Beautiful Donna Flora Jewels

Donna Flora is a SL label know to anyone who cares about elegant fashions. Now it's time to care for the creator, Squinternet Larnia, as she faces serious medical issues. If you are a creator contribute to the Love Donna Flora event. See http://www.plurk.com/p/iubbf8 for more information. As a consumer, please patronize her store on Bonin  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bonin/195/130/22 and the event when it opens later this month.

 

I have chosen to honor Squinternet by showing 6 of her jewelry creations purchased yesterday. (This is in addition to the many I already own and wear!)

Top row left to right: Martina earrings and HUD, Diana quartz set, Lorena Emerald.

Bottom row left to right:Lina black set, Autumn Leaves set, Kristabel gold set

Many of the sets have rings and bracelets too!

Supporting cast: elikatira, GLAM, *katat0nik*, Adorkable Poses.

OneBadPixel & Celoe

OneBadPixel Jeans and Halter. Hair is Exile's from TDR. Skin is Adam n Eve's Samara <3

Sometimes mesh from different designers doesn't work well, but in this case it did! Celoe's corset and 1BP's cigarette pants in apricot. Shoes and skin are named Samara :) both from Adam n Eve. Hair is elikatira. Poses are from [LAP].

Holiday Mix

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Clothes by /artilleri/ & Ivalde
Hair by elikatira & BooN
Shoes by Shiny Things, Maitreya & Tesla
Jools by MOOD
Skin by Adam n Eve
Poses by Fluke

Sam Goes Shopping... learns to read

This is a tale of two very chic stores. MiaMai & Baiastice and one clueless avi who doesn't read carefully! I looked at the new MiaMai Black Label designs. Totally awesome, but wasn't sure what would suit. Then I saw the Chod collection and immediately bought what I thought was a nice strapless dress. WRONG! It was the Dakini Rosed pants! Hence the first shot. They're amazing pants, but left me a little bare...

So I thought.. why not match the tops from 2 of the new and lovely Baiastice dresses. First up is the Liksye dress in rose, which was a very subtle match I thought. Jewelry is the paper couture Riverstone set.
Then I thought well the black texture and white sparkles of the Baiastice Zoey in red might make a nice foil for the MiaMai Dakini pants in Rose. Earrings are paper couture Faceted Black Diamond Arrangement. The little cuff on the neckline precluded wearing a necklace. On the right is the Zoey dress on her own worn with Pixel Mode Baby T's in black.

Then, having shown the BaiasticeLiksye dress with the Dakini pants I felt it deserved to be shown on it's own. It comes with the back draped necklace. My earring are Muse Elle Orchid [NA]. Shoes are again Pixel Mode Baby T's in berry.

My skin in all shots is Liane Natural from Adam n Eve [R] with part of sachi's Christmas pressie to me, maples lips. [R] Hair is elikatira Breathe in Blonde 02.

Tadaima!

That's Japanese for "I'm home!" It was a wonderful 12 day trip to Kyoto, Japan. This blog post doesn't have anything to do with Japan though ;) Just explaining my absence.

Details:
LeeZu's Westwood Coat in Palace Flowers.
Ingenue's Leslie trousers in Tiffany.
MichaMi's Laila top in Wine. [R]
Adam n Eve's Piper in Tan Bare. [R]
elikatira's Breathe in Red 05.
Ingenue's Wanderer in . [NA]
Mandala's Senjyu earrings in Snow.

Details:
Artilleri's Auntie Elsie dress in Green.
Mon Tissu's Montsegur pumps in White.
Adam n Eve's Piper in Tan Bare. [R]
elikatira's Breathe in Red 05.
Dark Mouse's Anzac set in Gold

All poses by STaTus http://shrimp56.kodakgallery.com/

52 ORANGE (with grateful thanks to Luna Jubilee!)

I can't believe that I have done 52 posts in Luna's challenge,. Not always on time mind you, but I did it! Thanks again ms luna :)

While I've done inventory diving for most of the posts, for the last one the right dress fell into my pixel paws thanks to Anessa Stine of DCNY. It is her new Mesh Knit Dress in Harvest. [R] I'm still not a fan of mesh as it makes my shape "not sam", but it is nice to not have the mini-skirt flap. I also like the way the sleeves can be longer without looking icky. But more on mesh another time.

