Buena Ventura

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A friend of mine has been gardening, digging deep in the soil, planting trees, flowers, seeding grass and all the other backbreaking work involved in designing and landscaping a sim, but he’s pretty much done now and it’s a beautiful sight to see. I stopped by the other day and fell in love with the intriguing way he created different microclimates all in one sim. I stopped by the patio and took a few pictures, but you should really see it for yourself. I was wearing this gorgeous linen dress with and embroidered panel inset on the torso from La Penderie de Nicole.

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Valentine’s Day With Crochet Dresses and Bacon

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Valentine_003Sophie and I would like to cordially invite you all over to our skybox on our friend Tristan’s land to enjoy some lovely bacon roses and chocolate fondue. This seems like an appropriate breakfast to me, so I do hope you’ll join us. Continue reading →

An eeeevil Valentine’s Day?

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you, and especially my dear partner Jackal!

In honor of the day I dug out a bunch of macabre, dark things, including this beautiful Corbie outfit from ~silentsparrow~ (one of my all-time favorite outfits from hyasynth), this hair from Hiccup (does anyone remember this shop? It’s long gone now), and these lovely Sugarskull boots from Lassitude & Ennui.

I am wearing something new — it’s my skin and makeup. The skin is a new group gift from Pink Fuel, and the makeup is by Schadenfreude for C88. Love to you today!

Click to see more outfit photos and the credits.

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Linden Home Makeover – Progress

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Linden Home Makeover - 104 Proffit

 

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.

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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 →

Exuberance or Sunday Go to Meetin’

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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.

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Laissez les bon temps rouler!

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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 😉

A Sense of Poise and Rationality

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Poise_010I was musing over my new pet peeve this morning as I lounged around in my comfy jammies.

Rudeness.

There are lots of forms of it on the internets, but this one is getting to me. Someone will blog or post on FLICKR “hey I’m going to be gone” only to be met hither and yon with “no one cares.” Continue reading →

Art and Fashion

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On Project Runway this week, Zac Posen explained the need for fashion to succeed commercially, adding that Fashion is not a Fine Art because it must be commercial. Then, I saw this dress from Shiki working in collaboration with the artist Vinn Wong and I have to ask, how is this not Fine Art?
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Shadow Dancing

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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.

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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.

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