On a Quest for a King...

It's the 31st of March... We've already been through a quater of the year and I honestly feel like it's been going by at super speed.The feeling of the speed is making me feel weary and if I'm honest, more than a little down in the dumps, and the only thing that is getting me by at the moment is the ability to get lost in my own TBR - that's To Be Read list for the people that aren't into reading like I am... I have my favourite genres, but as well as the rather darker smuttier side, I've always been a fantasy reader. I've also always LOVED anything Knights and Medieval historical based... It leads the mind to a calming, happy place... 

I needed a little magic, I needed to let my brain drift off from the current circumstances going on in the world right now and the fact that even though life is getting busier, people around me seem to be getting grumpier... You'd think that tourists coming to Amsterdam to see the flowers, would be happier as they are on vacation, but NO people act like they can do what they want, when they want, how they want and it's so disappointing and a little infuriating... 
I NEED to distract myself, I laid in the sun closing my eyes and dreaming of things that are pretty wonderful... A quest to somewhere tranquil and mystical, somewhere that the magic can soak into your skin and bring you to life... A quest for Arthur's Sword - thanks to a backdrop from The Bearded Guy - saw a Knight pause for a moment in reverence before she tried to free the sword from the stone... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - Makima Hair in Black & Red (Available until April 20th at Neo Japan)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit: AsteroidBox - Warden Armor (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Helmet: PFC (Pucca Firecaster Creations) - Knight Helm
Pose: [piXit] - Zenia, Pose 1
Flowers: LOVE - Peony Rose Bush Pack & LOVE - Cosmos Plant Pack V2
Vines: everfaery - Faewood Vines
Archway: Simply Shelby - Fairy Glade Ruin
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Valkyrie Gold Aura
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Arthur's Sword Backdrop 

Lunch with Mum!

There have been two things about today that need to be paying a lot of attention to. First of them would be the fact that the hour has changed to summertime setting and therefore when we woke up, we had lost an hour of sleep so that it would be lighter for an hour longer each day... 
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, today is Mother's Day in the UK and so I'm spending some time thinking of my mum, missing her a bit and smiling about her a lot... I count mysef as a lucky one, my mum has always been my bestie and I love her even though I don't get to see her enough now I'm living in the NL... So this one is for Mummy...  

I don't get to see her often, like I said, I feel very lucky for the relationship with my mum. I'm also lucky in that I've still got her with me, and it's very nearly a big birthday for her... Mum turns 70 in the week... 
So since I can't be with there in person I'm going to make her a very special SL lunch... A hot steaming bow of the most delicious Paella - from Lucas Lameth - with a lovely green Fresh Salad - from Junk Food - that she can have with some of her favourite ranch dressing and some fresh crusty bread - from Nutmeg... I'll even grab the things I need to make some bubbly tropical mimosas - part of the Gokotta line from Dahlia - and set the table with her favourite spring flowers, a bunch of sunny daffodils... 
Happy Mum's Day Mum!!! 

What is in the picture;
Paella: [Lucas Lameth] - Seafood Paella V1
Salad: Junk Food - Fresh Salad Kit
Bread: Nutmeg - Freshly Baked Bread
Drinks: Dahlia - Gokotta Tropical Mimosa
Flowers: vespertine - Fresh Daffodils in Yellow
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Cottage Kitchen {360} Backdrop

She was a Skater Girl...

Some days I love to be wild and creative, coming up with something from a fantasy that comes to life and sparkles from the screen... Others I feel a little more subdued and want to just try to play around with creating an outfit that makes me happy... It doesn't always have to be super creative for it to look good, and a simple look-of-the-day kinda picture is another way for me to step outta my comfort zone... 

I LOVE playing around with clothes and often find myself creating an outfit that I LOVE but never share in a blog post since I use them more as a basic every day outfit. I'll go out in public in it, but then for some reason even though I LOVE it, I never show it off on my blog... 
Today's look is no exception, I've been wearing this as my day-to-day look for about 2 weeks now LOL... It started with a release called Emme - from miss chelsea at the still running round of Equal10 - which includes the top and lace overtop, jeans and trainers. As soon as I pulled it on, it was like going back to my teens in the 2000s and that's why I've ended up at the skate park. I used to hang out in the skate park and watch the skaterboys... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Wasabi - Zima Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: random.Matter - Cermet Collar in Do Not Feed Yellow
Top: miss chelsea - Emme Set in Top (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Jacket: GABRIEL -  Vivid Off-shoulder fur in Yellow
Pants & Underwear: miss chelsea - Emme Set in Jeans (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Shoes: miss chelsea - Emme Set in Sneakers (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Pose: [piXit] - Billie, Pose F5
Dog: Jian - Silly Shibes in Skater Pup RARE
Skateboard: *N.Skizb* - Skateboard Pose Prop (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: blaink. - Skate Park B V2

Sunshine To Defrost In!

