The Bath to make you Sparkle...

Ahhhh Bath time... One of those moments when you can shut out the world and have a little peace and quiet... I don't bath very often - tend to be more of a shower girl normally - but when I do bath it's a long drawn out thing, with music and candles and lots of lovely bubbles! 
In SL though, bath times can be better... How about a bath time in the stars?! 

The pose shop's Cosmic baTHbahm gives you the perfect reason to do just that... I spotted these baths in a gacha at the Body Modification Expo - which is still being hosted by Depraved Nation - and was excited by the cosmic look of the bath water! I won it in a myriad of colours, if anyone wants one let me know... But I will let you know that cosmic water gives the skin an amazing glow hehe... 
The stars in the atmosphere sparkle amongst the bubbles, and it feels like the perfect bath... There is only one here that doesn't look too happy and that's poor Katat0nik Duck! 
Perhaps I should stop singing? 

What is she wearing;
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 
Anklet: KOSH - The Angel Key Anklet 
Bath: the pose shop. - Cosmic baTHbahm in Red Planet RARE (Available until October 3rd at The Body Modification Expo) 
Rubber Duck: Katat0nik - Dead Duck in Stars/Yellow 
Bubbles: {anc} - Bubbles 
Larger Stars: [ keke ] - Glitter Floor 
Smaller Stars: ALEGRIA - Dancing Stars Fireflies in White Lights 

A Look of the Day for my Shadow and Me

A second post today... Woot I'm on a roll... Luckily work is quiet, and I was pre-prepped with some cute pictures to share with you hehe...
This one is on a similar theme as the last one, though perhaps theme is the wrong term here, more that there is a similarity between that last one and this because I'm using another Exposeur Prop that my sister Solde has out for us to play with... This time it's more of a Sartorial Showcase hehe...

OK so if you're like me you had to check out what Sartorial meant... I'm not ashamed to admit that I did anyway, and for those of you too stubborn to check I'll let you know that it's a term relating to clothes, more specifically tailoring!
Now I know that I'm not wearing much but HEY it's a form of tailoring, all that cutting of the leather and braiding it together right?! It's actually a pretty old outfit now too... A harness style, Bitch, top from DirtyStories and a pair of baggy leather pants from Yasum with a super cute detail on the butt, it's the perfect outfit for a biker girl like me...
It's biker fashion at it's finest, least I think so hehe... Guess I just made my look of the day for today hehe...  

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Josette
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Top: DirtyStories - Bitch Top
Pants: Yasum - Mad Leathers
Boots: A&Y - Deuz Boots Metallic in Black
Pose: Exposeur - Sartorialist Showcase

Dancing with the Balloons

So yesterday I posted something darker and a little more menacing, I was in that kind of mind frame and wanted to get it off my chest with a little horror, but today I feel better and once again it's time to use my blog to express that... It's so much like being on a rollercoaster at times, I mean some days you're up and feel like you could touch the sky and others, well that takes you to dark places that you shouldn't be airing with the world...
Though I feel like dancing and floating and being the happy go lucky Rudh again, and today I want to dance with you...

I love this picture, the colours are SO pretty and feminine that I feel like I am in a different head after the picture I shared yesterday lol... I wonder how my different personalities fit together in my brain?!
Today is all about pretty and girlieness... The set that I have used to take this photograph in exudes pretty, feminity and opulence all at once... Setting up a party of silver and gold balloons - because yes they are that colour, though the windlight makes things look a little pinkish - is the fault of Exposeur, the mastermind behind the Room of Balloons pose prop...
Then if the set wasn't girlie enough just look at what I chose to wear LOL... The dress is gorgeous, and the front is cute with it's ruffles but the back is HOT with the corset lacing that runs from the shoulders to the pert bottom! It's one of those original creations by Dead Dollz - my favourite store for all things formal - though you need to head to The Fantasy Collective to get your hands on it for now, and then you have to decide between the 4 different colour options, so good luck my friends hehe... While we are on the theme of TFC then perhaps I should also mention these amazing REIGN pumps, the Deadly Pumps... I went with a pretty gray colour rather than my normal grabbing of black but they are so cute I might have to go get some more hehe... The bows and the skulls can be coloured individually via a HUD so no matter which shoe colour you chose you have options!
So, to finish, dancing shoes... Check! Pretty Dress... Check! Anyone want to party?

