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Because of Barnesworth Anubis…

Because of Barnesworth Anubis

 

I was absolutely taken back in time with the set of retro furniture released by Barnesworth Anubis for Collabor88.

My own Uncle George, the mecca of style and culture from my childhood, owned almost EXACTLY this furniture.

He’d designed and built a house, with a proper formal double parlour. One half of the room was southwestern, with lots of amazing things from his trips to Mexico displayed all over. The other half though, was this amazing post modern blue and white SQUARE funiture.

Paired with bleached blonde wood (allegedly from Sweden) he even had a blonde piano in that half of the room. The furniture was leather, but felt like glossy plastic. As though someone had made furniture out of patent leather shoes, yet it was in fact true leather. He polished it every week with a special product he had shipped in from somewhere.

Is It a Crime To Be So Happy?

This wasn’t lounging furniture. This was sitting up properly and visiting after dinner furniture. Or receiving guests furniture. Or listening to the piano being played furniture.

The animals WERE NOT allowed on the furniture.

I suppose that accounts for my small rebellion above. I hope he forgives me.

So because of Barnesworth Anubis, I had a stroll down memory lane. It made me a little teary and a little happy.  I wish I had that damn furniture now.

Decor and Furniture Shown:

Wall Art: Trompe Loeil – Nine Cell art works

Furniture: Retro Living Room from Barnesworth Anubis

Side Table: Trompe Loeil

Skybox: Barnesworth Anubis – Haight Skybox

Gidge’s Fast Five April 18th

GidgeFast Five I was scrolling through the feeds this morning while drinking my coffee and realized I’d noted two posts to look at later for shopping, therefore I was almost to a fast five. Thus, I bring you the Fast Five from Gidge inspired by my morning coffee shopping time.

1. The Blues-Ish The gradient blue in this picture caught my eye immediately. I love FreeStyle and still use it as a catalog of places to shop that provide quality free or inexpensive items.

2. Beautiful Life:  I only like poses that appear to be mid-motion. I’m weird like that. Sam Laszlo’s post has some great pics that truly look like avatars caught mid-joy. Love the looks too. Continue reading

Pop vs. Soda

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The Soda Pop Dress from Deco for April’s Collabor88 reminded me of the ancient cultural struggle between those who say Soda and those who say Pop and the outliers who say Coke. It’s a conflict that has been mapped and researched and will probably continue long after we all are gone. DECO’s designer sidestepped the controversy by called the dress the Soda Pop dress, showing a keen instinct for diplomacy.

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Why You Need These Things…A Post About Staples

I Need Some ShoesThere are things any well dressed girl has to have. HAS to have. Even if you just have ONE, it should be a good one and serviceable.  Today’s post is dedicated to those things. Continue reading

Modern Romance

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I can never resist a beautiful feminine and romantic ball gown. I found this one at AVENUE Fashion Week. I missed the show, but saw this in the Retail Gallery. One of the joys of Second Life® is having a closet full of ball gowns. I love how this gown from Arikea combines the soft colors and floral patterns of traditional romantic gowns, but with a thoroughly modern eye. The floral patter is abstract and made even more so by being so very large. The colors are soft and pastel, but not your granny’s pastels – not with that brown.

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The gown itself is a traditional shape ball gown shape with a fitted bodice, sweetheart neckline and a full skirt full of drama. The modern edge is totally fabric and color choice. I wanted to emphasize the modern color palette and tinted my white cloves just a slightly darker shade of brown that I pulled from the skirt.

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Ariskea made shoes that are a perfect companion to the gown. These shoes come in three colors as does the gown. apr11_004

 

I added jewelry from Donna Flora and and an updo from Exile called Part of Me. I love the loft on this undo.

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I chose the new PXL skin for Collabor88 called Jade. I love the dramatic makeup.

Store info at Blogging Second Life
****SHOPPING LIST******
Poses: Adorkable
Skin: [PXL] JADE NAT Crush Makeup {C88 Edition}
Eyes: Insufferable Dastard
Lashes: Lelutka
Hair: ::Exile:: Part of Me:Ember
Clothing: Ariskea// F l e u r i e mesh dress//m // Sage
(5th&Oxford) Leather Gloves – L *white* (tinted) store is closed
Shoes: Ariskea// S o r b e t mesh peep toes
Jewelry: Donna Flora Asia Gold Necklace and Earrings

My 10 SL Firsts Meme

I decided to do Strawberry Singh’s new meme.

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  1. First SL Friend: My first SL friend was technically Stardust Perl. We came into SL together from there.com. I loved that virtual world. It was so different than SL in so many ways. It was a real sense of community. It would have been unheard of for ppl to just stay in their homes and not go out. I miss it dearly.
  2. First SL Kiss: I don’t remember the avatars name but it was at some free sex place, he looked like Harry Potter. It was the funniest shit ever.  I was two days old I think.
  3. First SLex time/place/partner: See question 2.  Continue reading