One Belle Avenue, Second Life

18 weeks of doing the 52 Weeks of Color Challenge! I can't believe how many bloggers still are participating - it's great!  I've been getting a little lazy but this week I forced myself to get this done before the weekend - and I did it!!!

I really wanted to do a summery type post this week (we just got a whole bunch of snow this past weekend and I'm SO ready for winter to pack it up).  So I was very surprised to see that I had a dress for Ecru already in my inventory. Such a simple, summery feel to it, waiting to be dressed up however you like.  Imagine a cardigan, a picnic basket, a large sun hat, or maybe even a man (or woman) by your side.  I so can't wait for Summer!

Credits:
Dress: Whippet & Buck Lismore Drop-Waisted Maxi NEUTRAL
Shoes: Surf Couture - Shoelace Sandals - Black (color change laces)
Skin: Belleza Melissa SK group gift
Hair: elikatira Just - Brown 09
Bracelet: Eels Sole Accessory. Fook leather bracelet
Necklace: MIEL SEN NECKLACE
Pose: Olive Juice - Bella

Okay, now that I am caught up with the 52 Weeks of Color Challenge, it's time to lay down and relax for a bit. So I bid you goodnight!

Credits:

Top: Tee*fy Lime Loose Tank
Panties: Exodi Lusty Undies - Lime
Shoes: LeLutka Saffron Pumps (Black)
Skin: tres blah {Tan} Blessa: In The Morning - Dark Brows
Hair: elikatira: Play - Brown 09
Pose: Olive Juice: 'Sup

Yeah, yeah, yeah...I'm a week behind. And I have lots of excuses for it too.  One of which was having some well-earned fun.  Such a slacker, right?  

I had these bowling pieces for a while now and I always wanted to use them and the teal week in the 52 Weeks of Color Challenge allowed me that opportunity. I also found a bowling alley too! AND I got a STRIKE! I ended up with 3 strikes in the 10th frame....well, my son did anyway. :-D

Credits:

Pants: Zenith=Dark Blue Jean Capris
Shirt: HellBop - Mike - Teal bowling shirt
Socks: Maitreya Scrunched PrimSocks * Faded Teal
Bowling Shoes: Jeepers Shoes - Strike!
Skin: Tuli Zoe / pale :: 04 Electric
Hair: TRUTH Kymberly Streaked - java
Pose: Olive Juice: Stacie makes me jump for Joy

So I was standing up on my platform in the sky, letting my kitties beg for my attention, as I tried to figure out what to wear for this week's challenge. Outfit after outfit tried on and then taken off. Nothing was doing it for me. Nothing screamed "THIS IS IT!" And then I got the message that there was a new group gift from Kyoot. I started to get hopeful but I had doubts - maybe it wasn't red, maybe it was pink. Then, I saw the three letters: RED.  YES!  I squealed when I tried it on! Va-va-voom!  


Credits:

Dress: Kyoot - He Loves Me Best Dress (Red - Group Gift)
Earrings: R.icielli - EUSTAQUIA earrings #gold / quartz (Part of this week's Dressing Room offering)
Skin: Mother Goose's Sophie--Moss Rose(Cellar event)
Hair: TRUTH Sandra -  dark browns cocoa
Pose: Olive Juice - Crystal

Credits: 

Top: L`Abel-Saige black shirt
Pants: JANE -  essence full suit.raven
Shoes: elikatira Millside Flats - Brick (VIP Gift)
Earrings: DECO - Group Gift Essential Pearl Earrings
Handbag: Duh! Little Black Beaded Clutch
Sunglasses: elysion optic Aarya Crack
Hair: Clawtooth: Snow Bunny (for the Seasons Hunt Prize)
Skin: The Body Co. / Sage (T02)
Pose: Olive Juice - Like, You Know

I won't bore you with lots of words today - my head is starting to ache and I'm super tired: a side effect of being a mother with a sick son.

I am really enjoying exploring SL to get a new location for each shot. This week I went to the sim, Verfinstern, home of Soulless Productions. A greeter welcomed me to the Whitechapel district of London, Year 1888. There are lots of meandering city streets, so be prepared to walk (it's a no fly zone).  It seems to be a RP sim, but not entirely sure.



Credits:

Dress: Elate! - Mei (Emerald)
Skin: Belleza Erika Sk group gift
Hair: TRUTH Odette -  dark browns Java
Nails & Rings: VIRTUAL/INSANITY INTO THE SKULLY BLOOM RINGS & NAILS
Pose: Olive Juice - Profile, Yo!

***Part of Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge

The 52 Weeks of Color Challenge is about the only thing I have made time to blog the past month or so. RL has kept me quiet busy...and here, I thought after the holidays things would slow down. I was sorely mistaken.

