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Still Life With Redhead

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As Christmas nears, I am getting busier and busier. I know that’s nothing special; everyone is these last few weeks. The season of giving requires a lot of taking, too: taking of time, energy, money and patience as we battle through the traffic and crowds to complete our Christmas preparations.

When it gets to be too much, it is nice to be able to just sit for a while, enjoy the calm of our surroundings and just breathe. No need for movement; just blending in with the scenery.

You can create your own still life* by just checking through the shopping list I have provided below.

*redhead not included

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*Dress: Salt & Pepper S&P dress Eve maitreya exp by xxSaltandPepperxx (available at Shiny Shabby Dec. 20 – Jan. 10)
*Shoes: Apple May Designs She’s So Fancy (Slink) – Black by Apple May (available at Shiny Shabby Dec. 20 – Jan. 10)
*Bracelet: MINIMAL – Bracelet *1* -Gold- by Ors Quan (available at Wayward Market through Jan. 10)
*Collar: <a href="http://.:EMO-tions:.” target=”_blank”>.:EMO-tions:. * ROBERTA* collar by Mirja Mills
*Hair: .:EMO-tions:. * ROBERTA * by Mirja Mills
*Skin: [PXL] Creations Shara Winter NAT Makeup 03 REB C2 by Hart Larsson (available at Wayward Market through Jan. 10)
Tattoo: [White~Widow] DeadMan – Henna by Julie Hastings
Body and hands: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara by Onyx LeShelle
Feet: Slink AvEnhance Feet High by Siddean Munro
Eyes: IKON Sovereign Eyes – Tropical by Ikon Innovia
Lashes: Mon Cheri *MC* “Falsies” Eyelash by Freya Oliveri

*Surround: unKindness uK – Garden Arch Gazebo v3 – Winter by Jamie Rozenberg (available at Wayward Market through Jan. 10)
Chair: Apt B // Winter Gacha Chair by FadeArcade
Doves: {anc} NO LIMITS // flock of doves [sugar white] by aki69 (gacha prize at The Arcade Dec. 2015)
*Tea lights: [ keke ] tea lights – big random by Kean Kelly (available at Cosmopolitan through Dec. 24)
*Jar with branches: <a href="http://[ keke ]” target=”_blank”>[ keke ] winter branch in big bottle w candles by Kean Kelly (available at Cosmopolitan through Dec. 24)
Tapestry: Trompe Loeil – Haldis Holiday Tapestry by Cory Edo (available at Collabor88 Dec. 2015)
Trees: Studio Skye Enchanted Woods v2 by Alex Bader

Pose: -Label Motion- Scene#1 Pose 3 – Label Motion by anne Dakun (available at Shiny Shabby Dec. 20 – Jan. 10)
Photo taken with LUMIPro 2016 by Stefan Buscaylet

A Crazy Cat Lady Christmas

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What can I say? I would probably be a Crazy Cat Lady if my one little darling wasn’t such a princess who shows disdain for any other feline. But that didn’t stop me from loading up on these precious creatures to decorate my Second Life home. In case you are one of the two or three people who haven’t yet seen them, they are from Jian at The Winter Gacha Festival. Look at that little sweetie digging her claws into my new boots from fri.day! And that tiny imp peeping at me from around the corner of the fireplace from Nefarious Invention. I guess it’s only fitting that two of the wee creatures are trying to enjoy milk and breakfast from Jian (although the delicious food items are available at Wayward Market).

All in all, I think my Christmas will be merry with the meowing and purring of my newest little friends 🙂

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

(on Peep)
*From Wayward Market Dec. 12, 2015 – Jan. 10, 2016
Bracelet: MINIMAL – Bracelet *1* -Gold- by Ors Quan
Hair: [^.^Ayashi^.^] Ahri hair by Ikira Frimon
Skin: [PXL] Creations Shara Winter NAT Makeup 03 REB C2 by Hart Larsson
:: c.A. :: chocolate atelier by YukaChoco Magic
Bra: Regina *Red* Maitreya MeshBody Applier
Hair bow: Jojo *Dot Red* [with veil] (gift)

