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Sporadic blogger here! Actually it's been less than a month since my last post, I'll pretend that's pretty good going. It's not, really. But, pretending is fun. 

So first of all this dress I am wearing, Krakken, by Vicarious Youth. It's at the Big Dreams For Big Kids event,  and uh, I'm not really supposed to be wearing it (it's sized for Regular Kids), but I squeezed my grownup-size bulk into it because I like it so much. So long as I alpha out my boobs and butt, it more or less works. YMMV, tho, because I don't have so much in the way of boobs and butt in the first place, if you're a curvy curvy lady, you might look a little odd with a completely flat chest. But it's an completely awesome dress, and comes in 4 color options AND also includes matching headband and sneakers, which I am not wearing here. 

Note that if you're reading this right now, RIGHT NOW, on the day of posting, Saturday September 3rd until 8PM SLT, it is the RL birthday of Violet Steamweaver, the owner of Vicarious Youth, and she's having a sale where everything in store is priced to her RL age, which as she has put it, is over 25 but under 50! (it's 37, everything is 37L) The store has stuff to fit Toddleedoo and Big Kid, and some stuff for adults too, so gogo fast and get some fantastic bargains! 

Also gogo fast because the shoes I'm wearing are from yesterday's 50L Friday at Ingenue and you might might still be able to grab them now, if you're reading this in the "now" timeframe mentioned in the previous paragraph. My hair, which helps cover the few places the dress doesn't look right with my Maitreya body, is the most recent from Magika and is called Five Minutes. 

Oh oh and, my tentacle baby who I'm taking for a little walkies here is from the Silentsparrow machine at The Arcade, full of various spookycute things, tentacle plants, mandrakes, little demons, spellbooks, all sorts of goodies, so do be sure to check those out. But first! Sale and shoes! Hurry!

Credits: 

Dress: Vicarious Youth - Krakken - Blue and Green (@ Big Dreams for Big Kids)

Shoes: Ingenue - Maisie Sandals - Midnight Blue

Hair: Magika - Five Minutes

Plant Stand: Alouette - Metal Flower Cart

Plant: Silentsparrow - Something Wicked - Plant - Tentacles! (gacha @ The Arcade)

Grass: Adjunct - Beach Grass

Makeup:

Eyes: Veechi - Glitter Liners - Aqua 

Lips: Angelica - Mellow Lipstick - Wine

Tattoo: silentsparrow - Eclipse Tattoo - Simple (omega applier)

Nails: idon'trememberI'msorry D:

Pose: 

Image 1: Kirin - Maki Pose 6 (edited with Anypose)

Image 2: Verocity - Hermione 1 (edited with Anypose)

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel -  Harley V2 - Porcelain

Eyes: Buzzeri -  Glacier Eyes- Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - Deluxe

Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hairbase: Just Magnetized - Natural Hairbase - set 03

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Mudskin - Face Mole 6

Lashes: Izzies - Mesh Alpha Lashes

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Lighter Tintable

Various tattoo layers:

Nova - Eyebags - Light / 50%/Hard

Okkbye - The Button Nose

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As I was writing this post last night, we received the heartbreaking news that Amy (Scarlet Chandrayaan in SL, owner of Alouette) lost her battle with cancer. It was for Amy that the Leaf on the Wind fundraiser was held (which I covered a little here), though she never was well enough to visit London. Amy and I were not close friends, but she touched my life and the lives of hundreds of others in SL, and on Plurk, with her kindness and strength, with her good humour and talent, with her grace and just being really, genuinely, truly good. I cannot pay enough tribute to her. She was an incredibly beloved young woman who was taken too soon and will be missed and remembered by everyone who knew her.

Tributes far more beautiful than mine can be found here: http://shewasourleafonthewind.tumblr.com/

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A couple weeks back there was crazy mad excitement on Plurk when Redd Columbia announced she would be bringing back her store, RC Cluster, and with all the old faves remade in mesh, to boot! After an initial exciting Fifty Linden Friday release of some fun and delicious glue and an awesome karaoke machine, the next wave of products is out and I'm starting with the crutches and cast set! 