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Beans
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Glasses: REBELLION - "SAVANT" SPECS
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Dress: Dead Dollz - Hecate in White (Available until October 15th at The Fantasy Collective)
Shoes: Reign - Deadly Pumps in Gray (Available until October 15th at The Fantasy Collective)
Pose: Exposeur & The Loft - Room of Balloons

The Abandonment of Lady Famine

This weekend left my stomach tied in multiple knots... First the wedding, then a fall out with someone I love that caused a lack of sleep and finally another party that left me feeling more than a little grossed out lol... Long story, but this weekend has been a total rollercoaster... I am actually able to say I'm glad that I'm back at work!
Anyway though, once again my mood has been affecting my photography... Doesn't it always?! Yet instead of curling up in a pair of sloppy PJS, I took a route that had a bit more of a sinister look to it! A little macabre perhaps, but then I have been known for that in the past, though once I saw this dress and tried the demo I couldn't resist becoming Lady Famine!

In my mind, I am creating a story... The regularly abandoned wife of a horseman, Lady Famine stands in the crumbling porch servaying the graveyard before her. Her husband riding his wave of destructively chaotic glory, the beauty cannot help but feel wistful...
The dress was the key reason I chose to represent Lady Famine... In fact it was the entire reason I pulled this look together, even when Lady Famine was a concept in my mind! I found this dress at The Fantasy Collective from in the Figment store's display. At first glance it just looked like a pretty and formal gown, but after trying it on, I HAD to have it... The front of the dress is designed to make it look like a rib cage and then the subtle dip-dye at the bottom makes this dress different from anything I've seen before in SL! I LOVE IT! OK, so it's not a look for everyone but then I am a little macabre and felt a need for this dress!
I accessorised simply, I mean you don't need much when you're wearing a dress like this really... A bloody scar from her husband's latest Feed - a wound by Ama at The Fantasy Collective too by the way - hidden beneath her Obsure Nightmare Collar which is then draped by her long flowing hair. The loose strands that slipped from their bun brushing against the wound. Hearts Like Ours is the newest hairstyle from Magika, if you're at all intrigued by the way. Then with just one nod to her own magical background in the form of this gorgeous CLOCKHAUS Pentagram necklace, the lady's look is complete...
Just a shame that her Horseman Husband is too involved in his work... His beautiful wife is pining for him...

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Hearts Like Ours
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Blood: Ama - Feed (Available until October 15th at The Fantasy Collective)
Choker: Obscure - Nightmare Collar in Silver
Necklace: CLOCKHAUS - Magical Pentagram in Silver
Dress: *Figment* - Famine Dress in Red (Available until October 15th at The Fantasy Collective)
Pose: Signature Pose - Sophie 4
House: Death Row Designs - Mystery Mansion RARE (Available until September 30th at The Arcade)

Dreaming away a Sunday

I didn't get enough sleep last night, yet I cannot sleep anymore this morning... I feel like I am on a different planet, where yesterday was a blur of a wedding and a fight, and now in the early morning light of the next day I am sitting here pensive, drinking coffee and feeling shell shocked. 
Still the wedding was beautiful! Solde and Kris shone, and I managed to scrub up pretty well too!! Yet this morning in my sleep deprived haze I feel as if I am still in a dream... 

A dream in  million sparkling colours... Did I drink something last night!?! I don't think I did hehe... Maybe that's what I get for going to a Hippie Park hehe... Too much weed smoke in the air or something?!
The Tin Dress from EMPORIUM comes with a hud that includes this amazing dress pattern that is so pretty it almost seems to shimmer in this sunlit location to reflect the colours of the flowers that surround me. Then when I combined it with the MINT hair, which I had won at a past Gacha Event - I cannot remember which - it just seemed to scream fantasy princess!
I have to admit though that I cannot find the store and there was no landmark included with the hair, BUT it is one that has been created by Ivy Graves of Atomic, so perhaps look there?! 
The haze around my brain is slowly fading... I guess it's time to stop moping and go out into the world, but it's nearly 4pm on Sunday... Where the hell did the day go?

