So waddya like in a party dress? Something kicky and festive? Or something formal and elegant like the black HOCO dresses 2022? Well, luckily, the grid isn’t running short of either this last holiday bash of the year. Continue reading
I had the unexpected opportunity to take another photo in my boy avvie, sliding one in before the end of the month! I’m sporting goodies from Schadenfreude today — antlers from the excellent stocking that Allegory puts up every year, and the Prize Pig too! The vest is from her FLF offering yesterday, and the rest of the outfit is fabulous stuff from ~silentsparrow~. There’s a close up on my manly makeup job (including undereye sequins from Miss Shippe’s Shop) after the cut. I do believe that the Schadenfreude stocking is still up at her main shop, if you missed this lovely yearly freebie!
Two more photos and credits behind le cut.
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It’s a beautiful day, the sun is shining and we live for new adventures..make the most of it!
A new year is approaching and I can’t wait for what the year has in store. I know my resolution is to live a little, take more chances and remember to appreciate the small things. What are yours?
Hybie is wearing:
SKin: Glam Affair – Cassiopea – Europa 02
Lipstick: Exodi – Sophie – Cachet – Cherrie Pop
Eyeliner: Exodi – Sophie – Glamour
Hair: Truth – Sassy 2 w/ roots – Chocolate
Outfit: SUGAR – Delirium – Cherries
Shoes: N-core – Coquette – black
Eyes: IKON – Horizon vs – White
Lashes: Amacci – Eyelash Tat 2 & 3
Necklace: Izzie’s – 50s Pearl necklace cherry
I play a classic jazz set every Sunday morning from 9 to 11 AM SLT at The Velvet. Usually I focus on the oldies from Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Zoot Sims, John Coltrane and many others. I have a strong preference for the old jazz greats but the old jazz forms are still powerful influences on today’s jazz. With the year end upon us, I am doing a special set looking back at the fine jazz of 2012. I hope you can swing by.
Sissy Pessoa of Baiastice has created a fabulous dress perfect for any jazz chanteuse. I wish I could sing well enough to be a chanteuse of anything. However, I am perfectly dressed to sing. The heavy silk charmeuse drapes as beautifully as a caress.
Pixel life can be too busy. I am not sure why but man, it certainly can. So I decided that tonight, mostly because I’m sick, I’m going to relax and just spend some me time with something delicious from +9. None for ANYONE ELSE!
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It’s coming to the end of December, which means that I’m almost done with my “dress as a boy all month” challenge. I decided to end by wearing my current favorite boots — these awesome studded long boots by J’s. (IRL I adore a similar style by Jeffrey Campbell, the Helen Spike, heh.) The folder contains mesh sizes for men and women, which is lovely. I’m wearing it with a random Christmas sweater, some makeup, and stuff that’s old but barely worn.
I hope your new year is excellent!
Sweater: Bleak nordic slate sweater
Skin: Evian – Marlon medium with ears
Hair: Maitreya Apple in Crayon color
Boots J’s studded long boots in black
Nails: Schadenfreude silver glitter manicure
Glasses: Schadenfreude hardwired spectacles
Gloves: vintage
Lip piercings: FlipSide F7 Multi lip rings & spikes, probably vintage too by now
Pants: Arai nonwash denim
Scarf: League scarf – cadet
Makeup: Plastik soul ink – scratched out
I seldom shop on Marketplace. There’s several reasons for this. First, let’s just admit that Marketplace search is close to worthless thanks to the proliferation of deceptive sellers who pad their listings and keywords with fraudulent and deceptive descriptions in order to show up in more search results. They go on my list of stores I will never buy anything from because I am not going to reward liars. I also prefer to buy directly from the in-world store to support the existence of stores and sims. I am sad to see more and more stores opt to sell only on Marketplace, saving the cost of tier. I don’t blame them, but it makes our world smaller and less colorful as more stores decide to close their in-world doors. Of course, the main reason is the enjoyment of shopping with friends. Marketplace shopping is a solitary experience while in-world shopping is social. You can run into people you have not seen in ages, meet new people and experience much more of the social part of Second Life than you can on Marketplace.
However, I do browse Marketplace sometimes, looking for new stores. More specifically, looking for new-to-me stores. I was browsing the other day and came across new-to-me Paisley Daisy where I picked up this fabulous sheer mesh dress. Sheer mesh is going to require a bit of shape editing since it comes without an alpha. Well, technically, the creator Joeylin did provide a mesh, but it would look silly to wear it. I had to edit just a bit around the waist and upper thighs, but once that was done, the dress fit fabulously. Of course, with a sheer gown there’s the issue of lingerie, but I long ago made some very basic system lingerie that I could tint to my skin color to wear with clothing that reveals more than I want it to.
As you can see, my blog pictures and posts are all done under close supervision by Oscar. Because I reached for the camera and shifted back to take the picture, he is positioned a little farther from the laptop than he likes to sit while I work. While I am working, his preferred position is on the very edge of the laptop with his front paws on my forearm and his forehead leaning against my chin, completely blocking my view of the keyboard. Apparently he liked this shot because he walked across the keyboard and saved this shot to disk.
This is the picture Oscar took. The dress is from LIV-Glam and is a fabulous party gown that comes with a HUD allowing me to change it from silver to gold. It’s a perfect dress for us indecisive folks.
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