Other details:
Hair: Breathe in Red 05 from elikatira
Skin: Piper in Tan from Adam n Eve [R]
Jools: Anzac set in Gold from Dark Mouse
Shews: Sloane Pumps in Caramel from Mon Tissu
Poses: STaTus [R]

52 KHAKI

WOOT! I'm actually posting this in the right week. *waits for everyone to pass out*

A search for Khaki didn't reveal much, but eventually I settled on the Chifone dress in Khaki, a gift from oyakin. I have to say that I am enamoured of the fluffy skirt. The "jools" are new, from Dark Mouse. They are called Dreaming of Camelot and the stones are colour-change. This "colour" is some sort of pale green that works well.

Hair is from elikatira, Details in White 05. And I am still wearing Liane from Adam n Eve with the Pinkade eyeshadow.

Poses are from /GEEZ/

52 FIRE BRICK and 52 BRICK RED

Arrrgh...behind again:) Fire Brick took a bit of a search, but Brick Red fell into my lap thanks to the new Paper couture collection.


FIRE BRICK started with the top of the Lune Chic Sweater Dress from MG Fashion in brick and continued with MichaMi's cropped and slouchy pants in black [R] and Naith Smit's Rock'n'Rolla Uggs [NA] Other items are elikatira Details in White 03 and sachi's beautiful Liane Natural with Pinkade eyeshadow from Adam n Eve [R] Picture was taken at the wonderful Mother Road sim.


BRICK RED was mine with the new Dark Rain gown from Paper Couture. Hair is Truth's Eden in Copper. Still wearing Liane from sachi [R] . Jewelry is new from MOOD; the Cae earrings and the Parade Pearl Statement Ring [R] .

Poses are the female blogger ones from [LAP]

Hopefully that's it for BRICK.

Milla & sachi

sachi Vixen and Milla Michinaga are not only two of my dearest friends in SL, but both are very gifted content creators. And both of them know that I wouldn't blog their work if I didn't like it. So you can infer that I LIKE:) Very much.

On the left is sachi's newest fantasy dress. It has gorgeous textures and beautifully done sculpted parts. With it I am wearing jewelry from one of my favorite fantasy stores, Tekili-li. It's the Louhi set. I suppose I could look fiercer, but it's just not me.

MichaMi's Brocade Belle Dress [R] in Gold comes with two skirts, resizable either manually or with a script, but it just popped on and stayed there :) The textures are lovely, especially the lacework at the top of the bodice. The Madame Royale set in Cognac from MOOD completed the look.

Details for both outfits:
Shoes--Armidi's Vidalia
Hair--elikatira's Details
Skin-- Adam n Eve's Dany [R]
Poses--Long Awkward Pose [R]

52 CELADON and LEMON

OK ok--how else was I going to catch up? The only thing really new is the decked tank from Nyte'n'Day in Lemon. The rest was in inventory since... ummmmmm...

CELADON details:
MichaMi Shift Dress in Green
Maya 2 from luc Fashion Jewelry
Vidalia Shoes in metallic "something" from Armidi
Hair--not sure what from elikatira
Gaia Natural from PXL Creations

LEMON details:
Lemon Decked Tank from Nyte'n'Day
ETD Heel Strap Platforms in Sunshine [NA]
Perfect Fit Capris in Sunwash from SWA [NA]
City Life Hair in Spice from FuseMelon
Jewelry from DelEmma- Seaglass in Yellow
Kim Natural in SpringSienna from PXL Creations

**all poses from [LAP]**

52 Week Colour, Celadon

Celadon…never heard of it but that doesn’t mean I don’t have anything of that colour.

After a little search and try on session I came across Last Call’s Anytime dress. A pretty geometric patterned mini dress with a great ‘swishy’ skirt. But, wait! This dress must be ancient…Last Call does not exist anymore. Indeed, although it looks as fresh as any of today’s designs, it is a dress made before windlight, before sculptys, before any of the fancy add ons we have had in the past couple of years. This is truly a classic dress that has stood the test of second life time.

I chose elikatira’s hair and N-Core shoes to go with the dress. The rest are my usual suspects listed below.

Alternative shot here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/furystapleton/5958285995/in/photostream

Styling:

Shape: custom, FuriousDesigns
Skin: [PXL] Candy NAT Lime DEB
Hair: [elikatira] Lasting 2 - Black 04
Eyes: (Miriel) Eyes - Peacock (Big)
Eyelashes: Cake, Seperated lashes, tintable
Dress: Last Call : Anytime (fresh)
Shoes: N-core ILLUSION XtremeHeel "Apple"
Jewellry: *Giselle Bracelet* (R hand) by La Forgia Jewels

Two for Tuesday

Often I find myself ending up with two related outfits when I go hunting for what goes with what. I started out looking for white pants to go with Whippet & Buck's Claven top in Aubergine. Ended up in pants for the second shot, but stopped at the LeeZu Berlin skirt in White for the first. My reason for aubergine/white was the beautiful new hair flower and earrings, with gorgeous pearls from MOOD. I am also wearing Maitreya Gold Shanti shoes in Eggplant and elikatira's Details in White 05. Skin is PXL Creations Gaia in Natural and poses are by [LAP].


