Witching Me...

Tis that time of the month again, The Witching Hour is upon us, and what a lot of goodies they have brought with them...
The little witch side of me came out - yes I KNOW I am a woman with a crazy amount of sides - and she danced across the screen in a little happy dance as she opened her new toys.... There was jewellery and accessories and even a brand new broom... Well she just had to take that for a spin, didn't she?!

I don't know if the creatures of the swamp knew what hit them... Suddenly like a bat out of hell there was a Rudh flying around like a crazy person on her new broomstick from Brick-A-Brack - they come in a variety of colours, or if you're lucky enough to get a rare one designs, and include an AO for easy flight mode! BUT, doesn't she look cute! 
Let me share a close up photo to get a better look! 

SO starting from the top and working her way down... 
The Hat is the newest in the line of super awesome Witching Hats - although unisex so it could look equally as awesome on a man! - is available from Remarkable Oblivion, in a gacha filled with SpellBinder hats! This one happens to be the rare, Seer, but all of the hats are great and I have been wearing them all quite a bit! 
Then the dress, this one is a SAKIDE new release which you can pick up at the latest Depraved Nation Thrift Shop Event... It's called Ingenue and this one is plaid - obviously - as opposed to the knitted version which is also available! 
Though it is The Witching Hour goodies that I wanted to get most excited about, so here goes... At this month's round of The Witching Hour, in the various gacha machines you can find yourself this adorable Pentacle Scarf from Panda Paws, this gorgeous but rare Mystic Necklace from ImmateriA, the pretty ring that I have on my left hand  is the Endora Ring from Cyrious, and of course not to forget the broomstick from Brick-A- Brack. All of these things are in gacha machines, as I keep saying, but the good thing of that is they are easy to trade, and make FAB gifts for people... Christmas is coming!!!!   

What is she wearing;
Hat: Remarkable Oblivion - SpellBinder in Seer Rare (Past TAG Gacha Item) 
Hair: Spellbound - Bramble (Available now at Sad November) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Available now at Collabor88)
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings 
Scarf: Panda Paws - Pentacle Scarf in Black Knit (Available now for The Witching Hour)
Necklace: ImmateriA - The Mystic Necklace RARE (Available now for The Witching Hour)
Dress: SAKIDE - Ingenue Plaid Dress (Available Now for Depraved Nation Thrift Shop) 
Ring & Nails: Cyrious - Endora Ring & Nails (Available now for The Witching Hour) 
Anklet: KOSH - AVERA Anklet in Palladium (Worn with SLINK Mid Feet) (Available Now for My SLINK Obsession) 
Broomstick: Brick-A-Brack - Mystic Broomstick in Murder Rare (Available now for The Witching Hour) 
Close-Up Pose: Signature Pose - Shy 2 

Bye Old Me, Hello New Me!

Some people, in SL, I know change their skin like a chameleon, wearing many different ones depending on how they feel - I do very occasionally when blogging something or being dead - but for me, finding a new "everyday wear" skin is important. 
I don't mind admitting that I am VERY fussy and will wear the same skin, as my basic skin, for long periods of time! So when I do seek to find a new one, and eventually find one that I am happy in, it is a bit of a big deal for me! It makes me feel like it's a fresh start, a new beginning and some might say a step forward, perhaps? 

I guess that's why my photo has somewhat of a pensive nature to it?! What I will tell you is that, a few moments of contemplation whilst taking this photo - hiding from the MC - and giving myself a chance to breathe really do help in the humdrum of a SL day!
My new skin is from Glam Affair. I like the way they look on my body and I love how soft and fresh faced this one looks too... I love the fact too though that a skin can be worn by anyone and look different. I bought this skin from the latest round of Collabor88 and was a little worried that I'd look cloned along with everyone else that tried the skin out... I didn't need to worry too much hehe... I looked different to all of the ladies trying demos!
My second "OH MY GOD" thing in this photo has to be the seat! I LOVE this seat!!! I don't normally get over the top excited about furniture, but this Cocktailbird Nest Chair from {anc} - which you can win yourself at The Fantasy Gacha Carnival by the way - is just gorgeous! Stuffed with some cute poses and really pretty to look at, I am definitely using this in the garden and will be sitting there more often from now on hehe...
The rest of my outfit will be clearer if I show a comparison between my skins though so... 