Last night I broke free and today I had a wonderful day off... The sun was shining all day and I found myself wanting to curl up in a sunny spot and read a book... I wasn't able to do that, since I have been working so much I had to catch up on the housework... Any moment I had spare, I found myself resting in any sunny spot I came across, I was taking my time to defrost...

I am NOT a Summer girl, I HATE it when it's too hot but the Spring sunshine always feels like it's revitalising. It makes you warm but doesn't feel like it hurts, it gives you energy and happiness and is the perfect dose of vitamin D. Spring is also the time of the flowers, and there are so many wonderful colours and smells and happy moments that go aong with them... 
It's the perfect time to drop my jacket and let the sun warm my skin... A perfect time to defrost... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Bonnie Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Zyla Set in Top
Jacket: Pseudo - Bradley Jacket in Black
Jeans: miss chelsea - Zyla Set in Jeans
Shoes: miss chelsea - Zyla Set in Flip Flops
Pose: -Extra- - Honest, Pose 5 (Available until April 16th for Flagship)
Flowers: everfaery - Glimmerveil Vine Kit (Available until April 18th at The Warehouse)
Beanbag: Violetility - Fluffy Bean Bag
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Appartamenti {360} Backdrop

Breaking Free

I've been at work for the last two days and it's felt like I've been locked up without a chance to go outside and dance in the sun... Now OK I KNOW that's overly dramatic, but I'm tired of working and being an adult lol... I find myself walking around as I clean up after people singing "I want to break free"... 

Rudh had been locked up while I was away at work... She's not going to let that stop her though, she's going to do the thing that I cannot... She's going to break free... HOW? Well, she was looking around the jail cells, trying not to scratch because of the itchy Prison Outfit - from ANTAYA, available now at the Engine Room - when she spotted the LARGE collection of Dynamite - from Static - complete with the Bomb Clock - from Krescendo at the ManCave until April 11th - sitting on the other side of the bars... It didn't take much... The Good Bear on her shoulder was missing, and the Evil Bear - which is a set from Tardfish caled Good Vs Evil Bears - only had to whisper a few words before the candles seemed more appealing... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - Ayase Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: random.Matter - Neze Collar
Outfit (including Hat): ANTAYA - Prison Outfit in Bonnie (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Friend: Tardfish - Good Vs. Evil Bears
Candle: Soapberry - Luz Candleabra (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Pose: [piXit] - Sparkly Eve, Pose F6
Clock Dynamite: [Krescendo] - Bomb Clock in Red (Available until April 11th at ManCave)
Other Explosives: Static - Boompowder Explosives (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Barrels: DaD DESIGN - "Rustic wood Barrel"
Backdrop: TROPIX - Old Prison BackDrop 02

Twenty Thousand Leagues

What happens on a day like today when my mind is allowed to wander but I can't seem to find myself creating another weird and wonderful fae creation... I got a major case of being stuck today... I was in a rut, couldn't think what I wanted to do and for the life of me things were going no where... I WAS CONFUSED... Then I had a momentary brain fart, remembered that I'm in the blogger team for the epic, somewhat steampunkish themed Engine Room and TADAAAAAA my mind went into overdrive... 
Dreams of travelling with and working alongside some of the most interesting fantasy names in literary history, I didn't think it would ever happen... I loved studying his achievements, but when I was offered a trip Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, to the office of one Captain Nemo... I jumped at the chance... 