Then I found the House of Heart necklace [NA] that went with the aubergine, but didn't show up enough. So I combine 2 layers of the Claven top, Antique and Rose. Skin is again Gaia, hair is When the Seas Met in Blinding from Clawtooth. Pants are from Ingenue, Leslie in Tiffany and the shoes are from one 11, The Wanderer [NA] also from Ingenue. Poses are again from [LAP]

Say Hello to Dany!

sachi Vixen's recent skins have been suiting me nicely and Dany is no exception. She's a lot more sophisticated than Taylor and even Laurel and quite different from my latest fave, Paige. Like Paige, Dany comes with a base skin and several eye shadows and lip colors as well as manicure/pedicure and *coughs* that hair down there. At $1800. sachi gives you a LOT. Here's the slurl to her boutique at the Skin & Shape Fair. Go, try the demos, purrrrrrrrr and BUY! Especially you blondes or peeps like me who let their inner blonde out once in a while. RAWR

Now before anyone jumps on me, yes the photos on the left were flipped for symmetry's sake. So sue me. It's the skin that matters here. The middle shot is the base skin, very lovely by itself. The top two side pics are 2 of the lip colors and the bottom 2 are 2 of the eyeshadows. (I can't run a viewer that has the "add layer" feature so it's one at a time for me.)

Sweater is the Picnic & Flowers Cardigan from Mon Tissu. The trousers are also Mon Tissu's Horizontal Twill ones. Hair is Details from elikatira in Blonde 02. Earring are Nouveau Wave from Dark Mouse. Camisole is an old Maitreya one from her Mirli sweater set.

ta ta Tangerine

Tangerine has also been lurking in my "to blog" folder, specifically the Prudence Cardigan from Mon Tissu. Here I've paired it with MichaMi bottoms, Dark Mouse jewels and Adam n Eve skins to produce 2 different looks. The primmy parts on the sweater work really well, in particular the retro padded shoulders. I'm wearing MichaMi's newish Suede Skirt in Brown, the Bohemian Flare Necklace and Bank's Closed Earrings from Dark Mouse as well as Adam n Eve's new Paige in Natural. [R] Candy Clogs in Copper from Shiny Things finish off the feet:) Hair is elikatira's Details in Red 05.


Here's an earlier image from about the time the Prudence Cardigan came out. In this case I'm wearing MichaMi's Laila pants in Black along with ETD's Heel Strap Platforms [NA]. My jewelry is again Dark Mouse's Obsidian, which also has a nice retro feel to it. Hair is from Amrita [NA] a style I found on Cajsa's blog eons ago. My skin is Adam n Eve Taylor in Natural.

So ta ta Tangerine!

52 BANANA MANIA

I always seems to be one food group behind *sighs* OK here's Banana Mania. I admit I used lighting to come close. Can you wait for Asparagus?

Wearing:
Adam n Eve Taylor Natural in Gold
elikatire Details in Red 05
W&B Georgie Tapered Trousers in Fallow
W&B Hykova Buttoned Tank in Cream
Shiny Things Charlottes in Gold
Alienbear Pearl Teardrop Earrings in Peach
MichaMi Ebba Scarf in White (tinted)

52 RED

Boy am I behind. Color my face RED. I've known all week that I was blogging this outfit that I had taken earlier because it is echt-RED. But did that help nooooooooo... So here RED is. FINALLY.

I found the this outfit while" inspecting" an idling avatar at The Dressing Room Blue and ended up in two wonderful Japanese shops. I didn't like the blouse that came with the Kuri Style suit so I substituted this one from the second shop, **M+M**. The feathered bits are part of the suit. Boots are GOS Slouchy in Red. I'm wearing sachi's Taylor skin, which I'm still having trouble getting off my pixels, although Laurel is close behind.