The left is the OLD me, the right the NEW me... Bye Bye old Me, Hello New Me! 
The way I dress won't change though, and aside from the Gator Vest that I have to wear fairly regularly this outfit really screams RUDH! 
THe long curls and soft beanie of the Bramble hair from Spellbound, have been fairly predominant as a hair choice for me lately, and the shirt is an old favourite from R3volt - not that you can see it under my vest mind you! The EMPORIUM shorts were an "I cannot resist those" kinda item, I bought them at a past round of Fi*Friday for 55L and as well as that, the Obscure Vampire Necklace was snapped up at the same time too hehe... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Spellbound - Bramble V2 (Available now at Sad November) 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Available now at Collabor88)
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings 
Necklace: Obscure - Vampire Necklace in Silver (Past Fi*Friday Item) 
Top: R3volt - Teagan Top 
Shorts: EMPORIUM - Cut Denim Shorts (Past Fi*Friday Item) 
Knee Wound: Suicidal Unborn - Bloody Knees 
Leg Wound: Hysteria - In Painful Stitches (No Longer Available!)
Boots: REIGN - Fiona Boots in Black (Worn with SLINK Mid Feet) (Past Event Release) 
Seat: {anc} - Cocktailbird Nestchair in Blue (Available now at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival)

In the Trees

In the swamp, beneath the trees someone lives there "peacefully"... She's a spirit of the woods, a carer of animals and the protector of all things... 
Recently though this forest spirit has been left fighting for her freedom by a big mean and very nasty ogre that lives on the other side of the mountains! 
This poor little spirit spends the vast majority of her days roaming amongst the trees, barely leaving her home for less than a few minutes at the time as invariably one of her reptilian charges needs her help, She spends her time dressing to feel like those humans she sees in the blog magazines she reads, and playing with the many toys that she holds dear, while the crazy ogre crafts her ancient looking wares and dances with her illegal minion bots...  
This poor little spirit needs to get out, her and the transportation crafter need to break free from the evil that is this ogre... She will surely drive them to insanity if they do not get free... 

The story is about 90% true, OK so I'm not a spirit, but we are having trouble with our land owning neighbours and HellBone and I are now in the process of looking for a new place to live - not just for us but for the entire MC too... Anyone know of a cheap full sim available?
I had this look ready for a while and then the story kinda feel into my lap after having trouble for a few days with our landlord... But I wanted to create a look that was fairly autumnal and fairly fantasy without the full on fairy effect hehe...
I wore a cute sack dress, complete with mud, that had picked up at a fantasy event - not sure which though sorry - from a store called Murdock !nc. I accessorised it with a necklace that came as part of the Misae outfits from Una, and gave it that Autumn feeling with some Tabou Irresistible Fallen Leaves Antlers and a Persefona Falling Leaves Wreath! I also scooped up a little friend to pose with me... The newest MishMish release is little foxes! SUCH ADORABLE LITTLE FOXES! They are available in three colours from Collabor88, and trust me when I say you will want them all hehe... 
There is just one thing that this woodland spirit needs to show you... I was walking with my foxy friend, and spotted the most beautiful gift from the trees... After washing the mud from my feet, I stepped into the most amazing pair of shoes, that will no doubt keep my feet mud free! The AZOURY Sauvage Heels with their super high brown trunk base will keep me Happy - not Sad - this November hehe! Yes that was a hint by the way, they are from Sad November hehe... 

Will our spirit heroine make it out of the clutches of the evil ogre alive? Keep watching to find out...

