We fly rings around the moon

If you just take time

And be sure of who you are

We can take it up to heaven

We can walk amongst the stars

And I know if you stay

I will never turn away

We fly rings around the moon

Robin Gibb

Today I am showcasing the "To the moon and back" set available from Hopscotch at Genre.  I had fun with it., and it made me think of one of my favourite songs, which you can listen to here. (I just realised that I was introduced to this song by the same person who introduced me to SL almost 7 years ago).

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza Ashley

Hair:  Alice Project Persephone

Eyes:  IKON Promise

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Maxi Gossamer Party, Swallow Wings  

Manicure:   A:S:S

Clothing

Outfit:  Evie's Closet

Jewellery:  Krystal Fine Jewellery - Virtue necklace & earrings

Extras

Pose & Prop:  *~*HopScotch*~* for Genre

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Hips don't lie

When I saw these great poses from *~*HopScotch*~* for The Fantasy Collective, I remembered having seen a harem style outfit from :jazzitude:, so popped along and picked it up.  The pants, top and belt are sold separately, and all come with a texture change hud - the top and belt have a choice of 10, as do the pants, but they also come with a slider allowing you to choose whatever colour you want, by playing with the sliders or entering RGB's

Credits:

Body

Skin:  *League* Isla Suntan Feline 

Hair:  Truth Anita

Eyes:  IKON Promise Eyes 

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave 6

Eyeliner:  Izzies Cat Eyeliner 2

Manicure:    -{ZOZ}- Polish Silver Dip

Clothing

Top:  :jazzitude: Daphne: Mesh Chain Halter Top

Pants:  :jazzitude: Daphne: Harem Pants

Belt: :jazzitude: Daphne

Jewellery:  Maxi Gossamer - Necklace, earrings & bracelets - Boho Bliss Tassel-Tastic

Extras

Poses:   *~*HopScotch*~* for The Fantasy Collective

Props:  Glitterburps

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Forest Treasures

Considering that I always say that green is my least favourite colour, this post is a bit unexpected, but I built it around this fabulous necklace from Aze Jewellery for the current round of Genre.  Amilia Zabeleta does some of the most intricate, unique creations I have seen in sl - this necklace is breathtakingly beautiful, the metal tendril is worked exquisitely, and is adorned with treasures Amilia has found on the forest floor - ladybugs, little toadstools, a snail, and little flowers.  

My eyes are by Adoness for The Thrift shop, 50% off at just 40L per pair - I am just wearing the basic eyes, but also included in the pack for each colour are a full bright and a glow version, as well as system eyes and an alpha.

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza - Holly (previous FLF)

Hair:  Alice Project - Tessa

Eyes:  Adoness at Thrift Shop - Havila Eyes, asparagus

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave

Manicure:   [KoKoLoReS ] Nails, Nails, Nails! Hands Set 08

Clothing

Dress:  Angelwing Bella

Shoes:  SLink Margot Ballet Slippers

Jewellery:  AZE at Genre AZE Forest Treasure Necklace, also wearing Aze's Yum Kimil Jade earrings and bracelet which were at last year's Horrorfest

Extras

Poses:  Fly Lily at Genre (also come with prop wings which I am not wearing_

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Spiked

Today I am wearing some of my favourite items from my inventory and one new addition, which is the fabulous jacket which is FBD's item for the Style Icon Fair.  I am wearing the silver but it is also available in gold.  Each gives you two options - one with and one without the shirt - I am showing the "with" option.   I absolutely love the detailing and particularly the texturing on the back - it is certainly befitting of it's baroque name. The jackets cost 199L at the event.  

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza Ria SK 4 Dk

Hair:  *Dura-Girl* 51 (Dark Brown)

Eyes:  IKON  pectral Eyes 

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave 6

Lips:  -Belleza- Ria SK Gloss Lip 2

Manicure:   A:S:S - Slink fingernails - Black drama

Clothing:

Jacet:  FBD for Style Icon Fair - Spiked leather jacket XS Baroque no shirt

Pants:  Lapointe & Bastchild  Mesh Jeans (Long)- (XS) Black Skinny Zip

Boots:  :Lapointe & Bastchild. "Simone" Ankle Boot 

Jewellery:  Maxi Gossamer - Silver Cross necklace and jewelled skulls earrings

Extras

Poses:  1-3 Diesel Works & 4 - Glitterati (now only on mp)

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Letter from Paris

After the closure of a sim I really loved living on, I have wandered and tried quite a few new places that weren't right, but I have in the last week finally found my home - or maybe that should be returned home.  It has been the catalyst towards gaining a whole new lease of life in sl after a few months which (as well as rl being pretty tough) have included endings, beginnings, stumbles, mistakes, old friends coming back into my life unexpectedly, and a renewed appreciation of the blessings true friends can be, in both lives.