What is she wearing;
Hair: [MINT] - Enchanted Child in Celestial (No Longer Available!)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Dress: EMPORIUM - Tina Dress
Tattoo: Identity - Tara's Garden
Pose: Signature Pose - Sophie 3

Rolling through the Orders...

As soon as I saw this dress I thought of Grease, and as soon as I'd chosen the location in which to blog this dress I thought of Grease... I KNOW this is bad of me, as the rockabilly look is MUCH MUCH MUCH more interesting than the movies, but it's not much of a style that I have a lot to do with so it baffles me a little bit...
Yet when I was sent one of the newer releases from The Untitled I simply had to get my Grease on hehe...

At the Retroville diner, the waitresses roll around on Secret Store skates, and dress in the latest fashions...
The dress, as I have mentioned, is a newish release from The Untitled... The Date Night dresses are available in a range of different colours, but I just LOVED the blue and it's varying shades of blue dots! Plus it just looked SO perfect as the uniform for this waitress in the diner hehe... 
If you love that Rockabilly look then you should definitely check The Untitled... It's filled with gorgeous like this... DON'T MISS OUT!!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Clawtooth - Fast Lane 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07  
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing 
Necklace: ONYX Wear - Sugar Skull Necklace (No Longer Available!)
Dress: The Untitled - Date Night Dress 
Tray: MishMish - Foodies in Fast Food Tray RARE 
Skates: The Secret Store - Vintage Roller Skates in Brown Leather 
Pose: Signature Pose - Chanty 4 

Would you walk with me?

Autumn is upon us, and I am more than a little excited... It seems to have taken a hold in SL a lot faster than RL, but that I'm sure that will change pretty soon and I cannot wait. Until that point in RL though I will sit back and enjoy the Autumnal - or Fall - changes that SL is going through...
This weekend is the biggest event that all my friends seem to have been talking about, the seemingly bigger than the UK Royals wedding of Solde and Kris, and to be honest there are things I will be pleased to hear are over... All the talk of weddings is making me twitchy...
So for now I am taking a walk through the Fall woods on a bright and sunny - finally - Friday morning... Care to join me?

The woods I found are amazing, but to be honest they don't suprise me... It's the latest in the Pandora's Box of Dreams locations... It's gorgeous!
The outfit I wore was possibly NOT the best for wandering through the woods... Heels are never good for that kind of activity, but I LOVE my Candydoll Arabella Boots that much so I sucked it up like a true hero hehe... Plus they looked so cute with my outfit that I'd pulled out of hiding in my wardrobe...
The outfit in question is made up of various bits of clothing from the mind behind various popular stores - Tyr Rosenblum... The skirt is one from [Aux] called "A little Foxy", it came with a fox tail for the zipper and the jacket is from another of her stores, [Foxes] in which you can find this gorgeous Aviator Jacket with it's cute t-shirts underneath.
I'm happy taking a walk in the woods, I LOVE Autumn... This place is definitely one to check out, so would you like to come for a walk with me?

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Arden
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Necklace: (Yummy) - Geometric Necklace in Gold
Jacket & Top: [Foxes] - Aviator Jacket in Gunmetal
Skirt: [Aux] - A little Foxy in Navy
Boots: CandyDoll - Arabella Boots in Black (Available Now at Collabor88 )
Pose: Signature Pose - Michael 5

Time for a Soda

In homage to the awesome Solde, the one that managed to update HellBone without any fights, I took some time out from a busy schedule of photography and drank a soda... A White Soda at that... It made me giggle and reminded me of her so much that I had to share it...

