Tree Shopping

Today was my day off, it's working now until Sunday and working in retail at this time of year SUCKS with a capital suck... I've had a lovely day off today though, taking some time to get some pictures done and play with some of my SL Christmas decor, as well as doing a little RL wrapping and some general household chores... 
There was one thing that I needed to make sure I did today... It involved trees... 

There have been so many things on my to-do list today, and one of those was going to a tree farm. This year we HAVE to have a fake tree since my monster in law is moving into my house when we go home to the UK over New Year. Normally I LOVE going to choose myself a real tree, with it's soft needles and the scent of pine. 
So today, I took myself over to the gorgeous Moochie where 'Tis the Season with my St.Bernard Puppy - from Jian - in his soft reindeer outfit and myself dressed in something warm and some big ol' Alice Boots - which are the new release from PSYCHO.Byts - that are perfect for any time you wanna look good whilst having warm toes! Our mission, pick out a tree, roll it up and take it home to adorn my home and make it festive!!!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Karissa Earmuffs Ed in Absolute Pack
Sweater: miss chelsea - Cory Set
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Shorts: MUKA - Shirley in Black
Tights: Psycho Barbie - [Noir Stockings] in Polka Dots
Boots: PSYCHO.Byts - Alice Boots
Tree: [Medieval Fantasy] - Mesh Rolled Christmas Pine Tree FATPACK
Dog: JIAN - Classic St. Bernard Puppies
Pose: Secret Poses - My Portrait 2, Pose 3

A Gift for the Krampus

I've been celebrating the pretty, organised and wonderful side of Christmas celebrations, but there is a certain darkness to Christmas that many people tend to forget... Those kids on the Naughty List,  aren't only risking not getting any gifts... They are risking a visit from Santa's darkest little friend... Krampus is also in town and this year, he's brought his Krampussettes with him... 

The Krampettes are even more dangerous than Krampus himself, he's known for his actions but these girls are more unpredictable and less likely to treat a kid well... 
It was a darkening night, it was a misty night, but it got rapidly worse the moment that Santa, on his daily test flight, spotted one of the Krampettes in the woods... The accident happened in the blink of an eye, she moved her Krumpass Mask - a creation from Tardfish at the Men's Department until December 31st - and when Santa saw her face - a Faceless head from Bespoke - he crashed into the nearest tree... 
Packages were scattered everywhere, there was even one addressed to the Krampusettes... Something surprisingly cute, a representation of her master, a Krampus Plush - a gift from MadPea for Santa Inc when you spend over 800L and accept the Naughty gifts - wonder what Krampus thinks... 

What is she wearing;
Horns: RAWR! - Oxidized Horns
Head & Skin: BeSpoke - Faceless in Dark Brown
Frostbite: The Rotting Lab - Skathi's Kiss (No Longer Available!)
Fur: CURELESS [+] - The Twelfth Night in Alpine Fur BROWN
Outfit: Faunus (Originally Forest Fantasy Store) - Safari Set in Leather
Arm Thorns: Static - Luminettle Arm Vine in Brown (Available until December 16th at Gothmas Market)
Mask: Tardfish - Krumpass Mask (Available until December 31st at The Men's Department)
Snowflakes: [TFR] - Personal Snow Day (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Pose: -Extra- - Homemade, Pose 5
Plushie: MadPea - Krampus Plush (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Box: Atelier Burgundy - Moving Boxes in Box with Packing Peanuts
Tree: Candle & Cauldron - Yule Tree in Blue Spruce
Dead Santa Decor: DRD - Oh Holy Shit Night Set
Hanging Cage: DRD - That Brat in a Cage (Past Hunt Item) (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: HexPosed - Hidden Treasure

Chocolate & Cookies

I've been having a very lazy day today, the last few days at work were bonkers due to a Spanish National Holiday which saw a lot more Spanish tourists in Amsterdam and therefore the shop was insanely busy... Don't ask me why it got so busy, I don't think all of the shops in our brand were that busy but we were crazy... 
Today I wanted something calming to do and that meant I was going to start my Christmas decorating... 

