Backyard Camping Treats!

Since I am stuck at home today, and even though it's my normal day off and normally I wouldn't be complaining about being at home, I had a really strong desire to be getting outside, and there was no way I wanted to go round people so into the back garden I was going... 
It was a warmer day than expected, so I decided to make the most of it and make it one last fun day of Summer... 

Some of those summer days when I was a kid would be spent camping in the backyard, at least we'd lay there and just magically wake up in our beds in the morning as I believe Dad had carried us up to bed when it got late and we were asleep... 
One thing we never did though was make Smores - or is it S'mores, I don't know how it is written really - it's one of those American traditions that were never really a thing when I was a kid in the UK... It's something I've ALWAYS really wanted to try and do, but I've never really managed to try it properly... So while I'm lazing in my pop-up tent to read and watch my Cozy Campfire - from Krescendo - I pulled out the Junk Food Smores kits and hand to give it a go.. 

What is in the photo;
Smores Kit: Junk Food - Smores Plate
Blue Smores Plate: Junk Food - S'mores Station in Blue
Skillet: Junk Food - Smores Skillet
Fire: [Krescendo] - Cozy Campfire (Available until September 27th at FaMESHed)
Stove: Midwest - Someplace in Stove Yellow
Bottles: Elm - October Thermos
Teddy: hive - My Teddy in Soft Brown
Book: Puddles - Saucy Novel in Open
Box: Junk Food - Cooler Closed in Yellow
Tent: Sway's - [Camp out] Tent in Tie Dye RARE
Chair: Junk Food - Camping Chair in Blue
Backdrop: FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Block Party Noon

Harvest Treats Time!

I know that Autumn doesn't officially start until September 22nd, but that isn't about to stop me from getting into the Autumn Spirit as it's my favourite time of the year... I LOVE the autumn, and although I'm trying hard to avoid all things pumpkin right now, I'm going to start letting the leaves fall, collecting the conkers that the trees gift us and wrapping myself in lots and lots of snuggly blankets while I cuddle a cup of tea and read a book... 
There are a few tasks that I have to get done this time of year... I started to assist the mushroom folk in their harvest, and today I get to harvest something even more magical... 

Being a magical being has it's perks and that's why the plants in my perfect little magical greenhouse are now ready for the harvest of some very interesting treats... The Sugarfora - from dust bunny at  kustom9 until September 10th - have been growing hard and have some delicious treats for us this year... The hanging Macaron, the Donut Tree and the Chocolate Chip Cookie Bush keep me happy with delicious treats all Winter if I am lucky, I have already got a crop of Iced Pink donuts - in a bucket from Junk Food - and am testing the chocolate chip cookies which I have to tell you are DELICIOUS!!! 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Doe - Becca the Baker
Flour Make-up: Izzie's - Baking Mess
Top: Tres Blah - Summer Fete Apron in Black
Cookie: REIGN - BAKED GOODS in CHOCOLATE CHIP BITE *UNWRAPPED #7
Pose: [piXit] - Aikita, Pose F6
Plants: dust bunny - Sugarflora (Available until September 10th at Kustom9)
Bucket: Junk Food - Donut Bucket in Pink
Chocolate Chips: dust bunny - Homemade Summer Treats in Chocolate Chips
Cookie Rack: dust bunny - Homemade Summer Treats in Cooling Cookies
Bowls: Elm - Tamsin Kitchen Decor & Dahlia - Lazy Days in Mixing Bowls Yellow
Flour: Aardvark - Box of Flours
Counters: Elm - Clover Cabinets in Evergreen & Pitaya - DIY Kitchen Countertop
Backdrop: Paparazzi - Ivy Window

Mushroom Harvest Starts, The Celebration Begins!

My working week is finaly done and it's the weekend, so I'm going to let my hair down and have alovely, relaxing party - Pyjama's and Relaxing Time YAY! - there hasn't been much time for that this week and I truly need a rest at the moment. I don't know why, I'm exhausted... It must be the time of year as the season is beginning to change... 
I get home and I'm about to head inside and relax when the fairy senses inside me started tingling... There was something going on in the fairy grove and I had to go check... 

When I got to the fairy glade, having morphed from standard boring human to something a little more magical, I stumbled upon a different kind of party. Not the relaxing pyjama party I'd been hoping for, but a Mushroom Buddies - a new release from Pitaya for The Fifty - have been picking Orchand mushrooms to get ready for the Autumn feasts and hibernation preparation... Now I KNOW I wasn't keen on the idea of having to do anything more than relax BUT I can't turn down this kinda party, they have tea and CAKE!!!

