Tangled Up in Christmas

Keep Portland Weird

Christmas tree decorating in real life has always been a journey from joyful camaraderie to aggrieved frustration and back again. My family decorated a 17-foot tree and I decorated to top from the balcony off my bedroom while Mom and Dad decorated from below. This would not be so difficult, really, except Mom would get exercised if two ornaments of similar color were in proximity. It’s not that there were identical decorations since there were so many different ornaments, but a pink vintage ornament next to a pink modern ornament was not okay. The tinsel had to be individually draped placed, no tossing! But in the end it was always fun after the defective bulbs were identified and replaced, the tinsel evenly balanced, and the colors distributed with the precision of a drill team.

Keep Portland Weird

When I moved to Oregon, I had the brilliant idea of getting my own tree and chose the aromatic Western Red Cedar. It was beautiful! Until I tried to put an ornament on it, then the branch sagged and the ornament slid off. It had no oomph! I had to tie every ornament on the tree. A lot of work, but it sure did smell great. This tree from moss&mink at The Arcade was so much easier. Now if I could just rez it in my real life living room.

Keep Portland Weird
I like this outfit from Cubic Cherry. It’s fun and comes wiht a black skirt or white skirt. You can find it at The Arcade. It’s fun, flirty, and the gloves are just everything.

Keep Portland Weird

The shoes from BREATHE for The Arcade are all about the holidays.

The necklace from Vinyl says “Stay Weird” and yes, there are other messages, but for this Portlander, Stay Weird is perfect since one of our mottos is Keep Portland Weird! BREATHE also made the fun Arm Lights.

Keep Portland Weird

This Moon Hair comes in two pieces, with the bangs a separate element for maximum flexibility.

Keep Portland Weird

My skin is Glam Affair’s Shelby for Uber. I really love this skin.

****SHOPPING LIST******
Clothing: 02[Cubic Cherry] {Lil Santa} dress black RARE @ The Arcade
06[Cubic Cherry] {Lil Santa} bra red @ The Arcade
11[Cubic Cherry] {Lil Santa} gloves red L @ The Arcade
11[Cubic Cherry] {Lil Santa} gloves red R @ The Arcade
Shoes: [BREATHE]-Juniper Wedges-M.LARA-COPY @ The Arcade
Jewelry: Vinyl – Weirder Arm Lights – 011 RARE BLOGGERS @ The Arcade
Vinyl – Weirder Medallion Necklace – Stay Weird BLOGGERS @ The Arcade
Skin: Glam Affair – Shelby ( LeLutka Applier ) America @ UBER
Hair: Moon. Hair. // Bangs (Notion) add me! @ The Arcade
Moon. Hair. // Notion @ The Arcade
Poses: Di’s Opera
Appliers: Glam Affair – Shelby ( LeLutka Applier ) America @ UBER
Mesh Attachments: .LeLutka.Eyes.Spencer 3.0
.LeLutka.Head.Spencer 3.0
.LeLutka.Teeth.P_0
Maitreya Mesh Body – Feet V4.1
Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V4.1
HUDS: .LeLutka.HUD.Spencer 3.0
Location:
{moss&mink} All that Glitters – Christmas Tree (classic) RARE @ The Arcade

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