Time to relax after work and do something pretty and soothing as a way to chillax...
So why not throw a tea party, and this is a tea party for some VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE!!
It's a tea party for the sun and moon goddesses, during their very limited meetings twice each day...
I'm playing around with Décor items again... It's not something I'm good at but I am trying to learn to be better!!
The Cups, Plates, Arts and Wands are available in the Sea & Sun Gacha Items from Candle & Cauldron. The skybox that is also in the picture has a moving sky setting in the backdrop which gives that feeling of day meeting night, as the sun goddess meets the moon goddess for breakfast of rose tea - from dust bunny - and doughnut cake...
What is in the Picture;
Skybox, Plates, Cups, Art & Wands: Candle & Cauldron - Sun & Sea Gacha Items
Cake: dust bunny - Woodland Dreams Gacha Item in Doughnut Cake
Teapot: Apple Fall - Enamel Teapot in Brushed Nickel
Tea: dust bunny - Diy Rose Tea (Past Gift)
Table: Apt B - Creative Outdoors Gacha Item in Table Green
Chairs: Raindale - Allington Set in Patio Chair 1
Plants: hive - Areca Palm Plant
Sparkles: ALEGRIA - Dancing Stars Fireflies White Lights (No Longer Available!)
You may have heard tales filled with magic and romance, but never did a tale seem so full of sorrow as that of the Lady of the Lake... It's a tragic tale of the lonely rogue that had been wounded in the heat of a battle, but somehow found himself on the bank of a placidly serene lake. As if by magic something amazing happened... He was discovered by a woman, not just any woman, one with the scales of a fish on her skin, dressed in nothing but ratty old fishing nets and pond weed... It was this woman that healed him, that nurtured him and revived him, yet there was something mysterious about her that he couldn't fathom... She never spoke! Not a word... Despite this, and the other odds the couple faced, a love began to bloom like the lilies on the lake... After mere days in each others presence, they vowed their eternal love...
That night, the woman disappeared without a trace. He withered, he waited and all the while the lilies danced on the pond, mocking this poor unfortunate soul. His wait lasted months, years, decades even, until eventually time took it's toll...
Now I share the end of this sad story, and hope to give some happy relief... Although his body was taken from him, the soul of the man remained tied to the lake... People came and went, the daily lives took place and towns grew up around this once placidly serene place. After a hundred years, time stood still for just one night, everything faded into the mist, and there, dancing on the lily-pads a mermaid in a dress made of lilies, and her ghostly love, share a moment of bliss...
OK so I got a LITTLE carried away with my story behind the outfit and the photo in general but I couldn't help myself. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this outfit - in fact the whole set - from nani, available at the current round of The Arcade, called Dreamy Pond that when I saw it, I KNEW I would be posting a story about it! I was lucky enough to be given the dress as an early Birthday gift, but oh my gosh it's soooo pretty I never wanna take it off now I have it!
While on the subject of The Arcade though, there have been a lot of things that I've just had to have this time around... I mean to go with this dress as an example, these perfect MoonAmore "Swan Lake" Ballerina Shoes, and this cute short hairstyle from DOE - called Renee in V2 - just perfectly fit the look I wanted to create!
Yet I cannot forget to share the details of this awesome pose.. It was a creation of NANTRA, who made it in honour of her lost friend in RL. Such a sad but sweet pose, that I guess prompted my story to come to life in the way that it did, and allowed my mermaid to cry "Tears for Shedwick"...
What is she wearing;
Bubbles: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Bubbles Aura (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Hair: DOE - Renee in V2 Pastels (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2
Face Scales: Zombie Suicide - Face Mermaid Scales
Body Scales: Waldorf Design - Turn Into Mermaid in Blue
Body Weeds: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Body Weeds (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Dress: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Lilypad Dress RARE (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Shoes: MoonAmore - SwanLake Gacha Items in Ballerina Shoes Teal (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Pose: {NANTRA} - Fireflies for Shedwick
Skybox: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Pond Skybox RARE (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Plants & Fish: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items (Available until March 31st at The Arcade)
Air Sparkles: ALEGRIA Dancing Stars Fireflies White Lights (No Longer Available!)
Ground Sparkles: [ keke ] - Glitter Floor
Bath time! Oh how I crave a RL bath... We had our bathroom re-done in RL last year, and I really love it don't get me wrong, but I do really miss the chance to have a bath sometimes. Our new Bathroom just wasn't big enough for one, but I still pine for a long soak in a hot bath... I guess it's something that I need to live out in SL, one of those things that I can only do in SL for the time being! In SL my baths can become magical things... Moments of bliss and magic...
Today's bath is a magical one... a gorgeous bath - or should that be Yuzu Onsen - created by Violetility for last month's We <3 RP. It's so idyllic, a large boulder bath with water coming straight from the hot springs below ground.
The magical deer princess - marked by the Winter Mori Crown - from lassitude & ennui - on her head - lounges in the hot water, surrounded by the enchantment of the forest glade. "He loves me, He loves me not" with the delicate petals of the yellow peony left by her fairytale prince
What is she wearing;
Hair: Moon Hair - Sacred Vi ola II in Pastels
Tiara: lassitude & ennui - Winter Mori Crown in Gold (Available until January 29th at Etoile)
Make-Up: Nightmare - Bad Dreams
Flower: *LODE* - Blossoms in Single Peony
Bath: Violetility - Yuzu Onsen
Sparkles: ALEGRIA - Dancing Stars Fireflies White Lights (No Longer Available!)
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
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)
