One of the things I love most about my wardrobe is that every day can be a different style and I can go from one thing to something totally opposite within the blink of an eye...
Normally my style tends to be of the bikerish, rock chick style, with a hint of what some might call slut wear thrown in for good measure... LOL I don't know how it came about that I would dress like that, but it is something I have just grown into I suppose hehe...
BUT, sometimes I like to play with looks that are outside my "normal" box... This would definitely fall into that category... The event in question that caused the look I am rambling on about today is one called "Futurewave", although the look I came up with is a little more reminiscent of steam punk than futuristic...
I suppose Steampunk could kinda, sorta fit into a futuristic theme... I mean the basis of steampunk is that it is inspired by the industrialised Victorian era, where any steampowered creation was seen as futuristic! Now I have to admit I don't dabble in this area very often as it is something that I find kinda hard to get to grips with, but these items from AZE Designs - which are all available now at Futurewave - really caught my attention. The Reverse Periscope, Oscillation Enhancers and Voice Modulater are definitely things that scream "RUDH PLAY WITH ME!" and once those things were fitted the rest of my look seemed to fall into place.
The dress was one of those things that happened to land in my lap just as I was playing with these items and might be how they went from futuristic to steampunkish hehe... This dress is a new release from ImmateriA called Cassiopeia, which is available in three different colours, and has a very vintage, glam yet somewhat steampunkish feel to it - especially in this colour combination!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Love
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars, AND (Right Cheek) Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Eye Piece: AZE Designs - Reverse Periscope (Available now at Futurewave)
Ear Piece: AZE Designs - Oscillation Enhancers (Available now at Futurewave)
Mouth Piece: AZE Designs - Voice Modulator (Available now at Futurewave)
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Clockwork Steampunk Heart in Short Gold
Dress: ImmateriA - Cassiopeia Dress in Daybreak
Pose: Captivity Co Poses - Moving
Normally I try to eat healthily, and love nothing more than a hearty home cooked meal... Casseroles and Jacket Potatoes are a staple food in our house and I love coming up with interesting twists on the classic meals. Since my parents bought HellBone a bread maker for Christmas - yes a big scary lookin' biker turned bread maker lol - we've been eating a lot of casserole, just so we can use the fresh bread that tastes SO yummy!
But sometimes, very occasionally, we throw the healthy eating rule book out the window and can get take-out. My favourite place is a wok take out that I am addicted to, but I love a good pizza too...
Good fast food places are hard to find but I think in SL I might have cracked it hehe... The up coming round of The Arcade, starts on March 1st, and already I am itching to get in and get some of the goodies that are being posted on Flickr. Though if you are heading in, don't forget to stop at the MishMish Food Court...
Aime Takaii, of MishMish, has opened up a restaurant of sorts for The Arcade, and OH MY GOSH it is the best loooking food EVER! I fell in love with the pizza man, the french fries man and the hot dog man, but there are some adorable breakfast goodies and some tea time yummies too... The trays are rare items, so even if you don't get the rares you will still be able to make whole food sets and have a really yummy dinner!
As for the rest of The Arcade... I CANNOT WAIT!!!! Already Schadenfreude is on my hitlist of things I need... What ever will be next?! Just remember that you cannot get anything until March 1st, if of course you are one of the lucky ones to get in then!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Magika - Clumsy
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars, AND (Right Cheek) Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Necklace: On A Lark - Enelya Pendant (Available now at Genre)
Top: R3volt - Le Blanc Top
Jeans: FuK'N'HawT - Jeans Low Rise Hip Split in Black Pins
Boots: J's - Studded Long Boots in White
Seat: Little Boxes - Fairytale Nook (No Longer Available?!)
Food: MishMish - Foodies (Available March 1st at The Arcade)
I received an item to blog this weekend from one of the stores that I blog for and it instantly got my creative juices flowing. The direction I went in was something a little different from my usual style too, and I love that sometimes just one little item can lead me into a whole new territory when it comes to playing with my wardrobe. PLUS, it also helped me to find a gift from a friend that I had totally forgotten I had...
The item that started all of this was the awesome new pose prop from Captivity Co. Poses. Miss Amanda "Pinkie" Randall has created a pose prop called I am the Genie for this month's round of The Fantasy Collective and I knew as soon as I saw it I HAD to play with it... Then again I was also lucky when it came to the outfit of choice because Kinu - of SAKIDE, one of my all time go-to stores - was also active in the event and she pulled out all the stops to create this Arabian Diva outfit. Thank Goodness because who knows what I would have worn otherwise! It is kinda surprising how much I play dress up, and how low on anything genieish I am... Well was anyway!
