Bohemian chic

I really like the bohemian look and so was utterly thrilled to have won an outfit on the luckboards at GO! whilst I was out shopping now that is one store with fabulous vibrant colours. I am only wearing the skirt but there is also a bell sleeved top to match, however I already knew I had some items in my inventory that I wanted to team it with.

You have to love this sexy tube top from Lucca it's a prim top so if you don't want to bare too much flesh you can wear a vest layer underneath for a completely different layered look without compromising any detail on the tube top. Th item has been made for Depraved dealers so it won't be available for long so grab it quick!

  The necklace from finesmith looks like it was designed for this whole outfit I really like the individuality of Finesmith jewelry. I did go to the store to try and find the price of the necklace (which comes with matching earrings) however both stores are so huge that after 15 minutes of searching I decided to call it quits but have provided a slurl to the store - sorry it's not the exact location of the item though.


Hair: 0L - Luckyboard item > Heart softens
Skin: 10L - Gloria4 - > Devine perfection
Top: 75L for a pack of 2 - my egyptian flow 2 by Lucca @ > Depraved dealers
Skirt: 0L - Luckboard item > GO!
Necklace:  Flora's shimmering dreams necklace > Finesmith Designs
Parasol & pose:   Geisha umbrella pose 4  > Magnifique

Aviation

Yes Aviation and how ironic that I chose to stand by a train to pose you may well think? if I told you that aviation made it's greatest early progress in the 1920"s yes yes i'm in Berlin 1920's here....where is this going? I don't know let's get back to the fashion!

So the outfit  is named aviation - Oh wow and do I love it! it's a cleverly thought out design i'd say It has all that 1920's feel to it I could really see Harriet Quimby wearing this one!  and also my fellow blogger Sian, I think this is right up her street! there are 4 colours to choose from including a really nice citrusy one.  The boots fit perfectly too and match the belts and trim (from one of my favourite stores Les Petits details) they look like they were designed to go together don't they?

Oh gotta run i'm getting distracted by shiny things and FLF!


Skin: 0L - luckyboard item > The obscene
Shape: 595L Emina shape > CS shapes
Outfit: 350L - aviator - grey > Vero Modero
Boots: 200L -  City boots - red > Les petits details
Pose: 49L individual pose 149L for 5 pack - model poses > Magnifique

And finally I get to blog.....

I've had a few things lurking in my inventory for a while that I wanted to blog, however I've either not fund the right outfit to wear it with etc. On this occasion it was the tattoo mostly, I've sifted through my poses and never stumbled across one that shows my back sufficiently well enough to show the tattoo.

Well when I managed to convince my dear friend Fooki into posing for some pics with me I thought it the perfect opportunity to use the couples pose that I picked up at the perfect couples hunt, but sadly that hunt is long gone so the pose is no longer available, however I do love Magnifiques poses and there are some really amazing couples poses in store so it's worth a look.

More pics to come in which I convince Fooki to pose (well he is good to look at afterall). Love these boardy denims which I've had for ages! I'm glad to see they are still available too, great detailing for realistic looking denim & I do so love Boho's stuff!

Tattoo: 0L - group gift - geisha tattoo > IrEn
Shorts: 125L - Long weekend board shorts - Original denim > Boho
Pose: Previous hunt item (tsk just when I get someone to pose with me the blinkin hunt is over!) similar fantastic poses available > Magnifique poses

The magical owl

A merciless sun raged rampant at noon, as waterwards wandered a thirsty baboon,
He staggered and teetered and started to totter , In all of his days he'd never been hotter
At the water's edge he stretched out his lips and sucked in the water in long luscious sips.
Revived to his mischievous self by his drinking he saw his reflection which started him thinking.
"I wonder why someone as clever as I should look so dull and drab to the eye? how can I change that
Hmmmm , let me see GOT IT a sign on the Baobab tree!"BORED WITH YOUR LOOKS? WANT SOMETHING NEW? MEET HERE TOMORROW AT DAWN IF YOU DO.  That's what he painted thats's what it said, that's what everyone passing by read.



The fingers of dawn had scare touched the sky when a host of animals all gathered nigh.
"friends" Baboon said "good morning to you , I presume you'd all like to wear something new?
I've found a magical owl, which as you know can magic whatever you wish to be so, swapping our looks would be easy to do Ostrich my friend may I swap with you?. Ostrich and feathers were very soon parted, with that all the swapping and switching was started.

"My stripes for your spots I'll help you arrange them" said Zebra to Leopard who answered "Exchange them!"Giraffe and Lion swapped spots for mane , now lion was spotty, Giraffe hairy and plain.
Then up snorted warthog " who'd like my warts?" sniggers and jeers were the only retorts no-one took first choice second or third , giggles and titters were all warthog heard. "Now" Baboon said "it's time for inspection, at the waters edge you can see your reflection"

Down by the water's edge one by one they peered in and cried "oh what have we done!" there were grunts and roars and screeches of fright "Baboon" they wailed "we must wish ourselves right, that magical owl where is he we need him?!"  "friends" he replied I'm sorry I freed him" and in their stunned silence they heard warthog say "I think a warthog looks better this way, truth to tell such distinctive features make us the most unique of creatures" The others lamented the looks they had lost "SEE" they exclaimed "what our vanity cost!"



After years in captivity Owl was glad to be free, so he flew and he flew and straight into a tree! with feathers all ruffled and slightly forlorn Owl wandered hazily onto a lawn.
"oh look you poor dear" Sister Fauna exclaimed and scooped up the poor bird bedraggled and maimed
"Dear Nun" squawked the owl all shaken and stirred "I think I've been rather a silly old bird", please help me recover and I promise you this I'll grant you my last and most magical wish"
So after a week of T.L&C the magical Owl was as good as can be, Sister Fauna whispered her wish then harked with delight as they made off to the roof for her very first flight.




