Magic and love!

I'm posing at Totally Top Shelf today. Their theme is Magic March. I do feel as if I time travelled into a medieval village, to the market where the magical beings shop. Here you can find glowing eyes, crystal balls, and lots of outfits, including the dress I'm wearing.

It's decorated with moons and stars and a silver studded belt, and comes in several colors. I paired it with these fantastic moon boots from the current Steam Hunt, and sparkling celestial jewelry. Details follow in the credits.

I've blogged before about the free Oracul animation pack. This morning, I went to Kuso, and found it had been updated. As if all this wasn't exciting enough, in the Oracul package was something called Kuso Phone V. I put it on to see what it was, and it's a typing AO. It's wonderful. Here's a photo of what it does:

It gives you a cute pink phone with a heart on the back. The phone only appears when you type in local chat. There are two animation included with it. One is the typing or dialing animation in the above photo. The second animation is a talking on the phone animation (below). Both animations have a talking animation that runs at the same time. Particle hearts come out while you use the phone! I just love it.

 I know you'll want to run over and grab one now, so I'll stop talking and give you the credits. :D

Credits:

Phone typer is from Kuso/Oracul (Go in the side that says AX. Click on the blue arrow on the pillar by the door)
Onyx Morgana Dress from Oubliette is now at Totally Top Shelf

Steamy Moon Boots are from Rainy Fae Creations and are prize #070 in Steam XII

Galatea Collection jewelry is from J&W Jewelers

Pichi.Hair is from Nani and is now at Whimsical in a gacha

As usual, I'm wearing the Maitreya mesh body

Vista pro hands

Catwa mesh head, Catya

Catwa mesh eyes with applier from Avi-Glam

Skin from Lara Hurley

Candy Lipstick from Insol

Caledon Tartan nail appliers are here

Windlight: Naminaeko Fairies Sleeping

Harp Nouveau

I've been wanting to do something with the gorgeous scroll head harp from DRD for a long time. It's just hard to get the harp and the harpist in the same frame. Then Virtual Diva had a sale, and I got their Ole pose pack, among other things. The poses seemed to work well with the harp, and with an art nouveau theme.

Another inspiration for this photo shoot is the kimono jacket I'm wearing. I was trying out a new bento AO, and the woman next to me was wearing this jacket. It perfectly suits my bohemian taste. I love to add shawls, scarves, anything with fringe. This jacket has color change fringe. It seemed like the perfect thing to throw on over one's ball gown on a chilly morning.

This wonderful flower crown was in a gacha at Shiny Shabby. It reminded me of a Mucha painting, so I got it in several colors. The long hair reminded me of Mucha too. Here's an example in case you're not familiar with this artist:

He also did the famous Job cigarette paper ad in 1898.

Here's another hairstyle for that Mucha look:

This hair is from Nani, and it's quite long. I also took off the kimono jacket so you could see the gown and jewelry. The gown is mesh, and the train is flexi. It also has appliers for the bit of sheer netting on the chest and back. The necklace and earrings have a hud to change the metal color.

Credits:

Floral crown by Lode. Now at Shiny Shabby

The first hair is Ocean Hair from Letituier. Now at The Secret Affair

Gown is Nouveau from Siss Boom

Kimono jacket is from Addams

Necklace/earring set is Dreamcatcher from Bowtique

Bangles are from Sahova, but may not be available anymore

The second hair is Nehelenia from Nani. 

Harp is from The Victorian Musicroom collection from DRD

Poses from Virtual Diva

As usual, I'm wearing the Maitreya mesh body

Vista pro hands

Catwa mesh head, Catya

Skin by Insol

Lichtbringer

I'm in an art study group that meets Monday nights at 6:00 PM, SLT. Last week we went to an installation called Lichtbringer at LEA2. The LEA sims are awarded to artists who submit a proposal and pass a review. They then have a sim and 6 months to create their environment. You land here and will see some textured spheres to teleport with. There's also a free cinematic camera to pick up. When you wear it, your view is long and narrow like in a movie theater. Explore a bit where you land, and you'll find other gifts. They recommend setting your graphics to ultra, and it's really worth it, if your computer can handle it, even for a few minutes.

There are 8 environments to experience. Some are quite psychedelic. You can see in the photo above how the light is projecting on my avatar. I'm in the pictures to give you a sense of scale, and also I'm trying out some Pre-Raphaelite poses. The next photo is at SpaceRocks. It's an environment with giant physical rocks tumbling about. You can sit on some of them and dance around in the chaos.

Here's another shot:

This next photo was taken at Holodeck, where you can do tai chi, among other things.

