It's not often that I do pictures with HellBone... He's the kinda guy that gets bored and starts asking "are you done yet?" about five minutes into me playing with the lighting, but sometimes I get a pose that he tells me he wants to do, so I have to seize that opportunity when it comes up! That was exactly the case when he saw a Bonnie & Clyde style pose set I got my hands on... His imagination ran away with him...
The car is actually a part of the pose set that comes with the NANTRA "Bonnie & Clyde" and the pose above is one of those poses included... We look like we've carried out a bit of a heist with all the extra money HellBone laid around the set, but all in all I think we did a pretty good job at scrubbing up as Bonnie & Clyde...
Of course, once we had stolen the money, what was the first thing we did... DANCE!!! This was my favourite photo of the shoot... A pose from a set called "Takes Two to Tango" - also by NANTRA - I love this shot of us dancing in the money!! His smirk!
Sometimes, even with Hell and I, you can find hints of romance...
What are they wearing;
Rudh:
Hair: .Lelutka - HF4 hair
Outfit: GizzA - Khloe Jumpsuit in Tweed Striped Gray (No Longer Available!)
Shoes: Ingenue - Jolie Heels in Noir
HellBone:
Skin: 7 Deadly s{K}ins - Judas
Outfit (Including Hat & Shoes): Gabriel - Vintage Tuxedo Set in Black
Gun: GCS - Tommy Gun
Props:
Car Prop & Pose: NANTRA - Bonnie & Clyde
Dance Pose: NANTRA - Takes Two to Tango, Pose 3
Money Cases: (LEFT) xin + toro - Money Briefcase & (RIGHT) BAMSE - Heist Gacha Item in Money Case
Raining Money: [Bad Unicorn] - The Heat Gacha Collection in Falling Cash
Floor Money: [Bad Unicorn] - The Heat Gacha Collection in Shells and Cash Floor Decor
Finally I am starting to feel like I am coming back to normal... Being on a roller-coaster of emotions you know there can only be so long before you are rocketed back up to feeling somewhere close to normal, and even if you're really lucky - good! I'm smiling again at least, so that counts for something...
I'm going to enjoy the run up to the weekend, and do so in a relaxing happy way... Starting this morning with a walk for my new friend!
LOL the morning walk, turned into an all day walk as I've been so busy all day dealing with RL work... My new friend didn't seem to mind though and in fact it seemed to make him happy. When my friends are happy, I'm happy, it's a good feeling...
This awesome new friend of mine is in fact a couple pose prop from Come Soon, in a series called Holding Set. Being on my own, it's less couple more single, but I will include the official ad too... Just so that you can get a flair for what it actually looks like!
Keeping it short today, but one thing's for sure... I'm glad tomorrow is Saturday!
What is she wearing;
Hair: LeLutka - HF04 Hair in Red
Skin: Glam Affair - Melanie in Asia 05
Collar: Kibitz - Collar Collection Gacha Item in Chained Collar 7 (Available until August 15th at The Epiphany)
Top: TATTOOED - Top Girl V3
Shorts: Blueberry - Lola Shorts in Ocean
Boots: J's - Studded Long Boots in Black
Pose: Come Soon - Holding Set
This weekend sees the closing of one of Second Life's BIGGEST hair events... Hair Fair 2016 will close it's doors for the year on July 31st with a special last day of shopping...
The last day of Hair Fair has always been a Bandana Day, in which shopping patrons are asked to throw off their SL wigs and instead wear a Bandana... While you were perusing the latest styles at the Hair Fair, you may have noticed the Bandana Booths. These are filled with a wonderful array of Bandanas in many different styles, colours and accessories, to fulfil anyone's chosen desire. Each of these is available for the low price of 50L, with 100% of the profits being donated straight to the charity - Wigs for Kids.
I'm going to be wearing my Bandana for the day... So I throw off my own SL wig and ask if you will perhaps do the same...
The bandana that I chose was one of the creations by LeLutka, who have added a big floppy sun hat to give the bandana just a little bit of vintage glamour... Least that was how it felt when I was fully dress and wearing a super cute outfit that I pulled together.
To compliment my bandana I chose to wear a a new Lulu Leather Jacket that is available from Addams at the latest round of Uber, with a pair of worn looking Addams jeans and some super cute chocolate coloured Brown Eyed Girl Boots by Entice - available now at Lost & Found.
It felt like the perfect outfit to go exploring in, maybe it was me channelling my inner Indiana Jones - the look is a bit reminiscent of that or am I wrong? - and I ended up finding a very beautiful and peaceful spot at the Gates of Melancholy to sit and contemplate the craziness that has been life as of late. It was like taking a breather... Something that was very much a necessity... Now I'm raring to go once more... Bring it on world... Bring it on, but only if you're wearing a Bandana!
