A Selfish Post? Maybe.

Today I am sharing an image I took this past week of an outfit and someankle boots I worked on as I try to recreate my store, and actually do...

Quiet Day

Sometimes you just need a quiet day to sit and reflect.

Blue

The day the world stopped spinning.

Real Talk: Lymphedema

Anarya's Story

I....Am A Librarian

A Return Attempt Is Made.

Monday, May 2, 2016

A Selfish Post? Maybe.

Today I am sharing an image I took this past week of an outfit and some ankle boots I worked on as I try to recreate my store, and actually do something I can only hope is worthwhile on some level.

It's been a challenge to fit in working on the store while also working on an SL wedding (not mine, I assure you) and working with an SL modeling agency as the Executive Assistant/landscaper/all around pain in the arse.

Add to that the fact that my leg is screwing up again (I'm trying my damnedest to avoid another hospital stay) and I've been medicating and lying in bed a lot, the challenge is even greater.

Fun times.

At any rate, I have made the effort to drag myself out of the bed and make a post here at 8:00AM, and then I'll try to get into SL for the first time in a couple of days (I think, I've lost track of time) and push myself back into more creating and catching up on any work I've fallen behind on.

The outfit I made comes in five colors, and is already up for sale in world (I still have to do the marketplace links. Ugh), but I have put up a blog post here [I really need to find a blogger for this store blog, I can't keep up with this and everything else I do]  that shows the vendor ads for each color. I called it Cozy Days, because I am terrible with naming stuff. The ankle boots are for SLink high feet, and they come in 12 different colors. I named then Jen boots, after a friend. They know who they are, most likely.

The image on this post will only show the Blue/Grey colored outfit in Cozy Days, as well as the Rain version of the Jen boots.



As an aside, I added the shadow on the ground via Photoshop, using a tutorial from Daeberethwen Arbenlow, which you can watch here.

...though I admit I had to make a duplicate layer of my image and erase everything around the body to do it, and I still need to polish up on making shadows better, but everyone has to start somewhere. (Thanks to Dae for making the video!)

The Goods 
  • Hair: Kerry in Red by Ploom
  • Head: Sadie by LOGO
  • Skin: Adore (Bare/Red Brow - Tone 5) by Lumae
  • Body: Lara by Maitreya
  • Hands: Avatar Enhancement Hands (Casual) by SLink
  •  Eyes: Wraith (Left Eye) & Ghost (Right Eye) by IKON
  • Clothes: Cozy Days in Blue & Grey by Faisean (my store)
  • Feet:Avatar Enhancement Feet Deluxe V1.2 by SLink
  • Shoes: Jen Ankle Boots in Rain by Faisean

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Come Live With Me And Be My Love

Come live with me and be my love,

And we will all the pleasures prove,

That Valleys, groves, hills, and fields,

Woods, or steepy mountain yields.

And we will sit upon the Rocks,

Seeing the Shepherds feed their flocks,

By shallow Rivers to whose falls

Melodious birds sing Madrigals.

And I will make thee beds of Roses

And a thousand fragrant posies,

A cap of flowers, and a kirtle

Embroidered all with leaves of Myrtle;

A gown made of the finest wool

Which from our pretty Lambs we pull;

Fair lined slippers for the cold,

With buckles of the purest gold;

A belt of straw and Ivy buds,

With Coral clasps and Amber studs:

And if these pleasures may thee move,

Come live with me, and be my love.

The Shepherds’ Swains shall dance and sing

For thy delight each May-morning:

If these delights thy mind may move,

Then live with me, and be my love.
- Christopher Marlowe 

A lovely poem, isn't it? The title is 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love', and it was written in the mid-to-late 1580s by Christopher Marlowe. After taking photos of Roawenwood's release for The Gacha Guardians and sitting here looking at an empty blog post, the first line of this poem sprang to mind, and I thought it would be a nice addition to this post. 
Roawenwood's release is called 'Say You Will' and is a lovers' proposal set with a pallet style couch, two tents in either white or stripes, various lanterns, candles, rose petals, trees, a vase, and a lovers' dance heart. As all of this is meant for an outdoor proposal, you can see how my mind tied it in with a shepherd's passionate plea to his love (or if you don't, obviously shepherds spend a lot of time outside!). 

If you haven't had the chance to go through The Gacha Guardians, I highly recommend doing so, as there as some very nice things out there, and you have the chance to get special prizes at the end. If you are interested in learning more while there's still time, visit the website here, or just click the name above to go to the starting point at Bella Gacha. 

 


Sunday, January 31, 2016

To Catch A Potato Thief

So there was a photo challenge issued on Plurk, and it lead a list of people assigned to partner up for a photo shoot together of any theme. These photos, once done, would be placed in the Flickr group, Nigel's Mixed Nuts. I've been so extremely slack on my blog postings for a long, long time now...that I decided I would share my photos here, as well as on Flickr.

For the January round of these challenges, I was fortunate to be paired with someone I've been friends with for a long time, Loki. Now, if you haven't seen Loki's Flickr stream, then you should...because he takes amazing photos. Even if you aren't interested, you should still go look, because Loki deserves the views in honor of the pesky potato attacks I've launched on him, forever. Poor guy.

Also, if you don't look at his Flickr stream, you'll miss his photos from the same shoot, which will undoubtedly be a million times better than mine.

Anywho, on to the photos!



Nigel's Mixed Nuts Photo Challenge #1

My Goods (in the photo):
  •  Skin: Lumae :: Adore : 1 - Pearl :: Tulips {RedBrow}
  • Shape: Anastasia (Nima Skin - LoudMouth) (Self-made, not for sale)
  • Ears: UNISEX[MANDALA]STEKING_ears_ver4
  • Hair: *Calico* Clara - Reds
  • Hair Base: AD - hair base 1 - crimson
  • Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V3.3
  • Mouth: .Loud Mouth. - Alli Classic 
  • Lashes: *MC* "Falsies" Eyelash - Upper+Lower
  • Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hands V2.3 - Casual
  • Feet: Slink Avatar Enhancement Feet High Left V2.3
  • Eyes: IKON Hope Eyes - Ghost & Wraith
  • Makeup: :::Sn@tch Party Girl Makeup (Creamsicle-T):::
  • Dress: DE Designs - Thyri - Black
  • Shoes: Eudora 3D Elvira Heels (Slink High) Black
To see what Loki is wearing, he may put the information on Flickr, but I cannot attest complete certainty on that!