It's a brilliant sci-fi novel by the great Jules Verne, and is a great adventure that takes place on board the Nautilus Submarine of Captain Nemo. They discover all kinds of crazy things and even though it's a bit science fiction for my normal tastes, it's a story that should never be missed. 
So now that I'm able to check around Nemo's Study - which happens to be a backdrop from LORE for the Engine Room - there is so much to see... He's using a Mind's Analizer to read his rat's mind, he's got some weird Neoflora - from Blue Blood - mechanical flower things growing in an old Mermaid Tank - from Dirty Rat - and everything seems to be electrified... 
I'd had to make sure I fit into his weird little steampunk world... Luckily, I'd had the chance to shop at the Engine Room before I made my way under the sea... 

What is she wearing;
Horns: Violetility - Aries Horns (Available until April 11th at Sabbath)
Hair & Goggles: CAMO - Wisteria F-Locs (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: Violetility - Rivet Glasses
Pearl Choker: [Black Bantam] - Pearl Drop Choker in Gray
Small Pearl Necklace: cococat - Pearl Necklace (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Big Pearl Necklace & Earrings: (Yummy) - Satin Bow & Pearls in Black
Shoulder Cover: Garmonbozia - Farah Shoulder Cover in BONUS pack
Arm Markings: Nuuna - ZINA Tattoo in Gold (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Lingerie: ERSCH - Nicolette Lingerie (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Gloves: PSYCHO:Byts - Riot Kidz Gloves
Hand-held Binoculars: random.Matter - The Queen's Read Opera Glasses in Warm Tones
Skirt: ERSCH - Nicolette Skirt (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Pose: [piXit] - Isidora, Pose F2
Mouse: (:ERG:) - Rat's Mind Analizer
Ornate Cabinets: Boutique #187 - Witch Cabinet
Sofa: Eclectica - Steampunk Essence Sofa (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Tank: Dirty Rat - Mermaid Tank
Robot Flowers: Blue Blood - Neoflora (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Telescope: Fancy Decor - Celestial Mechanica Telescope in Gold
Table: Apple Fall - Plant Stand in Iron
Plant Cabinet: dust bunny - Midnight Apothecary Cabinet in Dark Wood
Backdrop: LORE - Nemo's Study (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)

A Demi-Goddess in the Moonlight

Magic is something that I seem to be able to find whenever I close my eyes and open my mind... I LOVE when I just open my brain and let the magic come together of it's own accord.... I'ts time's like this when beautifu things can happen... My creativity starts to sparkle and then the sparkles flow through Rudh into something that makes me smile, no matter what mood I was in before I started. That's why I'll ALWAYS think of my blog as a therapy... 

I love experimenting with colours and even though purple has NEVER been a colour I like all that much, but recently it's become much more of a royal and possible colour for me... 
Engine Room being open allows for the magic to flow more easily, since all of the pretties get the creative juices flowing. I love the way that the magic comes up for the creatures that love to explore the Engine Room... 
Today is a little more goddess like, practicing her poses with her Sunken Fang Daggers - from AURO at Engine Room - while the metals and her metallic demi-god Jules markings - from Nefekalum, also at the Engine Room  - are flickering in the moonlight and the light of the flames... 

What is she wearing;
Horns: [AERTH] - Atrax Horns (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Hair: Raven Bell - Louise Hair (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Diadem: Sparkle Skye - Elowen Diadem (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace Set: random.Matter - Xavia Set (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Tattoos: Nefekalum - Jules in Pink (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Weapons: [AURO] - Sunken Fang Dagger (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Sparkles: everfaery - Starfield Aura Wearable
Pose: [piXit] - Nasira, Pose F1R
Fires: Apple Fall - West Village Atlas Fire Pit in Cast Iron
Backdrop: K&S - // Dream Garden. Backdrop

Prepping for the Show!

 I've had a lovely couple of days off since it was my Birthday on Wednesday and today the hubby and I were doing lots of things to get stuff done in the house... The basic boring things like laundry, grocery shopping and vacuuming... It also meant I had a chance to sit behind the PC and go through things that I need to get organised for blogging before the end of the month... 
There's so many things to get done in the next 11 days... Now that Spring is officially here though, and things are abnormally warm, that may mean there will be a lot more colours and flowers and prettiness around... For now, there is an event being prepped and readied, it's almost time to get on with the show... 

