers would be lost without them and PosESion has several sets of poses created just for SAVIAD. I'll share them a little at a time.

My great thanks to the designers who contributed items to this styling:

Featuring PosESioN Poses from the Irish Set at the SAVIAD Faire

Featuring Wicca's Wardrobe Spring Flower Booties from the SAVIAD Faire

Featuring .::LD::. Bloomantic from the SAVIAD Faire

Featuring Lyrical Bizarre Fierce Jewelry Set from the SAVIAD Faire

1. SLink: Elegant 1

2. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Spring Nail Appliers

3. Kyxe Skins & Shapes: Chocolate Cosmos

4. Vanity Hair: Opium

5. KMADD/Moda: Mesh Eyes

Pretty in Pink -- Featuring Dot-Be Fashion

Pink has never been my favorite color. When I receive pink items in my folders for blogging, I often look in the box to see if there's possibly another color. This time, the dress I was offered was pink or nothing at all, so I pulled it out and put it on to see it.

And I absolutely fell in love with this dress. Dot-Be Fashion designer creates both mens and women's clothes and does a fantastic job with textures that range from carefree to edgy and everything in between and each new look speaks about his talent.

I don't know if I've turned into a "pink" lover but for this moment, in this pretty flowing frock, I felt pink and it felt good. I looked at a variety of shoes to pair with it but then realized it was one of those dresses that looked awesome with bare feet and strolling in the summer sun.

Finesmith continually adds new products to the store, primarily jewelry with a twist now and then that run the gamut from unusual clothing items and shoes. The gold and turquoise set offers the glinting style of Finesmith's finest and it was free for May's montly gift. And speaking of free, the makeup from Face Paint I have with the little firework art also was free with purchase for the Fourth of July holiday.

**If you purchased anything from Face Paint during the 4th, please send me a note with your transaction history and I will send you the gift box. There are four items in the gift, separates, the makeup shown above and the same makeup but no fireworks.

Featuring Dot-Be Fashion Dress Barentu Pink
Featuring Finesmith Sura Bracelet
Featuring Finesmith Aqua Earrings and Necklace Gold
1. Poetic Colors: Oriental Pearl
2. Vanity Hair: Opium Dark Reds
3. Face Paint: Special Fourth of July
4. Face Paint: Long Prim Eyelashes Violet
5. Candy Nail: Bare Feet
6. Glam Affair Skin: Amberly
7. Take on location at Model's Workshop

Sweet Sweet Victory

Like many of you, I spent the day eagerly watching news, waiting to hear when the second suspect has been apprehended. I have prayed for the families affected by the deadly events that unfolded this week in Boston. I will continue to keep them in my thoughts as I know you will also.

Face Paint owns a piece of my heart by now, and continues to make me smile. This past weekend, I saw a great exaggerated eyes commercial on television and loved the look. I went immediately to Google images and found the photo. I never know when Eve will be inspired, but I love sharing suggestions. She really nailed it! A whole array of colors and combinations will be at Face Paint very soon.

Featured [Mirror's Enigma] Croix Light Skintone update
Featured [[Masoom]] Zinia Outfit
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Autumn Colors - Storm
3. Vanity Hair: Opium
4. [S H O C K]: Animalier Nails
5. R2: Beige


Since it felt like such a big day for families in the US, I chose a basic red white and blue pattern for this photo, showing [[Masoom]]'s Zinia Outfit. It's not easy to just stop thinking about everyone who protects us and the sacrifices they make when they talk about the death of officers, firemen, and so many others.

Featured {mv} Derezzed Boots Quicksilver
Featured {mv} Derezzed Quicksilver
Featured 7 Deadly S{k}ins Vanity B4d+T1
Featured EMO-tions Changes (from My Attic)
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Autumn Colors - Storm
3. Gaeline Mesh Lashes: Mysteria
4. Face Paint: Gloss #6
5. [S H O C K]: Starshine Glitter Nails
6. Pink Cherry: Silver Grey Hoops
7. MD Leather Cuffs Set


If you look closely,  you'll see the image of a rose in the background. Roses are symbols of love, but we all know to be aware of the thorns. With the radical fun outfit I have on from {mv} I contrasted hard leather lines and straps with the softness of the rose. I think balance is important, and when life gets out of balance, it takes a while to retrieve it. 

The Music of the Night

I have utterly romanticized the fantasy of Vampires. I know I'm not the only one, either. Vampires are everywhere in our current fascination and vividly evident because Hollywood spends so much time and money exploiting this interest.

Between True Blood and Twilight and the multiple other similar plot lines from books and scripts, the sexy and sophisticated vampire leaves a mark on our earth, and if we are so lucky, a mark upon our neck as well.

Second Life lets us delve deeper into our own fantasy regarding vampires. Fangs and 'fangbangers', as they're called in True Blood, run rampant. I didn't have to look far for a vampire to catch up with me in this dark forest for a photo op.

Other mythical creatures have their place in Second Life as well, and dragons have been around in some form or another since I joined in March 2005. They've gotten more detailed, more complicated and more unique in the past 8 years.

Fear of these creatures have been a part of stories passed down orally from generation to generation, a healthy fear that teaches each new age to walk warily and know that evil might lurk around any corner or down any dark street.

Whether or not you believe in the actual stories or not, of vampires and dragons catching us poor humans off guard, it matters not. If the creatures only represent the lurking darkness in the world and warn us to be alert, then these stories continue to serve the same purpose they had when they began.

Sometimes, I turn the lens back on myself and wonder if the scariest creature exists inside me. My humanity makes me dark and dangerous at times, to others, to myself, and if all of those fantasy creatures teach us a caution, perhaps the caution also works to remind us to push past our weakness, our angers and jealousies to battle the fiercest creature. Self.


Featured [[Massoom]] MIA Gown
Featured Vanity Hair Opium
Featured Mirror's Enigma Victoria Skintone
Featured Face Paint: Sinister 2
Featured Face Paint Gems: Spring Gems 3
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Quicksilver
3. Quintessencia Nails
4. Glam Affair: Jadis
5. Chop Zuey: Cheri Amour Bracelet
6. Taken on site at Image Essentials, "This Image Essentials Prop is a combination of items purchased from various merchants as well as items created by [Kay Weston]."

Featured Mirror's Enigma Iona Gold
1. Custom Shape
2. Poetic Eyes: Hot Mocca
3. EMO-tions: Cosmic
4. Gaeline: Mesh Lashes Fantasia
5. Face Paint Gems: Spring Gems 2
6. Face Paint: Gem Eyes Purple
7. Face Paint: Leonore Pink
8. Mirror's Enigma: Leigh Native Skintone
9. UZURI: Bibi cuff
10. Chop Zuey: Ma Songe Belly Ring
11. Collier Coeur Infini Or
12. Taken on site at Image Essentials, "This Image Essentials Prop is a combination of items purchased from various merchants as well as items created by [Kay Weston]."