For those of you that don't know her, Solde is an elegant, and glamourous - although she can tart it up with the best of us at times - kinda lady. She's a great stylist, shoppaholic, blogger and semi-retired designer. She's also getting married on Saturday in a wedding that would make Kate and William's - yes the English Royals - look like they were having a tea party hehe... She's also known by a pet name of Soda, and she is pretty much ALWAYS seen with white hair... Hence when I found this bottle of White Soda - which is a group gift at [ keke ] by the way - I had to raise a bottle of the cold stuff to her! 
I decided to explore to find the right spot to take this photo in though, before I actually took it, and I found this gorgeous little open air and on a deck terrace café that was overlooking a pretty woodland sim - Woodland Springs is definitely worth a visit! 
The outfit I was wearing though was NOT very conducive to exploring... I should perhaps have covered up a little but I LOOKED SO CUTE!!! Some teeny tiny Summer Shorts from Bueno  and the most gorgeous Dead Dollz lingerie called Victoria in a dark blue... YES OK I am wearing lingerie as a top, and yes I'm still clinging to the last little drop of summer here, but before long it will be dark and gloomy - which I do love and am not complaining about - so Rudh needs to enjoy it while it lasts... 
Once again, good luck this weekend Solde... and Kris I suppose too hehe... Love you guys and cannot wait to see you tie the knot!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Arden 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Tattoo: Identity - Inner Goddess (Available until October 6th at Wearhouse)
Top: Dead Dollz - Victoria in Blue (Available until September 30th at Mesh Avenue) 
Shorts: Bueno - Summer Shorts in Pin Striped 
Bottle: [ keke ] - Soda Open in White (Group Freebie)
Pose: Signature Pose - Chey 2 

Through the Keyhole

"The door to her heart was locked up tight, but he could still see a faint glow escaping through the keyhole"

- John Mark Green, Poet. 

With Rudh what you see is what you get, I'm a barbie doll but in everything else I am the same as I am in RL. I act the same, I talk the same and she has my emotions... So after all this time in the crazy mixed-up world that is SL, why do I still find myself surprised by the actions of others? People hiding behing their avatar, barely a faint glow of their real personality coming "through the keyhole"... Now I will admit - and have no trouble in doing so - that what you see through my keyhole may not be as glam or as barbiefied as Rudh, but she is a part of me. The way people hide behind their avatars does baffle me a little, especially when they feel it's OK to tell a total stranger to die... Would they do that in RL? What brings people to feel they can be harsh to someone just because they are anonymous? What would you see looking through their keyhole?!

Through Rudh's Keyhole today I'm going to let you into the darker and more sordid areas of her mind... It's time for a special kind of party hehe...
Lingerie clad, and heels on her feet, she clings to a bottle of Champagne while she lures you into the darkness...
One of those areas of my brain that never gets accessed very often, the darker and seedier side, but this prop just screamed a little dark and seedy - A Keyhole prop from Exposeur let me create this shot... I added the contents of the keyhole myself, so I wonder what would I see in your keyhole?! - especially when you think of the people that hide behind their avatars and act like children... What they don't realise is that OK they are "playing" a horrible character in SL, but that would actually say a fair bit about their RL attitude as well surely... A dulled down version perhaps, but it's hard to keep up a game for too long, and you will one day reveal your true self... Maybe when someone is looking through the keyhole!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Josette
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Tattoo: Identity - Inner Goddess (Available until October 6th at Wearhouse)
Lingerie: erratic - Delice Lingerie
Heels: REIGN - Buckle Strap Heels in Black
Pose Prop: Exposeur - The Keyhole
Champagne: [ keke ] - Champagne Bubblissimo in Clear
Cage: tarte. - Reused Birdcage in Iron (Available until September 30th at Collabor88)
Bed: H&C - Hospital Bed
Handcuffs: Instinct - Handcuffs
Table: Dutchie - Side Table
Glasses: {anc} - MoonLightLounge Champagne Tower (Available until September 30th at The Arcade)

Out of my Brain, Into a Hotel...