After the weekend I'd had so far, this couldn't be a RL think since I was aching all over, but my SL space is different... I started in the kitchen and planned the perfect happy place...
I LOVE having a place to make something delicious, and Hot Chocolate feels like the perfect Winter treat. While shopping in the sales this weekend, I got my hands on a new Slowcooker - from Movement as part of the Licor Chocolate Set - and decided to set up my own Hot Chocolate Stand - thanks to a set from Junk Food at Santa Inc until January 2nd - in my kitchen... 
Adding a handful of cookies and cakes, with a handful of decorations for Christmas cheer and I'm a happy girl... 

What is in the picture;
Stand, Decor, Paper Cups, Mini Glass Jars & Tubs: Junk Food - Hot Chocolate Stand (Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Front Row Decor (Left to Right): 
MOVEMENT - Licor chocolate Set in Tray
dust bunny - Gingerbread Gone Wrong in Prep Scene (Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
MOVEMENT - Licor chocolate Set in Slowcooker
Aardvark - Festive Winter Cookies (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc) 
[Canape] - Cookie Recipe Board (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc) 
Middle Row Decor (Left to Right): 
BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Christmas in Candy Cane Red
dust bunny - Gingerbread Gone Wrong in Gingerbread Kit (Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc) 
Back Row (Left to Right): 
BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Christmas in Candies Red & Green
Raindale - Jingledust Meringue Cake in Green (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
BROKEN ARROWS - Candy Christmas in Macarons Red & Green 
BROKEN ARROWS - Candyland in Marshmallow
BROKEN ARROWS - Candyland in Gingerbread Red & Green 
BROKEN ARROWS - Gingerbread Bakery in Worn Board 
Your Dreams -  Merry Macaron Magic in Macaron Tray (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
BROKEN ARROWS - Gingerbread Bakery in Chocolate Cookie 

Magically Painting Poinsettias

When you think of Christmas decor, what comes to mind? Fairy lights, tinsel, baubles perhaps? What about natural things? A Christmas Tree, Holly, Mistletoe? I love all of those things but something my mum always loved to have around the house when we were kids, and even now, is a Poinsettia. Normally in a gorgeous shade of festive red, but sometimes in white, there was always one decorating our home at Christmas time... 
Did you know though there is a magical being that is tasked to paint the leaves that brilliant shade of red??

There is a Nature Spirit - with a head from BeSpoke - that is a wizened old fae who has travelled across the world from its home lands in the deciduous tropical forests of Mexico and South America, which coincidentally is where Poinsettia originate from, to paint the leaves of the plant of purity in a vivid shade of Red... They also help to keep them alive and looking gorgeous in the wintery cold... 

What is she wearing;
Head, Skin & Horns: BeSpoke - Nature Spirit
Eyes: Suicidal Unborn! - Phantom Eyes V.2
Halo, Body Paint & Accessories: [Faunus] - Poinsettia
Wings: kotte - Fairy Wings
Pasties: [Faunus] - Poinsettia Top
Hand Sparkles: #LuluB! - Magic: Star Spell (No Longer Available!)
Pose: Secret Poses - Leda, Pose 5
Poinsettia: {vespertine} - Classic Potted Poinsettia
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Polarstone Way {Scene}

Flakes on the Fae

I felt like doing something a little goofy but the way I become a goofy little snow fae, dancing around on the breeze with the other snow flakes in the softly falling snow was a lot less goofy, if you discount my cheeky grin... I LOVE being a little icy this time of year, I'm definitely better when it's cold...

She's such a pretty cold thing, like Elsa said "the cold never bothered me anyway" and I think even though the little flake fae has a touch of the frostbite - a layer created by The Rotting Lab - and she's covered in Snow, she's still able to smile... 
Her accessories all assist in her manufacture of the snow flakes... Aiode Flakes - from random.Matter at the current Santa Inc event which runs until January 2nd - in her jewellery to help her create the magical flakes, and the Snowbell Glasses - from Violetility at The Warehouse - which not only create the sounds of snow fall but also protect her eyes from snow blindness... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Let It Snow (Past Gift)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: Violetility - Snowbell Glasses (Available until December 18th at The Warehouse)
Nose Piercing: random.Matter - Aoide Nose Rings (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Snow: kotte - Face Pack in Snow
Choker & Necklace: random.Matter - Aoide Set  in Cool Tones (Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Body Wounds: The Rotting Lab - Skathi's Kiss (No Longer Available!)
Wings: Astralia - Winter Solstice Set
Snow: Cole's Corner - Snow Daze & Softly Snow, 13Act - Let it Snow & Moon Rabbit - Aura Snow
Pose: Secret Poses - Amber, Pose 6
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Snowfields {360} Backdrop