Anyway, I now feel more settled in sl than I can remember feeling for years, and am happy to share my first photos taken in my new home - hopefully the first of many.  And having finally found a way to get my dear old groaning pc to work with shadows,  I am having great fun learning how to use them and fiddling with windlights..

My outfit today is from [ SAKIDE ] , is beautifully textured and a really gorgeous soft and muted rose colour.  It comes with an optional black lace add-on for the waist, which I am not showing here.  

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza -Belleza- Ria SK 3 R

Hair:  Truth at Collabor88- Electra 

Eyes: adoness at The Thrift Shop: Havila eyes: electric

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave

Eyeliner:  Belleza 

Manicure:   Hello Dave - Little Box of Chocolates

Clothing

Top:  [ SAKIDE ] Letter from Paris Tank Rose 

Skirt:  [ SAKIDE ] Letter from Paris Chandelier Skirt Rose

Shoes:  SLink Ilena Sandals 

Jewellery:  Maxi Gossamer - Bangles & Necklace - Copacetic Tallulah

Extras

Poses:  aDORKable (now only on mp)

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That little black - or red - dress

As I have said before on this blog, I absolutely love how Candace Hudson of Hudson's mixes mesh and flexi - so I was thrilled to see that she has done it again with these new gorgeous little sparkling satin cocktail dresses.  The textures are rich and deep, and the flexi addition has just the right amount of movement and flow.  It comes in two shades, the shimmery black and the rich red.

My nails are from one of the gorgeous new palettes released by Hello Dave and at $99L for a palette of 35 different shades, is amazing value.  I am also wearing what have become my favourite ever shoes in sl - they are just so pretty - sexy yet elegant, and so easy to customise to make them your own.  The jewellery is from Maxi Gossamer at teh current round or FaMESHed, and I am sure these will be worn again and again.

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza - Ria Sunkissed

Hair:  Truth - Bobbie - Reds01

Eyes:  IKON Promise - Storm

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave 6

Eyeliner:  Izzies 2

Manicure:   Hello Dave - Slink AvEnhance - Take Over

Clothing

Dress:  Hudson's - Sparkling Satin Black Mesh Dress

Shoes:  Sax Shepherd Designs - Mata Hari Jewelled Stiletto (add-on for SLink high feet):

Jewellery: Maxi Gossamer Karina Court necklace, earrings & ring, and La Cerlique bangle - all in the current round of FaMESHed, 

Extras

Poses:  Purple Poses

Backdrop:  KaTink 

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Under the Sea

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The story behind this prop is best told by it's creator, by Chandni Karfield of Hopscotch:  

"This pose prop is based on the photography if Julie de Waroquier. When I saw it I had this piece of story in my mind: "After a while in the world of the two legged, she wanted to go back to the sea. But she and her prince had moved and there was no water around. Only the little bit of undersea world in the aquarium. Maybe this was the way home..."

The aquarium comes in two versions, one with glow and light effects of the water, the other without. They are modifiable so you can adjust them if you need to.  This is currently available at The Surreal Complex.

The setting is Window 2.0 by KaTink , which is a mesh item, and comes with a hud allowing you to change the texture of the walls, curtains and floor.  

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Glam Affair - Sylvia  America - currently available at Collabor88

Hair:  Truth - Gretchen

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave

Eyeliner:  Izzies 

Manicure:   Hello Dave - Hints 1

Clothing

Outfit:  Angelwing - Forgotten Fairy

Extras

Prop & Pose:  Hopscotch Under the Sea - at The Surreal Complex

Backdrop:  KaTink - Window 2.0 
Table:  Kuro - Butterfly table, white

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Berry's Black and White Portrait Challenge

I am a bit late with this one, as I have been moving home and studio in sl, so have not been able to work on blog posts as much as I would like.  Anyway, the latest challenge from Strawberry Singh, the Black & White Portrait Challenge, is right up my street as for as long as I can remember I have had a real love of black and white photography.  You can find Berry's original post and challenge instructions here: 

Here is the original:

I don't use Photoshop, I do my cropping etc in Picmonkey, which is where I created the black & white pic - but as a lover of old photos, including a sepia, I checked to see if they had that option, and they did, so I thought I would share all three. Out of the three I have a definite favourite - if you do, let me know, I would be really interested to see if anyone agrees with me! 

