Gifts of the Gods

It's been a while since I did something that lt my fantasy side out to play and for some reason I found myself veering towards the magical, dream-like and fanstastical... I had no idea where I would go, but my mind lead me to something a little God-like... Not any modern god either, this one was a little historical magic... 

I think that today though, the magic did have some kind of base in reality... My feet are hurting after a long day of work and well... I kinda wished for magical gifts of shoes from the gods... Little did I know that it was the Egyptian gods that were listening and that they'd grant me the magic of their people to walk on... 
I'll be walking like an Egyptian in no time... 

What is she wearing;
Headdress & Hair: !dM DeviousMind - Cleo in ScarabHair GODDESS & Violetility - Scarab Circlet in Gold
Body Paint & Skin: [Faunus] - Helios Items & Forest Fantasy Store - Gargoyle Skin in Onyx
Make-Up: POUT! - Nefertiti make up & Rubedo - Drusilla in 09
Outfit Parts: MoonAmore - EgyptianTales  Goddess Attire
Bracelet: (Yummy) - Gilded Scarab Collection in Bracelets
Veils: CUREMORE - Voodoo Tribe in Ngami Drapes RARE & CURELESS - Pygmalion's Bride in Goddess Touch Halo WHITE
Shoes: Static - Zephyr Heels (Available until February 27th at Anthem)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Valkyrie Items & {aii} - Astral Smoke
Pose: FOXCITY - Bedrot, Pose 6m
Statue: *GALLI* - Egyptian Artifacts Set
Gold: [Dysfunctionality] - Golden Treasure Set (Piles of Gold with Rubies are No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: Salome Design - Small Egyptian Palace

Trouble Under The Sea!

When I get a random idea for a blog post they tend to be the ones that make me smile the most. I will always admit that half the time when I start a picture I have NO idea where it will go or what the outcome will be but I have to say that these are the pictures that make me happiest. The entire reason that I blog is a chance to forget the world around me and find a little happiness, so the ones that make me laugh most are the best for me... 

Today was one of those days, and so while I was putting my ideas together I decided to go for a little swim and see where the ideas went... 
I was wearing a bathing suit - which is actually an amazing outfit from Psycho Barbie called Narkissa that ISN'T a bathing suit but looked perfect as a wetsuit, and I'm sorry to the Psycho Barbie team for misuse of their clothing lol - and splashing around in the water. I took a deeper dive down into the water and that was when the trouble went from barely there to TERRIBLE. I guess it may well be my own fault though as I have to stop myself reading so much of that monster smut LOL... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Moon. Hair - Tentalu
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Glasses: STOIC - SUMMER GOGGLES
Outfit: Psycho Barbie - Narkissa Set
Body Marks: Axix - Tentacle Body Marks in Fresh
Pose: FOXCITY - Street Style, Pose 3
Tentacles: [Cubic Cherry] - Tentacles Army
Sand Octopus: {vespertine} - Sea Sand Sculpties in Octopus
Underwater Decor: DISORDERLY - Wrecked Collection
Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Collection in Bubbles
Backdrop: DRD - Andolys Ariel's Cozy Spot (No Longer Available!) 

A New Month's Magical Bath

It's bloody November... We ar so close to the year's end now you can almost smell it... Mariah Carey is on turbo defrost as of today and it won't be long before we can not avoid her song everywhere we go... 
Still it is the day after Halloween and the dark little spirits are packing their bags and heading home... Magic is being collected and stored by those magical beings which are staying behind, and I am a dark little being taking myself off for a nice relaxing bath... 

I've taken over the Shadow Oracle Room - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - and I'm doing to try to retain some of the magic before it disappears until next Halloween... To do that, I'm going to get in a bath so that I'll be Spellbound - a pose and prop set from -Extra- - I'll soak in the magic and let it sparkle out of me from time to time... I may act like I try to be normal but that dark magic is always bubbling away under the surface...  