Skirt: Blueberry – Bisquit – Zipped Skirts – Maitreya by xxBlueberryxx
*Boots: fri.day fri. – Jessica.Boots (Coal) by Darling Monday (available at Collabor88 December, 2015)

(decor)
From Christmas on 34th Street Dec. 9-27, 2015
*Death Row Designs by deathrowdesigns:
DRD lazy Christmas chair
DRD lazy christmas table
DRD christmas decoration – #WHATEVER (wall hanging)
*From Wayward Market Dec. 12, 2015 – Jan. 10, 2016
*Nefarious Invention by jacksonmanis
[n.i] deadwood.fireplace.cast.iron.light
[n.i] deadwood.mantle
[n.i] deadwood.rug
*Jian by jiansl
JIAN Sunday Breakfast :: Eggs & Meats
JIAN Sunday Breakfast :: Milk & Glasses
22769 ~ [bauwerk] Little Winter Cottage (Snowtop) by Paco Pooley
Pose: BodyLanguage SLC SS POSE Back Shot!! B-ShotSit02L by mammoth Nishi

Lights: +Half-Deer+ Stringlight Clutter – Heart by Halogen Magic

Kittens from Jian by jiansl (available at The Winter Gacha Festival)
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Brown Tabby Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – White Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Grey Tabby Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Grey Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Tuxedo Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Ginger Tabby Kitten
JIAN :: A Very Kitten Christmas – Black Kitten

Second Life Yearbook Smile Challenge: It’s Been A While…

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Strawberry Singh has made my smile today – literally and virtually! She has brought back her Monday Memes after a much-too-long hiatus. And wouldn’t you know she would pick a topic that makes me shudder on more than one level: she wants to see us smile…in a yearbook picture. Gah! I find smiles in Second Life to be truly cringe-worthy. I can honestly say I haven’t seen a single one that I don’t want to run screaming from. Sorry to those of you who like to show your pearlies on a regular basis; I’m sure you look lovely in your toothsomeness…to you. And that’s what matters.

However, once I changed my shape back to my normal neutral expression, I really didn’t mind the teeth…that much. They are well-done and simple to edit. I will have to play around with the different alpha layers to come up with a look that is less goofy, yet shows off my chicklets a bit.

The other shivery moment came when I thought about how long it’s been since I had my last yearbook picture taken. It was mumbly-mumble years ago; that’s all you need to know 😉 That also explains why my photo is a bit dingy and dog-eared. I blame you, Berry, for the sneezing fit I had from digging through boxes to find it!

I did go with the traditional blue background of school portraits in my time. I found a texture on deviantart.com by firesign24-7 and used that as my backdrop. My smile is courtesy of the [PXL] Creations OpenMouth PRO Teeth v2.0 by Hart Larsson, and I edited my mouth and eyes a bit to come up with this frightening adorable grin. Add in a few effects from Photoshop and picmonkey.com, and there you have it. Probably the last time you’ll see my avatar smile.

If you want to play along, here are the instructions:

Meme instructions: Share an image of your Second Life avatar smiling for a yearbook photo. Don’t forget to share the link to your post in the comments (of this post) and add your pictures to the new Second Life Yearbook flickr group, you can also share them in the Blog Memes flickr group if you like.

I just realised this is my 500th post. If I ever had a reason to smile, that is one of them. I never thought I would get this far! 🙂

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

Sweater: (Milk Motion) pin up angora sweater – S – pink by Marie Lauridsen
Earrings: (Yummy) Pearl Studs – Pearl by Polyester Partridge (available at Uber Jan. 2015)
Hair: *ARGRACE* SAE – Ginger by rika Oyen
Teeth: [PXL] Creations OpenMouth PRO Teeth v2.0 by Hart Larsson
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V1.0 by Onyx LeShelle
Skin: -Glam Affair – Amberly II skin – America 13 C by aida Ewing (available at Kustom9 until Jan. 14, 2015)
Eyes: [ MUDSKIN ]_Glass Eye_Blue3_w1 by Sopha Portal (available at Kustom9 until Jan. 14, 2015)
Lashes: Mon Cheri *MC* “Falsies” Eyelash by Freya Oliveri

Pose: fri.day Poses fri. – careless.pose 2 by Darling Monday

Backdrop: Blue Grunge Texture by firesign24-7