What is she wearing;
Main Photo:
Antlers & Body Leaves: Tabou Irresistible - Fallen Leaves (Past Event Release) 
Leaves: Persefona - Falling Leaves Wreath in Mix 3 (Past Event Release) 
Hair: Clawtooth - Cherry Bomb in Red eye flight 
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Necklace: Una - Misae in Brown (Part of an outfit) (Past Event Release) 
Dress & Mud: Murdock !nc - Sack (Past Event Release)
Fox: MishMish - Little Fox in Red (Available Now at Collabor88)
Pose: Image Essentials - Graceful Elegance 14 
Shoe Photo:
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Boots: AZOURY - Sauvage Heels in Trunk Brown (Worn with SLINK Mid Feet) (Available Now at Sad November) 
Pose: Image Essentials - Flapper 2 

HippY Wonderland!

Alice in Wonderland will never seem the same again! I charged into wonderland, raided the place of some awesome goodies and ran out screaming with laughter... I seem to have hit something that soaked me in colour as I drove away in my new HippY van - from Hogs and Cart Wheels, Hell's Store, for the Dirty Turkey Hunt!
I hadn't been planning to loot the place, but my goodness there were so many pretty things just laying around... Pretty yumyum things! Don't blame me for stealing hehe... 

OK so I didn't really steal them, the things I "stole" from Wonderland are actually special creations from yumyums that you can fight the Gacha machine for at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival! 
Time to check out my loot... The giant Drink Me Bottles are available in 4 different flavours - I'll warn you now though, drinking the contents has weird side effects - I am also wearing the latest in Wonderland Weaponry technology in the form of a super rare Bloody Snicker-Snack Dagger I strapped to my leg, a card Deck of Doom, a red Queen of <3 Bomb and the deadly looking Ladies Flamingo Mallet. OH AND not to forget, I have a new Madhatter Moonshine Mana Canteen bag and a Teeter Teacups Tophat that are accessorising my new outfit perfectly! 
The outfit itself is something that would really stand out in Wonderland... The pretty curly Mystic hair from Ploom can also be picked up from the Fantasy Gacha Carnival. The dress is something that I have had stored away for a few weeks the Valentina E Jewel Cocktail Dress is simply gorgeous, far far girlier than my normal style but gorgeous! The boots too have sat in my inventory for ages and ages... They are from MONS and are Long Heel-less boots in an oceanleo colour... I just loved the way the look came together alongside the awesome collection from yumyums!!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Mystic V2 in Colours (Available now at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item) 
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup 
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings 
Dress: Valentina E - Jewel Cocktail Dress in Royal 
Boots: MONS - Long Heel-less Boots in Oceanleo 
Pose: Image Essentials - Flapper 5 Mirror 
Van: Hogs & Cart Wheels - HippY (Available now for the Dirty Turkey Hunt)
Accessories & Props: yumyums - Surviving Wonderland (Available now at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival) 

A Tattered Heart of Frankenstein

One of my favourite things to do in my free time - aside from wasting away HOURS in the SL world - is to snuggle myself up somewhere warm and cosy, and hide out with a cup of tea and a good book. Doesn't matter what it is, so long as the story is captivating, then I can and will enjoy it! No matter the genre - though OK reading Pet Cemetery in the house alone when HellBone was at work wasn't such a brilliant idea - but I have no problems admitting that I love a good chick-lit as much as any fantasy, historical or even horror fiction!  
So when Miss Naenia Demina - of ImmateriA - handed me a new outfit for a new event called A Tattered Page I admit I was more than a little intrigued! The idea behind the event is to get people reading, sharing a love of some of their favourite stories and creating things in a representation of that story! The first chosen for this themed event is a classic, a horror, a monstrous story, and one that I have read and reread time and again!
The story for the first edition of A Tattered Page is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein...

Now the picture I created doesn't really have much to do with the storyline, but it does showcase one of the simply gorgeous creations that you can get your greedy little hands on for the event. This dress is the ImmateriA "Elizabeth" dress that was given to me by Naenia.
It is simply gorgeous... Designed using antique lace textures, it fits perfectly into the dress style and although not in one of my usual colours, when I put it on I knew what I had to do with it hehe...
I wanted something dark, and stormy, the blond hair style just seemed to work out best and was more striking with the dress...  Then I took a little "Sashay" - pose by Image Essentials LOL - just as it started to rain...
If you haven't ever read Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, maybe now is the perfect time... Buy something from their event, read an excert from the story and then who knows, maybe like me you will be hooked and wanting to read the whole tale!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Beans
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Dress: ImmateriA - Elizabeth (Available Now for A Tattered Page)
Pose: Image Essentials - Sashay 1