What is she wearing;
Hood: Static - Creeping Dark Hood
Hair: Wasabi - Bubble Up Hair in Bangs Attachment
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Face Accessory: random.Matter - Thyra Face Chain in Cool Tones (Available until November 6th at Collabor88)
Green Body Paint: Nefekalum Tattoos - Crysalis in Green
Purple Body Paint: CORE&GORE - Hetemite Tattoo
Body Bubbles: MIWAS - Bubble on me in White (Re-coloured by Me!)
Wings: Doe - Wire & Rice Paper Wings in Stained Glass
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati & Starstuff, & everfaery - Starfield Aura
Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover in  Bubbles
Pose & Props: -Extra- - Spellbound (Available until November 2nd for The Saturday Sale Hauntiversary)
Book & Wand: Dots - Spellbook in Poison
Tea Decor on Table: MOVEMENT - Magic Hour Tea Set
Plant: {vespertine} - Dwarf Pomegranate Branch
Pumpkins: YOKAI - Pumpkin Fairy Tale in Ginger Pumpkin Set
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Shadow Oracle {360} Backdrop

Relaxing with Friends

I'll be honest with you, I am definitely slacking on the blogging front this month, what with the death of my fur baby and then a visit from my parents in RL, I've barely thought about Second Life and anything related. I'm running out of time to get things done, and even though there's an extra day in February I'm wondering if I'll be able to achieve this month's target! 
I had to do something fantastical today, being a fantasy character usually seems to help me get my creativity going... A mermaid, even when she's relaxing at home with her little underwater friends will be the kick I need... 

So what do mermaids do when they are taking their time off from swimming and singing and playing under the water... They kick back, if you could call it that when they have a tail rather than legs, in their underwater room - which in this case is more like an entire Flooded Apartment from Synnergy.Tavis - floating around on a Bubble Throne - from Normandy until February 28th at Abnormality - as she giggles at the adorable Lil' Sea Monster - from Tardfish, he's also available now at Abnormality - that snuck into her room... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Olive - the Swim Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Eyes: Izzie's - Angel Eyes
Ears: ((LovelyAlien)) - DreamyMermaid Ears in Moon (No Longer Available!)
Skin Scales: Izzie's - Mermaid Scales
Top: MoonAmore - Mermaid Boudoir Top
Webbed Hands: aii - Webbed Hands
Pet: Tardfish - Lil' Sea Monster (Available until February 28th at Abnormality)
Tail: Cynefin - Lorelei Bento Mermaid Tail in Holographics II
BIG Bubbles & Pose: Normandy - Bubble.Throne (Available until February 28th at Abnormality)
Little Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover in  Bubbles
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Flooded Apartment {360} Backdrop

An Enchanting Mermaid Dance

 My happy place always tends to be something fantastical. I'venever been very good at straight up, look-of-the-day kinda posts like some of my blogging buddies, and even though I ALWAYS love what I post, I know not all of them will please everyone. Sometimes I wonder if I'm too random and all over the place for most people, you never know what kind of picture you'll see escape my mind... 
Today it was something a little magical and aquatic... Enchantment has opened it's doors to the Mer Kingdom, and if you know me at all you should know that I love to create pretty Mermaids and let them swim through my mind as a happy place... 

Although many of my mermaids tend to look similar, they should as they are from the same family tree considering they all drop out of my mind... I still love to bring them to the surface and allow everyone to watch them dance under the waves, bubbles and fishies swirling along in the dance... 
She's dressed up for a party to dance, wearing her pearls and tiaras, but its the bigger that is the most special... The biggest of the tiara's was a special gift, a Mermaid Headpiece fit for a dancing queen - made by Boutique #187 exclusively at Enchantment until December 2nd - and it definitely enhances her mermaid vibes... 

What is she wearing;
Big Tiara: Boutique #187 - Mermaid Headpiece (Available until December 2nd at Enchantment)
Upper Ears: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Gacha Item in Bejewelled Head Fins Ocean
Ears: LovelyAlien - DreamyMermaid Ear in Moon (No Longer Available!)
Hair: TRUTH - Potion in Jewel
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Wings & Front Tiara with Fish : YOKAI - Mermaid Vibes in Dreams
Scales: Ladybird - Naga Scales in poor Unfortunate Soul & Izzie's - Body Mermaid Scales in Purple
Necklace: [ glow ] studio - Starfish Pearls Necklace (No Longer Available!)
Bra: Storybook (Now Mana) - Neptune in Oil
Webbed Hands:{aii}- Webbed Hands
Tail:  Cynefin - Lorelei Bento Mermaid Tail in Holographics II
Pose: Secret Poses - Alkhema, Pose 5
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover in  Bubbles & Half-Deer - Bubbles
Fish: MishMish - Shoal of Fish in Comet
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Underwater Tunnel Backdrop

A Dance with the Jellies

Trying to lift my mood from that feeling of being down in the dumps and to do that I'm going to drop myself back into my blogging. I have lots of things to do and lots of things that I need to play with. I'm actually looking forward to finding all different kinds of weird and wonderful fantasy worlds to get lost in... 
Today I took a little dive under the sea... I was swimming around and found myself the perfect place to let off some steam. I mean it's definitely a cold place where the steam will be dealt with. Deep under the sea, where the jellyfish gather to dance... 