I love the Truth Hawk's hair color Cocoa. I pretty much have the same color in RL and I love my shade too (well, except for those stupid STUPID gray hairs peeping in lately). As for my skin, I am wearing Belleza's new Erika group gift in Sunkissed. How I wish my RL skin was sunkissed right now? Instead mine is kissed by snow and clouds and bitter cold so as you can imagine it is an ultra pale! :P



It's so hard for me to get into warm weather clothes right now, so I am currently bundled up in SL. I love the Two Sugars Top for Kyoot (and to be honest, the only item in my inventory that came up when I searched 'Taupe'). The cords from Doppelganger have been a favorite since they came out last fall.

My location this week was AM Radio.  This location is very desolate - not much here, but this is how a desert should be. Play with your windlight settings while you are there - very cool!

Credits:

Top: Kyoot - Two Sugars Top (Taupe)
Pants: Doppelganger Inc. - Cuffed Cords - Brown
Shoes: G Field Platform Shoes *Rosette* Brown
Hair: TRUTH Courtney -  dark browns cocoa
Skin: Belleza Erika Sk group gift
Pose by Olive Juice: Neck Cramps

I can't believe it's Week 11 of the 52 Weeks of Color Challenge. This has been a great challenge to be a part of. I have come across so many great blogs. If you blog, I highly recommend you do this challenge - you won't regret it!



Now onto my inspiration....I knew the moment I saw the glow studio Benelli Pumps at The Dressing Room that I would be wearing them in my post.  They are sparkly without the dreaded 'SL bling'.

The dress I am wearing is by Absolution. It's called the No Resistance Dress and it's available in Black, White, Purple and Blue (which I am wearing).  The dresses are exclusive to the CHIC Limited event and once the event is over, the dress will no longer be for sale! You don't want to miss out on this!

And to continue with my New Year's Resolution of exploring of SL and sharing my locales, these photos were taken at the Skin Deep store on the Huntress sim. Some great landscaping on this sim with a nice covered bridge. Definitely worth a trip to check it out!



Credits:

Dress: Absolution - No Resistance Dress Blue *
Shoes: glow studio Benelli Pumps Blue (diamond 2 versions) TDR 
Hair: TRUTH Yolanda 2 -  dark browns Cocoa
Skin: Curio Petal Frex [Dark] Ice Queen-Snow Globe 2
Pose by Olive Juice: Pic 1 & 3: I <3 Conditioner; Pic 2: How's My Makeup


* review copy

Every time I thought of this week's Color Challenge, I pictured Burnt Sienna and that didn't make me happy. I never liked that color and when I was younger and colored, I would never used it. I know, I'm such a color snob :-P

So I was happy when I saw Whippet & Buck's 50L Friday offering this week, I was happy.  I really liked this hue of Sienna. The top comes with multiple layers and that makes it easier to create outfits. And I know I have blogged Reek's Papercut Cardigans before, but they are one of my favorite items in my inventory. Speaking of favorites, I love long skirts (especially ones without systems skirts).



So in keeping with my blogging resolution for 2011, it's time for the location. This time I went to Farm House @ Lee County, MS, Mississippi Delta East.  There is a neighboring sim that you can visit as well. Think Rural, Farm Land and a nice big wooden water tower.


Credits:
Sweater: Reek Papercut Cardigan (Cream)
Top: Whippet & Buck Maddy Lace Top (Sienna)
Skirt: Amerie Summer Skirt (Brown)
Boots: Mon Tissu Provence Riding Boots (Chestnut)
Skin: Tuli Emma Sunkissed (Sweetheart)
Hair: Truth Diana (Mahogany)
Jewels: fairy tail wood choker; Lostwood bangles
Pose by !Bang (Pic #1: Freestylin 3 Pic #2: Freestylin 4)

For this week's Color Challenge, I decided the only place I would frequent for this challenge would be my inventory. So that meant I would not buy anything. AHHH - the pressure!  But I've been doing some New Year/New You type cleaning of my inventory this week: better organizing, mass deletion. I started at above 60,000 items and am at a little under 48,000.  Not bad, but my goal is to get under 40,000, so I've been really trying items on as well and this is how I came up with my outfit for the Color Challenge by just trying on all the items in my Silver folder. I organize my clothing by Color/Type of Clothing(i.e. shirts)/Clothing Sub Type (i.e. tanks). I also add a date (month/year) to each folder and any unique identifiers like 50L Fridays (FLF), The Dressing Room (TDR), Project Themeory (PT), etc. I have an entire system - it may be a little too meticulous for some, but it works for me. I am the same way with all my other objects - you should see my Objects folder!

Let's get back to Silver:



One of my New Year's Blogging Resolutions was to tell my readers where I took my pictures. I hope to explore more and more places this year and get down from the safety of my platform in the sky. This week's pictures were taken at barbee, a very nice Japenese Sim. It's very monochromatic which I really liked for this week's challenge.



