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In AVENUE this month

AVENUE - Caught in the Act of Living

I have three articles in this month’s AVENUE magazines, starting with this one about Second Spaces and the imaginative creator behind Second Space, Elle Kirshner. The article, Caught In the Act of Living talks about how good she is at creating lived in spaces that feel homey and warm.

Building a Dream

My second article is a profile of SL architect Rix SpyKer who is one of the busiest people you never heard of.  SpyKer is one of the custom builders who create the venues for many public events. Most of the time, these custom builders for events only get noticed when they fail, but the ones who do their job well… The article is a called Building a Dream which is exactly what he does.

 

Method to the MadnessIn Unia: The Method to the Madness  I wrote a little about the upcoming opening of Unia – a massive immersive mystery/game/puzzle/story/world from MadPea. This will be bigger than any MadPea production before and there’s a lot of excitement about that, but I was more fascinated by the process of taking the story from a little thought cloud and turning it into the prime, scripts and pixels that give it form and substance. It’s going to be a doozy of an event and everyone should go – but first they should read this and maybe get a glimpse of the massive undertaking this all is.

 

 

Sunday Finest

I always forget why I don’t wear mesh eyelashes until I go to process pictures where I was wearing them. The demon eyes in my shadow amuse me, yet, it’s not EXACTLY what I was going for. I suppose it could be that I’m being shadowed by my demons. Let’s go with that. Continue reading

Poisonous Enchantment

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I am always thrilled by designers who do not take their inspirations too literally, but instead use them as a springboard to develop something completely unexpected. Such is the case with Valentina Evangelista of Valentina E. who used the idea of the poisoned apple in Snow White to come up with this dress. Released in quite dangerous shades of green, red and black, it contains many of the elements that suggest danger from the snakeskin it’s made of to the sinuous femme fatale design. It is a creative expression of the inspiration and totally unexpected.
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I Was Enchanted

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I went shopping at Enchantment, the big new fairy-tale event that opened this morning. Of course, since I was shopping, I was not wearing any of the items, but I did pick up a few that you will soon see. I just wanted to share my observation that the sim design and execution for this event was pretty wonderful. I loved that the vendors were so unique and idiosyncratic. There was no uniformity which meant it was visually interesting all the time – even when the products were not to my taste. Though of course, far more was to my taste than was not. I spent more than I should have – but that is how events work. They beguile your eyes and enchant your hearts and put a open spell on your wallets.

I wore this gorgeous coat and capelet from Kunglers. It has the warmth and comfort for shopping outdoors – which is where Enchantment is. You will have to explore, not everything is laid out in a straightforward path like most events. Snow drifts and trees obscure parts of the build, giving you beautiful settings that reveal bit by bit the enchanting items for sale. It’s beautifully done and worth exploring right to the top of the mountain.

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Halloween Arrives

Ok yeah I got my Zooby baby a Halloween costume again. Sometimes I like dressing up my wee doll as much as I like dressing up my Gidge doll. But I couldn’t resist sending Gidge out to pull pixel single mom duty with her wee doll for Halloween. Continue reading

I Come In Your Nightmares

Miamai has again released an evening gown that is as elegant as it is amazing. Rich with movement and textured deliciously, this would be an amazing evening gown for any formal event for the upcoming social season.

Its just so happens that she also released some devil horns hair for Halloween, and I thought PERFECT.

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Glam-O-Ween

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Halloween is such a fun holiday. We get to play dress-up and be a kid again. Of course we all have our favorite way of dressing up for the holiday – and for me, it’s glam, of course. The perfect Glam-O-Ween dress is from VoguE – where Halloween has resulted in three special outfits and 2 Halloween hats, one with a skeletal hand and this spider web hat.

Growing up in state where mosquitoes can gather so thickly they look like a smudge cloud on the horizon, I am fond of spiders and their hard and constant mosquito-eating efforts. There’s nothing quite so beautiful as a spider web damp with morning dew when struck by sunlight. So yes, a spider-web dress is going to be gorgeous and this one from VoguE is a stunner.

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It Was Ice Cream For Breakfast

Don’t judge.

It was good.

Gidge is Wearing:

Beauty Mark: {Luxuria} Les Mouches – Small Heart *Discreet*
Lashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Hair: .ploom. It’s So Fluffy (small) – Ploomage
Hands: Slink Mesh
Photo Studio: VR Studio HUD
Eye Control: [gi inc] Auto Focus 2.1
Skin: [PXL] JADE PA Halloween VIP DEB C2
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Enaid – Alexandria
Poses: Pretense
Nail color: FLAIR for Cosmetics Fair

Posing At Obligatory Fences

I set out wandering to do some shopping this morning and found an obligatory fence to stand in front of. It’s a rule, I have to take photos with any colorful fence I find. I get a free toaster oven after I get my card punched for ten of them.

I cannot wait to get that toaster oven.

Gidge Is Wearing:

Lipgloss: cheLLe – (lipgloss) Juicy Gloss (Caramel)
Lashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tattoo 6
Beauty Mark: {Luxuria} Les Mouches – Small Circle *Passonate* 1
Skin: Baiastice_Ann Pencil Skirt-autumn drive-size S
Jacket: Baiastice_Brit Military Jacket-green-size S
Earrings: Bliensen + MaiTai – Earring – Tea Dance – Carnelian
Hair: Slink Bianca Hair Nordic
Feet and Hands: Slink
Nail Color: FLAIR
Shoes: [LVLE] – Pointed Flats – Black –
Shape: Gidge ~Savoir Faire Shapes~
-Skin: Belleza- Betty Pale 4
Eyes: Vision by A:S:S – Enaid – Alexandria
Poses: – Pretense

Careful How You Sit

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So I am always a bit conflicted about studded clothing. Mainly because I have never worn studded clothing in my life, so I wonder how comfortable it is. Take this dress. I love the way the studs add visual interest, the flat planes of the skirt interrupted by the rows of studs – adding what feels like another dimension to the dress. But then I wonder, what does that feel like to sit on? Is it evenly spread enough so that it’s sort of like the bed of nails phenomenon, or do those little studs poke and prod? Maybe if you sit for just a minute it’s comfortable, but if you sit for a long time it is excruciating? Yeah, I actually spend time wondering what it would feel like for my pixel posterior to sit in my pixel dress with its pixel studs. But hey, it’s a great dress, isn’t it?

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