Below the surface of the seas, in the rocks and corals there is a secluded space where the Jellyfish dance... Whilst I was visiting I dug through my massive wardrobe and found the perfect costume to join the dance in the form of a beautiful Fay Dress in a pale sky colour - thanks to a gorgeous dress released by Kiru. There was, however, something missing... I needed something that would pack a punch, I didn't have a sting but I did know a little eel that lived close by. I decided to replace that poisonous sting, since I'd more than likely have stung myself, with a little Voltaic Aura - from Quills & Curiosities, at the current round of The Warehouse Sale - to give those around me a little shock... 

What is she wearing;
Hat: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Items in Sea Unicorn Headdress RARE
Hair: bonbon - Tuzi Hair (Past Group Gift)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Choker: [Lost Junction] - Tentajewels (No Longer Available!)
Necklace: League - Double Stranded Soft Pearl Necklace (No Longer Available!)
Dress: Kiru - Fay Dress in Sky
Arm Cuff: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Items
Aura: Quills & Curiosities - Voltaic Aura (Available until August 18th at The Warehouse)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Starstuff
Pose: Fashiowl - Born to Run, Pose 2
Jellyfish: Foxwood - Jellyfish
Starfish: MishMish - Starfish in Orange
Oysters: MishMish - Pearl in a Shell Sets
Crabs: MishMish - Cutie Crab in Pink
Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Item in Bubbles
Green Plants: DISORDERLY - Wrecked Items
Backdrop: DRD - Andolys Ariel's Cozy Spot (No Longer Available!) 

If only they knew...

Today is very important for two special reasons... First, and foremost, it's Fathers Day... Happy Father's Day to all of the dad's out there. Secondly, and perhaps although not as important but definitely more delicious. Today is also International Sushi Day... 
I've only fairly recently become a fan of sushi, for some reason I always avoided it but then I tried, and fell in love... I don't know all of the names of the types yet, with the exception of Ebi-Fry, which I will admit that I am addicted to and would be more than willing to eat my body weight in... So, since I can't be with my Dad, I'm going to do something fishy instead... 

In the Mermaid's Cove - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - the dark, devious little mermaid decided that today be the most obvious day to try that sushi food that she'd heard humans talk about... No idea what it is, she had some delivered to that usual spot on the dock. She grabbed the package and slipped below the waves to try the nosh for the first time... I wonder what the little shoal of fish would think if they knew what sushi really is?!

What is she wearing;
Tiara: Tentacio - Water spirit  Crown
Hair: TRUTH - Luster in Redhead
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Ears: ((LovelyAlien)) - DreamyMermaid Ear in Moon (No Longer Available!)
Mermaid Scale Tattoo: Izzie's - Body Mermaid Scales
Top: MoonAmore - Mermaid Boudoir (Available until July 6th at Collabor88)
Chopsticks: Dots - Octopus Takeout in Red+White
Hand Webs: aii - Webbed Hands
Pose & Can Prop: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Canned Mermaid
Sushi: dust bunny - Kawaii Lunch in Sushi
Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles
Fish: MishMish - Shoal of Fish in Goldfish & Comet
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Mermaid's Cove [360] Backdrop

Dance among the Bubbles

When I have days off it's the time that I find myself able to get creatively happy, and sometimes a new product is released that makes me scream and I cannot get my hands on it fast enough... 
Then it was on a journey under the waves, where the mermaid in me met her fairy match and the mixing became one of the prettiest beings I think we'll ever get to meet... Deep below the surface, the Merfae sparkles and dances in the bubbles...  

Under the sea, where the Merfae dances amongst the bubbles, she's greeted and welcomed into the cove by the adorable floraray Manta Rays - from Yokai - who taught her the dance of the magical sea folk... 