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Glam Affair - Mokatana

Hair:  Analog Dog Fix

Eyes:  IKON Spectral Eyes

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Maxi Gossamer - Eyelashes - Party - Swallow Wings

Eyeliner:  Izzies 

Manicure:   A:S:S - Slink fingernails - Galaxy

Clothing

Jewellery:  Maxi Gossamer -  - Karina Court Earrings & Ring

Extras

Poses:  Glitterati (now only on mp)

Backdrop:  KaTink 

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Endorphin at The Fantasy Fair

This is Endorphin's outfit for The Fantasy Fair which is on now.  The outfit, including boots, bracelets and armbands costs 425L.  The skirt, boots and half top are mesh, and there are a ton of options for the body suit so you can play around with layering.  You can move the bangles and armbands around or take them off, so there are plenty of options for customising the look.
It is a very nicely detailed and textured outfit, which I have really enjoyed blogging. 

For once I am not wearing my SLink hands as the gloves are not compatible, but the gloves cover most of the system hand so I could cope!  I could have worn the outfit with SLinks and without the gloves of course, but I like the gloves so wanted to wear them.

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Glam Affair - Mokatana

Hair:  Analog Dog  Fix

Eyes:  IKON Spectral Eyes

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Maxi Gossamer - Swallow Wings

Eyeliner:  Izzies Smokey

Clothing

Outfit:  Endorphin for The Fantasy Fair

Jewellery:  Cae :: Eerie

Extras

Poses:  Diesel Works 

Backdrop:  KaTink 

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ZsaZsa goes Wild

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god". Aristotle 

I am crazy for anything to do with cats, so fell in love with this outfit which is from FBD and costs just $249L at The Fantasy Fair.  You get the whole outfit including skirt, socks, hoodie, arm warmers, boots and nerd glasses, which are so cute.  

I decided to go down the jungle path for this post - my handsome furry friend was a VIP gift from WetCat a few months ago, and was helping me find my way round.  We had a good chat but when he realised I was a vegetarian he decided I wasn't really an ideal hunting companion, as veggie burgers are apparently rare in the jungle, so he disappeared off through the trees, leaving me to find my way out of the jungle alone.  

The outfit is of course 100% faux fur, and no pixels were killed in the making of it :).

Credits:

Body

Skin:  League  Jen Sunkiss SmokyRose 

Hair:  fri.day - Neva

Eyes:  IKON Promise 

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave 

Eyeliner:  Izzies Cat Eyeliner 

Manicure:   {ZOZ} Animal Print Gold Polish

Clothing

Outfit:  FireBird Designs at The Fantasy Fair: Cool Cat

Jewellery:  Cae:: Eerie :: Necklace & Earrings

Extras

Poses:  KaTink (pics 2, 3 & 4)

Prop:   WetCat - Wild (previous VIP group gift)

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Valentina & Mata Hari

Today I am wearing a beautiful new gown from Pure Poison - as a member of their VIP group you get a 50% discount on one colour of all new releases, and 20% discount on other colours. It is a very elegant and I love the diamond heart detailing on the back.  

The gown completely covered my shoes, so I uncovered them to take a pic.  I will be honest, despite not being able to survive without my SLink hands, flat and medium feet, I have been slow warming to the high feet, as practically all other add ons I have tried for them just look somehow clumsy and unwieldy to me.  Not so with these shoes from Sax Shepherd Designs, they fit like a dream and look even better. I can't actually work out what is different about them, but whatever it is, I love them.  I am also wearing a necklace, ring and earring set from Sax Shepherd Designs which are also beautifully crafted.  Both shoes and jewels come with a hud allowing you to customise your items in many different ways.

What I learned with this post:  never to use a black background against bare skin!  This is one blog post where I really wish I used PS.

Credits:

Body

Skin:  Belleza Ria Med 2 Dk

Hair:  Alice Project Tyr

Eyes:  IKON  Promise Eyes - Starfall

Hands:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Make-up

Eyelashes:  Redgrave 6

Eyeliner:  Izzies Double Wing

Manicure:   A:S:S Glamour Silk

Clothing

Gown:  Pure Poison - Valentina Gown

Shoes:  Sax Shepherd Designs ~ Mata Hari Jeweled Stiletto (add-ons for Slink High Feet)

Jewellery:  Necklace, earrings & rings - Sax Shepherd Designs Spirit of Giving Grand Jewels;  Kelise Tennis Bracelet (I can't find any info on the creator so assuming no longer available)

Extras

Poses:  Diesel Works & Glitterati (now only on mp)

Backdrop:  Pixel Mode

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