#472 A triptych in the hand is as good as.....

....well, maybe not quite as good as a triptych on a blog

This is a first for me, just one pic, and a triptych at that - I have given myself a challenge - to get a post done, start to finish, in 2 hours.  To many bloggers that might be the norm, but I take a lot longer usually, and I want to "streamline" my blogging so I can show more good stuff.

So, my challenge involved putting the outfits together, choosing poses and location (I cheated and used my new home, on pretty much the only piece of furniture I have down right now!), writing credits and adding links, taking pics, tarting them up in Picmonkey (which means cropping, basically, plus triptyching for this one of course), loading pic to flickr, writing these words, and adding triptych.  Previewing and checking everything.  I have 2 minutes left, help!

Read the next two paragraph very fast without pausing for breath so you are sharing in my adrenalin rush.  So, get down to the 10 Fashion for Life sims - you have till the 20th to buy lots of goodies for a fantastic cause.  I have shown you three items from The Vintage Touch because I love them all and couldn't choose just one - there are lots of colours to choose from, I just went with blues because.....well, I just went with blues.  Oh, my nails are also from Fashion for Life and are lovely, though unfortunately you can't see them clearly.

Hang around the FLF sims too, as there is plenty of great entertainment going on too.  30 seconds to go - I will try to get more posts done before FLF closes, wish me luck!  Whoohoo, I did it, I did it!  Ok, adrenalin rush might be slightly hyperbolic, but not entirely :).  I apologise for the proliferation of exclamation marks in this post - please blame the adrenalin!

Credits:

If an item is for sale at an event, I give the slurl to that event, but in case this blog post is read after the event has finished, I also include the slurl to the mainstore.

Body

Maitreya Lara
WoW Skins Yasmine Bronze
Amacci Hair - Kendra, blondes hud

Mon Cheri Falsies

IKON Hope eyes

Cosmetics

Koffin Nails - Maitreya HUD - Winged Hope - available at Fashion for Life

Clothing

Vintage Touch items available at Fashion for Life
1.  Charisma Strapless in midnight
2.  Grable Pinup dress in shadow
3. Chloe Floral Coat in sky
Baby Monkey Milena (come with texture change hud

Accessories
Glint - Multi colored Oval charm necklace & earrings (seen best in first pic - they are texture change) - available at Fashion for Life 

Blissiere two-tone celtic cuff - lapis - available at Luck of the Irish Fair

Poses

Hopscotch  - Friday Night (two packs) - Hopscotch  available at Pose Fair

Tools I use in most blog posts

Pose Anywhere 

Lumipro 

Anypose 

Combo Fix

Info

There are often more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).

#294 The Chair

This fabulous Tramell chair  is a colab between Kuro and Junk for this month's Atalier Kreslo.  It comes in 6 variations, each with 6 animations, 2 of which I am showing here.  As would be expected of Kuro and Junk, it is beautifully made and textured, and undeniably out of the ordinary.  A glance of those crossed legs makes me smile every time (the chairs, not mine!)!

My outfit from Absolut Vendetta is one of the ones that got deleted in my inventory disaster last month (read about it  here) - I got this one back thanks to the designer who sent it personally, which I really appreciate.  I am going to work through all the items I got back this way, as a small way to say thank you to the sl stores and designers who really do go out of their way for their customers.  The outfit comes with an extensive texture change hud, as do my boots from Lapointe & Bastchild.

My skin is from Center Ville and is my first skin from them.  I am really fussy about skins, so much so that it is only recently I have managed to force myself out of my Belleza comfort blanket.  So when I this skin wasn't expecting to like it but I was so wrong, it is really beautiful, and I will definitely be featuring Center Ville skins again. 

My necklace is the Glint prize for the Candy Cane Hunt which runs till tomorrow, December 25th - but I am hoping that because of the holidays it will be out a bit longer.

Credits:

.:Skin:  Center Ville Skin Eloc Latte / Eyebrows Brown *

Hair:  Truth Rogue 

Eyes:  IKON

Hands & Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Eyelashes:  Redgrave

Eyeliner:  Izzies - Cat Eyeliner 4

Slink Manicure & Pedicure:   Alaskametro  Silver Vamp *

Top:  Absolut Vendetta - Leather Jacket+Shirt

Pants:  Absolut Vendetta -  High Waisted

Boots:  Lapointe & Bastchild S'wear "Carissa" Ankle Boot

Necklace:  :Glint: Womens leather & beads Gecko necklace *

Earrings:  Maxi Gossamer Jewelled Skulls

Props:  Tramell Chair by Junk & Kuro available at Atalier Kreslo *

Pose:  KaTink:  Opal (new)
Aquarium:  Grimes Central

Info

There are usually more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).  

#291 Catch a falling snow flake

Tomm is away on business for a few days so instead of doing all the things she should be doing, Zsa decided to put on her wellies (or gum boots if you are posh) and play in the snow, doing her very best to catch a snowflake, but not finding it very easy.

While she is otherwise occupied, let me tell you what she is wearing.  Her cozy jacket comes in a pack of 3 different textures from Irries Dollhouse for the Flawless Gingerbread Block Party & Hunt Event which runs until January 2.  Her dress is one of many lovely colour choices from Centreville.  It has short sleeves and would be great for a night out dancing, but Zsa wanted to wear it to play in the snow, and who am I to argue, I'm just the typist that does all the work for her while she frolics in the snow like a fool - she never thanks me either!

Her snowflake poses come from Eternal Dream who are sponsoring the Better Not Pout Gacha Hunt which runs until 31 December.  These poses and others can be found in the gacha machine at their store.  

Ah, she got one, hopefully she will go back indoors now to check on the kittycats

Silly girl just put the snowflake in her pocket, "like the song" she said - I didn't like to tell her the song is actually about catching a falling star, not a snowflake.  She will find out when she finds she has a very soggy pocket and no snowflake - but at least she will have these photos to remind her of the day she caught one, even for a brief moment.

Credits:

Skin:  .::WoW Skins::. GG NOV 2014 Poly Tan *

Hair (includes hat):  Tameless Anneke - exclusive at Winter Trend *

Eyes:  IKON

Hands & Feet:  SLink Avatar Enhancement

Eyelashes:  Redgrave

Freckles:  .::WoW Skins::.  More Freckless tatoo *

Slink Manicure & Pedicure:   Hello Dave - Pure Christmas VIPs

Jacket:  { DH } Rainy Day Jacket *Cherry Pop* - available at Flawless Gingerbread Block Party & Hunt Event *

Dress:  :.: CV Short Dress with Belt Eloc Turquoise *

Gloves:  ...Mutresse... Gushi Gloves

Pants:  BM Ellyn Leggings (32 colour hud)

Boots:  BM Gum Boot (32 colour hud)

Earrings:  :Glint:. Gemmed Snowflake & bells earring *

Poses with Snowflake props:  Eternal Dream *

Info

There are usually more photos of blogged items on my flickr account here.

SLURLs are current at time of posting.  If you need help with anything I have blogged, feel free to send me an email, inworld IM or nc, or a plurk (all links on contacts page).