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Baywatch

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If you were expecting red French-cut bathing suits and David Hasselhoff abs, you shall be sorely disappointed. If you were expecting tasteful yet whimsical beach accessories from [ keke ], then you will be pleasantly pleased.

These beautifully made items are just a small part of the collection from Kean Kelly for the June round of The Arcade. In case you’ve been living in a virtual cave, the quarterly gacha-fest begins on June 1st, and runs for the entire month.

Don’t even think about checking Netflix to see if a Baywatch marathon is running. Unless you’re watching while you’re waiting to TP into The Arcade to play for this lovely collection.

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*From [ keke ] by Kean Kelly for The Arcade June 2016
[ keke ] shells flat
[ keke ] shells turned
[ keke ] star fish
[ keke ] message in a bottle
[ keke ] beach sign

Seagull: *Tatty Soup* Seagull. by Tab Tatham (no longer available)
Driftwood: Studio Skye Driftwood Collection by Alex Bader
Beach/waves: Studio Skye Beach Building Set by Alex Bader

A Flock of Birds, A Jug of Roses & Some Kick-Arse Sandals

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When I am in the middle of photographing a lot of review copies, I often find myself getting stressed. Not because I “have” to blog them, but because I am worried I won’t do them justice. I have been known to scrap entire shoots, which often take hours to stage and photograph. Those are typically the shoots that I know while I am photographing just aren’t right, but I tell myself with just one more light change or camera angle, I’ll get something usable. It is a rationalisation that rarely works.

That happened to me today. I had already completed two shoots (more posts to come!), and I wanted to get the Olivia Sandals from fri.day done. My previous two shoots were Home & Garden and just didn’t lend themselves to me being in the picture. So, I decided to sim-hop to find a perfect location.

After visiting about six and either not finding what I wanted or being lagged out, I headed home, deciding instead to build my own set. Which I did. Which I photographed.

Which I hated.

So, I gave up. And went shopping. Then decided to put together a set for some therapeutic “just because” photography. And guess what? I plopped my avi-self down, changed my camera angle to only take in a small portion of the space I had created and found my photo.

A flock of birds, a jug of roses and some kick-arse sandals.

I could have kept my mouth shut and you would have thought this was all planned. But hey…desperation is the mother of necessity.

Or however that saying goes…

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:
Top: Vinyl – Roe Top Bikini Top & Cover Mint by sukoshitosuto (available at Uber through June 23, 2016)
Skirt: Blueberry – Distressed Skirts by Blueberryxx
*Sandals: fri.day – Olivia.Sandals (Natural) by Darling Monday – exclusively for Maitreya Lara (available at Uber through June 23, 2016)
Hair: MINA Hair – Stella by Mina Nakamura
Head: CATWA HEAD Alice V4.9 by Catwa Clip
*Skin & Catwa Head Applier: Elysium – Candice skin (red brow) – mocha freck by Aleida Rhode
Body, feet and hands: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara by Onyx LeShelle
Eyes: IKON Spectral Eyes – Azure by Ikon Innovia

Sofa/pose: dust bunny . camellia couch by xlnoel
Hat boxes: Apt B // Hello Billy – Hatboxes by FadeArcade (gacha prize)
Jug of roses: 8. Apple Fall Roses Jug by WarehouseFifteenDesigns (gacha prize)
Watering cans & roses: Apt B // Goodbye Autumn Roses by FadeArcade (gacha prize)
Rabbit chair: Soy. Chair Rabbit ears grows by Soyoy
Window: Soy. Window [Here I am] brown by Soyoy
Build: Apple Fall AF Paris Loft Skybox RARE by WarehouseFifteenDesigns (gacha prize)

Tea With Lemon

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Lemon? Sugar? Mint? However you prefer your tea, I’ve got it covered! Even if you choose to ruin your tea with cream, it’s all here!

[ keke ] is releasing the “Hard to find 2” set for the upcoming round of Lost & Found. It is a follow up to the original full dining set, which she released last year. The items you see here, plus stacks of cups, plates and bowls, are a perfect accompaniment for this set, or work great as stand-alone props. The gold colour you see in my image is from the lighting I chose; they are pristine white or pale mint in reality, so they will go with any decor.

Lost & Found starts May 22nd and only runs for two weeks, so be sure to mark your calendar; you don’t want your tea to go cold.

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*Plant: [ keke ] potted mint 1 by Kean Kelly (available at Lost & Found beginning May 22nd)
*Teacup: [ keke ] hard to find cup 1 – mint by Kean Kelly (available at Lost & Found beginning May 22nd)
*Sugar & creamer: [ keke ] hard to find cream & sugar by Kean Kelly (available at Lost & Found beginning May 22nd)
*Bowl: [ keke ] hard to find bowl w lemons by Kean Kelly (available at Lost & Found beginning May 22nd)
*Table: [ keke ] gas table by Kean Kelly (available at Lost & Found beginning May 22nd)
Hanging plate: *LODE* Decor – Muskare Wall Plate 1 by Chirzaka Vlodovic (available at Shiny Shabby through June 15th)