A Parade on the Slopes

Something a little crazy to get myself into that snowy, Winter spirit today since I've got Christmas on overload and finally feel like I want something a little different... I couldn't go too far away from the snow, I couldn't wander too far from that crisp Winter atmosphere... Something fun to let off a little steam... 

On my way out for coffee, I spotted a sign to the Alpine Drifts and Frosty Friends Ski Resort... You could hardly miss the place what with all the Frosty Penguins - part of a release of Frosty Friends from Krescendo at Anthology until December 17th - dotted about... I simply had to take a peek, so after stopping for some coffee to go, I nipped into the lodge and borrowed a set of skis... Seems like I wasn't the only one on the slopes today, there was a Cozy Penguin Parade - from Aardvark, available until December 22nd at UBER - bouncing down the slopes on their bellies, although it seemed like a few had to take a peek at my coffee and snuggle into some of the scarves that had been left by skiers past... 

What is she wearing;
Ear Muffs: miss chelsea - Beki Earmuffs
Hair: Wasabi - Elys Hair in Offbeat
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: FOI - FLY SKI SHADES in BROWN
Jacket: everfaery - Frostlight Jacket (Available until December 8th at ACCESS)
Top: everfaery - Chisa Tube Top
Pants: Mug - Sara Leggings in Black
Pose & Ski Props: Fashiowl - Ski, Pose 1
Penguins: Aardvark - Cozy Penguin Parade (Available until December 22nd at UBER)
Inflatable Penguin: [Krescendo] - Frosty Friends in Penguin (Available until December 17th at Anthology)
Coffe: hive - Coffee on the Go in v.2.0 & Holiday 2020 Edition
Seat: floorplan - Repurposed Ski Lift in Red
Scarfs: Half-Deer - Scarf Clutter
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Alpine Drift {360} Backdrop

On the First of December...

Today is the first day of Advent, and that means the countdown officially begins. Every day for the next 24 days takes us one step closer to the most festive day of the year. It feels like I have a lot to do, but I'm taking it very slow and I'm planning on enjoying myself every step of the way... It's been a special day, one that started with the opening of my multiple Advent calendars... 

I have multiple Advent calendars this year... An online one from my Grandparents, a card one from my mum, my epic Book Advent Calendar that is my Christmas gift from HellBone, but in SL I have two... One is a Countdown 'til Christmas Calendar - which is the current group gift from MadPea and makes for a perfect decoration for those that want to count down until the big day - and the other is the always epic and FILLED with amazing gifts from some wonderful designers, MadPea Advent Calendar for 2024... The line-up of stores that have added a little gift to the collection this year is amazing, with the likes of miss chelsea, Aardvark, Tardfish and The Kiwi Co - all of which are my sponsors and I'm excited to see them as part of something like this - but many more too... 
Once I opened today's treat, and I'm not going to reveal what it is although it's cute and such a fun first gift, I realised that I now have to sit around a wait for tomorrow, so I pulled out some of my decorative toys, the Soldier Plushie Bear - from FINCA - and the Nutcrackers to make the festive little village feel more lived in... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Xarina HW Ed. Hair in Absolute Pack
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: miss chelsea - Hati Top
Pose: -Extra- - 2023 Holiday Hunt, Pose 4
Countdown Clock: MadPea - Countdown 'til Christmas Calendar (Current Group Gift)
Bear: FINCA - Soldier Plushie Bear
Men: MishMish - Nutcracker
Advent Calendar: MadPea - Christmas Advent Calendar 2024
Pillows: dust bunny - Holiday Accent pillows in Tree Red
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Silverpine Loft {360} Backdrop