What is she wearing;
Hat & Bandana: LeLutka - Eden 2 Bandana (Available until July 31st at the Hair Fair)
Skin: Glam Affair - Melanie in Asia 05
Jacket & Top: Addams - Lulu Leather Jacket w/Shirts in Black (Available until August 23rd at Uber)
Pants: Addams - Rocker Zipper Jeans in Ocean
Boots: Entice - Brown Eyed Girl Boots in Chocolate (Available until August 1st at Lost & Found)
Pose: Image Essentials - Confidence 13 (Available until July 31st at Depraved Nation's Boys of Summer Event)
It's day two of 2016... Happy New Year... I really hope that 2016 is going to be a year of good things, and as it's a Leap Year I am hoping that it will be a lucky one! Never know, there may be something in that possibly?! Let's just hope that it's the case anyway...
It's the time of year that I stop for a few minutes and take a look at what I've been upto this past year, and then start thinking about what I want to do in the new year as it unfolds.
Last year was in a way a time of change. HellBone and I moved the MC family to a full sim, we let his store expand to mean we have a collection of items that are decorative pieces rather than just focusing on vehicles, oh AND I found HellBone a new hobby in the form of his job as a bear dealer hehe...
But for me on a personal level, things have gone through ups and downs, and I am now starting the year on what I will think of as a high point - in SL, RL is a little different but I won't ramble on about that here! I left the position I held as a blogger manager for the Horror Haute Events back in September, and since doing so I have had much more time to focus on the style of blogging I want to do. I write from the heart about things that I love and that has enabled me to start creating better photographs - least I think so anyway, you may well disagree. It makes me feel pleased to see the way that I have grown, and this year - 2016 - I think that I will be all about trying to improve my blog and photography skills even further... That's the best thing about a hobby, it will never be done as your standards will always be pushing you to improve more...
Oh and to start the New Year, I bought myself a new skin - Glam Affair's Luna, which is available at UBER... I was a slow starter on the Mesh Body front, and I will be avoiding the heads for a while too, but I love that freshness a new skin can bring, and this one is soft feminine and pretty... Perfect for the new me!
When you look at the GIF above it's amazing to see the difference hehe... Both are Glam Affair, and the new one is Asian toned rather than American, but I really like the change. Never fear though, it will be scarred before you know it hehe...
Just one last look at the way that I want to start my year... Something crazy, something fun, and this is how I plan to spend the rest of my year... Craziness and Fun... SL is way too full of drama and this year, this girl needs to let off some steam hehe... So to start my new year with a bang... A swing at Aspen Fell, and a scream of WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Amelle in Reds Close-Up Hair: Exile -
Skin: Glam Affair - Luna Skin in Asia (Available until January 23rd at Uber)
Collar: MoDANNA - Enlace Collection Leash Chokers in Black (Available until January 20th at Kinky Monthly)
Shirt: Blueberry - Knotted Tops in White
Pants: Pulse - Luscious Ripped Jeans & Stockings in Black (Available until January 3rd at Suicide Dollz)
Boots: CandyDoll - Arabella Boots in Black
For Close-Up:
Hair: Exile - Cozy Winter Nights in Reds (Available until January 6th at Collabor88)
Eyes: IKON - Sovereign in Field
Eyelashes: [LeLutka] - 2011 Lashes
Piercing: Cute Poison - Frosted Piercing
First thing, Monday Morning and DAMN I'm wishing that weekends lasted longer... I feel like mine just disappeared in the blink of my eye... I didn't even really do much besides a lil bit of picture taking and a lot of cleaning!?!
Talking of taking pictures, sometimes you get lucky and make something amazing, and others well you end up thinking they are a little less so - these become you're lessons that help you get better I find - yet yesterday when I was messing around looking for a set of things to set up to take pictures of, this happened...
I know, it shocked me too LOL... It's actually pretty good innit?! The composition came first, which for me is unusual! I had this AMAZING Checkered Cab seat from Consignment - which you can grab for yourself at Uber this month - and to go with it I bought a really cute Signal Lamp decor from BALACLAVA on Friday, but there was something missing... Then as I was digging through other things that I'd been sent to blog recently I stumbled upon how cool the cab looked with these Grand Supped Curtains from Paper Moon... It wasn't conventional but it looked AWESOME! Least I thought so, and that was it, I just needed to get dressed. Though I did add a little extra decoration from WorN in the form of the Goth Warning Sign LOL, I think it sums up my blog and personality fairly well lol...
The outfit was a little harder to pull together than the setting for some weird reason... I tried this gorgeous Dead Dollz Marla Corset in a gold colour to match the settings, and it looked great but how would I accessorise this look... Then for some reason I was pulled towards a parasol... I found one from ImmateriA called Oh My Goth, if you look closely you will see that it's made from Spider Webs!!! How cool is that?! Then as a finishing touch, and to stick with that vintage tight-rope walker look I was going for - somehow it happened, I don't know how LOL - I pulled on a pair of Reign "Fiona" Boots to complete my outfit.
OH and one more thing I wanted to mention... The light orbs in the air... If you haven't been to We <3 RP yet, you should JUST for these!! They are a creation of the store ALEGRIA, the dancing fireflies are a gorgeous addition to any picture... I've used them for one of the best random collection pictures I've made as well as a very romatic wedding announcement photo that will be shared soon... They are a brilliant prop for any photographer to own!!!