Sometimes the show can be an entertaining carnival affair with clowns and colours and magic, sometimes though it is the opposite and we end up watching a Tragic Show - like the backdrop I'm posing in today from The Bearded Guy - and you can NEVER tell what type of show it will be. This can be said especially when the Engine Room is opening, and all manner of clientelle comes to town seeing the steampunkish wares... 
The sometimes clowm, sometimes carnival freak that I am had better hurry to get things set up properly, before the doors of the Engine Room officially opens at 12PM SLT today... My Piggy - a cute animesh rideable companion from Aardvark at ACCESS until April 8th - also known as Parker, is normally a fun member of the show, but today he's a bit grumpy, but he will be alright when he's able to enjoy a big ol'bowl of swill later as soon as I'm done with all the things we need to get done in my Hunter's Handbook -from Static at the soon to open Engine Room - hanging around my neck... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: ZAO - 124 Hair Pack (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Book: Static - Hunter's Handbook in Brown (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Outfit: Pucca Firecaster Creations - Wayfarer (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Boots: Pucca Firecaster Creations - Maraud Boots (Available until April 20th at Engine Room)
Pig: Aardvark - Piggy Wild Rideable in Spotted (Available until April 8th at ACCESS)
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Tragic Show Backdrop

My 39th Year Starts...

Tomorrow is my Birthday, and I'm posting this a little early because tomorrow I won't be around as I should be doing some fun things... I don't know what I'm planning to do yet but I will find some trouble to get myself into... I have to celebrate some way though, tomorrow is the start of the last year of my 30s... Tomorrow I turn 39... 

I don't really want to do much to celebrate because I'm feeling sleepy and would rather just have a relaxing day. I will say though, there will be lots of yummy things to eat... PLENTY of Cake and other yummy goodies... 
Anything to have a Happy Fucking Birthday... 

What is in the photo;
Doughnuts: Hangry - Stacked Birthday Donuts
Pizza: Hangry - Birthday Pizza
Strawberry Cake: dust bunny - Strawberry Season in Cake
Chocolate Cake & Numbers: Hangry - Birthday 101 in Birthday Cake
Smile Cake: Junk Food - Happy Cake
Chocolate Cake: Ariskea - [Presento] Choco  Strawberry Cake
Cupcakes: Junk Food - Birthday Cupcake
Lemon Cake: {vespertine} - Lemon Pound Cake
Burgers: Hangry - Stacked Birthday Burgers
Flowers: {vespertine} - Spring Pansies in Fatpack Exclusive Multicolor (Available until April 10th at Kustom9)
Sign: Hangry - Birthday 101 in Happy Fucking Birthday Sign
Number Cupcakes: ChicChica - Cupcakes with candles
Hats: Sasha Eyewear - Birthday Party Hat
Gifts & Balloons: dust bunny - Pastel Celebrations in Balloons & Presents Chair
Table: Dahlia - Gokotta Lace Table in Sable

Looking for a Pot of Gold!

Today is the day for the Luck of the Irish... A day when people go crazy for all things green, drink a lot more Guinness than they might normally ever do and even try a little Irish jig or two. People start hunting Leprechauns and looking for pots of gold at the end of rainbows, and maybe if you're lucky having a nice bowl of a hearty stew... Like many holidays though, St.Patrick's day has its roots in religion and it's true beginnings commemorate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland... 
I am not the religious type, but I've always loved the magic of the world so I'd be much more likely to go on the hunt for Leprechauns and their gold... 

When I was a teenager, my parents took me to Ireland and we travelled around the Ring of Kerry. It was ABSOLUTELY gorgeous, enchanting, I even joined in the magic and kissed the Blarney Stone but it felt so easy to imagine the fae folk and the leprechauns hiding in the flowery meadows... If you saw a rainbow, you coudn't help risking a peek around for a pot of gold...

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Cupcake Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Body Paint: Izzie's - Face & Body Rainbow Powder
Glasses: Violetility - Charon Coin Glasses in GOLD & Space Cadet - Rainbow Glasses
Mouthie: Boof - Lady Bug Clover (No Longer Available!)
Jacket, Socks, Boots, Rainbow, Bucket & Hat: [Faunus] - Leprechaun
Shorts: MuggleBorn - Holly Shorts (No Longer Available!)
Pose & Balloon: -Extra- - Pot o' Gold
Stump: LOVE - LUCKY COIN TREE STUMP
Coins: LOVE - SCATTERED LUCKY COINS
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Fairytale [360] Backdrop

Bucket List Blogging

Sometimes, you get that super random moment of total excitement that comes from no where, that you're totally not expecting and that blows your mind when it happens... When it comes to my Second Life since I'm totally  platform hermit at the moment this kind of feeling seems even more rare. Yet this morning, it happened... 
I logged in to a message with a blogger package attached welcoming me to a blogger team and I'm more than  little excited... 

