Princess in the Castle

I often dreamt of being a Disney Princess when I was younger... I wanted to be Ariel because mermaids were freaking cool... Now days I feel more like one of the villains, I'm thinking Ursula or Yzma would be more my style, and I guess if I HAD to be a princess with legs I might also go for someone with a bit more sass, maybe someone like Merida... Either that or I'd eschew the whole Disney Princess idea, and go for someone that lives in a cold palace, one that looks out onto a frozen graveyard where I can make ghostly friends like those in this round of Enchantment... 

The castle hallways are often cold and drafty, but next to a frozen graveyard, it feels like the ice has taken over the walls... Our little princess likes to try and keep things a little warmer with lots of plush furnishings and wall coverings, but even though the candles that light the corridors give off a little heat it's never warm unless you are in front of a roaring fire... Long dresses and furs it has to be, just to keep the chill from your bones... It'sall the perks of being a princess when her mother is a Snow Queen, and life although cold is fu of Enchantment... 

What is she wearing;
Hair & Accessories: no.match - NO_SNOWQUEEN in Red (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Fur: ANTAYA - Fur Stole "Irwen" (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Dress: ANTAYA - Gown "Irwen" (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Pose & Prop: shiva poses - Set #263-267, Pose #264 (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Cabinet: AngelicUs - Home Chest (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Candle Table: AngelicUs - Wall Candle Table (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Chair: [noctis] - Ice Queen Cosy Chair (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Chandelier: [noctis] - Ice Queen Chandelier (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Floor Rug: [noctis] - Ice Queen Fur Rug (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Wall Rug: Laminak - Jacks Christmas Blue Rug 2 (Hunt Gift Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Backdrop: IDK - Castle hallway backdrop

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

Weary Witch's Home Comforts

I've been back to my work finally... I've only done 6 hours in the last two days but I feel shattered, and I actually hurt a little bit... BABY STEPS back to work Rudhiepops, Baby Steps!
It's not just in RL that I feel pretty tired though, even in SL I'm starting to feel kinda tired and the Halloween season is only just beginning... Maybe the tiredness is seeping through... 
The poor little Living Dead Doll in me is wondering how she can be tired when she's already dead, but maybe her magic just needs topping up... The little witch needs to focus and start brewing potions... 

Dressed in some adorably cure witchy wear from the Black Magic Woman Gacha collection by 1313 Mockingbird Lane - available at Salem until October 31st by the way - this little witch chose her rare set to try to help the magic work, once her headache subsides! Her home, usually the calming serenity she needs, is now the cause of chaos as her Feline Fright scours the room looking for his toy mice! 
Now, tucked away inside her sweet little cottage - which has been photographed numerous times by some amazing photographers like IgorAlmedia and Sookie Static - she's hiding inside and you can see all the fabulous furniture within... The soft comfy chairs, the snuggly warm bed, and the skeleton in her closet are all part of the Conjure Collection from Oubliette - available now at Gachaland! - and they are all perfectly inviting... Maybe a nap might help?! The little witch needs sleep to conjure up a little black magic! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Euphoria (Past Group Gift) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Glasses: REIGN - Coven Myrtle Glasses 
Outfit: 1313 Mockingbird Lane - Black Magic Woman Gacha Items (Available until October 31st at Salem) 
Boots: Psycho Barbie - Leather Ankle Boots (Available until October 12th at Necrosis) 
Pose: Secret Poses - Melania, Pose 8 
Building, Furniture & Decor: Oubliette - Conjure Gacha Items (Available until October 31st at Gachaland) 
Cat: Jian - Feline Frights Gacha Item in 16.Witch Wanderer 
Mice: MadPea - Crazy Cat Lady's Starter Kit Gacha Item in Toy Mice 
Light: [noctis] - Miss Donithorne's Ceiling Chandelier 

Prettifying after the ECLIPSE

I did warn you that the Bad Girls club was here to stay for a little while, did I not?!
Today will be no exception to that, so if you're a little shy of a bit of Sex and Violence then you might want to look away now. Not that I have either graphically showing today, but the bad girl in me is trying to be pretty after a dark night of macabre fun... It was the ECLIPSE after all... 