I want to check out of my brain, maybe into a pretty hotel perhaps... Somewhere that my head does not need to be attached to my body and that it can be free from the headache that it's forced to endure right now... 
Normally sitting behind a PC is NEVER a good idea when you have a headache but right now I cannot afford to help it, I have to work in RL and that means I am doing as little as humanly possible and letting my mind wander to talk to you guys! 
So today I am doing just that, checking out of my brain and into a hotel!

OK so perhaps this is not the least threatening hotel ever considering who the welcome party is, but at Ironwood Hills I don't think you can afford to be picky hehe... This place is an amazing photography location - a photographers dream if you will so I chose to stay at the scary hotel and think about that later! 
So along with my Snakey friend - Serverus the Snake, a Mascot plushie from Lost Junction by the way - and my Charmed Unicorn Backpack - from [ abrasive ] - I check in, and am ready to explore this amazing sim. 
I love this outfit too, just so you know... The sweater is an older one from Goth1c0 but when I teamed it with the Rolled Shorts from Blueberry and a pair of the AMAZING Arabella Boots from CandyDoll I couldn't help but love it... 
All we have to hope now is that my headache goes away and I can think properly again, AND that I make it out of here alive!!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Priya 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07  
Cigarette: FNKY! - Cigarette II in Long Ash (No Longer Available!)
Top: Goth1c0 - Skeleton Sweater in White 
Bag: [ abrasive ] - Charmed Unicorn Backpack in Sorrow RARE 
Shorts: Blueberry - Rolled Shorts in Solo Faded 
Toy: Lost Junction - Mascot Plushies in Severus the Snake 
Boots: CandyDoll - Arabella Boots in Black (Available Now at Collabor88 ) 
Pose: Signature Pose - Nathi 1 

RAWR, I'm a Warrior!

RAWRRRRRRR, I'm feeling very feisty this morning... Someone rude started my day off with a bang and now I'm in the mood to kick some buttocks... Anyone want to cross my path today?? Bring it on I'm ready for you... 
I guess my mood has affected my choice in blog post for the day hehe, I chose one of the pictures that not only looks gorgeous but is strong too... Something a little feisty just like me!

This morning someone told me to drop dead... I hope that karma rears it's ugly head... For now though the warrior in me is ready to fight for revenge... Bring it on I say! 
The warrior look was inspired by this amazing pauldron from (Poisoned Diamond) that you can grab at Cosmopolitan. It comes in various colours, but I felt like being an ice queen this morning... 
Her warrior status is elevated by the brilliant feather headdress from adoness - OK I've had this for ages in my hoard but it's still available at the mainstore - and the pretty face chain and ear cuff set from LUAS. 
Still want to fight? Bring it on... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: adoness - Soyala in Peacock 
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Veronica 
Skin: Pink Fuel - Cyber Grey 
Face Chain & Ear Cuff: LUAS - Nativa Set in Golden 
Eye Make-Up: (UPPER LAYER) [mock] - Icon Eyeshadow in Blue and Green, AND, (LOWER LAYER)
CottonCandyMonster - Dissonance Fantasy Eyeshadow in Green n Blue
Eyes: antielle & Katat0nik - Nebulae Eye in Blue
Lipstick: {Babysteps} - Butter Baby Candy Dots in Green 
Pauldron: (Poisoned Diamond) - Crystal Shoulder Pad in Blue (Available Now at Cosmopolitan) 
Pose: Signature Pose - Damian 3 

Dancing with the new Mesh Hell

I'm not sure if I mentioned it yet, but I've been through the change recently... I was never really that bothered about thinking of changing to a mesh body, I wanted the kinks to be ironed out so that there was less of a transitional trouble, BUT I fell in love with some lingerie from erratic that was made specifically for a mesh body and HAD to test the body out... I LOVE IT... I'm a Maitreya girl! I know my shape is my own but the butt on this Barbie doll now is freaking awesome!!!
It's also well past due that I had a photo taken with my hubby, HellBone, so here's the picture the story to follow... Well let's just say that recently something very bizarre happened... I think I slipped into the Twilight Zone...