The item that I discovered, and that I had totally forgotten, had been a gift way back in time from one of the sweetest bloggers on the planet... Miss Eliza Quixote. I think this was a gift due to something to do with the colour challenge, and unfortunately this was the item that got the Christina Aguilera "Genie in a Bottle" song stuck in my head for the last few days, but how awesome is it finding something this cool buried in your hoard LOL! I am talking by the way about the skybox which is in fact a Dreamy Genie Bottle from Trompe Loeil... These were available in a couple of colours but the blue just screamed at me I remember and when I was offered something from this store THIS was the one thing that I had to have!!! A few pretty candles, some jewellery boxes and a magical staff that this genie stole from a passing wizard and voila, my Genie crash pad was complete hehe...
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Lislie
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Outfit including Bracelets & Veil: SAKIDE - Arabian Diva Outfit in Wine (Available now at The Fantasy Collective)
Tattoo: CoLLisions - Mab's Apprentice
Pose Prop: Captivity Co. Poses - I am the Genie Pose Prop (Available now at The Fantasy Collective)
Building: Trompe Loeil - Dreamy Genie Bottle in Blue
Candles: Backwoods Mafia - Candles
Doll Jewellery Box: MishMish - Nostalgia Jewelry Box in Pale Pink
Coffin Jewellery Box: beach street - Coffin Jewellery Box
Staff: Rowanwood - Elementalist Staff in Air (Available at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival)
The Gators MC - HellBone's Biker Club, that I have to maintain as his Secretary - is celebrating it's one year anniversary this week. This time last year, the club was just a twinkling in HellBone's eye, and through a lot of blood, sweat, tears and just a little road rash, the MC has pulled itself to the level it is at now... A close-knit bunch of people that treat each other more as family, and are closer than any other MC in the community I have met so far.
Now to celebrate this event, we've decided to host not just one but a collection of events over the course of the week, and they are open to ANYONE, not just bikers.
To find the full details of the schedule of events, please check out the Gators MC official blog. I try to post details of all the fun things that the club is doing over there, as well as details about how to contact us or even talk to us about joining - perhaps?!
Anyway I have taken this opportunity to create my own little Rudhmellowen Fashion Week... A week of parties means I need a week of different outfits, one for each event right?!
I'm goign to find myself busy with this over the next few days, so at the weekend I decided to create enough outfits to wear and now you lucky things, get not just one but 6 Rudh looks of the week!
First off though I will mention that there are a few things that will not change with every look... My skin is my standard skin - Glam Affair's Candy Skin in America - and I always wear three sets of facial wounding, from Corvus and Little Pricks, without these I feel naked no matter how many clothes I have on.
Look 1: Saturday 15th:
Hair: DeLa - Shell Mesh Hair in Red
Piercing: Cute Poison - Hush
Dress: SUGAR - Dame Dress
Bracelet: Sinistyle - Strap Bracelets (No Longer Available!)
Rings: Remarkable Oblivion - Famous Ring in Silver
Shoes: G*Field - Alex Strap Shoes in Patent Black
Look 2: Monday 17th:
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Melissa Mesh Hair in Gingerbread
Piercing: Cute Poison - Frosted
Choker: Sweet Leonard - Curvy Choker
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Tilly Ethnic Combo2 in Bleached
Dress: Corvus - Classy Dress in Beige (Past FI*Friday Item)
Boots: elikatira - Secret Boots in Cocoa
Look 3: Tuesday 18th:
Hair: Ploom - Chilly
Piercing: Cute Poison - Hush
Choker: SAKIDE - Attitude Collar in Black
Dress: PopTart - Sweater Dress in Creep (Past SL Fashion Week Item)
Bracelets: LouLou&Co - London Calling
Tights: Izzie's - Patterned Tights II in Torn
Boots: HollyHood - Piano Keyes Gothic Glam Diamond Studded Boots
Look 4: Wednesday 19th:
Hair: Magika - Meow
Face Piercing: Cute Poison - Star Crossed Piercings
Choker: BOOM - Precious Bow Choker in Marshmallow
Piercing: Cute Poison - Cosmos Piercing
Dress: Sn@tch - Wanda Plaid Dress in Pink
Ring: Maxi Gossamer - Gigi Shimmer Bow in Large
Boots: SaT DeSiGnS - Studded Ankle Boots in Black
Look 5 : Friday 21st:
Hair: Magika - Sweet
Piercing: Cute Poison - Disarray Piercings
Necklace: Bliensen + MaiTai - Nocturnal Choker
Sweater: (epia) - Tia Sweater
Pants: MOON - Marly BellBottoms in Darkest Fade
Look 6: Saturday 22nd:
Hair: Wasabi Pills - Kira Mesh Hair in Crystal Pink
Glasses: (flaunt) - Spiked Sunglasses (No Longer Available!)