These beautifully detailed crutches have a built-in AO for all your hopping needs, which includes some rather daring moves like the swinging I'm displaying in the top picture to take the strain off your good foot, as well as some more conventional keeping-the-cast-raised sort of standing. The cast you can wear comes in a Large or Small size and is signed or unsigned - here I'm wearing the unsigned because I'm a bit of a loner. A pro-tip - Even though my cutie shoes by Ingenue are rigged mesh, and so they cover both feet, I hid the one on my cast foot by editing with Select Face checked, and set the textures only on the left foot to 100% transparency. Just remember to set it back to 0 when you're done! The crutch and cast set is fantastic for RP purposes or if you just feel like you don't hop enough. 

My skirt is by Sn@tch and I love the little worn scuffy patch on it, makes me feel like perhaps I was wearing it when my unspecified leg accident befell me. My sweater is part of Bubble's new Pastel Goth release at Suicide Dollz, my grey one is covered in scaredy cats, but there are all sorts of light colours with designs like crosses, spiderwebs, bats and um...bows with eyeballs. 

I'm wearing a parted lips alpha by Kibitz, since I have finally figured out how to wear these things without looking completely derp. At least from the front. The is the new Vampy version from the summer round of Cosmetic Fair, the shading tattoo layer really sets them apart from a lot which are just an alpha, but between that and my hairbase, freckles, eyebrows and beautiful eye makeup by La Boheme, I NEED MORE TATTOO LAYERS. 

Behind me, on the wall, Atooly's Neon Heart Angel is available at The Fantasy Collective and is available in 3 colours and is going straight into my house after this! 

Credits:

Hair: Little Bones - Chachki

Top:  Bubble - Pastel Goth Collared Sweater (@ Suicide Dollz)

Skirt: Sn@tch - Winnie Jean Mini - Red

Shoe(s): Ingenue - Lacy Flats - Coffee (@ Collabor88)

Necklace:  Sweet Thing - Violet Melty Moon Necklace - Starshine (gacha)

Crutches and Cast: RC Cluster- Mesh Crutches 

Wall Art: Atooly - Neon Heart Angel - Red (@ The Fantasy Collective)

Makeup:

Eyes: La Boheme - Glamour Eyes - Babarella S1 - 5

Lips and teeth: Kibitz Teeth System - Vampy (@ Cosmetic Fair)

Nails: Nylon Outfitters - Art Nails - Fresh and Light (@ Collabor88)

Poses: 

Image 1: in the crutches

Image 2: oOo Studio - Moody_five

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Harley - Porcelain

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara 3.3

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - flat

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Alaskametro - PrimLashes - Diva

Brows: Buzzeri - Nikohl Eyebrow - Light Warm Brown

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Various hunts and things going on right now, in all the excitement over the Wayward Hunt (which is actually officially properly started now, and I eventually finished - I am very easily distracted) I forgot to mention the other hunt that I look forward to quite frequently - the Unknown Hunt. As the name would suggest, it focuses only on stores which have been open for a year or less. The item I'm featuring in this post, the awesome flamingo dresser I'm sitting on, is from a store I know well, not unknown at all, Little Llama, the owner of which, the delightful Percey Garcia, I know from Plurk and am so proud of how her brand;s been growing over the past several months. 

My dress is by Miseria on the Wayward Hunt, and coordinates perfectly with the colours I'd already chosen for the luna moths on my adorable little antlers by silentsparrow at IDK. You can tell they're moths not butterflies because they've got these fuzzy antennae and then they are at rest their wings are out flat like that instead of together and sticking up. That's like - the only thing I know about anything.

Conversely, a store I didn't know about that I'm wearing in this post, I first encountered on the Wayward Hunt, the store "Things", which is very hard to find in any kind of search! My tattoos today are from there, though they are not the hunt prize (that's some awesome henna hand tattoos). Anyway, I just totally adored the various shapes and patterns of these tattoos, they're what I often find myself looking for and the prices are great too. If you can find the place, that is. 

I bought PXL's Sweet Lips mesh mouth several months ago when it was first released, but never really had a chance to play with it until now. Of course there was the perennial issue of a lack of appliers, but recently Mochi Milena updated a her appliers for the Doll skin in Vamp with a massive amount of new options, I can't imagine how much work it was, and now I have a perfect skin match and can overlook any minor flaws and I think it looks really fantastic and I'm happy to add it to my pile of mouths. 

