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Turkish Delight

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1 Cleo Design From My Country

As I promised a few days ago, there is a lot more to be found during The Challenge this month. I immediately fell in love with the Turkish items from Cleom Bailey’s home country. All of these items – and many more – are available individually at Cleo Design. The textures are rich and the detail is lovely.

1 Cleo Design FMC ottoman sofa

My favourite reading pose ever can be found in the ottoman sofa. I have found myself in this position before while waiting to go out, wanting to relax but not have to kick off my boots. We can’t be dirtying up the upholstery, can we? 😉

I am totally delighted with these items and since they are sold separately, you can mix and match the pieces that catch your fancy.

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*From Cleo Design by Cleom Bailey for The Challenge:
Sofa: Cleo Design – ottoman sofa
Chair: Cleo Design – anatolian wickerchair
Pouf: Cleo Design – mesh pouff
Tea service: Cleo Design – ottoman tea set
Rug: Cleo Design – KILIM
Decorations: Cleo Design – ALEM
Window setting and drapes also by Cleo Design but not for sale

Dress: GizzA – Belted Dress [Snake Soil] by Giz Seorn
Boots: ::HH:: Hucci Ikela Boots – Neutral Collection by Eboni Khan
Bracelet: Maxi Gossamer – MG – Bracelets – Florentine Lover’s by Maxi Gossamer
Earrings: Maxi Gossamer MG – Earrings – Florentine Lover’s – E2 by Maxi Gossamer
Glasses: Sax Shepherd Designs – ! !SSD ~ 80’s Glam ~ Pince Nez by Sax Shepherd
Hair: [LeLutka]-DAISY hair – FireTop by Thora Charron
Skin: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Peach Lips MEB C2 by Hart Larsson
Eye Makeup: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Smokey Eyes by Hart Larsson
Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
Hand applier:[PXL] Creations – [ PXL ] Slink HandApplier SK by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue by Carina Larsen
Lashes: Mon Cheri *MC* “Falsies” Eyelash by Freya Oliveri

Pose by the ottoman sofa

Hello SoCal, Goodbye .::Vivid::.

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1 Vivid Closing Sale

I really wanted to be one of the first people who showed photos of this gorgeous sim, SoCal, but I got stuck in the jumping castle and a lot of people have beaten me to it. I’m not going to worry about it though – it is a fun sim that does catch the vibe of Southern California. I lived there for almost a year and while it wasn’t the best year of my life and I would never move back again, it is a great place to visit.

Now I can do it from the comfort of my desk chair instead of traveling 13 hours to get there 😉

It has it all…gacha stalls and stores (still filling up), a bands shell, a ferris wheel and yes, a jumping castle, cliffs, beach and of course, a pier. It was rather busy while I was there with people hanging out on the beach and checking out the gacha goodies. It is a fun sim and I have no doubt it will continue to be a destination for photographers.

I am wearing an outfit from .::Vivid::., which is sadly going out of business on March 2. Everything in the store will be at least half price – with some items as low as 25L. It is a great time to go and stock up on casual clothes (a lot of them with colour-change HUDs), makeup, Slink nail appliers and shapes. I want to thank Honey Bernandes, the designer, for allowing me to blog for her over the past several months. Some of my most fun-loving posts have been shot while wearing her clothes (cleaning house, fighting off zombies, trying to get to the North Pole).

Honey will keep her Marketplace store, so she is not disappearing from the grid completely. I wish her the best and hope that things settle down in real life that she might be able to come back from time to time with something new to delight us!

Pretty stuff I’m wearing:

*Top & Skirt: VIVID – Little Mix Outfit by Honey Bernandes (CLOSING MARCH 2)
*Hat: JfL Hats – Plains hat V.2 worn white, mesh by Johnfrancis Laville
Boots: ::HH:: Hucci Akita Suede Boots by Eboni Khan
Necklace: Cae :: Promise :: Necklace by Caelan Hancroft
Earrings: Cae :: Promise :: Earrings by Caelan Hancroft
Ring: Cae :: Promise :: Ring by Caelan Hancroft
Hair: Amacci Hair Nicky ~ Sangria by Carina Larsen
Nail polish: Izzie’s – Slink Avatar Enhancement – FINGERNAILS (metallic) by Izzie Button
Skin: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Peach Lips MEB C2 by Hart Larsson
Eye Makeup: [PXL] Creations – [PXL] JADE SK Smokey Eyes by Hart Larsson
Hands: Slink Mesh Hands (av) Casual by Siddean Munro
Feet: Slink Mesh Feet (Av) Medium by Siddean Munro
Hand & Feet appliers:[PXL] Creations – [ PXL ] Slink Hand & Feet Appliers SK by Hart Larsson
Eyes: Amacci Gaze Eyes – Ocean Blue by Carina Larsen
Lashes: Mon Cheri *MC* “Falsies” Eyelash by Freya Oliveri

Pose: {Imeka}Kirsty-Pose 7 by NatiWilliams

Location: SoCal

Hooooo’s Ready For The Collage?

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1 Collage Feb_016 TD

It’s the 23rd and that means that The Collage is open again for the next two weeks! You may recall that I went a little crazy over this event and especially my new favourite shabby chic store, Thaino Designs at the last round. This month, Thaihiti Baroque, the designer of Thaino Designs so very kindly offered me her items to blog. I admit I SQUEEEEEEEE’d! a bit. (OK, a LOT!)

Everything available is in the photo above. The main theme is owls and of course, shabby chic florals and colours. I really can’t decide which is my favourite item. Thankfully, I don’t have to 😉

I actually left a lot of these items set up in the back garden at my show room. It makes it a very inviting spot to just sit back and relax, or even take some pictures. Anyone is welcome to do so – I’ll even give you VIP ride there!

I’m going to do a little slide show with some closer views of many of the items. But please, don’t let that stop you from heading over to The Collage to see them in person.

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Hoooo’s gonna tell me which is their favourite?

Pretty stuff I’m showing off:

*From Thaino Designs by Thaihiti Baroque (available at The Collage beginning Feb. 23)

Old shabby floral caravan (20 LI)
Garden ladder plant stand with plants (5 LI)
Garden owl seat shabby pink (2 LI)
Garden owl seat shabby green (2 LI)
Garden floral wood table (1 LI)
Garden teapot the owls (2 LI)
Garden teapot dusky pink (2 LI)
Garden teapot white floral (2 LI)
Garden teapot floral purple (2 LI)
Garden flowers in watering can (4 LI)
Thaino garden windmill (4 LI)
Garden owls coffee table (mesh) (2 LI)
Garden teapot purple (2 LI)
Garden teapot pink (2 LI)
Thaino candles in tea cup (3 LI)
Garden colourful candles in a tray (3 LI)
Thaino garden candles in drawer (3 LI)
Garden patch blue (5 LI)
Garden love heart box of flowers (5 LI)
garden floral box of flowers (5 LI)
Garden owl tea set on tray (5 LI)
Garden patch red (5 LI)
Thaino garden washing line with clothes (6 LI)
Garden pink trellis and plants (5 LI)
Garden blue trellis with plants (5 LI)

Trees and plants from HPMD* by Sasaya Kayo