She wasn't so covered in blood when she went in, and she's sure that the Split - by duckie - on her face wasn't there, but she shrugged it off. It's a sign it was a fun party for her at least! She's also pretty sure that most of that isn't her blood, LOL! Hopefully with the application of a little make-up, and her Cracked 1930's Glasses - from [notis] - though again, she's not sure they were cracked when she went in!! 
It just shows the power of the Oroan's Bindings - from CerberusXing - that she chose to wear for the Eclipse this month. 
Though someone may need to stop her from leaving the basement without removing that remaining Ama Nipple Sucker... That might be a bit of a give away for some of the goings on in the Bad Girls Club!

What is she wearing;
Hair: DOUX - Mona Hairstyle (Available until March 5th at Equal10) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Glasses: [noctis] - Cracked 1930's Glasses (Available until February 28th at Eclipse) 
Eyes & Make-Up: [ Conviction ] - Maniac Eyes & Makeup 
Wound: duckie - Split (Available until February 28th at Eclipse) 
Chest Wound: antielle - Beauty Clinic in Chest Refill (No Longer Available!)
Blood & Wound: Izzie's - Claw Wounds 
Necklace: Kibitz - Metal Hose Collar in Silver 
Left Nipple: Ama - Nipple Suckers (Available until February 23rd for Gore Vs Whore) 
Right Nipple: Converge - Leather Pasties (No Longer Available!)
Corset: [CerberusXing] - Oroan's Binding in Set A (Available until February 28th at Eclipse) 
Pose: FOXCITY - Made-Up, Pose 1
Backdrop: [ isuka ] - Make It Stop Backdrop (Available for use at Backdrop City) 

Shhhh... It's quiet!! It's early!!

Shhhhh, it's still very early in the morning at my house, and well.. The New Year is coming, it's rolling closer and closer, before we know it the year 2018 will end and 2019 will start. I'm not sure that I'm excited for a new year, some people are wanting 2018 to end but for me personally at least the last few months haven't been bad and I'm holding my breath to see what will come next. 
Let's not dwell on that though, because for me I'm pretending it's still October... I'm all about Eclipse and the way that October Never Dies... Wanting a little creepiness to make me feel less anxious... 

Creeping around in the early morning light, you can see that home is pretty bare. I've stripped away all of the decorations of Christmas, but cannot make a noise to wake the household by redecorating, even the creaky floorboards are making too much noise today... 
The majority of this picture though is made up of some very pretty goodies that are available now at ECLIPSE - until December 31st when things will be cleared up ready for a new line-up, I hope!
It all seemed to go together so well, in a kinda gothic vintage style! The Adelia Dress from lassitude & ennui, teamed well - in such a cute kookie way - with these awesome Pointed Boots from Hotdog that it became the reason for the vintageness... Then when I added the peculiar things Chloroform Corner furniture items and the pretty noctis Black Winter Hallstand, it was almost like a match made in a Tim Burton movie... ALMOST! 
Anyway, I need to get some stuff done, and I'm gonna be pretty busy for the next few days, so if I don't see you, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! See you in 2019!

What is she wearing;
Hair: DOUX - Samantha Hairstyle
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Dress: lassitude & ennui - Adelia Dress in White (Available until December 31st at Eclipse) 
Shoes: HotDog - Pointed Boots in Neutral Pack (Available until December 31st at Eclipse)  
Pose: Image Essentials - Ms Kringle, Pose 2  (Available until December 31st at The Naughty List 3) 
Hatstand: noctis - Black Winter Hallstand (Available until December 31st at Eclipse) 
Chair & Lamps: peculiar things - Chloroform Corner Items (Available until December 31st at Eclipse) 
Building: Apple Fall - The Old Manufactory 

The Weird Chick from the Funeral Home!