What is she wearing;
Head Mushrooms: random.Matter - Elihu Crown & Ladybird - Mushroom Head in Red (With Make-Up)
Hair: Wasabi - Macaron K9 Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Body Paint: [Faunus] - PEARL FUNGI in Body Applier Berry
Body Dirt Layer: Izzie's - Face & Body Dirt
Wings: everfaery - Woodland Bloom Wings (Available until September 9th at Access)
Top: .miss chelsea - Nomi Set in Top (Available until September 5th at equal10)
Shorts: everfaery - Garden Shorts
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Starstuff
Pose: [piXit] - Nora, Pose 3
Friends: Pitaya - Mushroom Buddies (Available until September 20th at The Fifty)
Tea Set: Elm - Clove Crockery in Mushroom
Food: random.Matter - Woodland Treats in Roll Cake Vanilla & dust bunny - Brunch in Bagel Sandwich
Mushroom Baskets: Ariskea - [Orchand] Mushrooms
Red Mushrooms: ionic - Hallucinogen Mushrooms Seats
Brown Mushrooms: Raindale - Lillybell Mushrooms
Log: Ariskea - [Holo] Stump Mushrooms
Giant Flowers: dust bunny - Paper Blooms in Poppy
Falling Leaves: hive - Falling Leaves in Windswept
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Harvest Lane {360} Background

Preserving the Beauty

I always seem to start my blog posts complaining about working and being tired... I'm sorry about that but it's my permanent state of being at the moment... Today was one of those weird ass days when I've not had to work because I'm shift swapping so my boss can be off for mother's day tomorrow... 
I've had time on my hands, I've been trying to relax and find myself a with some time on my hands to do something new... 

I've never been into the thought of stuffed animals, unless they are the plushie kind, or taxidermy of any kind be it big game or the tiniest little instects. I LOVE seeing them in the wild, I LOVE the butterfly house at the zoo and I'm not averse to eating the animals but they should be treated with respect and raised fairly... It seems like the kind of decor that Rudh might go for in SL though, it would be perfect decor for her little cottage core life whie the butterflies flit in and out of the windows on the breeze... 

What is in the picture;
Taxidermy: random.Matter - The Taxidermist Set I & II
Window: Elm - Aurielle Window
Flowers: {vespertine} - Summer Wildflowers Hinged Vase
Paint: Kalopsia - Seraphine's Paint Box (No Longer Available!)
Pencils: random.Matter - Craft Corner in Pencils Green
Clock: Nutmeg - Sunroom Clock
Bones: Magika - Small Bones (Past Group Gift)
Lantern: Schadenfreude - Portable Forest: Toadstools
Net: [noctis] - Entomologist's Net
Skull Plant: Schadenfreude - D. muscipula, yellowed Felis skull in Fly
Glue Gun: [InsurreKtion] - Craft Room in Glue Gun
Bird Cage: BALACLAVA!! - Bird Cage
Bird: Quills & Curiosities - Feathered Familiar
Left Plant: {what next} - Snake Plant
Right Plant: Ariskea - [Millie] Anthurium Doty Plants
Bookshelves: random.Matter - Librarium in Bookdesk RARE
Table: Scarlet Creative - The Arcade Dec 15 Campbell Desk
Backdrop: TROPIX - Vintage Room 04

A Sunday Easter Egg Hunt

Today is Easter Sunday, and the world and it's cousin seem to be getting themselves into the Easter Bunny Spirit... There are Easter Eggs to be collected, eaten and some even like to paint them, there have been many other things going on too since today is actually 4:20... People aren't just enjoying the chocolate... There's another herb making people happy as they hunt for eggs too...

I am not the herb loving kind, if anything I'll be willing to admit that it makes me feel kinda sick, butI DO love me some chocolate, and I LOVE me some sunshine and so skipping around like I'm the Easter Bunny in a garden was bound to happen today... I'm joining the myriad of other bunnies as they spread a little happiness... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Wreath: Tentacio - Daisy Crown
Hair: Wasabi - Play K9 Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Face Paint, Ears & Wreath: [Faunus] - Easter Items
Mouth Flower: Tentacio - Daisy Mouth
Outfit: Mug - Seraphina Dress in Yellow (Available until May 10th at Kustom9)
Body Flowers: Mug - Seraphina Flowers in White (Available until May 10th at Kustom9)
Basket: Elm - Easter Basket
Pose: Fashiowl - Pizza Day, Pose 1
Swing: Simply Shelby - Rustic Spring Hanging Bench
Topiaries: dust bunny - Garden Creatures in Rabbit
Giant Eggs: Simply Shelby - Eggcellent Easter Backdrop Items
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Garden Gate {360} Backdrop

Valentine's Treats!

I know that I have said that I am away in the UK, and that I wouldn't be blogging anything because I'm having family time... Well... That was a kinda fib on my part, it's Valentine's Day and I wouldn't have been able to pass this romance filled day by without sharing SOMETHING on my rambling space would I?! If you answered yes to that, I wonder, do you even know me at all? LOL... Of course I'd find the time to do something full of romance and hearts and far too much sweetness... 

Of course, I will admit that I KNEW there might be something coming. I got ahead of myself and set something up before I left home because I knew myself and that I simply couldn't pass by a day like Valentine's without having something to say here lol... It's an addiction I fully admit to, and I'm going to own it... 
So I'll keep things short and sweet today, and send lots of love hugs and kisses... Remember to love yourself today, doesn't matter if you're in the self-love club or you're happily with someone... Loving yourself is an important step to greatness and if there is ONE PERSON in this world we should all be able to rely on, it's ourselves... 