For this weeks Taste of SL deals there is a zoo theme with many many animal print items, but what I particularly loved were the poses and props, so that is what inspired my most peculiar post. The Elephant  comes from Magnifique with 5 different poses , the owl is from Lauria complete with 6 poses.. The Nun outfit is from 22769 and is their fabulous offering for the Hollywood walk of fame hunt (details here) check the orange hunt hint poster for hint.

Elephant & poses: 99L  > Magnifique
Owl & poses: 75L > Lauria
All other animals (apart form the cheeky monkey who only came on loan for a few minutes): 0L - Midnight mania board items > Neon Frog
Nun outfit: 0L - Hollywood walk o fame hunt item > 22769

In uniform

Oh would you look at me sat on that whopper cannon! well only a woman in uniform could get away with that and wow what a uniform hey?! There are 4 uniforms to choose from in the military pinups range new at Alexohol Fashions, all very sexy so it's hard to choose! all outfits include the hat, stockings and gloves. This outfit would be awesome for roleplay but actually i've enjoyed zipping around in it too!

 I think the shoes fit perfectly with this outfit but then they could go well with so many other things too . This particular version are amazingly  free in the Black butler hunt, but there a lovely range of colours instore at Lassitude & ennui too, detailing  as usual is incredible so do please go check them out. The black Butler hunt runs from 1st June to the 30th and has some super little gems , there are quite a few of my favourite stores taking part check here for Landmarks.


Hair: 0L group gift > D!va
Skin: 0L luckyboard item - sarah - spring > Perception
Uniform: 200L -   Army pin up uniform >Alexohol Fashions
Shoes: 0L Nostalgia pumps - Black Butler hunt item > Lassitude & Ennui
Pose: 20L per pose -  salute model pose >Magnifique

Black Eric

They called him Eric the black. Not because of his hair. He tinted it regularly and nobody had a clue which colour it normaly had. Eric got his name because he was one of the bravest surfers in the area. His face normaly told a story about this.

He went surfing when all his friends stayed at home. He was the one who even was on the water when it was clear that a thunderstorm would start in the next ten minutes but he loved it. He enjoyed the challenge very much.

But to surf so much really made a difference. So it was him who won all contests. And he was the one who became a famous designer of surf clothing and surfboards after his carrer as surfer. They all had supposed that he would be insane but he only was crazy enough to be really good in everything he did.

Quite often new second life residents cross my way and it is often tricky for me to help the male ones to dress up so that they look less like a newbie. I do not really have a clue about free items for guys so I started a challenge on flickr with the title "Switch your gender for 0 Linden". The task is to create an avatar of the gender you normaly not use in second life without paying a linden for it. I have to admit I failed because I used eyes from Sterling artistry eyes which are 50 Linden and this version of the avatar is barefoot which is also not really perfect so I need to try it again. But its a start I guess.
When visiting the skin and shape expo 2011 I picked up the gift shapes from moonlight shapes. There was a male shape in the gift which has the name Carl. The skin is a gift from sacred. To get it you need to take part in a enquiry. Its a really great skin and I love the wounds it has.
The hair is a combination of a hairtattoo from white widow in the skate'n surf hunt and hair from blackmaria, a cool japanese store which has lots of free punk hair. The clothing also comes from the skate'n surf hunt. The top is the gift from Orquidea and the shorts the male gift from apricot paws.

Outfit:
Shape: ~MS~ Carl Shape (0 L$ gift at the Skin and Shape Expo 2011 ends at the 20th)
Skin: *Sacred* free skin (0 L$)
Shirt: ORQUIDEA surf shirt MALE (0 L$)
Shorts: AP - Echo Shorts - SNS Blue Blast Dark (0 L$)
Hairtattoo: [White~Widow] Skate 'N Surf Gift (0 L$)
Hair: +BM+ RIUS Black (0 L$)
Eyes: Sterling Artistry : sa_ForestElfEyes_CelinFerns (50 L$, there are some free eyes in the store)

Poses:
Windsurfingpose: Sterling Artistry Boutique : sa poses Windsurf 5pack (SNS hunt gift) (0 L$)
Surfboard: Magnifique Poses : *MP* Guys Surfboard Pose Prop (SNS hunt gift) (0 L$)

Although I made by mistake a 50 Linden avatar and not a 0 Linden avatar I had a lot of fun. It would be great if more would join the fun. There is a flickr group to share all the created avatars. This will be a great resource if a newbie who needs help crosses your way.

More Skate N surf

Oh here I am again with more from that fabulous skate N surf hunt! now I really must tell you about these lil shells , oh sure they look so pretty, but what you don't know about them is that they have lots of lovely relaxing sounds of the sea with them ...how clever!! oh and on my previous post I demonstrated a pose from but I didn't tell you that not only are these individuals pose , but pose balls and a pose stand with animations too, see these designers are really putting a lot of thought & effort into their hunt items!

Vest, shorts & sneakers: 0L skate N surf hunt item > Stilecht
Shells , starfish & beach torch: 0L skate N surf hunt item > Fearless nation ptsd support
Pose: 0L skate N surf hunt item > SocialANGtz




Oh so you thought this hunt was just going to be about bikini's & boardies? ho ho no! look at these marvelous items from FIN! There are 12 in this hunt gift in total all of an exotic beach theme, I tried to cram as many into the pic as I could. Oh anyone for a early evening surf?

Wetsuit: 0L skate N surf hunt item > Subversion
Surfboard & pose: 0L skate & surf hunt item (female version) > Magnifique
Rocks, flowers, grass, trees, lantern, parasol: 0L skate N surf hunt item > FIN