Piercing: Cute Poison - Hush
Choker: [Haste] - Come Closer Collar in Chrome
Necklace: :{MV}: - Twilight Zone Necklace in Delirium RARE
Dress: SAKIDE - Arrogant Dress in Black (XS)
Shoes: Pixelfashion - Oshun Shoes in Black
OH MY GOODNESS... I just did something that was actually the closest to a fashion post I could ever get... YAY!!!
What is she wearing in every look;
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars, AND (Right Cheek) Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Pose: Captivity Co Poses - Naiya Pose 5
One of my favourite things to blog has to be the Monday Memes, I've said it before and I will say it again... I love to be a part of the Monday Meme brigade... My blog is something I can have periods of stuggle on but with the help of the Memes, I am able to keep myself focused and moving forward...
But this week our lovely Meme host, Miss Strawberry Singh, needs a bit of a boost herself. Something to help pick her up and help her dust herself off... Nothing we as the blogger community do or say can really help her scars to heal, but we can apply a little salve of love, hugs and support to try to make her feel better in the healing process... Gosh I really hope that doesn't sound too patronising!
The Monday Meme this week is hosted by Berry's favourite thorn in her side, Mr Winter Jefferson, who has asked us about how we found our hope in times of pain, so that hopefully we can help Berry feel just that little bit less alone!
OK, its going to be a hard one, but already tears have been brought to my eyes just looking through the comments to this one already up on Berry's blog...
One of the hardest times of my life was during my University years, and involves the death of one of my best friends - and to be frank the most humanitarian person I have ever know in RL... My darling friend Carito, the girl who wanted to be a pirate when she grew up - spent months going backwards and forwards to the doctors with stomach pains. She was told it was Irritable Bowel Syndrome, was passed medications and told to come back if it didn't go away. After six months, and changing her doctor on 3 seperate occasions, they discovered that it was bowel cancer, which had spread into her throat. This was devastating news, if they'd discovered it sooner then she could still be with us today, but they reasoned at the time they never checked for cancer because she was only 28! Like cancer is an age restricted illness or something?! We all gathered around to make the good memories that will be with us forever - as a team we helped her achieve her goals including finishing her degree with us and being able to be pushed across the stage in her wheelchair to collect her certifications, and although we knew it was coming, the day the phone call went round was a day that sticks in my mind like a stabbing pain always.
After her death, I spent a few days in hiding... I lounged in my PJs, I cried at Disney Movies, and I cuddled my favourite stuffed toy, not wanting to voice my feelings. Then we were called to her memorial... Her family wanted to keep her funeral totally private - only 20 people were present in a tiny chapel in the middle of the Yorkshire Moors - but I joined with all of my friends and her family at the greatest memorial ceremony I have ever seen... It was beautiful and filled with hope! In the middle of forest - a shaded glen - we were allowed to plant flowers for her alongside an stone cairn style bench... The music and the laughter drifted on the breeze, and there was a real sense of peace and hope.... That for me was a time in which I felt like desolation and isolation personified but after that moment the little sparkle of hope took hold and got bigger.
Berry, no matter how alone and unhappy you feel right now, no matter how much you want to bury yourself under a fluffy duvet with just your teddybear for company, no matter how dark things seem around you, please remember that old cliche... Every cloud has a silver lining! Soon you will be able to ride that cloud and sparkle in the sunshine once again, with people like Winter around I am sure that will happen before you know it, and even though you feel blue now - and you're allowed to, you're more than justified - just never forget how many people see you as a vibrant, intelligent, beautifully brilliant person that should hold her head up high and sing and dance like no one is watching...
What is she wearing;
Antlers: Half Deer - Aternum Antlers in Constellation (Past Arcade Item)
Hair: Magika - Mint
Skin: [PETRICHOR] - Ankou Skin
Eyelids: SLink - Mesh Lids and Lashes
Eye Make-Up: [ni.ju] - Kumi in Pink
Tears: LaGyo - Matilda Crystal Tears (Past Collabor88 Item)
Piercing: Cute Poison - Hush
Necklace: PIDIDDLE - Necklature in Pink Sequin
Pose: PRETENSE - Styptic Pose 2
I don't know about you but sometimes I put on an outfit and then an entire look comes together in my mind, and then I get an idea in my head that would make a good photo, and things just seem to fall into place. It was just that way when I saw this outfit from SAKIDE, which I have to admit is a place I seem drawn to these days, almost like I am addicted.