I almost went all the way with the Silver theme, but I just couldn't go with the ultra, ultra pale vampire sparkly skin. (snickers) Actually, the first skin that came to mind for this post was Curio's Ice Queen. I chose the Blizzard makeup and the lip gloss lip tattoo.

I'll shut up now and give you the credits!  I've got more Inventory Organizing to do!!!  :-)

Credits:

Top: R.icielli - TDR NEWYEAR SPECIAL SET BALLONE Dress Silver (available at the Dressing Room)
Leggings: HouseofFox :: SilverLeggings
Hair: TRUTH Avery - silver
Skin: Curio Petal Frex [Light] Ice Queen-Blizzard 2
Jewels: Hudson Clothing ANTIQUE SILVER BANGLE SET
Shoes: Tee*fy Comic Inspired Wedges
Poses from Olive Juice (#1 Alejandro 3, # 2 Dainty Lady)

I love everything about Green: my RL bedroom is a soft shade of green; I went to a school wear our colors were Green and White; I love being 'Green' in everything I do. My inventory had lots of green in there for me to choose from, but this week, I wanted to be different from my other posts - I wanted to wear a dress. I rarely wear dresses in RL...and SL. I would love to wear them more often but the occasion to do has been limited since becoming a mother. So a new years resolution for myself in RL/SL: to wear more dresses and feel oh so pretty!

This dress by Zaara is absolutely beautiful! The only fitting I had to do was to adjust it for my poses, but besides that, it was meant for me LOL! The shawl is from Zaara too. The detail is stunning (check the pic below).



It's amazing what a skin and hair color change will do for your look. I hardly recognize myself. I really enjoy this skin tone on me. So why do I always purchase lighter tones?? A thought I will ponder in the new year.

Speaking of the new year - I would like to wish all of you a very Happy New Year!!!

Credits:

Dress: Zaara : Calangute *lime*
Shawl: Zaara : Kashmiri Shawl (aari work) *black*
Hair: TRUTH Emme - espresso
Skin: LAQ ~ Mima [Peach] Glow skin
Bracelet: EarthStones Beaded Bangles - Ice
Pose: Pic #1: Olive Juice Girlish Figure; Pic #2: Olive Juice Regulators

I love pink! My closet is full of pink! I wish I could have a pink bedroom in RL but my hubby says no.  But I was really surprised to see that my SL was devoid of pink and the pink I had was a soft baby pink and not the bold hotness of Cerise. So I had a nice shopping spree, all in the spirit of blogging inspiration.

I saw these pants at Coco awhile back while shopping for another 52 Weeks of Color Challenge post and instantly remembered them. I love the wrinkles in them and that they come with multiple layers (not needed for this post, but I love to wear pants with an untucked shirt).

And my new fascination are ties. I think it's because I saw Pretty Woman recently and the whole naked yet for a tie scene is one of my favorites in the movie.



Credits:


Shirt: AOHARU BT OpenLongShirt PlaidPink
Pants: COCO_SlimFitPants_Purple
Shoes: Tee*fy Comic Inspired Wedges
Tie: Fishy Strawberry Lilac Cotton Tie
Hair: TRUTH Avery - espresso
Skin: Curio Petal Frex [Dark] Ice Queen-Charcoal 1
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Pose: Olive Juice #1) Regulators and #2) Tee Hee

I'm not going to say this challenge was hard for me, because it wasn't.  It just required me to go shopping, so I guess it was hard on my L's.  :-)

My inspiration came from the open front COCO jeans. I mean, I was tempted by dresses but as I huddled in my blankets, I just couldn't find the power to click pay on them. *Side note* The shirt from artilleri comes longer but then you couldn't see the undies. 

Now on to the rest of the pics!








Credits:

Sweater: JANE -  tailgate sweater.charcoal
Shirt: artilleri Carlita top *yellow*
Jeans: COCO LooseStyleDenim - GenevaBlue
Socks: JANE - lil piggies socks.rugby.yw golden
Boots: BOOM Button Boot (olive)
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Hair: TRUTH Avery - cocoa
Skin: tres blah - {Tan} Blessa: Excuses - Dark Brows
Poses: #1 LAP: Poofy Dress Pls., #3 LAP Not Listening, #4 LAP Poise

Furniture:
La'Licious Shabby Little Loveseat
La'Licious Shabby Little Rug
La'Licious Shabby Little Table
nocc. Gerbera orange
SunnyM. Little Book Pile (store closed)
MudHoney - Shabby Heart Floor Lamp
nordari - pinbee. - candy.
Awesome Blossom Amelie Skybox (modded)
Trinity_TriLevel Circular Table(DT)
what next Spring Flower Planter (natural)

shhh!