Credits:

Hair: Chemistry - Hera

Dress: Miseria - Orchid Dress - Sherbet (Wayward Hunt prize)

Shoes: Ingenue - Laura heels - Sand 

Bracelets: Atooly - Rosie's Star Bracelets - Mint/Pink, Mint/White

Antlers: silentsparrow - Luna Antlers - Natural (@ IDK)

Dresser: Little Llama - Flamingo Cabinet (2015 Unknown Hunt prize)

Makeup: 

Eyes: Nova - June - oo2

Lips: Pink Fuel Vamp (Sweetlips Applier)

Mesh Mouth: PXL - Sweet Lips 1.4

Nails: Hello Dave - Big Love

Tattoo (top): Things - Mucius Tattoo - Faded (Slink Physique Applier)

Tattoo (legs): Things - Maita Tattoo - Faded (Slink Physique Applier)

Poses:

Image 1: Double Take - Calm Confidence

Image 2: Elephante Poses - Feel the Release #1 (@ Pose Fair)

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique 2.3

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - Med

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Alaskametro - Prim Lashes - Classic

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Dude, I have totally forgotten how I do all of this. I used to have this whole like, routine, a groove I'd gotten into. That'll teach me go on extended vacations. 

So please bear with me if my pictures are kind of crap and my writeups are rambly as hell for the next few posts. I'll soon be back to my usual type of crap and rambles!

So here I am wearing things. I left my avatar in the same one thing for the last month, and it was a nice outfit but it was starting to smell, quite frankly, so it'll likely never see the light of day here, alas.

Here what I'm wearing starts with the gorgeous highwaisted "Melody" mermaid skirt by Noodles, which was in last month's round of We <3 Role-Play. Melody, for those of you who are somehow not Disney nerds, is the name of Ariel's daughter, you know. I totally met Ariel when I was away on my trip, and my face was the biggest, reddest, shiniest most excited thing that ever existed ever. So this skirt is completely 100% relevant to my feels and vacation memories and so on!

Although there is an amazing bralette top by Noodles that matches the skirt, I'm wearing Sn@tch's super dainty Tawny Floral Top, which is at once both demure and sexy. This top is on an applier for the Slink Physique I am back in love with, but an exciting change which has come about at Sn@tch while I've been gone is that Ivey has stopped selling things by size, instead offering all the standard sizes in one pack, with a choice of Copy or Transfer permissions. This is fantastic for me, since I tend to fall between sizes quite a lot, I'm so glad for it.

I'm cradling one of the unbelievably adorable Baby Kitsunes by Schadenfreude from her gacha on the Supernatural level of this round of Xiasumi School Festival. The faces on these things. I squealed so damn hard. And and their little feet twitch in their sleep, and their tails, these things are ABSURD in their cuteness. 

Credits:

Hair: Chemistry - Mila v1 

Top: Sn@tch - Tawny Floral Top (Slink Physique applier)

Skirt: Noodles - Melody - Lavender

Shoes: Ingenue - Cecily Flats - Pearl

Necklace: Ducknipple - SLX Outfit - Fraulin

Sleepy friend: Schadenfreude - Two-Tailed Baby Kitsune - Marble (gacha @ Xiasumi School Festival)

Suitscases: Frogstar - Transient Luggage

Makeup:

Eyes: Wicked Peach - The Duchess - Pack 2 - 1 (@ We <3 Role-Play)

Lips: Alaskametro - Lipstain Lipstick - Acorn

Nails: La Boheme - Starburst Silver

Poses:

Image 1: Ma Vie - Phenomena 10

Image 2: Vanity Poses - Manicure 2m

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2 - Vamp

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique 2.3

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - Med

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Beetlebones - Mesh Lashes - Minimalist

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Yay I'm away from home and on my laptop and so all my pictures are jaggedy like this! Woo! Sorry, this is how it's gonna be for the next couple of months. 

Here I'm doing a joint post with Persephone Paine from Dressing in Pixels because I'm sitting next to her right now in real life! So here we are, in our finery from Collabor88. A really nice cozy downbeat theme this month with some nice alternatives to February's usual red-and-pink-and-hearts overdose. I think the colour palate is designed around this year's Pantone color of the year, Marsala.