Basically in the next week or so my SL Sister Solde is getting married, and HellBone was asked to be one of the Groomsmen by her fiancé and fellow Gator Kris... Nothing strange in that I hear you say, but it is more what happened regarding the outfit that he will have to wear that is strange. Hell is the king of not changing much about his avatar... It's been the same since we met with just minor tweaks to hair and clothing once a year or so, but with Solde and Kris' wedding coming, he was informed that he would need to wear SLINK hands...
He became hooked on the Mesh Body Parts... Not a week later - after the release of the SLINK Male Body... HellBone was buying a new skin and tattoos and yes, a MESH BODY!! I almost fainted... Solde is a miracle worker!! It happened without fights, without stress and he was even so excited about the body that it would be the last thing he talked about at night... FOR DAYS!
If you want to know any information about the things that Hell is wearing please ask me, but for me I can share with you my outfit list... I LOVE this look I was wearing... Have to share a front view too hehe...

Oh my god though... Solde... You missus are a miracle worker!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Truth - Josette
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Tattoo: Identity - Inner Goddess (Available until October 6th at Wearhouse)
Choker: Kibitz - Deluxe Collar in Silver (Available until September 30th at We <3 RP)
Necklace: random Matter - Greymark Necklace in Onyx (Available until September 30th at We <3 RP)
Top: Moon Amore - Dulce Melodia Dress (Group Freebie)
Pants: One Bad Pixel - Skinny Leathers in Black
Shoes: Reign - Gabbi Plats in Black
Gazebo: Consignment - Valeska Gazebo (Available until September 30th at Collabor88)
Solo Pose: Signature Pose - Leonie 3
Couple Pose: Image Essentials - May I have this Dance?

My Enormous Harvest

I don't think I am the only one that ever does this, but when it comes to my blog I am always needing to have posts ready so that when I have a spare few minutes I can sit down and write something... I get a little panicked when I realise that I am running low on posts that need posting, so I end up working like a busy bee getting things ready... Sometimes I want to blog things as soon as I have taken the pictures for them, others I keep as "when I need them" posts... THIS was one of the former... I had these things in my hoard for a while, and I LOVE THEM... I should have taken and written this sooner hehe...

The things I cannot help myself loving are the amazing veggie plants from Lost Junction... This store is addictive I swear, I cannot help myself needing things whenever there is a release... This time - and OK they have been out for a while I am just REALLY SLOW at the moment - are these amazing veggies... The Fresh Furniture - shown here in Carrot, Tomato and Bell Pepper, there is a Sweet potato too, but I don't like sweet potato hehe - were available for The Neighbourhood, but are still available at the mainstore! Thank goodness I'd picked up these new Garden Barn tools from Plaaka at this round of the Arcade, it would have been a nightmare harvesting these giant crops without help hehe!
My outfit was one that I wouldn't ever had chosen for myself... Basically Mongo decided that he loved the way the jeans from Blueberry made girls asses look LOL... He wanted to buy me jeans, I wasn't going to argue, he was buying me clothes hehe... He bought me the top too hehe...
Though I had to Rudhify the look a bit, I pulled on the gorgeous new necklace from DAZED with it's HUGE gemstone, that you can grab for yourself at IDK, and then to make it just that little bit crazier I opted for some sunglasses - well sunglasses-ish anyway - specs from {joli} at Suicide Dollz.
Kinda reminds me of the story of the Enormous Turnip that I loved when I was little... Anyone know any good recipes for Carrot, Pepper and Tomato based yummies?

What is she wearing;
Hair: Damselfly - Talia (Available until September 30th at We <3 RP)
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Glasses: {joli} - Kaleidoscope Glasses in Anime Pack (Available until September 29th at Suicide Dollz)
Necklace: DAZED - Everly Collar (Available until October 10th at IDK)
Top: Blueberry - Dalena in Mint
Jeans: Blueberry - Serala Flare Jeans in Blue Stoned
Feet: Adi's Stuff - Maitreya Dirty Soles
Green House: DIVIAs Store - Summer Garden Greenhouse 
Tools: Plaaka - Garden Barn Gacha Items (Available until September 30th at The Arcade)
Giant Veggies: [Lost Junction] - Fresh Furniture in Carrot, Tomato & Bell Pepper

