One Belle Avenue, Second Life

Lots of great stuff this Friday!  Everyone is out (oh yeah!)


Kari - the wanderer suitcase


uh...click me? LOL


Mocha - Spring has come Dress


Theosophy - Lochdon boots BOOTS!


DECO - Rain boots in Black OR Pink I Love THESE!


DECO - Black Jacket & Black Jeans


Hoot - Eye Crawlers. I got the red ones from the Albero Kawaii Hunt - SO CUTE!


miel - maki scarf (flor) (color change!)


miel - maki scarf (linen) (color change!)


Artilleri - Yellow Enamel Pots & Bowling Shirt (also totally eyeing that stove to the right!)


Young Urban - Wester Shirt (Green) More stuff for the boys!


Turquoise Unicorn Studios - Eater Egg Eyes (I love it! Eater Eggs...HAHAHA)


Antebellum - poses and Nap Pose


Lamb - Bitter in Kit Kat and Honeycomb (demo available)

This song was on my radio while I was @ Antebellum so I am sharing ;-)

I know I am late for posting this...my apologies!  When I took these pictures, Theosophy and Turquoise Unicorn Studios did not have anything out for today.


Deco: Roughneck Boots


Deco: Recycled Necklace. I love the bottlecaps!


Hoot: Birdsong Eyeshadow


miel: echo necklace (color change) totally digging this!


artilleri - ulrika top and Gunda Kitchen Scale. Why oh why did I get so excited over a kitchen sale....in SL!? so cute!


Young Urban: Edwin Jeans (for men and woman). Next to this vendor was their 49L item for Dudes. Don't know how long it's out for (yes, I am useless when it comes to stuff for the guys - I apologize).


Antebellum - facial hair MCCVIII. This ad made me LOL so hard. (demo available)


Lamb: The Glow Redux (in black and white) (demo available)


That's it folks! Weekend has lots to offer for the shopper: Super Bargain Saturday (check out my post on Shopping Cart Disco), Project Themeory, The Dressing Room, Spruce Up Your Space, and Lazy Sunday! And I am sure on Monday, I will be adding more lindens to my account!

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 moment I saw Awesome Blossom creator, Clementine Ishtari, plurk about her upcoming skybox - The Story of Home - I got excited. Some people are shoe people, some are skin people (I fall into that category), and some are house people. I collect skyboxes and houses like people buy outfits. I am constantly changing my homes around and that's why I think I like skyboxes so much. I just keep stacking them in the sky.  I've currently have 5 skyboxes up in different phases of decoration.

I instantly knew from the picture and ads how I would decorate the place. It reminded me of my first apartment after I had graduated from college. It was small yet open and homey, with hardwood floors and cracked plaster walls. The place simply charmed me as has this skybox. The skybox comes with a sculpted radiator, ceiling fan, wrought iron patio railing and a "Home Begins" wall decal. The skybox and included items is 36 prims - not too shabby (Skybox itself is 26 prims)!

So I'll now shut my mouth and get to my pictures.





Bed: Little Boxes Cozy Cabin Bed (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Trunk: Little Boxes Siesta Hope Chest
Dresser: Little Boxes Dresser Natural and Cocoa Patchwork (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Art: Barcode - Sketch Scene Frame, Sketch Bird Frame
Shadow Box: [croire] butterfly shadow box gacha (neutral) (widow) (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Awesome Blossom - Hanging Flutterby
Table: Cheeky Pea - Breakfast Table
Radio: artilleri - The Levine radio *pink*



Table and Chairs: The Loft - Castara Dining Table & Chairs
Table Accessories by The Loft
Rug: The Loft - Castara Rug
Chandelier: The Loft - Castara Lighting
Shelf: LISP - Gatcha - Daisy Pots (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Shelf: Awesome Blossom - Fall into Autumn Shelf RARE (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)
Shelf: Cheeky Pea - Sweet Shelf
Dresser: Little Boxes Dresser Natural and Cocoa Patchwork (from the Albero Gatcha Festival)



Easel: {what next} Medium Easel & Canvas (October Edition)
Canvas: [ARIA] Mela canvas trio
Art: La'Licious~ Still Life Art {Series 1} and {Series 2}
Books: [ARIA] Mela  four book pile



