Once a year at the arrival of spring, an eerie silence falls over the hidden mountain swamps of Cadair Idris. From somewhere deep within the sound of carnival music rolls through the air, looping repeatedly, trying to seduce people to come and see the bright colours and funtastic rides of the fair... The birds do not sing when the carnival calls people in, and even the roar of the loudest motorbike is drowned out by the music that takes control of your mind...
The Gator Hell Carnival was once a glowing beacon in the spring sunshine... The air was filled with the scent of candyfloss, the lights shimmered in the early evening gloom and the sound of laughter rolled over the hills... Now - for most of the year - all you hear is the sound of the carnival decaying.
Although every year at about this time another strange thing happens... A sad lonely girl is seen wandering the carnival, her vintage trailer parked by the fence. She never speaks, only cries, words that call out to her "love"...
*coughs*
Sometimes I tend to get a bit carried away when setting up a post don't I?! While working on this photo I definitely felt inspired to do something... I couldn't really resist making up a story in my head hehe...
The Carnival used in the display is one that I have mentioned before. It is the EL Carnival from DRD that you can collect for yourself at this month's still on-going round of The Arcade. Also from The Arcade are a few of the things I used which originate in the brand Consignment... Things I used here such as the caravan, lawn chairs, cooler, radio and flamingo are all part of Consignment's Open Road Collection - while other non-Arcade Consignment goodies like the trellis and the fire pit can be found at this month's Collabor88! I'm also wearing one of the hair releases from Clawtooth, that you can pick up at The Arcade. This style is called La Bella Donna, and I'm wearing a colour from the Outrageous pack and each of the roses can be individually re-coloured via a hud!!
The idea of the roses though was actually sparked by two other items I'm wearing here that I realised would be SUPER CUTE together. The dress is a Sn@tch original! Called Rosa Club Dress, when you buy this pretty dress you get it in a range of colours - each in the standard mesh sizes. I spent some time 'umming and awwing' over the dress... It wasn't my usual taste at all, I never normally wear floral, especially roses, but then I found the PSYCHO:Byts Flowers Sunglasses at Suicide Dollz and knew they'd be perfect... As luck would have it I won black first try, the outfit was meant to be hehe...
The Look was meant to be, she is all pretty waiting for her long lost love... I wonder if he will ever come to find her?
What is she wearing;
Hair: Clawtooth - La Bella Donna in Outrageous (Available Now at The Arcade)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Glasses: PSYCHO:Byts - Flowers Sunglasses in Black (Available Now at Suicide Dollz)
Nose Piercing: DirtyStories - Heart Nose Piercing (Past Suicide Dollz Item)
Dress: Sn@tch - Rosa Club Dress in Pink
Pose: Signature Poses - Nails 1
Fire Pit & Trellis: Consignment - Bluebird Set (Available Now at Collabor88)
Trailer, Chairs, Cooler, Radio & Flamingo: Consignment - Open Road Collection (Available Now at The Arcade)
Fence: H&C Wheels - Fence
Carnival: Death Row Designs - EL (Available Now at The Arcade)
You must have heard that Christmas song, the one about a little Drummer Boy... Well I've been messing around with some more of the goodies from Horrorfestive and I've discovered something a little special...
I recently discovered the very rare beardeer... Half Bear, Half Deer... and this one that was spottted, captured and then stuffed at home, just happened to be playing the drum like a little drummer boy!
LOL... Sometimes even I wonder what drugs I smoke as I start typing. I just read that back and thought "HUH?", but I'm just going to leave it as is, and let you wonder where the crazy in my head comes from!
I will admit however, that I have been playing with more of the awesome goodies from Horrorfestive, and really enjoyed dancing around in this next outfit that I am about to show you...
I'm guessing now you can tell where the randomness about Beardeer comes from lol... It wasn't my fault I was just putting things together to create a cute look and BAM it happened in my brain!!!
The outfit's beardeer components come from two places at Horrorfestive. The skin is a Hera Skin, in a Snow Bear style, from PixyStix, although I will also admit that I made it a little more panda like by adding the Black Out eye make-up from Ama with a right eye that I blacked out! I then added the deer part by slipping into the Rude Reindeer outfit from ImmateriA, and this just happens to include the ears, antlers and tail - as well as hooves that you cannot see here!
One of the other aspects that I used to make the look of the Beardeer was these amazing eyes! The eyes are a gacha item, from the minds behind the store Devae. I simply couldn't decide which to wear, so I went with a special release in an Artic colour, but to show off all of the possibilities I have a little collage for you hehe...
Lastly, the drummer boy bit of my look... I love props in my pictures hehe, but this one I was thinking "HOW AM I GOING TO USE THAT?!", and it just seemed to look right with this outfit LOL... The pose I used to pose the outfit was one from Signature Pose - which you can pick up from Pose Me Amazing - but it worked well with the positioning of the drum and it's drumsticks from Enchant3D. When you beat the drum that nasty bloody mess splashes about, and that's great for making a mess but not so for keeping a white outfit white!
What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Clawtooth (CbC) - Snow Bunny in Prize 3 Exquisite Reds (Available now at The Arcade)
Skin: PixyStix - Hera in Snow Bear (with normal and rabid versions) (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Black Eye Make-Up (including Black Right Eye): Ama - Blackout Eyes (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Left Eye: Devae - Eyes in Wild Hunt *BMH* Arctic (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Outfit (including Antlers, Ears & Hooves): ImmateriA - Rude Reindeer (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Drum: Enchant3D - Blood Drum (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Pose: Signature Pose - Crystal 8 (Available now at Pose Me Amazing)
So many awesome things are available at the 2014 Horrorfestive you will have to go in to see and believe it hehe... As I've said before this event is raising money for the awesome Munchflower Zaius. For those of you who have NO IDEA who she is let me give you a bit of an idea!
