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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)

Red Hearts, Broken Wings

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I have been in newness overload for the past week or so. Not only am I in the thick of things with Skin Fair 2016 and The Liaison Collaborative, along comes Apple May Designs with two new releases. You can pick up the sexy little thong and pasties set at Whore Couture right now, and the jewelry set (arm cuff, bracelet and ring) will be available on March 14 at Cosmopolitan. OK, so you cant see the ring in this shot, but it’s got a matching stone to the bracelet. And to make it even better, the stones are texture-change to match your wardrobe!

I can’t fail to bring your attention to the amazing wings I am sporting from Bauhaus Movement. They are, in a word, epic. I can just imagine that I am rising from the depths of hell in these wings. And while you can’t really tell, they are shattered. As in, additional attachments with pieces of the wings floating around me. Awesomeness in the guise of brokenness.

One more reminder about Skin Fair 2016: Click the pic for details on the Pale Girl Productions blog, and SLurls to the landing points of both sims are below that.

I’m just nice like that 😉

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Skin Fair 2016 Sim 1 Landing Point
Skin Fair 2016 Sim 2 Landing Point

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*Pasties & Thong: Apple May Designs (AMD) Sweetheart Panties & Pasties Red by Apple May (available at Whore Couture March 2016)
*Jewelry: Apple May Designs (AMD) – Vintage Jewelry Gold by Apple May (available at Cosmopolitan starting March 14, 2016)
*Wings: Bauhaus Movement – Da Vinci’s Demons Wings by LouLou Teichmann The Liaison Collaborative Birthday Round March 7-30 2016)
Hair: *ARGRACE* NATSUME – Red by rika Oyen
*Skin: Adam n Eve AE Julia TB Red Eyebrows by sachi Vixen (available at Skin Fair 2016, Sim 1 through March 27)
*Lips: .::WoW Skins::. Yasmine Lip 2 (Light tones) by sawsan SecretSpy (available at Skin Fair 2016, Sim 2 through March 27)
*Teeth: Belviso – Open Mouth W/Teeth Tattoo. by Simaree (part of the Kattrina Skin) (available at Skin Fair 2016, Sim 1 through March 27)
*Eye makeup: [:T:] Tuli Iris / T3 / mu04 by Tuli Asturius (available at Skin Fair 2016, Sim 1)
Body and hands: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara by Onyx LeShelle
*Eyes: Mayfly – Luminous – Mesh Eye (Ghost Persian Blue, w3) by Arkesh Baral

Pose: [andika[mon chat pose pack] 03mon chat by littleLinDa Littlebird (available at Pose Fair 2016)

That Faraway Look

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Sometimes you find something so beautiful you just gaze into the distance with a faraway look in your eye. That is how I felt when I tried on the Iris skin from Tuli for Skin Fair 2016. It is just the purest, creamiest skin I have ever worn. If subtle shading and makeup options are your thing, you must try this skin. Obviously, they are mine; this could easily become my everyday skin.

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