What is she wearing;
Tiara & Wings: YOKAI - Mermaid Vibes Crown & Wings (Sold Separately) in Dreams SET (Available until July 6th at Collabor88)
Upper Fins: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Gacha Collection in Bejewelled Head Fins in Ocean
Hair: [monso] - Hana Hair in Black & Red (Available until July 6th at Collabor88)
Ears: ((LovelyAlien)) - DreamyMermaid Ear in Moon (No Longer Available!)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Eyes: Mana - Daemon Eyes
Eye Make-Up: WarPaint - Regal eyeshadow in Mermaid
Cheek Make-Up: Zombie Suicide - Face Mermaid Scales (No Longer Available!)
Full Body Tattoo: Izzie's - Body Mermaid Scales in Purple
Choker: Kibitz - Brenda's Choker
Necklaces: [ glow ] studio - Starfish Pearls Necklace (No Longer Available!) & Kibitz - Coco's Necklace in Silver
Bracelet: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Gacha Collection in Kraken Bracer RARE
Nails: Suicidal Unborn! - Rhagon Claws
Sparkles:  Cole's Corner - Starstuff
Pose: elephante Poses - Shaz, Pose 3
Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles, Go&See - Aura Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in Bubbles
Rays: YOKAI - Manta Rays in FloraRays
Backdrop: SYNNERGY.TAVIS - Underwater Room [360] Backdrop

Sparkles, Bubbles and Bunny Rabbits!

Random pictures often tend to be the best pictures for me, FULL of happiness and randomness and totally bonkers feelings... I LOVE when these things come together to make myself feel stronger and as taking pictures and blogging is a form of therapy for me, I love when the happy endorphines come straight from my brain and flood my entire being at the happy pictures... 
Today's picture is one of those happy pictures, that I can't help but smiling at... Colours, sparkles, bubbles and amazingly cute bunnies... What more can I want... 

Surrounded by some of the cutest pink Chubby Bunny buddies - from Sakura - as I blow a million bubbles into the pinkness and watch them pop to sparkles of a million colours... 
I LOVE the pink, the sparkles, the rainbow happiness... I LOVE this feeling, it's making me feel bright and my happiness is on fire... 

What is she wearing;
Hairband: Tentacio - Play Headpiece
Hair: Doe - Electric Heart
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Collar: random.Matter - Cermet Collar in Love Me
Outfit: Decoy - Vannah Bodysuit
Bubble Wand: Tentacio - Aura Bubbles
Pose: FOXCITY - Kawaii AF, Pose 5
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati & Popstars
Bunnies: {Sakura} - Chubby Bunny Hold in Pink
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover in Bubbles, Half-Deer - Bubbles & Cat-Noodle - Aura Bubbles (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: [Bad Unicorn] - Bubbles Backdrop in Pink

Aquarius, A Water Sign

There is a new event on the SL grid this month which should really grab the attention of a wide range of people across the board... The fantasy lovers, the believers in the spiritual and those who celebrate their birthdays under any given starsign... This event is looking to the stars, the super Stellar, the starsigns are the theme, and as the first of the signs starting in January, the first round is Aquarius... 

Aquarius is a water sign, and the sign dates from January 20th to February 18th, it's an important sign in our household as it's HellBone's sign... 
So for Aquarius, rather than model myself on a Water Carrier, I decided to get myself under the water... I'm going to swim in the aqua waves, I'm going to bathe in the waters of the Aquarius Bath - from Violetility at Stellar - and play with my adorable new friends the Mer-Cats- from Tardfish, which I am TOTALLY in love with because I have always wanted a mer-kitty - and while underwater I might partake in a bowl of some delicious Water Bearer Cereal - from Junk Food - which just like in Spongebob manages to stay in the bowl... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: {Aii & Ego's HAIR HELL} - Eclipse Hair (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Eyes: Izzie's - Angel Eyes
Tattoo: [AERTH] - Saladae Fullbody Tattoos (Available until February 20th at Midnight Order)
Outfit: ANTAYA - Outfit "Ice queen"
Cereal. Cereal Box & Milk Bottle: Junk Food - Water Bearer Cereal (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Water Swirl: MoonAmore - Liquid Soul in Fluids Halo Water
Pose: FOXCITY - Sweater Weather, Pose 1
Kitties: Tardfish - Mer-Cat (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Bath: Violetility - Aquarius Bath (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Sign: [Krescendo] - Nauti Life Set in Aquarius Sign (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Mirror: Refuge - Naulena Mirror in Silver (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Bubbles: Go&See / Cat-Noodle - Bubble Pop, Half-Deer - Bubbles & MoonAmore - Ocean Lover   Bubbles
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Glitterati
Ground Cover: Stardust - Aqua Grass in Blue White (Available until February 13th at Stellar)
Plants: LadyBunny's - Mermaid Charm Underwater Plants
Backdrop: Synnergy - Water under the sea Backdrop 

Born in the 80s!

Doing some New Year Spring Cleaning... Starting with my RL house, and maybe little by little my SL inventory MAY get an overhaul, bear in mind though I said MAYBE and that's never a huge possibility. Whilst I'm sorting somethings out, doing a little organising, I've found some AMAZING things, that will help with distraction... 
First it was the 80s toys that I'd had from my very early years of life, then one of the cheesiest work-out videos and even my old walkman with some of the best classic rock tapes, BUT the best discovery was the brick that was one of the first cellphones... 

