Jumping into Summer!

There a lot of great new summer clothes at Phil's Place, but I have always craved a little jumpsuit such as this one and when VG Republic made it in black, with a zipper from your "guggle to your zatch" [a prize will be given to the first person that correctly where that phrase is from] I was smitten. I bought without knowing about the heart on the back that says "Glamour Chick" so I am doubly smitten.

I bought the sneakers last year from TomBoy on the Callie Cline sim in red. They come is two sizes and laced and unlaced versions. I'm such a klutz even in Phil's Place that I chose laced LOL. BUT -- I was over there yesterday and could not find the store again :( [Again, a small prize to whomever helps me find it first :)]

VG Republic Glamour Chic Jumper in black.
TomBoy Sneakies [laced] in red
ETD Patricia in auburn burnt
Skins are from Fleur of course :)

Happy 5th birthday!!

Who wouldn't like to have a 2 week long birthday party? I know I would :-)

And as always, time flies when you're having fun, the first week of Second Life's 5th Birthday has already passed by.

It has become a real celebration and the expo looks great with all the variety, that only SL can bring. For example, as a part of the fashion theme, CHM, one of the model agencies I'm part of, has build a grand runway, where you can experience how it feels like to be in the fashion show yourself. And there is much more: arts, music, business, health care,... The expo is a true celebration of exactly that what keeps me coming back to SL for more: all the different levels of creativity of all those free minded spirits.

If you haven't been there yet, do at least try to catch a glimps of it all. You'll be sorry if you miss it.

Hugs, Noena

Outfit credits:
IVALDE Serenity purple dress
ETD Sofia - Chocolate hair
FLEUR Vivant Buff Dig Ophelia 3 skin

It's still spring here...

In my part of the US Midwest we've avoided the worst of the floods, and have been fortunate enough that our weather is more spring-like than the heat we normally have by July 1. I'm not arguing though ;) But we can still anticipate in our clothing choices we make in Phil's Place.

On the left is a summery plaid dress from Ivalde called Eidrun. I'm wearing it in purple. This dress shows two of the reasons I love Ivalde dresses. 1. The textures are nigh perfect and 2. the skirts usually fit without any adjusting for my smaller avi. I'm wearing ETD's new Celia in auburn burnt as well as my favorite shoes of the moment [make that since they were released], Elika's Heel Strap Platforms in teal. My skin is Fleur's Vivant Terre 2 in buff and I'm again wearing Earthtones' charming Butterfly Frolic in gold.


On the right is an outfit from ::eLDee::, the Kiki 5 in peach and red. I really like the high-waisted look of the pants paired with the bright tank top. And it's only L$125! I'm wearing the Fleur Vivant Lady Aurora skin in buff, the ETD Heel Strap Platforms in Persimmon and ETD's Emily in Auburn burnt. The necklace was a relay for life special by Caliah Lyon that came with a dress by Tuli.

So when the weather throws its summer at us, I'm ready, vritually at least :)

Sam's "Inner Critter"

I got a blue fox a while back to keep my late friend , Artistic Fimicoloud company, but never really warmed to the head shape or the color. Then, after her death, as I was searching for my "inner critter," as Sunweaver Chieftess, Rita Mariner put it, I came across Cheetah Kitty's Cheetah avatar at Lost Furest and fell in love. My first one was pink for Relay for Life. This is just a quick outfit I tossed together from an old freebie and a Bossa Nova shrug, also free way back when. Hair is ETD Emily in pink burnt.


Of course furry avatars have different dressing issues than human ones, but at least the feet are taken care of *mews*. The cheetah head needs little adjustment for hair fortunately. [The fox was a serious PITA]. Just back a bit and move a couple of strands for Emily.

When I was looking for a black and white cheetah for an event at Club Cutlass [at Buccaneer Bay] I had a very "blonde" moment and couldn't find it again, so I got the Arctic Fox pictured below. I'm wearing a Last Call design, La Muse. Again Emily from ETD in white burnt. I'm also wearing the Paper Couture River Stone necklace, [earrings are an issue for furries] and the mid-length Grey Gloves from Fleur. I didn't win the contest, but it was a lot of fun dressing this avi.


As I stated I originally bought a furry avi to match Artistic, but now that I've found my "inner critter," look for me on the grid as I'll be a FUR from time to time.
Furrily yours,
Sam [don't call me "hun" ] Barzane

Introducing Noena

Finally a blog from the long one of the team. Thank you again Sam for the very kind words. What a way to be introduced!

It is true, according to SL standards we go back a lifetime. I remember the first time we spoke. Samara immediatly pointed out she did not wanted to be called "hun", that her name was "Sam". Hehe, true, I dared to call her "hun" :) But we became friends. Sam is that kind of person that sticks to the ones she holds dear and I love her for that.

Just like Sam, I'm a bit of a busy person. I'm a photographer (NM studio), a model and a CSR at ETD (where I met Sam). If you like you can always take a look at my flickrpage to get a taste of my work: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22322200@N06/

Yes, I look forward blogging here. So check in regularly, we will do our best to keep it fun and interesting!
Hope you enjoy! Hugs, Noena

Chic Gingham from DelEmm Design

Often two of a good thing is better than one. This is the case with the Gingham Floral Jewelry set from DelEmmDesign. I purchased the purple set first, liking the softness of the gray beads along with the purple and purple gingham ones. What you can see in the left photo is the little ribbon that ties the necklace -- it's FLEXI and it's absolutely adorable. It flutters when you move.


I'm wearing Nyte'n'Day's trimmed camisole in purple, ETD's Maaliyah in Cinnamon burnt and Fleur's Parfait Deux #3 in strawberry.

In the second pair of pictures I am wearing the Green Floral Gingham set, this time the beads are flecked with a sprinkle of bright colors as well as the green gingham and the white. I'm wearing a more wintry outfit [I was grabbing the first green I could find in my wardrobe LOL.] The sweater is the [Decoy] Just Peachy Cardigan in Forest Green, with a Relika tube top underneath. The jeans are my new favorites from ETD, the silver jeans. Hair is the same, but the skin is Fleur Vivant Lustrous 2 in buff.


So you can see two IS better than one :)

I've been unfaithful >>wink<<

Those of you that know me, know that I wear almost exclusively ETD hair. It's not so much out of loyalty, although that is a factor, but because Elika makes the best darn textures and styles on the grid.

So when I was cruising my out of control inventory to get rid of unwanted demos, I ran across a few from Boon, and soon after #75 was mine in Dark Brown and a color called "Mat", which looks ash blonde/gray to me. Bad Sam.

I'm wearing Fleur's Parfait Deux 6 skin in strawberry -- I was wearing the Parfaits this weekend because we had a sale on them at Rue D'Antibes and fell in love again with Roslin and CJ's genius all over again.

My eyes are Miriel's Quiet Green Big. I am wearing the sequined striped cami from "It's All Good" and my jewelry is the charming Butterfly Frolic from Earthtones. All this because I strayed ....