Here's to another installment of Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge.  Week #5!  This week my inspiration was the Baffle Caribou that I blogged about a couple days ago. How does one draw a fashion post from an animal? Well, I remember a time when I was younger having to use my great-grandpa's outhouse (he lived on a farm way up in the northern, desolate part of Wisconsin) and I saw a deer in the snow on the way there. I thought it was the coolest thing ever!

The only thing that I had to purchase for this photoshoot was, of all things, the outhouse. :-)

heading to the loo in the middle of the night

And of course I fall within steps of the house

Credits:

Shirt: JANE - drew long sleeve tee.fawn
Sweater: Pig - Lazy Sweater White
Vest: Vive9 Dear Rabbit Vest
Leggings: AOHARU BT KnitLeggings Nordic  Brown
Socks: Naive :. Vixie Socks
Shoes: MIEL SNOW SHOES
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Hair: TRUTH Danielle - java
Skin: Belleza- Erika  group gift
Pose: #1 LAP - Shhhhh; #2 LAP - Jewelrypose1; #3 LAP - Falldown1
Location: The Escape

Here we are with another installment of Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge. This week brings Plum. So, when I started my search, I began to realize every designer and even the interwebs had a different notion of what Plum was. So I'm going with what I think of when I hear Plum and I think of a deep dark purple. And with all these challenges, I can't make myself where all the same color. Maybe next week?  :-)

I want to make a special shout out to Aranel Ah of BOOM with helping out with the 52 Weeks of Color Challenge. BOOM has a vast array of color options. I love every item that I have of theirs (and I'm starting to amass a very nice collection).



Credits:

Jacket: AOHARU_BT_MilitaryCoat_Purple
Shirt: BOOM +4 Warmth Thermal - Plum (review copy)
Shorts: BOOM Fall Courd Shorts (black) (review copy)
Leggings: JILL Leggings Black Plain (closed)
Boots: fri.day - Journey.Boots (Duo Eggplant)
Hair: TRUTH Sonya Streaked - cocoa
Skin: dekade Claire sunkissed TDR-B #9
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Earrings: BOOM Ion Earrings -Rainbow
Pose: Pic #1: LAP C-Don't Mess With It; Pic # 2: LAP C-Cuteness

So after completing last week's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge (link to my post), I went to post my blog URL on Luna's site and saw the color for this week - Goldenrod! And the first thought in my head was YIKES - This is gonna be a hard one! But then again, I got to do some shopping to pull this outfit together.

I'm bored!!! I've got to get out of this place!

Time to play in the snow

Brrr...I'm getting cold. Time to head inside!

Ah crap! Hope no one saw me fall on my ass!

My ego and ass are bruised.  *boohoohoo*

I am impressed with myself. I am now on week 2 of a challenge! *does a happy dance* What challenge am I talking about, you ask? It's the Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge. This week the challenge is the color Blue. This one is a hard for me. I am not a collector of blue. I actually try to stay away from it. But I did have two pieces in my inventory that I happen to love: my Surf Co. Belmar jeans and the Early Morning Cardigan from Fishy Strawberry. You've probably seen these jeans blogged by me like 100 times (an exaggeration I know, but I wear these A LOT) and I expect you'll see them in the future as well :-P



Credits:
Shirt: Fishy Strawberry* - Early Morning Cardigan - Amparo Blue
Jeans: [SC] Surf Couture - Belmar Skinny Jeans - Original
Hair: TRUTH Mischa -  light blondes (oasis)
Skin: LAQ ~ Isabel [Milky] Glow skin
Bracelet: EarthStones Beaded Bangles - Ice
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry* College Glasses
Boots: hoorenbeek Dr. H. Boots - Black
Pose: #1 LAP, #2 Pulling Strings

I love a good challenge and when I read about Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge, I decided to give it a go. I have been a bit of a slacker lately when it comes to my blogging. And this gives me a purpose to my blogging which I need because I have such a back log of awesome clothing I've purchased lately. I am hoping to use a mix of old and new items in the further challenges but for this week, you get to see all new items for the most part.

Joining me this time around is my dog, Izzie. I totally forgot that I had purchased her and she was so far down the Inventory folder chain, I felt sorry for her and rezzed her.  She's a cutie and looks very much like my RL dog, Bella.







Credits:

Shirt: fri.day - Seasons.Sweater (Rolling.Stone)
Jeans: [SC] Surf Couture - Belmar Skinny Jeans - Gray
Boots: *COCO*_EngineerBoots_Black
Hair: TRUTH Nina Streaked - clove
Skin: LAQ ~ Isabel [Milky] Glow skin
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry* College Glasses
Pose: Pic #1 LAP Regal Clutch; # 3 LAP Reluctant Star