What is in the picture;
Heart Box: Dahlia - Valentine Chocolate Box in PLAIN Blush (Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Drink: Dahlia - Chocolate Martini
Cupcakes: BROKEN ARROWS - Sweet Love in Vanilla Cupcakes (Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Bunting: Elm - V-Day Hunt 2025 Prize in Love Letter Garland (Group Hunt Prize)
Flowers: Pitaya - Single Peony in Red (Gift Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Bottles: Violetility - Love Potion
Cookies: Aardvark - Cupid's Heart Cookies (Gift Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Key: random.Matter - Motel Keys Gift in Red (Gift Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Cards: floorplan - Business Cards (Gift Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Desserts: BROKEN ARROWS - Sweet Love in Chocolate Cheesecakes  (Available until March 1st at Cupid Inc)
Bear: hive - Sweet Teddy Bear in Pink Heart
Cake: Elm - V-Day Hunt 2025 Prize in Heart Cake (Group Hunt Prize)
Strawberries: Dahlia - Sugar Rush - Strawberry Box in Brown
Confetti & Love Hearts: Elm - V-Day Hunt 2025 Prize in Heart Cake (Group Hunt Prize) & random.Matter - Heart Hunter in Candy Hearts Pink (Available until March 6th at Collabor88)
Backdrop: Amitie - Mirror Mirror Backdrop

Welcome to Gingerbread Town

 I want to find the Christmas magic... It still seems to be evading me a little bit, and I am more excited by the fact that a couple of days after Christmas I get to go home to see my parents and my sister and see her new house... I CANNOT WAIT!!! Maybe that's where my festive magic will be, maybe that's the time I am waiting for, and right now maybe once the big day will arrive I'll suddenly be feeling it... 
Still until then, I will do whatever I can to find that festive feeling... Even let my mind take me to far off, and maybe imaginary places... 

Some place like the magical little town of Gingerbread... Mostly everything here is gingerbread... There are chocolates and cake and Candy Canes too, if you're peckish please feel free to try the trees. The Candy Cane curly trees - from Simply Shelby for the Sugar Holiday Haul - are perfect examples of the deliciousness in this town... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH & FAGA - Prelude in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit: Sakura - Christmas Kigurumi in Pudding
Plushie: dust bunny - Holiday Accent Pillows in Gingerbread Man
Pose: -Extra- - Brewed Bliss, Pose 1
Train, Carriages & Tracks: dust bunny - Gingerbread Train
Arch: Simply Shelby - Snowy Candy Cane Gate in Red & Green (Available until December 25th at the Holiday Shop & Hop)
Candy Cane Trees: Simply Shelby - Candy Cane Tree Set (Available until January 3rd for the Sugar SL Holiday Haul)
Orange House: {vespertine} - Gingerbread House (Available until January 5th at equal 10)
Town Houses: {vespertine} - Gingerbread Town
Carousel: dust bunny - Gingerbread Carrousel
Puff Trees: [Merak] - Douceur de Noel
Green Tree: Elm - Holly Decor in PomPom Tree Green
Chocolate Trees: MadPea - Chocolate Tree
Chocolates: MadPea - Chocolate Swirlie Truffle
Snow: [Since1975] - Mesh Falling Snow

A Mermaid's Garden

I went out on our annual work team outing last night and I'm a little tired today, but it was funny... The one thing I found myself coming up with one idea, and one idea only that wouldn't budge was something a little fishy... We had Sushi for dinner, so I had to get my Mermaid on, although this time, I went a little more monstermer than I ever have before... 

A monstermer deserves a little time in the limelight too, they aren't al Ariel wannabes down there under the sea, but that doesn't make them any less gorgeous... 
Within the Lost Atlantis - a backdrop from The Bearded Guy by the way - Garden, you may come across it's caretaker the Keppel Deep Sea Siren - a head and skin set from BeSpoke - in her Magic Clam accessories - from Faunus - that protects the fishies and tends to the flowers... Don't mind her scary looks, she's all heart and full of pearls of wisdom... 

What is she wearing;
Back Headdress: Boutique #187 - Mermaid Headpiece
Front Headdress & Wings: YOKAI - Mermaid Vibes Crown & Wings in Dreams SET
Head & Skin: BeSpoke - Deep Sea Siren in Keppel
Eyes: Izzie's - Angel Eyes
Eye Make-up: Rubedo - Drusilla & WarPaint - Regal Eyeshadow & Pearls
Body Paint, Back Shell  & Staff: [Faunus] - Magic Clam Set
Necklaces: (Yummy) - Oversized Pearl Gemstone Necklace & (Yummy) - Pearl Cascade Necklace in Shoulders Only, [ glow ] studio - Starfish Pearls Necklace (No Longer Available!) & League - Double Stranded Soft Pearl Necklace (No Longer Available!)
Bra: [Faunus] - Magic Clam Lingerie
Bracelet: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty in Kraken Bracer RARE
Fish: MishMish - Shoal of Fish
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover in  Bubbles
Pose: -Extra- - Cozy Season, Pose 2M
Flowers: Elm - Blossom Flowers & Petal Flowers
Sea Plants: DISORDERLY. - Wrecked in Aquatic Plants
Tube Plants: Herbalys - Acid Fungi
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Lost Atlantis Backdrop

Foraging for Mushrooms

I've been at work all day today, but it's been oneof those fabulous Autumn days...The Sun has been shining, and the air is chilled... It's wonderful, and my favourite time of the year because of it really... 
I love going out on long walks in the chilled air, crunching through the fallen leaves, hunting for conkers or pretty leaf colours and I've always felt like I'd love to go on a nature walk to forage for mushrooms... I don't like to eat them, but the idea of foraging for them makes me smile... 

