104 Profitt continues to evolve weekly as creators release more amazing and beautiful mesh decor pieces. I am adding and subtracting to find that perfect look that suits me and makes dwelling within 117 prims a pleasure rather than a hardship.
Not too much is new with the kitchen. I put up a wall and a bit of decoration. This space is so big, I think I’d like an everyday version of Handverk’s holiday table to fill it. (HINT HINT HANDVERK). Continue reading
What could be more exuberant than the color and play of prints in this fabulously wild dress from Nylon Outfitters.
When I saw this dress from Nylon Outfitters for Collabor88, I decided to wear it for my Mardi Gras set when I DJ’ed at The Velvet. It has that flamboyant exuberance with which the last day before Lent is celebrated in many parts of the world. For someone raised in a religious tradition stripped of anything approaching exuberance, it is a fascinating spectacle. There is an element of the opera bouffe in the decadent and wildly flamboyant celebration of music, life and the sensory pleasures for that last Fat Tuesday before the penitent and solemn Ash Wednesday and the month of sacrifice for Lent. As an outsider to the faith, the rituals are like a play, a passionate, loud and beautiful play of extremes – melodrama in its highest form.
I’m wearing items from last year’s Mardi Gras because this year sprang upon us early, and few people seem to be creating for it. I’m crossing my fingers that Siyu at Illusions will still have a ball (send me a group invite, madam!), and because of that I dressed up! What’s your tradition for Mardi Gras? I woke up and made my family pancakes with Nutella, and then I went to Starbucks and got their MOST calorific coffee drink, with extra whip. Take that, Lent!
Skin: *FCD* Fantasy skin – forest
Dress: Katat0nik from last year’s Mardi Gras event, including gloves
Hair: Lamb
Crown: the bone set from Schadenfreude last year
Mask: Illusions free mask from last year’s Mardi Gras
Beads: I totally earned those 😉
As you know from my blog, I love playing with projectors and casting shadows. I could not resist including this shot I caught last night while shooting. I had my windlight set to complete darkness and then used two projectors casting white light.
I am wearing the gorgeous draped cocktail dress from Maitreya called Mignon. It reminds me of Project Runway’s Rami Kashoú and how he could drape a gown faster than Scarlett O’Hara could pull down curtains. One of the constant conundrums facing the poor, sleep-deprived contestants on that show is how to balance the conflicting demands of the judges who ding them for showing similar styles time and again while also lambasting them when they aren’t true to themselves. I often wonder why there are not more Santino’s calling them on their contradictory demands. With the 11th season in progress now, I think they should ignore the “you’re repeating yourself” complaints because those that head off into uncharted territory nearly always get auf’ed.
So my look of the day includes wonderful new mesh items from Dilly Dolls and Magika. I’m so happy to see Oriana of Dilly Dolls making new mesh items. The hard work and patience that it takes to learn mesh and rigging and applying textures, well, my hats off to people who do it and do it well.
I had just wrapped up my FLF shopping when Sasy insisted I come out and be festive for a while. Her suggestion for festive was to start at Bewbapalooza or however it’s spelled. It’s a sale event (I dunno if discounted) for the wearers of the mesh boobs. It’s also carnival themed and Whimsy played the strong man game and won me a popsicle. YAY POPSICLE.
Anessa Stine joined us and fondled her boobs as we wandered around looking at the items.
It was somewhere about that time, that Sasy said “It’s your REZ DAY!”
OMG. It was my rez day and I didn’t even know it. SL Old Age kicks in.
We popped over to the Men’s Department sale next and while Whimsy oooo’d over kilts (and the lack of underwear beneath I think) I grabbed the free gift from Handverk – a red scale clutch. There is probably some humor in the fact that the gift at the Men’s Department sale is for women. Or, men who carry a red scale murse. Continue reading
I don’t have anything incredible or witty to say, I just spent the last hour trying to get my son to eat a chicken nugget. He won, I lost….here is some pretties from Collabor88.
Hybie Is Wearing:
Base Skin: Nuuna’s SKins skittles pale bare
Make-Up: Schadenfreude – Morpho Vlinder, full (C88)
Lashes: Schadenfreude – Black Curlique Eyelashes (C88)
Brows: Nuuna’s Skins – Eyebrows 13
Hair: lamb – whoop dee doo – ink
Eyes: Ikon – lucid – optimism – group gift
Wings: BOOM – Erinyes – Tetramorph (C88)
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do fashionistas hasten to spend
Their lindens at the fabled store,
Where prices with an 8 must end.
Fashions released into the light,
Inspirations are monthly crowned.
So colors and styles do not fight
But work together in a colorful round.
Fashion’s flourish is on the eight.
And hordes descend to browse and buy
The sim is full if you are late.
But worthy shoppers, in delight do cry
“I made it in! I can browse to my heart’s content
Or, at least until all my lindens are spent.”
Yeah, I know. Don’t quit the day job.
Let’s be honest, we all look forward to the 8th. It’s not just that there is a monthly collection of fashion derring-do, but there’s a fascination in discovering how the different designers take the same inspiration and colors and produce so many very different results. This month, Collabor88 doyenne and Sea Hole designer, Drinkenstein Sorbet, was inspired by the warmer climes of India, producing the Pan Bahatt collection. The collection features a sexy, skimpy top and skirt in bold Indian prints and colors. However, coming from a cooler state, I decided to just wear the skirt. It’s strange, I know, but I feel a bit chilly when my avatar is not dressed for the weather. The skirt, though, is a delight and can be mixed with so many other things.
I logged into Second Life tonight only to encounter a friend. He was doing well, better than I expected after a long time away, and we caught up with each other. For a little while it was “things that suck” oneupmanship, but it was clear that despite all of my health shit, his life won for worst. That’s the frustrating part about Second Life. You can say “Aw, hug!” but you can’t actually do it, not so that someone feels it. But if being chat-friends means anything, it means that no matter how long you’ve drifted apart, you can always reconvene and share the strange ebbs and flows of life…
Hmmm right, clothing. I’m wearing a new skin that I found discretely hiding in a box in my Objects folder, FCD’s Fantasy skin in moonlight. I’m a sucker for unique colors of skins, and this one is lovely. The rest of my outfit is a wash of color to make up for it. I think my Objects folder is clean, now!
Vest: So Many Styles fur pompom vest in lime for FLF
Hair: Truth Zuzka in silver
Makeup: Schadenfreude yellow sedusa eyeshadow
Socks: Schadenfreude champagne Luisa knee socks
Shoes: Schadenfreude acid leopard Dreamlander heels
Necklace: Lassitude & Ennui knotted pearl necklace in purple
Horns: Plastik Renne horns (string) in chalk
Skin: *FCD* Fantasy skin – moonlight shade
Tattoo: Kanival tattoo 103. color star in skyblue
Shirt: Tres Blah old FLF grey vneck shirt
Bottoms: /artilleri/ Jackie bikini briefs in green/orange/blue
Eyes: Shine Silent Lucidity Sky (large)
I loved the new off-the-shoulder top from Peqe so much that it overcame my usual resistance to bare-midriff clothing. Normally I would have paired it with high-waisted pants or a skirt, but there was something so whimsical about it that I pulled on this shorts from Pink Outfitters with an adorable belted bow.