There are so many cool old toys, like the funkiest of toy trolls - from imbue - and the dancing Cool Can  - from NOMAD - but I think that the most excited thing happened to be the adorable little Gremlay who instantly decided to get crazy and join in the cheesy 80s workout that I'd managed to get working from a VHS tape on an old TV - from Junk Food at this month's round of Anthem until January 30th... 
Gotta love the cheesiness of the 80s, I was born in the 80s, but I'm really a child of the 90s since that's when I can actually remember things... Yet, I LOVE the reminders of my youth... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: Wasabi - Hollis Hair
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Top: Frayed - Sadie Top in Sunshine (Available until January 30th at Anthem)
Headset & Radio: imbue - 80s Cassette Player (Available until January 30th at Anthem)
Bracelets: DISORDERLY & MoonAmore - 80s Party Time Gacha Item in Jelly Bracelets Green
Shorts: imbue - 80s Jean Shorts in Medium 2 (Available until January 30th at Anthem)
Pose & Phone Prop: Secret Poses - Call Me, Pose 2M (Available until January 30th at Anthem)
TV: Junk Food - Animated TV in Aerobics TV (Available until January 30th at Anthem)
Friends: DISORDERLY&MoonAmore - 80s Party Time Gacha Item in Cool Gremlay Blue, imbue - 90s Troll in Rainbow & NOMAD  - Cool Can
Videos: Junk Food - Horror Movie Night VHS & [Lost Junction] - Slumber Party Gacha Item in Slumbervision Videos 80s RARE
Tapestry: brocante - Pinned Tapestry in Mystic
Backdrop: Diversion - Dark Rainy Backdrop

The Beauty of a Reaper

Death is such a strange thing, a sudden goodbye and the people that are left behind are often left in a stange sort of limbo... Yesterday I heard that my an aunt of mine had died, and it's left me in a very strange barrel of emotions. I know that I should feel sad but the lady wasn't really a very nice person to anyone that she didn't like. She turned her back on her own son and made him feel like he wasn't part of the family, she tried to cut my Dad out of his Brother's life and was pretty vindictive. Yet she was still my aunt, she loved my uncle Peter and my cousins still lost their mum... 
I'm kinda wishy-washy about how I feel about it... It's a very strange feeling... 

Death is something that people don't really talk about all too often. Some are blaze about it, others are scared of what happens after we die, and there are SO MANY different beliefs as to what things can and do happen when our souls leave our bodies... 
The mists and the sparkles swirl around death with the souls of those she's taken on their long trip into the afterlife. The Solis Halo and her Bloodsworn Daggers  - both of which are from Quills & Curiosities at The Warehouse - mark her out as a sign of her rank, one of the leading death dealers, while her boss as busy... A beautiful, ghostly reaper... 

What is she wearing;
Head Halo: Quills & Curiosities - Solis Halo (Available until June 18th at the Warehouse Event)
Veil: MoonAmore - Misanthropic Ritual Veil in Pure
Neck Halo: SEMPITERNAL - [The Throne's Halo] (No Longer Available!)
Daggers: Quills & Curiosities - Bloodsworn Daggers (Available until June 18th at the Warehouse Event)
Sparkles: Cole's Corner - Valkyrie in Gold Aura
Fog: Cole's Corner - Soul Reaper Spectral Fog Aura
Car & Coffin: H&C Wheels - Hearse
Red Roses: (Yummy) - Condolences Bouquet
White Rose Wreath: JIAN - Wreath Stand in Iron
Backdrop: Paparazzi - BACKDROP - Gothic Castle 

What will the Future think?

The Celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee were bright and fun and perfect to show thanks to Queen Elizabeth II during the concert at the palace last night. I'm not a royalist, but she's given her life to supporting the country, and has been through so much as a guide for our nation... Now one of the reasons I'm talking about it, is because I was inspired with a section that they shared on the environment, it got me thinking about what we'd be leaving for the future... 
My mind was racin... A story came to life...   

As a lover of all things Mermaid, my mind went straight to "what would a mermaid from the future think of the seas we're creating?" You hear so often of the garbage that is being dumped into the oceans every year - I know that it's not just oceans being polluted but in this case that's what I'm thinking about more... 
In the Mermaid's Cove - available from Synnergy as a gorgeous backdrop - one of the Cyber Cove Mermaids - from Decoy at Cyber Fair - of the future has returned... Swimming through the waters, dodging the trash and wearing her oxygen tank to Just Breathe since the water is now toxic. 
I'd hate to know what they would be thinking about the state of the oceans...

