Well good morning, I'm away far too early today thanks to a whiny dog and a hubby that does a remarkable impression of a stomping elephant around the bedroom at 5am. Though I have to admit, I LOVE this time of the day... Things are always so peaceful and OK aside from those people getting up to go to work, the world seems still... In RL that is, in SL it's always buzzing hehe...
Yet I chose this morning for a little pensiveness, a little thoughtful and quiet start to my day. A chance to sit back with a cup of coffee and a time to write something rambling here before the chaos of work starts...
Let's begin the day, naked in the garden with a cup of coffee hehe...
The garden is the secret location that I run away to in times of wanting to hide, it's amazing, and I am so excited that the builder of it let's me into their private little world... Especially at times like this morning when I realise how built up the area I live in is in RL... and it's making me realise I am enjoying being naked in SL at the moment LOL...
Have you noticed though, I've started to be seen with Tattoos at the moment?! SHOCK INNIT?! I have to say though I am loving the tattoo sleeves that are coming from Identity at the moment. I love the femininity to them, and the pretty but intricate designs. I'm not quite ready for a full all over tattoo but it's a step in that direction... I just love it!!!
I wore just one item though, a gorgeous down the back necklace from deviousMind... I fell in love with this as soon as I saw it at Genre, and waited for just the right moment to show it off... I think this is that moment. It's the sort of thing you can only wear with something backless, but for the low price of 100L who could say no to this gorgeous little bit of bling?!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Shaylee
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Tattoos: Identity - Body Shop in First Code (Past Suicide Dollz Release)
Necklace: deviousMind - Lasombra Vampire Necklace in Emerald (Past Genre Release)
More dress up times, more crazy outfits, and wow the chance to "kill" my SL son... It feels like Christmas already hehe... It's not, it's because I was sent an outfit and my brain went on a crazy roller coaster of 'oh that would be cool' then before I knew it I'd dragged Athrun along with me LOL...
It started with the arrival of an outfit in my greedy little bloggers hands, and that was all it took for me to come up with something bonkers... It wasn't my fault that as soon as I saw the green gemstone like formations all over the dress I could only think of one thing... KILLING SUPERMAN!!!!
We kept the whole Superman thing subtle, you can see it if you know to look for it, but Ath went for a whole modern and younger Clark Kent version of the man in blue, than the one that wore tights LOL... At Wasteland Motors, in the Junkyard, we found the perfect setting for our Superhero and his nemesis fight... That would be me by the way, I am a new Superman arch villain called Kryptonia LOL...
The outfit is in fact the entire reason I chose to kill my Super Son... It's made up of a few things... Firstly the skin... This is one of the new Nophia Skins in a juniper colour from Stargazer Creations for the Depraved Nation Thrift Store. It comes in a variety of starry tones, but the green was PERFECT with my old Alice Project hair!
The main reason for the photo though was this outfit, more the dress than the body suit it comes with - a halo is also included but it just wasn't working with my HUGE hair LOL - is the ImmateriA Trionium Outfit. This will be available soon in a variety of colours at The Alchemy, but as soon as I saw the green one I was somehow inspired to kill Superman...
Luckily Athy wanted to play along, it could have gotten very messy otherwise!!!
What is she wearing;
(If you want to know what Athrun is wearing please don't hesitate to ask and I will find out for you. It's easier than asking him for a list LOL)
Hair: Alice Project - Delirium
Skin: [Stargazer Creations] - Nophia Skin Set in Juniper (Available Now at Depraved Nation Thrift Store)
Dress: ImmateriA - Trionium in Green (Available Soon at The Alchemy)
Boots: BAX - Regency Boots in Black Leather
Smoke: Frio's - Tornado Trails Rave Attachments
Pose: Thrust - Boots
OK so this started out as a post about a contest entry that I'd been working on, but it will no doubt end up as me getting all excited and gushing about one of my favourite stores - SO let's just pretend that it was going to be like that all along and start as I mean to go on shall we LOL...
DirtyStories, is one of my go-to stores for all things accesories of a darkish style... I wouldn't be coming here to buy uber cute kawaii, but the cuteness that comes out of this place is just the right amount of darkness to give my favourite clothes the edge hehe... Adding a little Rudhish twist to everything!!
If you haven't checked out DirtyStories and you're the kinda person that likes somewhat twisted, somewhat macbre and downright cute all at once, then you really should check out this store! I LOVE IT and cannot sing it's praises enough!!
So when I saw the advert come through the store group about a photography contest, with a chance to win 5000L I thought, DAMN I need to have a go at that... I doubt I will win, there are so many awesome photographers out there, but it never hurts to try does it!!!
I went all out with the contest entry outfit - yes the one in the photo above - everything from the dress - Carnival Dress - worn with the Bitch Top over it, to the hair accessories - the Mechanical Bunny and Rose Headband with skulls - and the Dolls Lace Eyepatch can be found for yourself at the DirtyStories mainstore! The mainstore is actually the background to my photo, so hey you can even find cute places to pose in the store!! It all seemed a little Wonderland, so once again I've transported myself and become Rudhie in Wonderland!
I don't think you need to go to town quite so much as I have done with the DirtyStories items, but good luck if you enter, you have a couple of days I think...
What is she wearing;
Ears: DirtyStories - Mechanical Bunny
Hair Band: DirtyStories - Rose Headband with Skulls in Red
Hair: Magika - Suffer Well
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation (Past The Epiphany Release)
Eyepatch: DirtyStories - Dolls Lace Eyepatch in Dark Red
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cute%20Poison/51/116/2
Tattoos: Identity - Body Shop in First Code (Past Suicide Dollz Release)
Top: DirtyStories - Bitch Top in Red
Dress: DirtyStories - Carnival Dress
Pose: Signature Pose - Sarah 5
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)
When I wasn't playing dress up this weekend I was sorting through my hoard trying to do some inventory clearance... It's SO HARD, I always wonder what would happen if I throw it away, would I need it later...