I've been a blogger in Second Life for a LONG time now and have had MANY blogging sponsors, some I'm still with and others have long since gone. I've had invites from designers I appreciate and had to reject, I've had many, many rejections and each time I dust myself off and try again. There have been more than a couple that I'd refer to as my "Bucket List" stores - though I'll never reveal those in public in case I have the chance and jinx myself lol - but today logged into Second Life and had been accepted to blog for ASTEROIDBOX... When I say I nearly fell off my chair, I didn't actually believe it.I'd been accepted to blog for one of my bucket list stores... HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! 
So today, my look is solely based on the new AsteroidBox release for Equal10 called "Adeline"... I cannot wait to see what crazy things I can do with all of the pretty things that they share and we get to show off for you... I'm like a kid in a candy store!!!

What is she wearing;
Hair: [Yomi] - Dottie Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: random.Matter - Axen Glasses in Black
Necklace: Kibitz - Erika's metal necklace in Silver
Top: AsteroidBox - Adeline Top in Black (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Skirt: AsteroidBox - Adeline Skirt in Red Check (Available until April 5th at Equal10)
Pose: piXit - Billie, Pose F5
Backdrop: blaink - 01S

The Monsters are HUNGRY

I am going to have to rant a bit now, perhaps you may think "well Rudh I'm just not here for this" and if that's the case then I'm sorry and it's fine, there are no hard feelings but sometimes you just need to vent and I think my hubby is sick of being vented at... It's a kinda RL rant, with a Second Life illustration to describe what I'm feeling... If you're intrigued... Read on and please let me know your thoughts lol... 

You may well know by now that I work in a Cheese Store. Our public tends to be mostly tourists from international locations, ages vary but there seems to be one or two things in common that make me think "what the ever loving feck?" It's like people turn their brains off when they come into the store and I'm left to run around like a headless chicken to sort things out. The worst habits come out of people when there are 'free samples' on offer... It's like a monster waiting to strike when they see you putting out fresh offerings. I used to say it was like sharks cirling food but I think it's actually closer to a Phirana attack.. Also, it's as if Covid NEVER happened. People push the tongs to the side and use their dirty fingers which have been in their mouths and when you ask them to use the tongs provided they either look at you like you're being rude or put the tongs in their mouth and put them back on the plate!!! I WILL NEVER TOUCH FREE SAMPLES AGAIN!!! 
Any time there is free food though, it's like the monsters are ready to attack... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - Yana Hair in Black & Red
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Livi Bolero
Banana: Junk Food - Banana Bunch
Pose: -Extra- - Spring Breeze, Pose 2
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Tekkuraifu Gacha Item in The Monsters City *RARE*

When he comes home early...

I've been reading a lot in the last year, and it's something that I plan on continuting as it gives my mind a chance to stop thinking about the real things it has to focus on and starts letting my mind wander to places that are not mine to actually live in... 
I've always loved to read but my tastes in reading material have DEFINITELY changed as I've matured. Though I guess a lot about me has definitely changed since I was a teenager...