What is she wearing;
Hair: Olive - the Swim Hair
Skin:  amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mask: Mug - Taylor Oxygen Mask
Mermaid Scales: Izzie's - Mermaid Scales in Gold
Cyber Tattoo: Even~Tide - Cyber in Red
Wires: NORMANDY - Inti Veins MK2
Tank: ATTIC - Just Breathe Oxygen Tank in Plantae Black
Top & Tail: Decoy - Cyber Cove Mermaid (Available until June 20th at Cyber Fair)
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles
Pose: SYNNERGY - Siren Bento Pose Set, Pose 2
Fish: Foxwood - Ghost fish
Seahorses: Astara - Steampunk Seahorses (Past Gacha Collection)
Jellyfish: Foxwood - Jellyfish in Green
Shipwreck, Helmet, Skeletons, Rocks & Plants: DISORDERLY - Wrecked Collection Items
Tyres: H&C - TireStack
Garbage Bags: UrBaN SpIrIt - Trash Bags
Floating Garbage: Apocalyptic - Garbage Pack in 03
Barrels: Apocalyptic - Barrels Pallet
Backdrop: SYNNERGY - Mermaid's Cove Backdrop 

A Mermaid's Summer Memories

I did two days of being an adult and now I'm back home and cant let my hair down and play for a few days before I have to pretend to be an adult again. Who wants to be an adult... It's time to be something different... I'm gonna be a mermaid! I love being a mermaid hehe... 
I don't just want to be a normal, pretty mermaid though, I'm going to be a slightly dark and devious mystery of a mermaid... 

Dark, devious and full of light and mystery... Lurking under the sea in The Bay, she whips the water into a frenzy trapping fish in a myriad of bubbles, to bring up enough magic to share a memory of a dream she had that she loved... One time when she was happy, able to be on land and build the most perfect of sandcastles, all thanks to a Summer Memori Orb - from Petrichor... 

What is she wearing;
Headdress & Bra: Fika - Asherah Set (Available until July 3rd at Mermaid Cove)
Hair: Tableau Vivant - Water Lily Gacha Item in Floating Colors
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mermaid Scales: Izzie's - Mermaid Scales
Necklace: aisling - Tortuga Princess Gacha in Necklace RARE
Fish Bubbles: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Bubbles Aura
Small Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles
Orb: Petrichor - Summer Memori Orb
Pose: FOXCITY - Beauty, Pose 3 

How would a Mermaid Shop?

It's been such a warm weekend, and it's only going to get warmer... I  say this because I hate summer, but would the heat just sod off please... I don't like melting LOL... 
I did get more than a little excited to find out that the new round of Mermaid Cove was now open, and that meant shopping for pretty Mermaid goodies! I LOVE MERMAIDS! 
It did however, leave my mind wandering in some weird ways, I blame the heat, and I ended up creating a mermaid shopping trip in my mind hehe... 

I got to thinking, if a mermaid was able to live on land and keep her tail, how would she shop?! Would she have to wear a reverse oxygen tank full of water? Will she be able to ride around in a bathtub full of water to keep her scales from drying out, almost like people that use a mobility scooter?! 
Perhaps if she was going to drive a bath, she might want one like a Bath-on-the-Go - created by Ananas available at Equal10 - and she's such a clever mermaid to match the colours of her bath to her pretty colours... Her mertail matches her "Asherah" Set - from Fika at Mermaid Cove - of shell bra and crown, she had to ask for plastic bags for her purchases so that they were easy to carry... 

What is she wearing;
Headdress & Bra: Fika - Asherah Set (Available until July 3rd at Mermaid Cove)
Hair: DOUX - Dana Hairstyle
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Mermaid Scales: Izzie's - Mermaid Scales
Small Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles
Tail & Pose: Cynefin - Lorelei Bento Mermaid Tail in Holographics II
Bath: Ananas - Bath-on-the-Go (Available until July 5th at Equal10)
Bags: (No Longer Available!)
Big Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles
Splashes: (No Longer Available!)
Backdrop: Paparazzi - Fashion Storefronts in Pink 

Mermaid Singing Lessons!