Sometimes though you find some of the coolest things that you've bought and stashed away for a rainy day, and then forgotten about... The things I put on here are things like that... I then went to town editing a crazy picture that I made for no real reason hehe...
How did I end up making something SO PINK?! I am an enigma in a code sometimes, even to myself...
I blame these adorable glasses from Tanoshi, which were a gift at Manga Fair... The rest of things were things that were hidden in my vast hoard of arghness... YES that is a thing... You know you hear in movies that when something is too full it starts to creak under the pressure, well that's how my inventory sounds right now LOL...
For some reason I went kittyish... |The Darla Headband from Noodles - is I believe a nod to the kitten in the Disney Aristocats Movie... I added the nose and whisker make-up from !Oleander that had been the stores Hair Fair Freebie, and a bow choker from BOOM to match the one in my hairband... Then somehow everything got a little Pink?! I'm not entirely sure how though... SOMEONE HELP ME!!!
What is she wearing;
Hairband: Noodles - Darla Headband in Pink (Past Event Release)
Hair: Magika - Restless
Glasses: Tanoshi - Bowgane (Past Freebie at Manga Fair)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation (Past The Epiphany Release)
Nose Tattoo: !Oleander - Glitter Kitty Nose (Past Event Release)
Collar: BOOM - Precious Bow Choker
Tattoos: Identity - Body Shop in First Code (Past Suicide Dollz Release)
Pose: No Longer Available!
Slowly working on clenaing up my inventory hoard at the moment... It's an on going, never ending process but OH MY GOSH I re-found one of my obsessional gacha items and I forgot just how much I love them... Someone once told me a clean up would be good, but I never thought it would be this awesome LOL... Only problem is that I cannot leave them out around the family home as my SL son Athrun isn't too keen on dolls of any kind - the fact that they are murderous would really give him trouble LOL...
You will no doubt have seen these a million times before, and have more than likely seen them here on my blog too, but I have to sing their praises once again... I LOVE these Remarkable Oblivion Dolls! They are a very long since passed Gacha release and BOY did I have to have the whole set and spent a fortune in doing so, but they are simply some of the best dolls I have seen in SL to date...
They definitely distracted me from cleaning inventory though, I HAD to dress up all doll like - it's my SL persona to be a Living Dead Doll after all! - and that's it my hoard cleaning was forgotten for a couple of hours at least LOL...
To pull off my dead doll look today, I wore my awesome wounds from antielle - such a worthwhile thing to win from the gacha at The Epiphany - and an awesome new short but cute wig from Magika, but it was the dress that brought my adorable dead girl look together...
The dress is one from Dead Dollz called Isabeau in a sand colour. Something this pale wouldn't be my normal choice but I just loved that aged vintage look that it gave to the lace, it was soooo pretty I couldn't resist... There are a few other colours available at Shiny Shabby, but this is one dress that is not to be missed... I have fallen head over heels for Dead Dollz... There will be a lot more to come from the store in the coming weeks I'm sure!! I cannot get enough of their dresses hehe...
I think I am going to have to find a cute little place to put my dollies out somewhere at home, maybe I'll make a room where my SL son shouldn't go hehe...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Suffer Well
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Wounds (Doll Carvings): antielle - The Alchemical Transformation (Past The Epiphany Release)
Dress: Dead Dollz - Isabeau in Sand (Available Now at Shiny Shabby)
Rings: Kibitz - Eternal Ring Set in Silver
Pose: Image Essentials - Showing you Siesta in Siesta 3
Rug: KOSH- SKULLY RUG in brownish
Dolls & Furniture: Remarkable Oblivion - The Doll Maker Gacha Items (Past Event Release)
Meeting someone you admire in SL is almost like meeting a celebrity that you really love in RL... I don't know about you but I tend to get all giddy like a fan girl!!
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting someone I truly admire in SL - someone that I've talked to for a long while after meeting her with a request for blogger items... Let me introduce you to Miss Amanda "Pinkie" Randall - one half of the pose maker dream team that is Signature Pose - who I first started working for WAY, WAY, WAY back when she was a part of the Captivity Co Pose team!
It was the first time I'd met her in world, and it was lovely to meet her... I wanted to make a photo to say THANK YOU, and I will explain more as to why in a moment, but LOOK, LOOK, LOOK I'm with a SLebrity hehe...
She may kill me for upping her status lol, but as a well known pose maker and blogger it was an honour that she wanted to stand beside me while I used her "Say It" pose... Now I KNOW that I'm raving about Pinkie here, but I also wanted to send a HUGE hug to the other half of this awesome design duo with a thank you too... After all I get the stuff Shilenni makes too!! SO THANK YOU SHILENNIIIIIIIIIIII *snuggle hugs*...
The reason for my excitement, and thanks, is that aside from being allowed to be a part of their blogging team, Pinkie and Shil have recently honoured me in a way that I still cannot quite believe. I've had a brand new pose set release named after me!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?!
What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - My Hair in Amy Pop
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 (Past Collabor88 Item)
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation (Past The Epiphany Release)
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Necklace: Kibitz - Silence Sphere Necklace in Steel (Past Event Release)
Tattoos: Identity - Body Shop in First Code (Available Now at Suicide Dollz)
Top: {dollle*} - Open Shoulder Crop Sweater in Black
Jeans: SPIRIT - Janie ripped jeans in Medium Blue (Past Event Release)
Pose: Signature Pose - Say It