Outside the Cabin in the Woods, I decided that it was time to get a mushroom harvest hunt on... I dressed in something cozy, casual, a gorgeous mushroom knitted cardigan - from the Madi Set in the miss chelsea booth at the soon to end round of equal10 - and a cute little matching beret - which comes with the Pumpkin Hair from Wasabi - to go on my hunt... 
I know that the Amanita Mushrooms are poisonous, and definitely not for eating, but they make such pretty decor items, I NEED some to decorate the house... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Wasabi - Pumpkin Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Cardigan & Top: miss chelsea - Madi Set in Jeans (Available until November 8th at Equal10)
Pants: miss chelsea - Madi Set in Jeans (Available until November 8th at Equal10)
Basket: Elm - Mushroom Harvest in Amanita Basket Natural
Pose: -Extra- - 2024 Halloween Hunt, Pose 1
Mushrooms: CuteCvlt - Amanita Cluster & {vespertine} - Fungi Collection in Amanita Red
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Cabin in the woods [360] Backdrop

Fairy Teas Need Human Magic!

Halloween has been and gone now, and that means, as the great Queen of Christmas Mariah Carey says "It's TIMEEEEEEEEEEE!" Christmas is almost here and we are on a slippery slope to the visit from the big man in red... 
It is time though to calm things down and watch the world go by a little, time to enjoy the Autumn colours and the chill in the air. The best way to do that... Time to settle down with a cuppa tea, as the happy little fae in me takes a break from painting the nature in red and gold...

The fae folk have a magical crystal table set up in the Enchanted Hall, with the soul purpose of it being for making tea and eating yummy things that magically appear... Cakes of all kinds, and croissant sandwiches sit on the mushroom clove crockery, while the tea cups in the set sit waiting to be filled with delicious hot tea or coffee... Most of the things in the Fae kitchen are naturally sourced, but if you look closely you will see that a trip was made to the human world in search of one of the most important things in the world... COFFEE CREAMER - from Junk Food - because no matter what kind of magic the fae have, there will ALWAYS be better coffee creamers in the human world hehe... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: random.Matter - Elihu Mushroom Crown
Hair: Magika - Delulu The Spooky Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Pose: piXit - Wind Me Up, Pose F5
Tea Set: Elm - Clove Crockery Set
Coffee Creamer: Junk Food - Coffee Creamers
Rabbits: Half-Deer - Warm & Fuzzy Snuggle Bunnies in Choco
Coffee & Tea Jars: RazzBerry Inc - Mushie Jars
Food: Hangry - Croissant Sandwich, random.Matter - Woodland Treats, Apple Fall - Treats Platter & ionic - Eat me Macaron cookies
Jars: Elm - Clove Crockery in Acorn Jar
Kettle: Bixty - Kettle & Electric Heater
Table: Schadenfreude - Crystal Cottage in Dark Table
Backdrop: Paparazzi - Enchanted Hall 

I Wish I Could Bake Cakes!

I have been working on bettering myself this year...
I've been exercising more and have lost around 25kilos. I'm reading more so that I spend less time looking at a screen, which is helping me with a reduction in headaches and a better feeling about myself, as a way to relaxing and taking my mind off to places that aren't my normal. I'm trying to work on my photography skills, improving my pictures and taking time to try taking pictures of other things, broadening my horizons if you will. Everything is getting better, everything is making me feel better in myself and I'm proud of the changes that I've been making... Now what do I want to do to improve myself?

I'm good with reading, I'm good with taking pictures - and I'm not one of the best but what I do makes me happy anyway - and I LOVE crocheting so much that my blanket is ALMOST ready. I love cooking and make a mean curry, but there is one skill that I am really wanting to improve on is learning how to bake... My mum makes the most amazing fruit cakes, my sister is a champion cookie maker, if I so much as attempt at baking a cake with boxed ingredients I could burn the house down. I LOVE CAKE. I wish I could bake cakes. It would save me so much money if I could bake rather than buy cakes! 
Once I've gotten better skills, I think I could start a business... Baking cakes for willing victims, I mean, customers... A Spooky Cake, boed and ready to be collected - from Junk Food - and a Cheeky Cake with a sexy suggestion that will hopefully get someone lucky - like the cakes from Krescendo, available until September 10th at FaMESHedX - there should be cakes for everyone!!