Remember them...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

(Laurence Binyon's poem, "For the Fallen")

Today in the UK is Rememberance Day... Every country in the world seems to remember the fallen on a different day, but for Brits - and members of the Commonwealth - the hostilities of WWI stopped on November 11th 1918. So at the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, the time when the hostilities actually ceased, we stop, we contemplate and maybe not all of us, but I have always whispered a little thank you...
These days, November 11th, has become the national day of rememberance not only for WWI but for any armed conflict and loss of life...
The poppies I have adorned myself with have always been associated with the rememberance events... Poppies bloomed across some of the worst battlefields in WWI, and thus sparked associations with spilt blood during the war due to their brilliant red colour. Since 1921, people have worn artifical poppies in the run up to Rememberance Day, with charities making and selling them to raise money for current or veterans charities in the UK...
I'm not going to talk about what I am wearing - though I listed it below if you are interested - but I will say that if you can, even if you aren't British, at 11am UK time today (GMT), stop for a moment or two, have a few moments contemplation and say a thank you that have chosen to risk their lives protecting our own....
I want to finish up by quoting a man who may well have been one of England's greatest Prime Ministers - Winston Churchill - who said "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few". He was referring to the fighter pilots of WWII but of course this could be a good representation of so many human conflicts, no matter where in the world you are... They fought for us, we should at least show some thanks and respect to them... It's the least we can do!

What is she wearing;
Hair Flower: TOPAZIA - Poppy Hat in Red
Hair: SpellBound - Bramble (Available now at Sad November)
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Eyelids: SLINK - Slink Mesh eyelids
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup
Tears: KOSH - To Much Stress in Drama
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings
Dress: DRBC - Opium Lolita Dress (Past Hunt Prize)
Poppy: Chabada - Poppy Heart, he loves me
Pose: Image Essentials - Flapper 1

Did I remember to put on underwear?

The Gator Maze is being pulled down today... Swallowed back into the mists of HellBone and Jimmy's collective hoards, only to see the light of day again, when they pull something out of their minds for next year's extravaganza. Apparently it will be MUCH bigger and take 6 months of planning, but I will believe that when I see it happen!!!
Still I had time to make one last extra special photo!!! A photo of the craziest lady in the Gators MC - yes unfortunately that would be myself - in the room that she designed, wearing something that came as a moment of HUH?!

A couple of days before I set to work creating this photo, HellBone had shared with me - and a few of the others in the MC - a photo that he had seen on facebook... Vajayjay Dresses (Yes I am being PG, though lord alone knows why LOL)!

This prompted so many giggles amongst the MC, especially because one of the rooms within the maze actually featured a giant vajayjay! Me being me, and knowing that one of our girls - Solde Rothmanay to be precise - was a designer of clothing with her own store, I jokingly suggested that she made one! BOY DID SHE MAKE ME A VAJAYJAY DRESS!
The Soul Designs Muff Dress - made by Solde to meet my challenge - is simply gorgeous. A pretty, feminine, long white dress - with an attachable vajayjay! Clever bit of marketing that, meaning you can go with or without the giant accessory LOL...
The rest of the look I kept fairly simple - by Rudh standards anyhow! - wearing the Vamp version of the Voodoo hair by little bones, which I believe is still available now at Uber, though I am not sure when that will change, and a gorgeous new necklace called Avera from KOSH in a pewter tone!
Just one thing that I failed to remember at the time... I wonder if I put on underwear??! LOL...

What is she wearing;
Hair: little bones - Voodoo in Vamp (Available now at Uber)
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Under the Eyes) Utopiah - Excessive Pain Makeup
Piercing: Cute Poison - Starlust Piercings
Collar: ginchi - Jingle Bell Collar in Watermelon (Past Event Release)
Necklace: KOSH - Avera Necklace in Pewter (Past Lazy Sunday Item)
Dress: Soul Designs - Muff Dress
Pose: Image Essentials - Graceful Elegance 3