 As it's the New Year it's time for some new things... I mean since we're technically still stuck in lock down and it looks like that won't be changing for a while either, I'm trying to teach myself new skills... Things like Knitting, Scrapbooking, arts and crafts kinda things that I don't need to leave the house to do... I would love to take up an instrument, I used to do that when I was a kid - I played Cello for a long while - but maybe cheaper might be if I could learn to sing?! I'd be able to be like my hero, Ariel, in no time?! 

Knowing me though I'd be more likely to kill the fishies?! Or maybe being the living dead doll that I am, I'd just attract the eerie looking Ghost Fish - from Foxwood - that live in the deepest parts of the seven seas! I do wonder if the little fishies realise that she's using their friends as both hair accessories - in the Siren Hair by Doe -  and even though it's just a printed version they are decorating her amazing Horoscope Tee - from Psycho Barbie. 
This top, just for those that are interested come with a hud featuring all of the zodiac elements, in some very bold but awesome patterns!

What is she wearing; 
Hair & Accessory: Doe - Siren Gacha Item in V2 Double Colors A 
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory 
Make-Up: Ladybird - Naga Body Scales for Face and Body 
Top: Psycho Barbie - [Horoscope Tee] 
Bubble Attachment: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in Bubbles 
Pose: NANTRA - Nevermore, Pose 3 
Fish: Foxwood - Ghost Fish 
Background Bubbles: Half-Deer - Bubbles 
Backdrop: DRD - Andolys Ariel's Cozy Spot (No Longer Available!)

Snacks in the Dreadful Depths

There is a strange and distant rumbling, if you listen closely you can hear it calling... Luring you out of the comfort of your warm safe homes and to the sea... The sea isn't what's calling you though, it's something way more sinister, way down in the Dreadful Depths of Aenigma...

At Undersea Cove, a deviant little dark mermaid is hiding in some weed to eat her delicious octopus Tentacles in a bowl from Boutique 187 - available at Aenigma now - but I guess that's kinda cannibalistic since this little sea monster is more octopus than mermaid... Her monstrous eyes, the Eldrich's Curse - actually her Unstable Tongue by the way - and the markings on her skin - tattoos from Lilithe' for Aenigma, with the Axix  Tentacle marks of her prey... As the future snacks swim around her body - Dumbo Octopus from NAMINOKE, that look and taste a little like octopopcorn! 

What is she wearing; 

Hair: Tableau Vivant - Falling Hair Gacha Item in Shortfall Colors 

Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory 

Eyes: Conviction - Serpent Eyes 

Tongue: Unstable - Eldrich's Curse (Available until August 15th at Aenigma)  

Tattoo: Lilithe' - Scylla Tattoos (Available until August 15th at Aenigma) 

Wounds: Axix - Tentacle Body Marks in Fresh 

Necklace: Gorsimi - Tentakkel Necklace in Blue (Available until August 15th at Aenigma) 

Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles 

Mini Pets: NAMINOKE - Dumbo Octopus (Available until August 15th at Aenigma) 

Bowl & Sticks: Boutique 187 - Tentacles Bowl & Sticks (Available until August 15th at Aenigma) 

Bikini: voluptas virtualis - Sira in Black 

Pose: FOXCITY - Dream Sequence Series 1, Pose 5 (Fatpack) 

Just Keep Swimming

Following my epic dive bomb into the swimming pool yesterday, I'm truly enjoying being a mermaid that walks on land... Days like today when I get the chance to swim feel epic... Cool, clean - albeit chlorinated - water, and the chance to feel the softness of it brushing over my skin... It's like a healing process to a mermaid that walks on land! 

Now before I start talking about my outfit I have another confession to make about the pose I'm using... It's another pose, made with a prop and when used properly it's like someone diving off a diving board, but when posed underwater like this it is just perfect as a swimming pose. The pose I'm using is actually a new release from NANTRA called Flying Squirrel!
Now for her make-shift bikini! It's actually made up of two different things... The shorts from the Cynful Juliet's Lingerie set and the awesome MuggleBorn MyMermaid top! 
I love to swim... It makes me feel better, when I'm down where it's wetter, even if I'm not under the sea!!!

