Jewels From Junk!

It has been a long week already and today should have been my day off, and I ended up at work. Luckilly I have a day off on Wednesday so I get two weekends this week kinda sorta... 
I have so much to do in the house, I've been a little lax and needing some time to catch up... I do also want to let my mind wander off to things that aren't helping me feel better. My mum is on my mind, she's in hospital and I'm worried without being able to see her face to face... Hence why today I'm thinking about making something to make her smile... 

My mum is a jeweller, she has been one for about 50 years, and what started as a Saturday job at a local family jewellery store saw her getting a degree in gemology with a specialisation in diamonds... She's BRILLIANT at just looking at a gemstone and saying if it's real or not... 
I was rooting around in the house and randomly decided to become a bit of a Junk Jeweler - thanks to a set released by random.Matter at Salvage Station, that runs until November 30th - so I've pulled some of my junk out to make the things, I've lit a few Vintage Oil Candles - which are a gorgeous release from Candle & Cauldron at Enchanment by the way - and grabbed a box of Skeleton Grahams - from Junk Food - that I had left over from Halloween and along with my BitterSync - from AxisMundi - Robot buddies, I am going to learn how to make something gorgeous out of trash... 

What is in the picture;
Robots: AxisMundi - BitterSync (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Cookies: Junk Food - Skeleton Grahams
Candles: Candle & Cauldron - Vintage Oil Candle (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Tool Box: random.Matter - Junk Jeweler in Toolbox Blue (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Bottle & Drink Items: [ ISHIKU ] - REVENGE VODKA DISPENSER (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Mannequin Bust: random.Matter - Junk Jeweler in Necklace Black (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Gas Tank: random.Matter - Junk Jeweler in Welder Yellow (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Table: random.Matter - Junk Jeweler in Table Dark (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Picture Frames: NI.JU - Old N' Worn Frame Set (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Backdrop: PALETO.Backdrop - OLD HOUSE

The Wolves and The Enchanted Snowman

There is still a lot of interesting things going on in the Enchantment's Frostbitten Graveyard. The inhabitants have come out to play in full force, and their awakening has drawn in more friends to explore the frostbitten landscape... For some reason a snowy graveyard always feels a little Dickensian in it's drama to me, maybe that's just my love of the Victorian Gothic ghost stories perhaps, but I love the frostbitten temperatures at this time of year... 

Since the fresh snow has now coated the Lost Cemetary - an older but still amazing backdrop from K&S - leaving it looking a little Frostbitten - thanks to items created by InkMe, for this month's Enchantment - it seems that the cemeteries inhabitants have been busy building snowmen that may be a little darker than outer appearances would have you believe... The snowman whose eyes seem to glow and has a strange set of roots that seem a a little rotten... Something is amiss with that snowman, I guess that is why the Wild Wolves - a new release from Aardvark available until December 8th at ACCESS - are being fairly cautious around it... 
The protector of the wolves is a guardian of Blind Faith - a headdress from MoonSha, available at Enchantment - but she will hav to work some serious magic to rid this poor little snowman of whatever magic is making him crazy... 

What is she wearing;
Silver Tiara: Slavia - ZARIX Crown (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Mask: [MoonSha] - The Blind Faith Headress (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Hair: Tableau Vivant - Hairplay in Front Blow Redheads
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Pipe: Syren's Song & Vae Victis - Analise Smoking Pipe (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Wings: everfaery - Lovespell Wings
Outfit: [JANGKA] - FROSTBITTEN Outfit in Green w/Cape (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Wand: comet. - Wand Lumos (No Longer Available!)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati
Boots: Enrage - Caelan in Black
Pose: [piXit] - Marionette, Pose F3
Wolves: Aardvark - The Wild Wolves (Available until December 8th at ACCESS)
Snowman, Trees & Wooden Crosses: InkMe - Frostbite Cemetery (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Vines: Mesh Entity - Decorative Roots in Rotten (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
RIP Crosses: LORIEN - WINTER TOMB (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Backdrop: K&S - // The Lost Cemetery

Stayin' Spooky

I think I blinked and I missed everything that has been going on lately... HOW CAN IT ALREADY BE THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER?! We're 15 days into a 30 day month and that means we're half way through, Christmas is just around the corner and it will soon be 2026 - my 40th year?! I cannot believe how fast things are going... I still wanna be spooky?! What the heck?!

I am still living in a bit of a dark space in my mind right now, so staying spooky seems far much more of a fun way to share these feelings than letting people see the true levels of the down flow I am in... I have a lot of problem and stress happening in my RL right now, SL seems to be a place I am hiding away and since I don't even seem to be social in SL at the moment things are a pretty peaceful place... We will see how things go, maybe I'll have to make some major life changes and start trying to be more proactive, but I have about 6 weeks left of 2025 to figure that out... For now though I'm staying spooky until Christmas decides to let me feel festive!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: [monso] - Akira Hair in Black & Red (Available until December 6th at Collabor88)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: The Kiwi Co. - Black Honey in Tanks Dark Pack
Jacket: Pseudo - Bradley Jacket in Black
Tights: The Kiwi Co. - Black Honey in BOM Pantyhose Bats on one side
Sweater: The Kiwi Co. - Ceres Sweater in The Orchard Edit
Shorts: The Kiwi Co. - Ceres Shorts in The Orchard Edit
Plushie: Snuggles&Co - Marty the Spider (Current Group Gift)
Pose: [piXit] - Reina, Pose 4
Backdrop: [Vile] - The Loft Vibe Backdrop

Enchanting Little Mushrooms

Today has been crap but tomorrow is my day off so I'll be able to take things a little easier for a change. I'm going to spend the day relaxing doing not a lot and reading a lot more... I don't want to think about anything, I just want to turn my brain off and not have to deal with people or things... A fantasy world is the place I need to be... 