I'm wearing the new skin from Lara Hurley, this is the first of her skins I've tried and it's a bit less pale than I've become accustomed to but it's really so very pretty in the face. 

So here we are both wearing the Plaid Heart dress by Katat0nik at Collabor88, and the two beautiful hairs Clawtooth has out, on me Yvette, and on Persephone, Erica, which has bangs. Perse is also rocking the full set of silentsparrow's Forest Love barettes which I gave a preview of a few posts ago. We're also wearing the Yummy's Best Friends necklaces because we're secretly in middle school.

I've also got on the knee socks by Atomic, which are system or appliers, with mesh tops, and Fri.day's Marsali flats, while Perse is wearing Ingenue's Cecily flats. 

Behind us is a couple of silentsparrow's Hunter's Kiss artworks, which are also available as stunning necklaces by Schadenfreude at Collabor88. It's been a good haul.

Credits: 

On Nivaya:

Hair: Clawtooth - Yvette - Outrageous (@ Collabor88)

Dress: Katat0nik - Plaid Heart Dress - Greige (@ Collabor88)

Socks: Atomic - Slouchy Knee Socks - Taupe (@ Collabor88)

Shoes: Fri.day - Marsali Flats - Olive (@ Collabor88)

Necklace: Yummy - Best Friends 1 (@ Collabor88)

Pictures: silentsparrow - Hunter's Kiss Deer/Hedgepig (@ Collabor88)

Makeup:

Nails: Flair - Maitreya Nails 3

Poses:

Image 1: Bang - Sweets

Image 2: Niv: oOo Studio - Cheesecake 1 Perse: Adorkable Poses - Handbag5

The Basics:

Skin: Lara Hurley - Heidi - Milky - Natural

Eyes: Buzzeri - Lillian Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara

Ears: Ears: Mandala - Steking Ears - Season 5

Hands: Maitreya - Lara

Feet: Maitreya - Lara

Hairbase: Ploom- Curly Hairbase Red 1

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

On Persephone:

Hair: Clawtooth - Erica (@ Collabor88)

Dress: Katat0nik - Plaid Hearts Dress - Dk Berry (@ Collabor88)

Shoes: Ingenue - Cecily Flats - Merlot (@ Collabor88)

Necklace: Yummy - Best Friends 2 (@ Collabor88)

Barettes: silentsparrow - Forest Love Barettes - Heart/Arrows/Blue Bird/Shroom (@ Collabor88)

Makeup: 

Lips: Pink Fuel - Harley - Crystal - Orange

Nails: Nylon Outfitters - Be My Valentine Nails (@ Collabor88)

The Basics:

Skin: Izzie's - Olive - Pale

Eyes: Mayfly - Luminous - Twilight Steel

Mesh Body: Maitreya - Lara

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Credits: 

Hair: Taketomi - Mineko (@ N21)

Sweater: Gizza - Nordic Outfit - Green-Brown (@ The Chapter Four)

Pants: Mutresse -  Nikita Leggings 

Shoes: Ingenue - Naja Booties - Cypress (gacha)

Necklace: Random Matter - Ariadne

Chair: Paper Moon - Rustic Woodland Stool - Bear/Brown (gacha)

Makeup:

Eyes: Mons - SparkleOnMyEye - Somon 

Lips: Nova - Aelia o1o (Loud Mouth Applier)

Nails: La Boheme - ShootingStar Gold (FREE instore from November 7th - 9th, with a half-price sale from November 7th-10th, all Slink nail HUDs reduced to 25L!)

Poses: 

Image 1: Everglow - Model367

Image 2: Pretense - My Hand Obsession - 4

The Basics:

Skin: Pink Fuel - Doll v2

Eyes: Buzzeri - Bewitched Eyes - Jade

Mesh Body: Slink - Physique

Ears: Schadenfreude - Fey Ears - Solid Acrylic Plug/ w/rings

Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands - Flat (R) and Casual (L)

Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet - high

Hairbase: LeLutka Hairbase - Jessica

Freckles: Pekka - Dark Freckles + Star Upper Cheek

Lashes: Mon Cheri - Falsies

Mouth: Loud Mouth - Alli

Teeth: Loud Mouth - Parted Teeth