One Belle Avenue, Second Life

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 have been trying to force myself to blog more things that I like but now that it's a New Year, I'm going to kick my ass a little harder. One of the things I love about shopping in SL are all the shopping events. There are always so many unique offerings and these events have opened up new stores to me, which I love but not my pocket book :)

So for my first post - Project Themeory. There are many who hadn't put out their items yet and that made me all sad face.  I will try to put those on this post later, if they put their items out.

Intrigue Co: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meow/53/201/37

what next: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hodgepodge/112/98/31

La Maison Kaestner: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Atria/220/196/27

duboo: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gienah/201/238/3268

mocha: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Biosphere/53/172/22

Not out yet (or I am so blind that I didn't see it):
- Plastik
- {theosophy}
- Boho & The Shak
- Mustache
- ::{u.f.o}::
- [Slutcookie]
- Posh
- Atelier AM

Now I must get ready for the impromptu visit from my parents - YIKES!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!