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Doe - Becca the Baker
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Flour on Skin: Izzie's - Baking Mess in Arms Flour
Top: miss chelsea - Indi Tee in Army
Pose: FOXCITY - Fascinate, Pose 7
Boxed Cake: Junk Food - Spooky Cake Box
Heart Cake: [Krescendo] - Cheeky Cakes in Sex (Available until September 10th at FaMESHedX)
Dog: JIAN - Great Dane Puppy
Baking Decor:
    Bowls: Apple Fall - Mixing Bowl Set
    Cake in Tin: dust bunny - At Home Baking in Cake Tin
    Bags of Flower: Apple Fall - Bags of Flour & dust bunny - At Home Baking in Bag of Sugar
    Jars: BROKEN ARROWS - Baker in Sugar Pot & Flour Pot
    Decor Bowls: Elm - Winter Baking in Decor Bowls
    Corn Starch: O.M.E.N - Messy Baking in Corn starch (No Longer Available!) 
    Butter: dust bunny - At Home Baking in Butter
    Eggs: random.Matter - Disaster Kitchen - Broken Eggs [Blue]
    Recipe Box: [Krescendo] - Recipe Box in Brown
    Main Bowl: dust bunny - At Home Baking in Frosting Bowl 
    Spices: Elm - Winter Baking in Spice Stack
    Milk: O.M.E.N - Messy Baking in Bottle of Milk & Measuring Cup (No Longer Available!) 
    Utensils: random.Matter - Autumn Treats in Cooking Utensils &  O.M.E.N - Messy Baking in Measuring Spoons (No Longer Available!) 
    Piping Bag: brocante - GBBC gacha in Piping Bag RARE C/NT
    Cherries: Nutmeg - Cherry Tin
    Flour on Table: O.M.E.N - Messy Baking in Spilt Flour (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Shabby Chic Kitchen Backdrop

A Little Green Magic!

What is a girl to do with herself when that vacation feeling hits... Some people like to travel, others like to do crafts, I personally love to get lost in a good book more than usual, but there are others that LOVE to garden... I'm never going to be a good gardener, I've not got greenfingers or thumbs and even though it seems to be something all my family are good at, I'm not even able to keep a cactus alive... 
I'll stick to gardening in Second Life, it seems a little easier and if my fingers and thumbs don't work then there is penty of magic to aid my desire to grow... 

I will say though that even in Second Life I have problems when I'm growing things... HellBone is in charge of our beautiful garden and although I pretend the vegetable plot is mine, we all know he's the one in charge of it. When I attempt to grow things, using a little magical touch to get things to sprout, there is always an issue or two.. Carnivorous plants, bulbous plants, plants that inspire magic and even the Honey Bees are a little bit Bunny-like - but they are such a gorgeous cute little pair from YOKAI at Collabor88 - can be found in the Greenhouse - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis... 

What is she wearing;
Hat & Hair: Magika - Abigail Hair & The Spellcasters Hat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Dirt Layer: Izzie's - Face & Body Dirt
Top: miss chelsea - Pipi Set in Tank
Bottoms: Mug - Emily Overalls in Gray
Staff: [Krescendo] - Enchanted Staff (Available until August 24th at Wizarding Faire)
Pose & Bottle Prop: Fashiowl - Herbology Class, Pose 2 (Available until August 24th at Wizarding Faire)
Bees: YOKAI - Honey Bee SET in Honey Bee Bunny Black & White (Available until September 6th at Collabor88)
Plants: 
    Carnivorous: HEXtraordinary - Carniverous Geranium
    Orange Bobbles: vespertine - Enchanted Plants in Dirigible Plums
    Hot Air Balloon: tarte - Hot Air Balloon Planter
    Twisted Vine: random.Matter - Precarious Plants in Devil's Snare 
    Purple Cauldron: Elm - Cauldron Planters in Stormpebble Sprout 
    Blobby Cactus Type: random.Matter - Precarious Plants in Mimbulous Mimbletonia 
    Pink Hanging: Elm - Cauldron Planters in Lovelock Blossom
Watering Can: random.Matter - Precarious Plants in Watering Can
Books: random.Matter - Precarious Plants in Bookstack
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Greenhouse {360} Backdrop

Prepping for the Spooky Season

I'm getting more and more excited... People are talking about Summerween and I have to admit that I am ALL for it. I'm not the kind of girl to get overly excited about Christmas or Easter or even the Summer Break, but Halloween... I'd be happy celebrating Halloween all year, maybe with a month off at Christmas for sparkly decorations... I get excited by the magic of it, the darker magic and the mystical magic and I am super excited about it...

I might start watching some of those teenie magical things to start getting me in the mood... The original Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the Hocus Pocus movies, there are so many that I could watch and enjoy... In the mean time though I might get a little practice in communicating with the dead and the art of Tarot magic, before I need it to actually communicate with the dead in October... 
Whilst practicing I've decided to pull out the old Ouija Board, I say old but it's new and pretty and lit up like a Luminous Spirit Board - this one being from MadPea at The Fifty until August 20th - and I hope that it will help me to connect to some of the cool dead ghouls out there in the dark... Friends that will come to play with me during the spooky season to come... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Angelica Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Dress: AsteroidBox - Ava Dress in Stripes
Hand Sparkles: LuluB! - Magic: Star Spell in Fatpack (No Longer Available!)
Ouija Board: MadPea - Luminous Spirit Board Dark (Available until August 20th at The Fifty)
Magical Objects: Random Matter - Teller of Fortunes Items
Bottle: Candle & Cauldron - Potion Diffuser
Phone: Elm - Bewitched Home Hunt in Enchanted Ouija Phone Black
Drink: Hangry - Cereal milkshake in Cinna Toast
Heart Bottle: dust bunny - Lunar Craft in  Heart Spell Bottle
Cape: dust bunny - Lunar Craft in Cape Stand
Table & Chairs: Random Matter - Teller of Fortunes in Tables & Stools Ebony
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Literary Lounge {360} Backdrop

Collecting Eggs

Happy Zombie Jesus Day... Happy Chocolate Bunny Day... Happy Chocolate for Breakfast Day... Technically it's Easter but since so many people celebrate it in so many different ways, and since it seems even less religious these days than Christmas, I wanted to cover all of the bases... 