When I was a teenager I LOVED a fantasy, perhaps with a little romantic twist and although I was NEVER a Twilight or Harry Potter fan, I loved Lord of the Rings and was obsessed with the Twisted Disney series. I've also had a penchant for historical romances and even read  Stephen King or two in the past... BUT NOW... I'm the kind of girl that likes Smut... The darker the better. Give me a dark twisted stalker, maybe one in a mask, and with a penchant for touch-her-and-die vibes, if he's older that's better lol... I'm a girl with a dark stalker, mask wearing, Daddy kink apparently lol... 
I've just finished reading about  guy that has some fun with his babysitter... It's basically porn but without the moving pictures... So today I felt like adding a bit of a tease of a picture... The babysitter sitting around at the home of the kids she's sitting, surrounded by the clutter of the kids she's watching... Pulling her own little pink heart toy - a Love Dildo from Krescendo - out of her bag, as the naughty book she was reading started to get good. She didn't hear the door slowly open, she didn't see the father of the children standing there watching her until it was too hard to hide what she was upto or what he was hiding in his pants... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Bonnie Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: Adora-tions - Smut Crop Top Brat Pack
Skirt: AsteroidBox - Mavis Skirt in Gray Check
Garters & Cuffs: Astralia - Good Girl (Garters/Cuffs) in Black
Socks: Palette - Single Night Socks
Pose: FOXCITY - Everything, Pose 3m
Books: random.Matter - Bitter Sweets in Romance Novels
Sofa Bag: dust bunny - Dreamy Outing in Essentials Bag
Sofa Toy: [Krescendo] - Love Dildo
Crocodile Toy: 8f8 - Patched Up Companions  in Shy Crocket
Floor Bag: Tres Blah - Slumber Party in Overnight Bag
Shoes: miss chelsea - Emme Sneakers (Available until April 6th at Equal10)
Train: BoOgErS - Number Train (No Longer Available!)
Blocks: [Llamaby] - Alphabet Wooden Blocks in Bright Pack
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Blush & Midnight Backdrop (Current Group Gift)

Hands to Assist in the Transplantation!

I've said it more than once, but then times when I'm making the darkest and most twisted of pictures I'm more often than not in the bestest of moods... I'm happy and I'm usually singing along to some cheesy pop song - today it was the turn of Five, who have reformed and I wasn't able to get tickets to see - but for some reason the darkest pictures happen... 
Today is of no exception, I was given a task to assist in the transportation of something gross and sticky... The real me had to take a look away, so I let the Living Dead Doll take over... She's not been out to play for a while, but she's the happiest little soul... 

So today she seemed to come prepared for the task at hand, and she's always a happy girl when it comes to being able to dig up the body parts from the still warm, freshly dead bodies... The Hospital - a backdrop in this case from blaink - is always in need of helping hands to assist with removal of body parts for transplantation and Living Dead Rudh definitely comes prepared with helping Ghostmage Hands - from Aii - and her Corrupted Hands - from Tardfish, available until March 31st at The Men's Department... 
After the removal of the fresh, still beating heart, she slipped it into the black Human Organ Bag - from Krescendo, currently available at BLACK FAIR until March 23rd - and all she had to do now was decide if it was to be delivered to the waiting patient or would it feed her demon friends for lunch... 

What is she wearing;
Horns: Tardfish - Corrupted Horns (Available until March 31st at The Men's Department)
Hair: TRUTH - Ember in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: Six Feet Under - Betrayal Choker
Body Blood: Izzie's - Face & Body Blood & Wounds
Chest Words Tattoo: [Onyx] - My Rules Tattoo in Made in Hell
Outfit, Hat, Mask & Gloves: Mug - Killer Nurse Gacha Items
Floating Hands: {Aii} - GHOSTMAGE HANDS
Pose: La Plume - Sandrine, Pose 6
Bag: [Krescendo] - Human Organ Bag in Black (Available until March 23rd at BLACK FAIR)
Bottle: AsteroidBox - Removed Heart Set (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: blaink - Hospital V2

Gathering of the Rainbow Fae

I was off work today and thought to myself "I'm going to be a good little blogger and get lots of pictures ready for me to post every day this week"... A few hours later and I got preciesly ONE ready... I wasn't being lazy, I just let myself decide to create something that took a lot of work and far too much planning LOL... Not to mention trying to get multiple versions of me into one shot... WHAT WAS I THINKING?!!

I had something in mind that I wanted to blog, I had a gorgeous new head - the Kanjo Anime Head from BeSpoke - and figured it might look great with the magical Astraeus Skins - a new release from Faunus, and both of these things could be found at the recently opened Skin Fair - and therein was my BIG PROBLEM... ALL of the colours were gorgeous... 
From the moment I was playing with colours, thoughts of rainbow fairies sprang into my mind, dancing around in space amongst the stars... Gathering together before they plan their descent to paint the sky with a magical rainbow... 