The DIY Steampunk Princess

I don't know or care how many times I've ever said this in the past, but I will say it again right now... I LOVE to play dress up! When I get an idea in my head, its usually best for me to just run with it, or it becomes like a block to everything else I'd want to play around with. It can be spurred by a dream, a TV show or even a simple item that I find myself in the possession of in SL. 
Sometimes though if it's an accessory it can be a bit of a nightmare... I LOVE accessorising but creating a look based on one is SO HARD! Still when the accessories lead the look, I will on occasion have some damn good results... This would be one of those times!

YAY I AM A PRINCESS AGAIN!!! I have such grandiose ideas when it comes to what I want to be when I grow up huh?!
The entire look was created due to an accessory, and for an accessory based outfit I don't think I did too badly hehe... The accessory in question is the Steampunk Gauntlet from PSYCHO.Byts - which you can grab for yourself at Mesh Avenue by the way - because what princess shouldn't be allowed to wear armour and defend herself... Who needs this knight in shining armour business?!
This Princess has taken up residence in the hallowed halls of Hattusa City and it looks like it was a good idea, there seems to be some kind of battle raging outside perhaps?! Though I hope no one assumes that just because I'm pretty I cannot defend myself! Check out that gauntlet, and then the scar on my face LOL...
My dress is one from Collabor88 designer trés blah, and even though I normally would never touch formal wear - as no one ever takes me places to use it *coughs* HellBone *coughs* - I couldn't resist the soft, silkiness of this Catcall dress! The only true sign of my status as a princess being the adorably, pr!tty Crystal DIY Headband... Yes I made it myself LOL nothing wrong with ideas of grandeur!!! 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: pr!tty - Crystal DIY Headband 
Hair: Truth - Josette
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation  
Dress: trés blah - Catcall in Grey (Available Now at Collabor88)
Gauntlet: {PSYCHO:Byts} - Steampunk Gauntlets (Available Now at Mesh Avenue)
Pose: Signature Pose - Sebastian 4

Champagne for Breakfast

Ugh sometimes you need to stop and restart the day again... Today is one of those days, connection issues to work made me worry I'd be forced to go in rather than have a lazy day in my pjs whilst working from home LOL... Still lucky that the tech guys at work are not only fast but sweethearts that are willing to help! 
So today it will be a leisurely, lazy day - in RL I will likely have a pj day, but in SL I'm going to take it easy and enjoy a little opulence! 

Such a lovely word, Opulence, but what does it truly mean? Well anything luxurious or of great wealth apparently, and I think I found the PERFECT place for that in SL, don't you? The Outer Garden has a collection of little scenarios like this one, all beautiful but all slightly different, and this one simply screamed luxurious wealth at me! So I decided to become a lady of Opulence myself and dressed for the role!!
With my favourite pair of boots - HOLLYHOOD by the way - I went for something a little grand but still Rudhish hehe... At a recently passed round of Fifty Linden Friday, Foxes released some amazingly adorable things that screamed perfect for Autumn! The Sweater Dresses in their autumn hues are soft looking, and snuggly, even though they are short, and when I added the Faux Fox Stole in a slightly darker chocolate brown I was more than a little pleased! 
All I need now is for someone to show up with a cup of tea, ooooh or for a little more opulence, champagne!?! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Itch 
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing 
Choker: [ abrasive ] - Loose Belt Choker in Charcoal 
Necklace: -ATTIC- - Trapped Leaf Necklace in Rust  
Scarf: Foxes - Faux Fur Stole in Autumn Hues 
Dress: Foxes. - Sweater Dress in Autumn Hues 
Boots: HOLLYHOOD - Baraka Boots in Black 

Peace on the Battlefield

Yesterday was scary for me... I LOVE LOVE LOVE a good storm but not so much when it's right over head, and I'm standing outside waiting for a bus in a jacket that is supposedly waterproof but really isn't... I have never been good with explosions but this was something else, the ground was shaking... It was a violent storm! It was a scary violent storm, and I was SO GLAD to be on the bus! 
So when I got home I was playing with creating a photo, something that represented that storm, and the calm of coming home and being able to watch the storm from somewhere safe... 
I don't know how or why but it seems to have a wonderland-ish flair again... I always head to a wonderland when I need to share something like this hehe... Yet here, there is some peace on the bloody battlefield! 