I've always been a bit excited by the fact that it's considered acceptable to eat chocolate for breakfast. Though I often wondered why bunnies were involved... I love the fact that chocolate bunnies are a real thing now. Where do chocolate bunnies come from? The chocolatiers would prefer to take the credit for them, but the fairies know otherwise... Chocolate bunnies - like the ones from Aardvark, which are in fact the special edition of the Blossom Bunnies created by Aardvark available at Access until April 8th - are born from Chocolate eggs... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: *LODE* - Spring Roses in Soft Pink (Available until April 8th at Collabor88)
Hair: Doe - Biji in Flux
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Necklace: LeCock - Easter Eggs Necklace
Wings: Doe - Fractured Butterfly Wings in Rainbow Neon
Dress: everfaery - Emmalyn Dress
Basket: Elm - Easter Basket
Pose: -Extra- - 2024 Spring Hunt, Pose 1
Bunnies: Aardvark - Blossom Bunny (Available until April 8th at Access)
Broken Egg: H&C - Egg (Coming Soon!)
Backdrop: Simply Shelby - Eggcellent Easter Backdrop

Stop and Smell the Roses

It's that time of year again, another seasonal holiday that gets everyone in Second Life excited. All the shopping events are filled with it, there are parties and concerts to celebrate and dates are planned for this seasonal holiday, I'm talking of course about Valentines Day... 
It's not a holiday that I get really crazy into like Halloween or Christmas, but when you can't avoid it, it's better to join in the fun... So folks, it's time for me to do something a little cutesy, filled with pink and more than a few hearts and flowers... 

I decided to take a walk in the gardens where the Valentine's trees - from tarte - are beginning to share their valentine's colours. The roses in the gardens are beginning to smell sweet, so I picked a few slipping them into a paper bag - from Tentacio - to take home and decorate, filling the house with bright pink. Stopping for a Valentine's Refresher of pink lemonade - also from tarte - enjoying the warm evening sunshine and smelling the roses, perhaps Valentine's will be sweet this year... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: miss chelsea - Tini Beret (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Hair Roses: tarte - Valentine's Flower Crown in Pink
Hair: TRUTH - Potion in Jewel
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: Kibitz - Liz's Collar in Silver
Cardigan: miss chelsea - Tini Cardi (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Dress: miss chelsea - Tini Dress (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Drink: tarte x elm - Valentine's Refresher in Rose Lemonade
Bag: Tentacio - Is Valentine Again
Pose: Secret Poses - Kiara, Pose 5M
Stick Trees: tarte - Cupid's Tree
Heart Trees: tarte - Sweetheart Trees
Confetti: tarte - Heart Confetti
Roses: Ariskea - Julia Rose in Rose Bush Soft
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Bird Sanctuary {360}Backdrop

Cake Baking and Plan Making

Welcome to 2024 and a very Happy New Year to all my darling friends, followers and even those that may read my blog just to be a bit stalkerish - I'm laughing as I write that because I'm definitely not cool enough for anyone to want to stalk me lol... Last night was a bit crap for me and my family, my poor little puppy is terrifed of fireworks and the NL seems bonkers about them... Today has been a very leisurely, lazy one. A chance to sit back, fill in my new diary and make some plans for the year ahead...

It's also time for me to have a think back about last year and so the first post of the year tends to get a little deep sometimes... 
The past year has been another rollercoaster of a year. I stepped up in my RL work and got myself a promotion to assistant manager, it's been a busy time learning all the behind the scenes stuff but definitely got me out of a rut that I was stuck in. Hubby spent the last few weeks of the year at home sick and is waiting for an operation to have his gall bladder removed. I am missing my family in the UK, especially since they spent Christmas together, but troubles that have affected the family have somewhat subsided and things are ooking up... I guess all things considered, things are positive for me and my family... 
Now to look forward and I'm going to do so with a little trepidation... I don't want to risk jinxing myself or causing the things I want to go wrong... 
I'll be graduating the cheesy academy in June - a special time this year since it's the companies 50th year and I'll be in the class of that special year... 
I've decided to make changes in my RL that see me focusing more on myself and aiming for some 'Me' time. It guess it's kinda like a New Years Resolution, although I won't be calling it that since resolutions are so easily broken. I want to read more, I've started a challenge on Goodreads with a goal of 45! I wonder if I'm being too overly ambitious... I want to do more things like baking or cooking and testing new recipies. I want to drive more, since I've become terribly bad at it and I'm much more willing to be the passenger since Hell likes to drive. I want to get better at knitting, I'll aim to knit a blanket, maybe something with granny squares like Grandma used to knit... I want to improve my Second Life picture taking skills and work on my skills as a blogger and photographer and maybe if I'm lucky try to get myself some new sponsors - if anyone is out there and looking for bloggers lol... 
OH AND this year is my 10 year wedding anniversary with HellBone... 
So much going on, let's see how far we get with these things... Happy New Year, welcome to 2024!