What is she wearing; 
Hair: 
    Red: [monso] - Vasha Hair in Black & Red
    Yellow: Tableau Vivant - Editorial in Laying Funky
    Green: [monso] - Shui Hair in Black & Red (Available until April 6th at Collabor88)
    Blue: Usagi Society - Chibiusa Hair
    Purple: Tableau Vivant - Water lily in Flowing Colors
Horns & Tail: Neverwish - Dreamer Horns & Tail
Head: BeSpoke - Kanjo (Available until March 24th at Skin Fair)
Body Paint: [Faunus] - Astraeus Skin in Violet (Available until March 24th at Skin Fair)
Wings: Doe - Fluid Wings in Flames
Outfit: May's Soul - La Parca in Camisk Small White
Bikini: The Rotting Lab - Wytch Armor in Leather (No Longer Available!)
Boots: Garmonbozia - Syria Boots (Each pack contains three colours, and combinations vary!)
Poses:
    Red: Secret Poses - Cyborg, Pose 1
    Yellow: Secret Poses - Leda, Pose 3
    Green: Secret Poses - Celestia, Pose 5
    Blue: Secret Poses - Electra, Pose 1 
    Purple: Secret Poses - Modern Dance, Pose 4
Backdrop: Void - Pocket Galaxy in Apareka (No Longer Available!) 

Magic at the Zaanse Schans

Since Spring is feeling like it is officially here, that means the high season in a touristic sense is coming to the Netherlands and when you work in tourism like I do, that means things are about to get CRAZY!! 
I live close to Amsterdam in a town call Zaandam, which technically is in the Amsterdam suburbs... It's famous for two things, one is the hotel that looks like a Lego construction of different houses all over each other, and the other is the Zaanse Schans... 

When I started seeing pictures people were sharing, taken at a SL Zaanse Schans, I HAD to get myself over there... It is gorgeous... Close to real-life although there are a lot less tulip fields and it seemed a lot less visitors... In the High Season the Zaanse Schans becomes a crazy place, where the tourists are bussed in by the coach-load... 
There seems to be a little more magic in Second Life as per usual... Rudh excitedly gathered her dead dollish self a large bunch of pinkish red tulips... She looked up and caught sight of something moving around the flowers... A Tulip Fairy was tending to her friends... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Zenya Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: everfaery - Rora Crop Top
Pal: !Ohmai - Tulip Fairy (No Longer Available!)
Shorts: Mug - Siena Shorts in Medium
Bouquet: naked - Spring Tulips in Coral (No Longer Available!)
Pose: Fashiowl - Flower Shop, Pose Bouquet 1

Uwila, the Keepers of the Quartz

Today I had the day off and I felt like I needed a little magic, things are beginning to look a lot like Spring and the sun has finally started defrosting the Netherlands but I get the feeling that by the time my Birthday gets here the weather may have changed a little.. I NEEDED some magic... I called out into the eather and found a magical being with a store that needed to be told... 

Within the Ivy covered hallways - a backdrop from Paparazzi - of the castle there are a wide range of magical beings gathering... It was the arrival of the Uwila - which happens to be a head and body release from BeSpoke - that caused the most stir. The ethereal, celestial bird like beings are keepers of the Ephemera Quartz, and they harvest the magic through their Magus Rods - a release from Quills & Curiosities - in the hopes that Spring will be a happy, wonderful one... 

What is she wearing;
Tiara & Neck Piece: K R E E P - Druidic Ornament (Available until March 15th at The Night Market Collective)
Head, Eyes, Skin & Hairpiece: BeSpoke - Uwila
Necklace: (Yummy) - Ephemera Quartz Necklace
Wings: The Kiwi Co. - Celeste Noir in Angel Wings
Top: !dM devious Mind - Colibri in Sable
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati & Starstuff
Staff: Quills & Curiosities - Magus Rod
Pose: [piXit] - Sparkly Eve, Pose F4
Backdrop: Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Ivy Steps

Mardi Gras!

Today is Mardi Gras... Apparently... Honestly I had a bit of a shock the other day. I have in the past decided to look into holidays of other cultures to broaden my horizons and give me lots of information about things I didn't know... One thing I wasn't expecting when I decided to learn about Mardi Gras was that it is actually a day I know fairly well... Mardi Gras is the French celebration translated as Fat Tuesday, known to me with my Brit roots as Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday... 