Details:
Suit: kuri style
blouse: **M+M**
boots: GOS - Slouchy
Hair:elikatira - Rumor;
skin: adam n eve Taylor
Poses: /GEEZ/

A secret

Oh-my-god. I shopped. Not just a quick log-in-to-TP-to-TDR (The Dressing Room, I presume everyone knows it by now), buy what's being offered that I suspect I may like, log off and forget. Nope - last weekend I actually went to shops where all the items were made by the same creator and set at full price. How did that happen? It started as a fairly normal TDR routine, when I had to notice (everyone has, apparently) the amazing skirt by a guest store called The Secret Store. I have no idea how long they've been around, but they were new to me so I went to have a look at what they had to offer. They're on a sim called Cheesecake, so I decided there could be nothing bad. And oh boy, was I right. Almost as good as cheesecake.

Amongst the (many) items I bought, a dress in particular, called Pretty Poppy, caught my eye. I wasn't disappointed on unpacking: the textures and the sculpted primwork are just incredible; it comes with an accessory belt plus the chest ruffles in two attachment point options. If I had to find a fault with it, I guess it would be that the glitch pants only come in the underwear layer, which makes it kinda not-so-easy to find appropriate tights to wear it with. But hey, I managed.

After buying all those pretty clothes, I decided that it would only be fair to get new hair to go with them, so I paid a visit to my two old loves: Elikatira and Truth. [me sighs] How I love them, and how grateful I am that they have stores on the Marketplace, so I can avoid the infernal lag. With that excuse, I proceeded to try every single demo, and eventually settled on Elikatira's Mood (Red 08 being my colour) to go with the dress. I was tempted to buy a new skin too and went straight for Tuli's demos, but then I decided to give Belleza's group gift Erika a try - and it won my heart. There are two Erikas in the gift box at the store, I chose the one with turquoise eyeshadow for the pictures with the dress, but here's a closeup of my new face in the bare option. It's not for me to say it, but it's lovely, innit?


Since I was at it I tried to renew my eyes as well (Miriel's probably been closed for over a year now, it's time to move on) but, to be honest, I found nothing that convinced me. I picked both the Poetic Colors and the Amacci gifts, but if those are anything to go by, I'll pass. So, I'm back where I started. If anyone was a Miriel lover and has found a convincing substitute, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just stick to the oldies and goodies. To round up the look, I added the Delphine pumps in gold by Shiny Things, another group gift, SBJ's gold necklace (FabFree gift) and Glow Studio's Lowicz thick wood branclet (TDR item). The tights are a prehistorical tintable pair, but still work for me. Poses are from Samara's photosphere, by various creators participating in the 2010 pose fair [hey, that's what Sam's poseball said!].

For full credits, check out my Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/elaine_lisle/

NEW at L'Abel

Neferia Abel of Ivalde and the couture label, L'Abel has recently released a large group of lovely newness from L'Abel. First up is the elegant black dress, Orianna. [R] Its ruffles are beautifully done, fit well and make a very chic statement. With Orianna I am wearing...

Hair: aurora hair 01
Skin: Adam & Eve Taylor Natural Blush
Jools: Dark Mouse Obsidian Eye
Shews: Maitreya Gold Ixkin in Pearl


Second is a more casual option, the Adria top [R] and the Daija cord pants. [R] Both come in many colors. I love the lace on the top and the zippers on the pants.

Hair: elikatira Later Red 05
Skin: Adam & Eve Taylor Natural Blush
Jools: *MM* Feather Pendant Necklace & Earrings Set [NA]
Shews: ETD Heel Strap Platforms [NA]

COOKIES!

I have cookies to share with you:) They come with the new Valentine's pose set from Gesticulate. YUM! Available at their main store AND on Copley Square.. mmmmmmm cookies....

Details:
Poses & COOKIES: Gesticulate
Hair: elikatira Later in Red 05
Skin: Adam & Eve Laurel Natural Fruits
Shoes: GField Ribbon Slingback Baby Pink
Dress: fumiwo_100101_sweet Candy_RosePink

One Good Shot Deserves Another!

This whole post began with the Vermont Sweater from the wonderful new men's brand, VanGuard who have a branch store on Copley Square. I am wearing it in Clay. The other colors for this sweater are equally as subtle. The primmy parts come with a resize script that works very well. I paired them with the no longer available ETD Silver Jeans.


I kept the boots, skin and hair from above [see below], but changed into MichaMi's very sophisticated Kat Dress in Golden Brown. Milla's textures are superb and this dress is no exception. It has both sculpted and system skirts, the latter at my request and which I am wearing. My leggings are Maisie in Cream, also from MichaMi. Jewelry is from FuseMelon, the Forget Me Knot Pearl Two Tone set.

Worn in both pictures:
Boots: Elikatira Secret Boots in Dune
Hair: ETD Aveda Short Crop in Sienna
Skin: Adam & Eve Taylor in Smoke Natural