So my Tank Girl look started with a simple but cute outfit from SAKIDE. The Urban Track Outfit comes in a selection of colours, but for me being Tank Girl Rudh, the army green colour was the way to go. It was so simple, so easy, so straight-forward but then that wouldn't worked as just that would it... No No No... I had to Rudhify things as always... Time to add a little of my personal, but crazy flair hehe...
Starting from the top and working my way down, I discovered - whilst cleaning out my huge hoard that so far I have dragged from 55K items to just below 50K and I am dead proud of it hehe - that I had a set of safety pins called Xdogma from GOLA which were actually piercings. I don't think I ever remember wearing these?! So I checked which of my Cute Poison Piercings worked with the safety pin and let's face it, a safety pin should be present somewhere in every Tank Girls supplies, mine just happens to be in my face! To match this I went kinda grunge styled on my other accessories too... Including a Post Apocalyptic Nerd Neckwrap from Death Row Designs, one of my favourite body wounds from REPLUSE, and a Bear Trap Bracelet from Olive amongst other things.
One of my favourite things about this outfit though has to be my boots. These are the Post Apocalyptic Nerd Stompers from Death Row Designs.... and I LOVE THEM! I want some in RL!
What is she wearing;
Hair: Ploom - Piper
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars, AND (Right Cheek) Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Piercings: (Studs) Cute Poison - Frosted, AND, (Pin) GOLA - Xdogma (Part of a Set)
Necklace: Death Row Designs - Post Apocalyptic Nerd Neckwrap in Yellow
Top & Pants: SAKIDE - Urban Track Outfit
Stomach Wound: REPULSE - Contagion
Bracelets: (LEFT) Olive - The Refreshed Bear Trap in Copper, (Right Upper) Cute Poison - Dee Bracelet in Silver, AND, (Right Lower) Death Row Designs - Chrono Fangs in Steam
Ring: Cute Poison - Bitch Ring in Silver (Available now at The Big Show)
Boots: Death Row Designs - Post Apocalyptic Nerd Stompers in Coal
Pose: Captivity. Co. - Naiya Pose 6
Tank: H&C WHeels - COMING SOON!
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY, or maybe just Happy Friday would be better. I've never really been one for getting into the Valentine's spirit, opting more to let my living dead girl side take over and bring on a kind of Anti-Valentine. So much so that last year I took on cupid in a fight and won, meaning there was a New Cupid in town. Well this year, she's back!
With a bit of a make over of course hehe...
One of the most noticable things that she has been made over on is her wings. Recently, Death Row Designs released a collection fo brand new mesh wings. I loved them but never tend to wear wings really, so I was willing to leave them on the shelf... Until the moment that I remembered it was soon Valentine's Day and my anti-cupid would need to get to work. The wings are available in a huge collection of colours, many with that Jaimy Hancroft artistic flair to them, and the fallen angel white set with their bloodiness just called my name! I couldn't resist!
Rudh Cupid wears a pair of little shorts from the store FK! Designs - which appears to be allied with DRBC - and as a subtle nod toward her cupiding ways, she has her spare arrow through her head from Remarkable Oblivion.
The pose I am using is from my new store crush for poses... Captivity Co has just moved to a new location and has put out a set of awesome new items including this Louis Chair, which includes a set of 6 poses... I WILL be using this chair again as it is so versatile too... Always comfy, always sexy and rather chic looking... Maybe I need to do something a little racier??! I feel like an underwear shoot will be happening in my near future!
What is she wearing;
Hair Band: Remarkable Oblivion - Lovestruck
Hair: Ploom - Chilly
Skin: Glam Affair - Candy Skin in America 09 (Past Arcade Item)
Face Wounds: (Right Eye) Corvus - Scarred Face Tattoo, (Left Cheek) Corvus - Cheek Scars, AND (Right Cheek) Little Pricks - Stapled Face Tattoo
Piercings: Cute Poison - Hush Piercings in Black (Past Project Limited)
Necklace: Maxi Gossamer - Banshee Skull Heart
Top: R3volt - LeBlanc
Wings: Death Row Designs - Devine Wings in Fallen Angel
Rings: (Left) Remarkable Oblivion - Famous Ring in Silver, AND, (Right) Cute Poison - Bitch Ring in Silver (Available now at The Big Show)
Shorts: FK! Designs - Uber Shorts in Red Leather
Pose Chair: Captivity Poses - Louis Chair