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH - Puppet in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Flour: Izzie's - Baking Mess
Outfit: BUENO - Nini Overalls in Blues
Pose & Props: -Extra- - Homemade, Pose 3
Baking Decor: 
    Spice Jars, Eggs & Flour, and Toppings: Elm - Winter Baking Items
    Bowl & Whisk: dust bunny - At Home Baking in Frosting Bowl
    Other: O.M.E.N - Messy Baking in All Ingredients (No Longer Available!)

Somewhere to Relax...

It's Sunday, and although I wanted so much to have it as a lazy Sunday that wasn't going to happen... I get home from a busy day feeling terrible for having jumped a queue that I shouldn't have and when I got home all I wanted to do was take a nap... THEN when I got to sit before my computer and before I was able to do anything in Second Life my PC decided to have a shit on me... Luckily I'd found a way to get myself a little relaxation of a different kind... 

There is some amazing relaxation to be had in many different ways, but there has to be something said about the naughty kind of relaxation, that allows the tension of the muscles that suddenly relaxes at the point of ecstacy... This kind of relaxation can be done in pairs, in groups or even on your own, but no matter what happens it's a definitely happy release andthe relaxation of it is PERFECT!!!
I've made sure I have a special safe place to play... It's decorated with some pinkish pretty, and opened my Sexy Safe - a release from Krescendo at FaMESHedX - that's full of all of my favourite toys. I also got dressed up in a gorgeous Calliope Dress - from Violent Seduction - with some sexy accessories and a very, very special toy that can ONLY be used by someone very special... A Chastise Crop - from Aardvark - and I think my plan of the relaxing evening is ready... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - BFF Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Outfit: Violent Seduction - Calliope in Striped
Gloves: Normandy - Minos.Gloves
Thigh Tattoo: Adora-tions - Psycho Thigh Mixer
Left Leg Garter: DEAD DOLL - Softy Bow
Right Leg Garter: Tentacio - Sara Leg Strap
Crop: Aardvark - The Chastise Crop in Classic
Pose: Fashiowl - Michi, Pose 2
Safe: [Krescendo] - Sexy Safe in Toys (Available until September 10th at FameshedX)
Teddies: BackBone - Naughty Bears
Cuffs: (No Longer Available!)
Table: Elm - Cassia Side Table
Lips: The Horror! - Dripping Love Wall Decor
Condoms: Koukla - Scattered Condoms in Fruity
Chain: Crowded Room - Kawaii Doux Wall Chain Decor
Rugs: hive - Fluffy Heart Rug in Pink
Curtains: tarte - Night Sky Curtain II in Nebula
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Pink Control Backdrop

Spells on Quills causes Mandrake Mischief!

August has begun, and there is still a few signs of the summer to come... At the moment it already feels like the Autumn has arrived, and that means we're one step closer to the best holiday of the year HALLOWEEN!! It's August, It's nearly Halloween... It's Augween!!! 
So pretty soon school will be starting up again, I always loved school but one of my favourite things that happened around this time of year was when Mum said "let's go shopping for school supplies"... It's not just regular school kids that are going back, the wizards of Hogwarts are needing to get their supplies... The Wizarding Faire has opened on Diagon Alley... There is magical shopping to be done...

In Diagon Alley, at the wand store Olivander's - yes I checked that it was correct with my Harry Potter obsessed sister and is actually a Sorcery Photo Stage from [piXit] - where the Wand Shelves - from Quills & Curiosities for Wizarding Faire - are made of walnut and stacked high with thousands of boxed wands in all different shapes, sizes and magics... The owner has popped off on a little vacation to visit a friend in need, and left an apprentice in charge who has taken it upon herself to enchant some of the Candy Quills - also from Quills & Curiosities - that are perfect for writing love notes... Admittedly the magic in the shop HAS caused a few little problems... Mandrakes running everywhere, its a Mandrake Mischief - thanks to the adorable new release from Aardvark, also available now at the Wizarding Faire - and there is chaos all around... 
On a side note, I have to show you these amazing earrings that I'm wearing. They are the Vision Earrings from Six Feet Under which are available now at Planet 29... They are amazing, and because my picture didn't show them off as clearly as I'd hoped I'm adding the ad below... Aren't they pretty?!