We all have to work right, at least the majority of us do, and Monday Morning can in some cases be one of the days you wish would just fast forward! I love my jobs, the work that I do is always fun and the challenges I face are things that help me better myself! Yet, when I was younger before I started having dreams of becoming an Archaeologist - not that I'm actually using my degree now by the way - I wanted to be a mortician! That like the Archaeology thing, hasn't really been the direction life went in but I'm not gonna complain! 
So now, Rudh is going to help live out my dream a little... She's going to be that weird, kooky chick that works at the Funeral Home... 

Basically I was playing around with an outfit - a look of the day if you will - but it seemed so perfect as an outfit that said kooky chick in the funeral home might wear and well that's what it became, especially since I found myself looking at it against the [noctis] Harrowgate Funeral Home Collection - available now at ECLIPSE in separate pieces or as a fatpack!!
In fact, while we're on the subject of ECLIPSE, let me tell you a little about my "look-of-the-day" outfit... The shoes with their socks are a release from peculiar things called "Lydia", I'll admit they aren't really my usual style but I actually LOVE THEM! So cute, and available in pretty patterns - but yes I went for the basic black option! I wore them with some fishnets and an amazing dress released by PSYCHO.Byts for Tannenbaum called "Aradia". I'll admit I'm putting going into Tannenbaum off for a little while, I cannot handle Christmas JUST YET and it's open till December 22nd so I have time, but yeah, it's NOVEMBER and therefore way too early for me to think about Christmas! 
Anyway, I'm a little jealous of Rudh going to work in the mortuary today, but I better go cut the cheese so I hope she has fun and doesn't get too many tips from the dead! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: TRUTH - Reyane (Past Group Gift) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Outfit: PSYCHO.Byts - Aradia Dress (Available until December 22nd at Tannenbaum) 
Tights: villena - Fishnet 
Socks & Shoes: peculiar things - Lydia Platforms (Available until November 30th at Eclipse) 
Pose: Image Essentials - Showcase V1, Pose 2 
Décor: [noctis] - Harrowgate Funeral Home Collection (Available until November 30th at Eclipse) 
Building: Apple Fall - Country Hall 

Want to know your Fortune?

The bad girl has been subdued, it says so in the cards... A gypsy has moved into the gardens around my farm and she brings magic and portents of trouble. 
In the setting sun she lures you to her caravan, open to the elements to let them aide her in her reading of your fortunes... I wonder what the future holds for you? 

Her wagon is a new release from Violetility - available at The Fantasy Collective - and it makes the perfect place for some outdoor living... Add chairs for comfy seating or as in the case of our gypsy girl use it for your readings with just the bare essentials... Some lights to read by and a Crystal Ball for when the cards aren't enough... 
Her skirt is new... A colour she may normally never have chosen, but the cards told her to wear this gorgeous Twilight - almost purple - Brujah Maxi skirt from Oubliette - available until July 22nd at The Darkness Chamber Fair - and well, although the skirt is gorgeous, and she would have chosen it anyway, you never wanna anger the spirits right?

What is she wearing;
Hair: EMO-tions - DESSIA in Reds (Available until July 16th at Hair Fair 2017) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Top: [I<3F] - Top [04]
Skirt: Oubliette - Brujah Maxi in Twilight (Available until July 22nd at The Darkness Chamber Fair) 
Pose: Image Essentials - gothNic 2 (Available until Julþy 8th at Designer Circle) 
Caravan: Violetility - Summer Roulotte in Maple (Available until July 22nd at The Fantasy Collective) 
Hanging Lamps: Foxes - Travelling Heart in Lanterns in Gold 
Ball: MadPea - Little Shop of Nightmares in Crystal Ball 
Cards: [noctis] - Tarot Card Spreads 
Table: paper.moon - Layered Tablecloth 
Lantern: striped mocha - Moroccan Lantern in Rusty/Natural