So what is Mardi Gras and what random interesting things do I know about it... When I think of Mardi Gras I think of New Orleans, it's a party to celebrate the end of Carnival, and just like Shrove Tuesday in the UK, where it's common practice to stuff ourselves with pancakes, it's the last day of eating heavy, rich, fatty foods before the Christian Festival of Lent... 
I know the parties of Carnival can be crazy, they celebrate here in the Netherlands too, but one day I'd love to see how it's done in New Orleans whilst stuffing down some delicious pancakes LOL... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Bora Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit: Kiru - Hecate Outfit
Necklace Beads: League - Double Stranded Soft Pearl Necklace (Recoloured by Me!) (No Longer Available!)
Staff: Simply Shelby - Jester Staff in Mardi Gras Edition
Post: LISP Bazaar - Streetlights & Umbrella (No Longer Available!)
Lamp Post & Beads: Simply Shelby - Bourbon Streetlamp in Mardi Gras Set
Confetti: DISORDERLY. - Confetti Party in Gold Confetti
Backdrop: TROPIX - Holiday City Venice Colorful 04

As the Angel waits...

Sometimes inspiration can be a weird and wonderful thing... I never know where I am going to find inspiration, and I never know from one day to the next what my brain will come up with. Sometimes I find something that other people make amazing pretties with and they go another way in my head, and other times I take something and use it in a way that's totally different from what it's meant... I LOVE when inspiration strikes me and when it comes together and ends up looking pretty...  

I tend to be crazy, random and silly, I do dark and grungy things, I do things that are considered smut - least it would be if I read them in my books - but something soft and romantic are actually harder for me... I find decorative and some other theme pictures hard to do, but the pretty, soft, romance is a hard thing for me to achieve. I NEVER feel like I could do it proper justice... 
Then The Kiwi Co created Celeste Noir and that was buried deep inside me cried... She's not your average, innocent angel, she's the kind that's close to falling from grace. Spending her evenings waiting in the tower for her darkly, demonic lover to appear and ravish her on the Glimmerveil Dreambed - from everfaery - under the canopy of flowers... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Selene Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: Salt & Pepper - Cupid Collar (Past Gift)
Wings: The Kiwi Co. - Celeste Noir in Angel Wings
Lingerie & Bodychain: The Kiwi Co. - Celeste Noir in Lingerie
Heels: The Kiwi Co. - Celeste Noir in Heels
Pose: FOXCITY - Perfect Stranger, Pose 7m (Alternate)
Bed: everfaery - Glimmerveil Dreambed
Backdrop: K&S - // Group Gift april24 (Past Group Gift)

Art imitates Life...

Spring is sprung, the grass is rizz, I wonder where the birdies is... A cute little poetic saying that my mum always used to say to me around this time of year when we reached the month of March and the world around us seemed to start gearing up for the Spring season. BEFORE ANYONE COMES AT ME, I know it's a no longer the way that the kids are using the word rizz but it's not the new use of the word I'm using here LOL... 

I am definitely an Autumn kinda girl. but if I had to pick another season I'd be saying I love Spring... I LOVE the colours and the vibrancy, I love the early Spring sun that's wraming on the skin but not full of burning Summer heat, I love the fact that March is one of the best month's of the year because it won't be long now until it's my BIRTHDAY!!!! Yes, I AM the Birthday princess this month... 
One of the things that I used to loved doing the most when I was younger was watching the nature as it carried on it's normal life... I used to be a bug lover, collecting them to observe and care for in our family garden. I always seemed to find them easier to keep alive in their little bug homes - like the Ladybug Habitat from Junk Food - than the adorably weird bug-like things in those uber trendy electronic pets that were the Tamagotchis - like the Gochi Mirrors from Krescendo... 
I also had the hobby of collecting stones from the beach when visiting my grandparents, to take home and paint into cute little bugs and other such patterns... I might have to start doing that again soon, it could be fun for the summer perhaps?! 

What is in the picture;
Ladybird Habitat: Junk Food - Ladybug Habitat in Yellow
Toy: [Krescendo] - Gochi Mirror in Hot Pink
Book & Terrarium: NOMAD - School Time in Biology Studies
Pencils: random.Matter - Craft Corner in Pencils Green
Paint: tarte - Paint Clutter
Stones: Meli Imako - MI8067 Pebble stones 2 pcs Builder's Kit
Vase: Ariskea - [September] Eucalyptus Branches Vase
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Greenhouse {360} Backdrop