What is she wearing;
Hat: Valentina E - Twiggy Witchy Hat
Hair: TRUTH & Wasabi - Aloha in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Earrings: Six Feet Under - Vision Earrings (Available until August 22nd at Planet 29)
Choker: Six Feet Under - WitchCraft Collar
Dress: Valentina E - Marianne Dress in Evergreen
Pose: [piXit] - Spellcaster P2,  Pose 2
Wand: Moon.Phase - PotionClass Set (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Feathers: Quills & Cauldrons - Candy Quills (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Buddies: Aardvark - Mandrake Mischief (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Desk Cauldron & Book: Moon.Phase - PotionClass Set (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Kitty: KitCat - PuffMew in Green (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Eggs: Second Spaces - Dragon Eggs in Crate of Eggs (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Shelves: Quills & Cauldrons - Wand Shelves in Walnut (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Plants: Elm - Cauldron Planters (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Duck Pet: Vinyl/geek. - CozyNiff Plushy in Black House Green (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Mirror: BROKEN ARROWS - Desire Mirror in Aged Dust (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Hand: Random Matter - The Dark Arts [I] in Skeletal Hand Green (Available until August 12th at Wizarding Faire)
Other Cabinets: LORE - Celestial Chests in Ebony
Backdrop: [piXit] - Sorcery Photo Stage 

Mushrooms can make you Silly!

I get super excited when I get to slip off into a fantasy world, I LOVE being a fairy and I love letting my mind wonder. I do feel like if I was a fantasy character, as much as I wish I was able to be a mermaid I think by this point the fairy is much more likely... I LOVE being a fairy, I love the fact they can have so many different personas and I LOVE exploring them all... 
Today I ampining for Autumn, I hate that Summer comes in the middle and I know that maybe I'm in a minority but me and the heat doesn't mix... I love the crisp feeling that comes with Autumn, and the colours that dust the nature... It's also the time of year when you get to meet some of the cutest fairies... It's a season when Mushroom Picking is a hobbie for some, and the fairies like to get in on that action too... 

So when you're out in the woods on a mushroom hunt, make sure you keep your eyes open because flitting around the mushrooms you may find your very own Mushroom Fae... 
She's a sporelicious fae, the fairy of the Woodland Spores and like the rest of her kin has adopted the persona of the Portabella fairy all because she loves the polkadots... 
She's dancing around the forest glad, collecting mushrooms, and getting the giggles as her little Badger buddy decided that he had to dress up to match me... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: KitCat - Woodland Spore Hat in Portabella (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Hair: Magika - Nature Fae
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mud Tattoo: Quills & Curiosities - Festering Fungus
Mushroom Attachments: KitCat - Woodland Spores in Portabella (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Wings: DRD - Fairywings in Monotome
Outfit: !deviousMind - Cassia in Summerforest
Dirty Feet: Izzie's - Dirty Feet
Pose: -Extra-  - Boudoir, Pose 3
Badger: Schadenfreude - Mushroom Badger!
Large Mushroom: Violetility - Mushroom ToadStool in Red (Available until May 18th at The Warehouse)
Mushroom Baskets: Elm - Mushroom Harvest in Amanita Basket Natural
Mushroom Logs & Rocks: Ariskea - [Holo] Stump Mushrooms & Rock Mushrooms Decor
Backdrop: irrISIStible - AUTUMN FOREST DECOR SCRIPTED 2021 with Synnergy - Dark Pond Scene

Flowers, Shrooms and Fairies

I know that sometimes I can be fairly random when it comes to my blogging. Some days I've gone dark and others I'm a simple rainbow sparkle queen... I LOVE having variety, I love having the ability to be anything I want and that's why my blog is so therapeutic... 
Tonight I'm going to slip into my fairytale mood, and find myself a a cosy bed to sleep off the stresses of a long hard day. I'll curl up, sleep on a cosy bed of moss amidst the flowers where it's quiet and safe... 

The little fae in me never seems to look the same twice but there is one thing that I can always guarentee on... I LOVE to look cute and colourful... 
I'm so tired though that this seems like the perfect place to curl up and snooze. I love this Shroomy Bed - from Krescendo at FaMESHed - complete with these adorable little mushroom pals that are perfect to cuddle. The glade is softly scented by the beautiful paper flowers - from dust bunny - and the Giant Flowers - from PLAAKA, both of which are available at Anthem - which is filling the air with such a delicious perfume that the Sunny Flower Garden Friends - from Aardvark, also available at Anthem - have decided to join me and the mushrooms whilst we sleep... 

What is she wearing;
Head Mushrooms: random.Matter - Elihu Crown
Hair: Raven Bell - Magnolia Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Face Ribbon & Hair Flowers: Tentacio - My music headpiece and face band
Tattoo: DAPPA - Evie Tattoo
Wings: Epic - Fairy Sparkle Wings in Dark Glo Sparkle (No Longer Available!)
Dress: [Oh!] - Anastasia in Emerald (Available until April 22nd at Kinky)
Wand: Mug - Wicked Witchy Gacha Item in #11 Magic Wand Green
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati
Pose: Fashiowl - Wonderworld, Pose 4
Bed & Mushroom Plushies: [Krescendo] - Shroomy Bed Set (Available until April 27th at FaMESHed)
Flower Plushies: Aardvark - Knitted Garden Friends in Sunny Flowers (Available until April 30th at Anthem)
Giant Flowers: dust bunny - paper blooms & PLAAKA - GiantFlowers (Available until April 30th at Anthem)
Flower Path: Elm - Elara Garden Path in Coconut
Backdrop: Synnergy - Dark Pond Scene