Here's another view. Notice how the light has changed. Everything is constantly changing. And there's a lot more to see.

Credits:

Lichtbringer information

Lichtbringer landmark

Dress: Noemi from Luas

Hair: Sweetheart hair from Kotte

Necklace and crown from Les Sucreries de Fairy at Cosmopolitan

Waterhouse poses from Alchemy Immortals

Catwa's Catya head

Maitreya body

Vista pro hands
Art Study Group meets here. All are welcome.

Landscape With Owl

It's cold and snowy for me both in Real Life and in Caledon Moors. Snow is still fun this early in the season, and this lovely setting made by Luna Bliss captures the mood well. Like most avatars, I'm collecting Advent gifts. This outfit is from !Go! I'm wearing Valentine pants from Day 2 and Dagna Frill Sweater from Day 12. Most of !Go!'s Advent offerings have been mix and match. The textures are lovely. Look at the sheen on the lace in photo below:

To complete the look, I added Xmas Owl Scarf, a gift from MoonAmore+Cureless. My beret was a gacha prize from offbeat called 'I Believe'. It has an eye in a triangle patch, which I love. :) My Jewelry is from PurpleMoon's Advent Calendar, Day 10. My hair is Mara from little bones. It's available at the current Winter Solstice Event. It comes with hairpins to hold the waves and an animation hud for taking them off or arranging the hair. My boots are from G Field.

These wonderful John Lennon glasses are an Advent gift from Yasum, Day 12. You get several versions with different metal and lens options. My nails are from Nailed It, and came from the KittyCats Advent. My eyebrow applier is Ice Queen from #adored. It came from the Winter Solstice event.

Credits:

Usual Catwa head with Maitreya Body and Vista Pro hands

Wind light: *Starley* Settings 2 and Torley Foggy Fogvari

Deco Glam

I've been in a 1920s mood this week. Here I am lounging in an art deco mansion from Edward Ballinger. The sun is coming up and I've been up all night, again.

When you've had enough to drink, watching the light move across walls can be fascinating, and I have....

Credits:

Hair: Pixivor from Vanity Hair

Eyes: Nell from S0ng

Makeup: Vintage Makeup for Catwa Head by Arte

Jewelry: Art Deco Empire from Anachron

Dress: My Valentine from Paisley Daisy

Wind light: Places Pathfinder

Inga Wind

I've been thinking lately about how, in the pre mesh days, people really had to be creative to get certain effects. Sometimes the results were amazing. I still like a little movement in my clothes, though many designers have stopped using flexi attachments. So I was thinking about Inga Wind, who made clothes that moved on their own, as if fluttering in a breeze. To my delight, she's still around, and has been working in mesh.

This is one of her outfits, called Angel. It comes in several colors, and this is the gold version. The halo has sparkle particles. The dress comes with 3 sets of wings: sculpted, a static alpha texture on two prims, and an animated version of the second that flaps. There’s also a tiara and an optional flexiskirt. The skirt doesn’t move on its own, but it does move beautifully with the body.

My hair came from Alli&Ali, and there’s a free version on Marketplace, in blue.

Credits:

Costume: *IW* Angel in Gold

Jewelry: *MM* Feather Set

Bangles: Savoha gold bangles

Hair: A&A Bianca

Body: Eve Slim

Head: Catwa Amy

Ears: *COCO* Doll ears

Eyes: S0ng Nell eyes

Prop: Garden Sanctuary from Boudoir

Windlight: [TOR] SCIFI - 2012 and [TOR] SCIFI - Conciergist

Gothic Romance

Trilby lives in a Victorian area of the grid, on a wild, romantic moor. She's been sitting in the shadows by the overgrown fountain reading Jane Eyre, the part where we find out who it is in the attic. Then it starts to rain, and she runs for the house, inadvertently showing off her outfit. Women are always running in gothic romances, after all. (see below)

One can often make a dress look vaguely 19th Century by adding a shawl. This dress is very skimpy for the period, low cut with a bare back and spaghetti straps. This shawl is available in many colors and patterns. This one, in white lace, is full bright, and cannot be changed. 

Inspiration

Here's a detail of a photo of Victorian shawls from http://ellenbloom.blogspot.com/2011/10/steampunk-style.html

An amusing blog about gothic romances:

http://womenrunningfromhouses.blogspot.com/

Book cover art showing Jane Eyre running from a house:

Credits:

Dress: Goplana in vanilla, from !go!

Shawl: Mantones 1- encaje blanco, from **Ra**Creations**

Body: Eve Slim, from Eve

Head: Amy from Catwa

Hair: Petra, from Emo-tions

Eyes: Nell, from S0ng