I'll keep it short and sweet today because frankly I am already falling asleep. Its making me see things that aren't real... Pretty fantasy things like the inhabitants of Elderbloom Courtyard - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - where the mushroom folk live happily... The Enya Antlered - a set of antlers released by Faunus at the current round of Enchantment Frostbitten - adorning her pretty little mushroom head, and her adorable little Mushy Mush Head companions - from Tardfish - are the most fun, happy, Autumn spirits to watch while I drift off to sleep... 

What is she wearing;
Horns: [Faunus] - Enya Antlers (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Hat: katat0nik - Mushroom Hat in Red
Hair: Exile -  Widow
Face Make-up: Ladybird - Mushroom Head
Neck Ruffle: KitCat - JoJo The Clown Ruffle Neck
Neck Ring: LODE Collar - Musha in Light Brown
Wings: Doe - Nymph Wings 01
Skin: Wyrd - Saga in Leaf (No Longer Available!)
Body Paint: [Faunus] - FOREST DEMON Body Wood
Dress: [Faunus] - Eladrin Dress
Pose & Prop: -Extra- - Autumnal, Pose 1
Friends: Tardfish - Mushy Mush Heads
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Elderbloom Courtyard Backdrop

Remembering Them...

Today is November 11th, and for a lot of places in the world are celebrating the veterans today... I know that for the UK, Remembrance Sunday was the last weekend, but I always find a few moments today to pause daily life and remember those that lost their lives to protect our freedom... Being a Brit, the way that the people fought for England's freedom during WWI and WWII and the stories that they had to tell has always awed me of their resiliance, their tenacity and their voraciousness to protect their home... I had to take a moment to honour them... 

At the old Defense Camp - a backdrop from The Bearded Guy - where the poppies grow between the old Spitfires and bombs, Rudh got all dressed up and ready to remember them... After doing a little digging at the Salvage Station, she found the perfect outfit - from Eudora3D at Salvage Station - and even found a helmet that makes her look like a Femm of War - the helmet comes from Apika, also at Salvage Station - and she may be a little rusty wearing her Salvaged Armor - which happens to be the tattoo from Nefekalum - but once she is wound up, the key that has her power will enable the salute to those that have fallen... 

What is she wearing;
Helmet: [Apika] - Femm of War Helmet (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Hair & Key: Usagi Society - Biscuit Hair // FATPACK
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: Eudora3D - Smoke Vest (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Body Paint: Nefekalum - Salvaged Armor in Rusted 06 (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Shorts & Belt: Eudora3D - Smoke Shorts+Belt (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Gun: Bailizhi - Vexa Gun (Available until November 30th at Salvage Station)
Pose: [piXit] - Wind Me Up, Pose F6
Plane: [ContraptioN] - Decor: Pin-Up Spitfire Props
Flowers: [Dysfunctionality] - Spring Poppies
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Defense Camp Backdrop PBR

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

A Guardian of the Winter Realm

Enchantment is more than just a feeling, it's a total state of mind and the magic of a true enchantment is wonderful... Every now and then in Second Life a magical Enchantment comes to life and brings with it stories of magic, mystism and wonder... If you listen closely and take a peek through the gates of the graveyard you may see this month's magic sparkling in the snow... 
This month's magical enchantment is a tale of a young man's new found family of spirits in the graveyard and his troubles when dealing with both the living and the dead... It's a tale that could be true for real life right now, but I think it is time we slip through the gates to see what magic is occurring... 

As we cross the bridge over the Snow Path - a backdrop from Saintstreet, available now until November 30th at Enchantment's Frostbitten event - and head toward the Winter Realm Archway - by Tirrany Designs - we have to be careful. There are spirits that will jump out of the shadows and some of them are a little unhinged - like the pose set from -Extra-  that I am using here - just like the Lich Hollow - a head and skin set from BeSpoke - who is covered in ice with frozen wings... The magic is radiating from this monstrous fae, a protector of the graveyard... 

What is she wearing;
Head Accessories: SynRJ - Frozen Crown in Black & Blue (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Head & Skin: BeSpoke - Lich Hollow in Cadaver
Eyes: lovelysweet - Dark Snow Fey Eyes Set, Colour 5 (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Body Paint Layer: Juna - Peca Tattoo in Medium (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Mantle: Static - Wintertide Lanterns (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Outfit: Web Dew - Ice Beira (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Wings: Doe - Fae Wings in Blue Green Yellow
Wand: comet. - Wand Lumos (No Longer Available!)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati, Snow Daze & Softly Snow, & everfaery - Starfield Aura
Pose: -Extra- - Unhinged, Pose 3
Arches: Tirrany Designs - Winter Realm Archway (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Trees: [MoonSha] - Wild Tree (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)
Backdrop: Saintstreet - Snow Path Backdrop (Available until November 30th at Enchantment: Frostbitten)