Munchflower Zaius is the mind behind Nomine. For a very long time, she has been an inspiration, guru and assistant to people in SL's large dark, gothic and macabre community who are seeking to make their own SL a happier and prettier place. Many people will be able to say they have at least heard of Nomine, even if they have no idea who Munchflower herself is, and although I have never really had any personal dealings with the lady in question everything I've heard about her is good. The support she has in this time of need, during which she has been forced to give up her source of income - yes, Nomine has closed! - goes to show just how loved she and her store are!
Anyway, if you want to read more from the lady herself, check out her "Gofundme" page, and then go buy some gorgeous pretties from the Horrorfestive event... YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO hehe!!
Let me share with you just a few more of the pretties... I KNOW there is a lot more to come from the event but as much as I want to I cannot do them all at once LOL...
This time I got a little creative, and released the seer that I have within thus suggesting that even the blind can see... I don't want anyone to feel offended by this statement by the way, I mean no offence. I had a blind great aunt who always used to tell me "just because I cannot see doesn't mean I cannot see what you're doing young lady". Her other senses were so heightened she always knew when I was up to something, even more so than the family around with sight! It used to scare me as I was little, I thought she was magic hehe...
I guess that magical feeling has kind of been reflected here. This look all started with the set of Crown, Blindfold and Flowers called Frills, in a Fever colour, from Devae. There were SO MANY colour combinations to choose from but when I pulled these on with the hair I chose to wear from Clawtooth, that was it... I was destined to be a pinkish Seer hehe... Then, in combination with that, I remembered this amazing tiara that has been released from ImmateriA for the December Witching Hour. It may look familiar, but they have been updated and made even prettier for the new round!! The full body tattoo is subtle in everything but the face, the face seemed to work perfectly with the mystical feeling that I was trying to portray, but this Ama Alive Inside Tattoo could be used in so many different ways! I then kept the rest of the outfit simple in the form of this super cute Satin Jumpsuit from PixyStix, and some very cute and rather useful present opening claw rings from HopScotch!
Just one more thing was missing to make the look complete... MORE EYES! Bliensen + MaiTai have created some AMAZING Eye Ornaments, and they are SO unbelieveably gorgeous that I think in the very near future I will have to put up a Christmas Tree in SL just to show them off! Me being me, and therefore more than a little bit weird, I decided to add them to my outfit, and so now this Seer has four eyes, not just two hehe!
Wow sometimes I don't half talk a lot lol, just one more thing that I should mention though... Look behind me, I know I am a little distracting but that grave stone in the background, not only is it gorgeous, it's also animated with bats AND available for Horrorfestive from Alchemist! Gorgeous and Charitable what more can you ask for!
What is she wearing;
Crown, Blindfold & Flowers: Devae - Frills in Fever (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Tiara: ImmateriA - Hathor in Providence Silver (Available now for The Witching Hour)
Hair: Clawtooth - Windswept in PurplePeopleEater
Full Body Tattoo: Ama - Alive Inside (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Jumpsuit: PixyStix - Satin Jumper in Night (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Rings: HopScotch - Gift Opener Rings in SIlver (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Pose: UNCERTAIN SMILE - Sorcerer 2
Baubles: Bliensen + MaiTai - Horrorfestive Ornaments in Monster AND Don't Stare (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Grave: Alchemist - Grave No1 (Available now at Horrorfestive 2014)
Would it be weird of me to say that I am NOT fond of snow? In RL I always find myself feeling paranoid that I will slip over when things start to become ice, and in SL, well I don't know I'd just rather not spend too long in snowy places... Makes me feel cold LOL... BUT SL seems to have gone a little bonkers and snow is popping up everywhere!
Now, after that little rant I will admit that there is one place in SL which seems to look perfect no matter the weather... If you haven't wandered through Frisland - and don't mind the snow - now would be a good time to go as it's gorgeous!
I took a walk over there yesterday, and this may make you laugh, but I was surprised by a strange lady in the snowy forest... She was dressed in an elegant gown, a strange looking crown on her head and she whispered "Love The Snow" before she disappeared into a mist of fine snowflakes...
Luckily I managed to check out her outfit before she disappeared...
Her dress made her look like a "Lady of Roses", as that dark royal colour was decorated by a myriad of pale roses... Her crown although pink in tone was dauntingly spiked, creating an eerie malevolence... Her Icy Breath washed over me, and it was then that I found a sudden love of the snow at Frisland!!!
LOL, OK enough of the story telling... Let's get serious and talk about the outfit before I get lost in my own imagination hehe...
The crown is an older one, that has laid dormant in my hoard for a while... That having been said, the Distorted Dreams Goddess Crown is something I can no longer find in-world or on the marketplace. Sorry to say! The dress however, is a different story. This dress is a brand new release from Stargazer Creations - for the December We <3 RP line-up - and it comes in a big collection of different colours!
Last but by no means least, I want to mention this new pose! This is a not yet released pose from Image Essentials, but you only have until tomorrow to wait to get your hands on it, when the Winter Trend Fair opens! The It's Cold Outside Set, is a series of four different poses, that although I am not a snow fan seemed too hard to resist using. I loved the magical feeling to them, and I am sure you will see them again soon no doubt!
What is she wearing;
Tiara: Distorted Dreams - Goddess Crown in Pink (Past Event Release) (No Longer Available)
Hair: Clawtooth by Clawtooth - Windswept
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Available now at Collabor88)
Eyelids: SLINK - Slink Mesh eyelids
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings
Dress: Stargazer Creations - Lady of Roses in Royale (Available now at We <3 RP)
Pose: Image Essentials - It's Cold Outside 1 (Available December 5 - 19 at Winter Trend Fair 2014)
