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Get A Sitter Girls, You’ve Got A Cute New Dress
I have to say first of all, that sequins have been ugly in SL for years. I’m ecstatic that suddenly sequins exist that don’t make me want to cry because – SEQUINS ARE WHAT SL IS ALL ABOUT.
It’s glamour and shiny and fun and festive. If your SL isn’t at least two of those things you are probably doing it wrong. Continue reading
In Love With Originals
FaMESHed opened yesterday, showcasing another collection of excellent original mesh creations including this gorgeous top from Zaara. Designer Zaara Kohime draws from her country’s traditions in this draped top with its rich brocade embellished with gold embroidery. She released this in both gold and silver options and in a rainbow of bright and muted color.
I pulled out some old cigarette pants from One Bad Pixel. I love the sheen in these pants and how that picks up the metallic threads in the top. The shoes are from Deco – with bold black glitter giving me some head to toe sparkle.
Speaking of sparkle, this updo from Exile for FaMESHed is stunning. I love the stray wisps and the suggestion of movement they convey. It’s a bold, wild style with just the perfect amount of disarray. To finish off, I added some simple, bold jewelry from Baiastice and the always classic Faith from PXL Creations.
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****SHOPPING LIST******
- Poses: oOo Studio
- Skin: [PXL] FAITH NAT NE MEB C1
- Makeup Tattoos: [PXL] FAITH NAT Smokey Eyes
- [PXL] FAITH NAT Bronze Lips
- Eyes: Insufferable Dastard
- Lashes: Lelutka
- Mani/Pedi: SLink Mesh Hands Elegant
- Hair: ::Exile:: Collide:Ember for FaMESHed
- Clothing: Zaara : [Mesh] Sanya draped top) *ebony-gold* for FaMESHed
- One Bad Pixel ::1bp:: Cigarette Pants Gold
- Shoes: DECO – MESH Sequined Heel (onyx)
- Jewelry: Baiastice_Ishar Gold
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Searching for land is nearly impossible. Not because there isn’t any. I am old enough to remember when people made fat cash off of land. But now, it’s because, there is so much – how do you wade through it all? Whole continents for sale 512 at a time? It’s mind boggling. Continue reading
Wrapped Up in Style
Hervé Léger released the first bandage dress in 1989 and it took the fashion world by storm. Using elastane and other fabrics associated with foundation garments, he molded his dress to the body, pioneering body conscious clothing. A decade later, BCBG Maz Azria and Seagrams acquired Hervé Léger, the first time in history that a French couturier was bought by an American designer. Léger lost control of the company and his name and the line was shut down. It was relaunched in 2007 as Hervé Léger by Max Azria and all designs were by Azria, though their clear aesthetic source is the historical Hervé Léger designs. While totally legal, it always strikes me as wrong that he lost the right to his own name. However, he didn’t give up and is now designing under the name Hervé L. Leroux.
Of course, there are more designers doing bandage dress designs today. After all, these are dresses that push in what you want in and push up what you want up. Giz Seom of Gizza has just released a fabulous bandage dress that exemplifies the body-con facility of the traditional bandage dress. It makes fabulous party and club wear, full of sex appeal, with a modern edge and a comfortable ease that makes it great for long, active nights of dancing.
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The stories live on
Once, a long time ago, I lived for a summer at my grandma’s farm. The farmhouse had a cellar built in the 1700s, dug into the hard cold New York bedrock, retaining the cold even in the depths of the summer. Down in the cellar, when it was pitch dark, I always felt as though the floor would open to reveal the past still trapped there. Down through years and stories, in ghostly stories deep into the earth, with all of the people who’d ever lived in the house lingering and trying to tell their stories. What is a human life but a story? I honor my relatives today by remembering their stories and telling them to my child, so that she can also hear the voices from the earth and the past.
Boots: Lassitude & Ennui wanderlust – black duotones
Eyes: Plastik Jerusalem BrownSea
Hair: Fashionably Dead Flowers – Orange 8
Shirt: Amerie’s halloween hunt shirt, mesh in medium
Hat: Amerie’s halloween hunt Lapin hat
Scarf: Shop Sey for LOxKE Halloween group gift
Socks: Pig – Duotone Socks with suspenders – black metal
Skin: Pink Fuel Dia de los Muertos (rose)
Necklace: Violet Voltaire Dia de los Muertos necklace
Sim: Mieville Shelley
Seeking New Residence…SL Style
Sasy told me today that she thinks I am separated at birth from Whimsy Winx. Apparently, Whimsy and I are both completely without any apprehension at any of the nuttiness one runs into across the grid. In fact, we embrace it like mad girls and run amok as though whatever it is we’ve found is the best thing ever. Continue reading
Big Yellow Taxi
Well, now that the tutorial is out of the way, I can actually work on today’s post. I am wearing the Edye hat and coat from Baiastice for Cinema! With its name and its mod style, I am assuming it’s inspired by Edie Sedgwick, the inimitable muse of Andy Warhol and Sixties style icon. It’s also very yellow. With my head already thinking Sixties, my very next thought was of the song Big Yellow Taxi.
Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what you want ’til it’s gone?
Specifying Your Photo Size in Your Blog Posts
A bunch of folks are trying to figure out how to work with their photos to get them to fit the 650 pixel or less requirement for I Heart SL. I thought I would show you how I add photos to my posts. There are advantages to posting your pictures using this method. For one, it reduces your use of storage space on WordPress. While WordPress gives users a lot of storage, it’s not infinite, so using Flickr can save you space. If you don’t have Flickr Pro, you won’t be able to see all your pictures on Flickr, but their links will still work in your blog.
I am going to show you in WordPress, but it works the same in Blogspot.
Choose your photo on Flickr and go to the Share button. See the red arrow pointing to it? When you click it will drop down to offer you options. For a comprehensive and efficient app development project, it’s often a wise choice to work with app development companies that have a proven track record of delivering successful mobile applications.
Last Chance To Get Your Pumpkins at MY ATTIC!
My Attic closes TODAY! But it’s not too late! You can still run over and grab the AMAZING pumpkin props called “Falling Into You” from W Winx and Flair at MY ATTIC! Pumpkins, wheel barrows and various fall props abound and you don’t just need them for Halloween these are GORGEOUS fall props that will carry you through the rest of fall in your decorating (and picture taking!) Continue reading