One Belle Avenue, Second Life

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've already been thinking of ways to make my life simpler for the coming New Year, especially in regards to more regular blog posts and my real estate business in SL. I wish I could figure out a way to devote more time to both.

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)

The Snowflake Experience is up and running and making LOTS of money to benefit Toys for Tots.  There will be quite a few happy boys and girls this holiday seasons thanks to this event.  Your purchases are helping give boys and girls across the country a smile this season instead of tears. Thank you so much!

Along with the exclusive items available only at the Snowflake Experience, there is a hunt going on as well.  You need to be on the lookout for candy canes. Here is a sampling of some that I was able to find.





My skin is the new group gift from Belleza and my hairs are all from Truth.

Oh, a quick shout out to all my Gacha addicts: tomorrow the Gacha Festival starts on the TSE sim.  Can't wait to see what lovely stuff is in those addictive machines!.

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

This will be a short post for me today. I spent most of my day tending to my sick little boy. Thankfully, he's finally resting his little head.  Speaking of kids, the Snowflake Experience opens tomorrow! The event will be raising money for the organization, Toys for Tots.  Please read my post from yesterday to get more info. And tomorrow I get to share the SLURL so you can go to check out this wonderful event!






Credits:

Picture 1:

*AQ face tattoos Beitris v2 and Hearts at the Snowflake Experience*
Hair: Truth Bebe in Cocoa
Skin: Belleza Erika

Picture 2:

*paper.doll Snowflake Experience-Long John's at the Snowflake Experience*
*Olive Juice: Lay in Fresh Flakes hunt prize at the Snowflake Experience*
*HolliPocket* Pearly Twinkly Pez Neck-Donation Item (Frost) available at the Snowflake Experience*
Skin: Belleza Erika
Hair: Truth-Serena (cocoa)
Sweater: Reek - Papercut Cardigan - White
Boots: Reek - Autumn Boots - Snow

The Snowflake Experience (TSE) is an event with over 60 vendors collaborating to help raise money for Toys For Tots. Each vendor will donate a portion or the full amount of their profits to Toys For Tots. I took a tour of the sim tonight while watching Santa Claus is Coming To Town. It's full of candy canes, snow, cabins and, my fave, gingerbread houses!

There are many exclusive items for this event, which starts December 4th, some of which I will show here today. There were so many goodies at TSE, I won't be able to fit it in this post today. Along with the vendor shops, there is a grid-wide TSE Hunt (search for those red and white candy canes) and for all those gacha lovers out there, there will be a Gacha Festival on December 10th.

Hit up the Snowflake Experience Subscriber, available at the aRAWRa mainstore, for more info about the event.

And now onto the goodies!













Credits:

Photo 1: La'Licious Santa's Easy Chair from the Snowflake Experience
Photo 2: Olive Juice- Cozy Christmas Fireplace and Wreath
Photo 3: Cheeky Pea: Festive Holiday Bench from the Snowflake Experience
Photo 4: what next Noel Armchair from the Snowflake Experience Hunt
Photo 5: Caribou (free gift from Baffle at the Snowflake Experience); Cheeky Pea Star Shadowbox Frame from the Snowflake Experience Hunt
Photo 6: Magoa: Snowflake Frame, Fireplace, couples rug available at the Snowflake Experience


*Outfit featured in the photos:
Jeans: SC Surf Couture - Belmar Skinny Jeans - Original
Shirt: JANE - drew long sleeve tee.wh cream
Sweater: MAKNIE Hateween Cardigan Blue/Green
Boots: Reek - Autumn Boots - Sienna - FLF
Glasses: Fishy Strawberry College Glasses
Hat: Belle Belle Christmas Hat
Hair: TRUTH Aloha - cocoa
Skin: LeLutka-Natasha/HUSH

***I'll be posting more goodies from The Snowflake Experience in the coming days (my inventory is overflowing!). Let's get our Lindens ready to help give a lot of kids a wonderful Christmas this year!***