I know it's a random collection of things but I have to say I LOVE how it turned out...
What is she wearing;
Hair: LeLutka - Dalila hair in Red
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Wounds (Including Face & Doll Carvings): antielle - The Alchemical Transformation (Past The Epiphany Release)
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Bodysuit: Dead Dollz - Marla in Gold (Available Now at We <3 RP)
Boots: REIGN.- Fiona Boots in Black
Umbrella: ImmateriA - Oh My Goth Parasol in Webs (Available Now at What The Goth)
Chair: Consignment - Checkered Cab Seat (Available Now at Uber)
Lights: ALEGRIA - Dancing Stars Fireflies in White Lights (Available Now at We <3 RP)
Wall Lamp: BALACLAVA - Signal Decor in Yellow (Past FLF Release)
Sign: <!WorN?> - Goth Warning Signs in Morbid Fascination
Curtains: Paper Moon - Grand Cupped Curtains in Rococo (Available Now at The Fantasy Collective)
As Hair Fair 2015 draws to a close - with it's doors shutting firmly on July 26th - I decided to take a few quick moments to draw your attention to it again, and point out some awesome things you may have missed from the event...
It wasn't only hair that was given away as awesomely fab freebies from the event... Whilst running around I found some seriously cool goodies - including a sushi chef pig in the !Ohmai stand - but if you haven't been in to Hair Fair yet, now is your chance!
It was surprising that there were some awesome freebies that weren't hair related, but I will say that the actual hair that I am wearing in this photo is a Hair Fair purchase. The hair is a LeLutka style, with a 15% donation going to the Hair Fair charity Wigs for Kids, and I just love the dip dyed look to it...
The rest of my outfit though is made up of Hair Fair Freebies!!! The dress is a dual coloured one - that's called Cosima in a Pink Lemonade colour - from [Decoy], the sunglasses are LeLutka, and I have not just one but two hair bands on hehe... The smaller front one with the writing is a gift from Phoenix, which comes in a number of different words, and the larger one - the set of ears really - is a kitty hairband from Mystic Tiger!
Don't miss your chance to grab these freebies, and really don't miss your chance to check out this year's Hair Fair... I think I have just one more post in me tomorrow, but this will be a special one!!!
What is she wearing;
Ears: Mystic Tiger - Kitty Hairband (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015)
Headband: Phoenix - Hairbow in Naughty (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015)
Hair: .LeLutka - Dalila in Red (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Glasses: .LeLutka. - Glare Sunglasses in Sheer (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015)
Face Wounds: Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Dress: [Decoy] - Cosima Dress in Pink Lemonade (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015)
Pose: Signature Pose - Iwone 4
Some more time for something non-event related today I think... I'm still in need of a break, although the posts that I have ready for events are waving at me like "OI RUDH BLOG ME!!" Yet today, right now in fact, I don't feel like talking about the events LOL I want to talk about something more personal... I mean OK I know my shopping addiction is a personal thing, but this is a personal thing about a person!
I want to formally introduce you, dear readers, to something I never thought I wanted in SL anymore, someone I adopted through jokes and eventually saw those jokes become serious... Let me introduce you to my SL Mum... KaraDreams!
Like I've often said before, there was NO WAY that I would be adopting anymore family... I'd done it a few times - I have a mass of brothers and sisters but I mean with parents or children lol - and every time I'd ended up hurting. Though perhaps I am crazy, I have recently decided to risk it again!
I'd been joking around with Kara - one of the Gators - that she was old enough to be my mum, her kids in RL are my age and she'd had all boys not the awesome daughter she wanted lol, then one thing led to another and the jokes gradually came to be much more than just teasing. Now Kara is my Mum, and boy SL had better look out because apparently I take after her...
She gets away with being an effortless flirt, she knows what she wants and goes to get it. She also has a very strong attitude when put in no-nonsense situations... She's fair, honest, and can calm the situation when necessary.
There are very, very, very few people I would ever give a chance to have this massively important position in my SL. I never wanted a Mum much before, but Kara has definitely made an impact and I don't plan on ever letting her walk away or sharing her hehe...
OH and just a word to potential dates for Kara... I'm her daughter, pleased to meet you, you'd better watch your back, I learnt all my tricks from her hehe...
Love you Mum!
What is she wearing;
(If you'd like to know what Kara is wearing please feel free to ask and I will find out!)
Hair: LeLutka - Dalila in Red (Available Now at Hair Fair 2015) (15% DONATION)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Glasses: Static - Decoden Shades in Sukeban (Available Now at Suicide Dollz)
Face Wounds: Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup
Nose Piercing: The Horror! - Teeny Septum
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Top: SAKIDE - Reveal Top
Jeans: SPIRIT - Secret Ripped Jeans in Medium Blue (Available Now at The Seasons Story)
Pose: {pose maniacs} - 10