What is she wearing;
Hair: Tableau Vivant - Hairplay in Front Blow Redheads 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Mask: Astralia - Scuba Mask in Blue (Past Gift) 
Tattoo: Letis Tattoo - Yalitza 
Top: MuggleBorn - MyMermaid Top (Available until July 26th at Mermaid Cove) 
Shorts: Cynful - Juliet's Lingerie in Pack 2 
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Items in Bubbles 
Flippers: lunabeam - Aquata Set (No Longer Available!)
Pose: {NANTRA} - Flying Squirrel, Pose 2 (Available until July 25th at La Vie En Pose) 
Ring: Caboodle - Jellytube http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solara/60/66/26
Backdrop: KraftWork - Inside Out Pool (Available for use at Backdrop City) 

Free Kisses for Starry Valentines

February is often seen as the month of the Valentines...
Everywhere you look there's hearts and flowers and far too much pink for my liking. I've never been keen on Valentines Day - why can't it be Halloween already?!- yet I guess since the dark and macabre lovers get a special day, so should those who love the hearts and gooey sweetness. 
In recent years, romance has never really been much of thing for me. For those of you that don't know, I met HellBone in Second Life over 9 years ago - this year we've been married for 5 years in RL - but we've gotten to that point where for us at least, love is less gooey mushy and more lovingly supportive. I couldn't be without him, but I like days when I'm not with him too, if you know what I mean... Though I will say, trying to get HellBone to do anything remotely romantic is a struggle - a conventional Valentine's themed picture was out of the question for example - then I had an idea... 

Dressed as Padme Amidala, with the assistance of the Storm Troopers and Battle Droids - I set the stage right in the middle of the TIE docking bay of the Death Star - a home made booth for Free Kisses... "If this doesn't get me some Valentine's attention, nothing will!" 
This was actually the backdrop for HellBone's Birthday Party with a few modifications to design and costume! A Photo Pose Prop from Secret Poses became the Kissing booth I needed, a place to offer Darth a few "Free Kisses" for Valentines Day! 
Whoever it is that you're hoping to get Valentines from this year, I really hope you have to go to less effort than my craziness...Least I finally got him to notice me!! 

What are they wearing;
Rudh:
Outfit (Including EVERYTHING Worn): Curemore - Star Gals Gacha Items (Curemore is a collaboration between MoonAmore & Cureless)
HellBone:
Outfit: H&C - Darth Vadar (No Longer Available!)
Pose & Prop: Secret Poses - FREE KISSES (Available until February 8th at Sense)
Backdrop: H&C Wheels - Various Decor Items

Isn't MyMermaid Pretty?

ANNNNNNNND I'm back to playing with a totally different feeling when it comes to my blog... I always say it goes in cycles LOL, now I'm back in the realm of the pretty, fairytale me! Sorry everyone, you should know that you never know what you're going to get, and maybe that's the beauty of my blog, it's like a lucky dip every post LOL... 
I went fairytale Rudh style today... The mermaid in me wanted a day in the spotlight and well, how could I deny her... 

Isn't she pretty? All girlie pastel colours and with the most amazing little fish friends that follow in her bubbles! I guess I'm feeling a little inspired since I saw Aquaman last night - the girl in that has a LOT of Ariel about her, dontcha think? The bright red hair colour! It was the fluorescent lighting of the magical cities that made me most impressed - if you discount Jason Momoa being a massive PHWOAR factor! 
The look really came about because of these adorable MyMermaid Shorts from MuggleBorn, and obviously anything hinting at a mermaid means mine will be screaming to be allowed to play in it! From there it was a slippery slope to walking on land style Mermaid - the fishnet set from Vanilla Bae becoming a barely there top and the Half-Deer Mermaid's Majesty tiara topping off the look! 
Now because there are some things that should be seen a little more clearly, like the amazing eye make-up from PSYCHO.Byts, and the cute pose from {NANTRA} I'm going to be a good girl and share the ads with you here too... Don't ever tell me I don't spoil you hehe... 

What is she wearing;
Headdress: Half-Deer - Mermaid's Majesty Gacha Items in Sea Unicorn Headdress 
Hair: DOUX - Virgo Hairstyle (Available until February 5th at Equal10) 
Fish Bubbles: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Bubble Aura 
Bubbles: MoonAmore - Ocean Lover Gacha Item in  Bubbles 
Skin: Glam Affair - Seya in Europa 2 
Eyeshadow: {PSYCHO.Byts} - Eris Eyeshadows (Available until January 26 at Cosmopolitan) 
Facepaint: Zombie Suicide - Face Mermaid Scales  
Necklace: Alienbear - Pearls Double Necklace in White 
Balloon:  nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Fish Balloon 
Top:  Vanilla Bae - Melody Fishnet Set 
Shorts: MuggleBorn - MyMermaid Shorts 
Pose: {NANTRA} - Won't You?, Pose 3 (Available until February 15th at Boardwalk) 
Backdrop: Fanatik Architecture - Lake Chamber (Available for use at Backdrop City)
Flowers: nani - Dreamy Pond Gacha Items in Lotus Set