The battlefield is a location at Digital Art's Cammino e Vivo Capvolto location... It's gorgeous, and OK I've seen these chess fights before but I just fell in love with the drama of them, the battlefield aspect, and that calm I had when taking a break from fighting to gaze in wonder - a sense of peace - at the beautiful butterfly, caught in the light... A Schadenfreude Butterfly Daydream if you will... 
Every inch of her is a warrior, from her hair to her toes, but the blood that splattered her body feels like nothing in comparison to the heavy weight of the Chastity Impact body armour she wears... 
This top is one from (Poisoned Diamond) and is yours if you run over to Classically Kinky to grab it... 
Then you too can join in the fight for the good guys, or perhaps she's on the red team fighting for the bad guys this time?! 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Spellbound - Warrior
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07 
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation 
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing 
Chain: [Haste] - Come Closer Collar in Chrome 
Blood: Ama - Blood Splatter 
Top: (Poisoned Diamond) - Chastity Chest in Impact (Available Now at Classically Kinky) 
Skirt: Mirage - Apocalypse Skirt in Heavy Grunge (Past Event Release) 
Light Bulb: Schadenfreude - Butterfly Daydream Bulbs 
Pose: Sparrowtree Studios - Princess 2 

I'm going Shopping...

Ooooh I'm awake, and at work, not bad for just before 8AM on a Monday morning, BUT I have time for a quick cuppa and the chance to write something to you... I doubt this will be my first and only post for today, but who knows... Maybe I will get really busy, I doubt it but there is a possibility!
I wasn't wrong... I started this post at 8ish and it's already just gone 10AM lol... Where the heck did that time go? It's way too busy for a Monday Morning... I have things to tell you hehe...
Let's just talk about it and hope that I get a chance to finish it... I want to tell you about my shopping trip this weekend!!

The shopping I'm talking about right now is in RL - I do so much shopping SL, the conversation would last for ever hehe - and I never normally talk about RL shopping so I NEED to share this with you lol... Forgive me if you don't like it!
Yesterday I went to the BESTEST sale of the year... Living in Holland, English books are expensive, but there is a store called the American Book Centre that has a special sale once or twice a year. At this sale books are sold by the kilo! I bought 6 kilos, spent 30 Euros and saved myself a total of 180 Euros from the original book prices - that's $34 and $204 in USD for those of you that need a conversion!
Anyone who knows Rudh by now, would know she's a shopping demon, but in RL at the book sale it was apparent that it's not limited to SL...
I got all dressed up for a SL shopping trip this weekend too hehe...
My top was a past release from DirtyStories, and OK it's a little bit rude but it was perfect for what I wanted it to say when I put it on LOL... I wore it with a pair of the SPIRIT store's Daydreem Shorts, for a relaxed and comfortable yet still stylish look. Finally accessorising with a pair of Creepy Dorothy Gales from Epic, a Yummy Geometric Necklace and as a final touch one of the Remarkable Oblivion Chomp Purses that I simply HAD to have!
Perfectly ready for a SL shopping trip now my RL one is done!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Which Witch
Skin: Glam Affair - Lauren in America 07
Wounds: antielle - The Alchemical Transformation
Lip Piercing: Cute Poison - Wounded Piercing
Necklace: (Yummy) - Geometric Necklace in Gold
Top: DirtyStories - F@ck It Top
Bag: Remarkable Oblivion - Chomp Purse in Tan
Pants: SPIRIT - Daydreem Shorts in Light Blue (Past Collabor88 Release)
Shoes: Epic - Creepy Dorothy Gales in Black
Pose: Signature Pose - Oria 5