Fireplaces: La'Licious Shabby Chic Fireplace {Gold}
Candles: AMBIANCE Hacienda Candle Trio (House&GardenHunt)
Candles: {what next} Fall Candelabra
Gourds: Insight Designs - Decorative fall wooden gourds
Shadow Box: [croire] butterfly shadow box gacha (neutral) (blonde) (from Albero Gatcha Festival)
Box: Insight Designs - Box of Nostalgia
Plant: BamaLama Fly Home Safe (Hide & Seek Hunt Prize)
Sofa: LISP - Art Deco Sofa - Texture Change
Chair: LISP - Art Deco Texture Change Chair
Table: artilleri - Elgin side table
Rugs: [croire] rugs from the attic (1000 subscriber group gift)
Lamp: LISP - Woodland Nouveau Floor Lamp
Bookcase: LISP - Fiery Chilli Bookcase
Sideboard: Second Spaces - Claire sideboard



Patio Set: La'Licious - For The Birds
Place Settings: {what next} Garden Party Picnic Place Setting (with sandwich)
Plant: {what next} Flowers & Blue Pot
Drinks: {what next} Garden Party White Wine & Glasses
Umbrella: Belle Belle BBQ Umbrella

** Story of Home Skybox by Awesome Blossom is still available for 250L **


*note: some of these items were only available during special events/sales.

I have a confession to make....I am a collector of skyboxes (oh, might as well add houses to that list).  And my collector sense got all excited when Stacie Pryor plurked that she created a skybox.  I absolutely love when she blogs her SLinterior decorating. I seriously would pay her to stage my house when I sell again. Just this week, she set her 'get lost/get found skybox' for sale on XStreetSL.  (and yes, I did a happy dance as I signed into XStreetSL!)  I was even happier when I saw that the price is quite reasonable.

I added some shutters to it (more to block out my mess in the sky).  I'm still decorating it. Artwork is always the last thing for me - even in my RL house; my art is still in the moving boxes. But I wanted to get this posted, since it seems like I haven't blogged in forever.  Hope you enjoy :-)


Worn:
Outfit: Ambrosia, Tiered blouse & rose skirt (Group Gift)
Shoes: N-Core, Classic Stiletto (Group Gift)
Hair: Shag, Star Me Kitten (Blonde)
Skin: Glam Affair, Sofia Scars B (The Dressing Room)

Furniture: 
La'Licious: Shabby Little Loveseat, Shabby Little Table, Shabby Little Rug
Shop Seu: 1 Prim Cat, Grey
New Trails, Oak Miniature (Freebie)
nordari, lamp.flowergarden
what next: potted plant


Worn:
Shirt: Azul, Group Gift for AVENUE Members
Jeans: Surf Couture, Belmar Skinny Jeans, Original
Shoes, 50 Flats, Snake Buckle 2010 Version
Skin: Belleza, Alyson
Hair: Mina, Olivia, Sahara (Group Gift)
Bracelet: Lostwood, Funky Pearly Bracelet (freebie)
Necklace: skream, 'I <3 Me' (freebie)

Furniture:
Mudhoney: Sawhorse Desk, Desk Laptop, Polished Bronze Desk Lamp, Lawrence Desk Chair
Thistle: Love Shelves
MMG's: Basketshelf, 6 prim
artilleri, Tahoe TV


Worn:
Shirt: fri.day - Classic Beater (Salmon)
Shorts: fri.day - Denim Shorts (Black)
Skin: Belleza, Alyson
Hair: fri.day - Jasmine.2 - Thoughtful Brown

One day, I just started snapping up everything on my land, feeling the compulsive need for a change, and by the time I was done, there was nothing left on my land.  I double checked the prims on my land - 0 prims.  At that point, I had absolutely no idea what to do.  So, I did what I normally do when I require some inspiration - I shop!  I found some real cute pieces.  So here we roll...






















So I found this lovely little Tea House from Molto Bene.  Too small for my house but just the right size as an addition to a yet to be found house. I'm imagining lots of flowers and comfy seating, totally reminds me of my sun porch in RL.  This was a Project Themeory item.  I <3 Project Themeory!






















This lovely table is from The Loft, called Flee Market Finds. I picked this up on 50L Fridays.  It's not copy, so I bought a couple because you never know :)






















The moment I saw this /artilleri/ Orlando bar available as a 50L Friday item last week, I braved the lag to have it for my own!  I think I want to have a Fifties style skybox that I can retreat to....hmmm.






















Turnip's Tea Table Shelf in Maple (Fifty Linden Friday Special) was a purchase that I didn't know what I was going to do with it....yet, but I knew I would have a use for it someday.  It's very shabby chic/cottage like, probably use it as a planting bench (can you tell I spent the weekend outside, gardening?)






















Last up is this sun chair and umbrella set from Republica, a Project Themeory item.  The chair has a few cool poses in it - always a plus.  After all that shopping this weekend, I needed to chill and nothing better to help that along than a nice Long Island Iced Tea (or two or three).  I've got to confess that I indulged a little too much......






















What a perfect way to end a great week!  I'll catch you later!