The Day I Lost My Home

"The rockets set the bony meadows afire, turned rock to lava, turned wood to charcoal, transmitted water to steam, made sand and silica into green glass which lay like shattered mirrors reflecting the invasion, all about. ...And from the rockets ran men with hammers in their hands to beat the strange world into a shape that was familiar to the eye, to bludgeon away all the strangeness..."

                                                           (Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles, The Locusts)

The current round of "A Tattered Page" is dedicated to Ray Bradbury and his masterpiece collection of short stories, The Martian Chronicles. I was a teenager when I first borrowed the book from our local library... and I've been re-reading the melancholic and deep stories again and again, ever since that day... and rather often I am not at all proud that I belong to the barbaric human race.

Skin: "Mrs K" by Fallen Gods Inc. - 990 L$; the package contains the skin, a shape, a pair of yellow coin eyes, and many appliers.

Hair: "Windsong" in Russet by Exile - 88 L$ for a colour pack of 10 shades, available at the current round of Collabor88.

Tiara: "Helios Head Piece" by 22769 - this magnificent tiara was a gift from Paco Pooley and Manuel Ormidale for the Sunshine Hunt, organized to celebrate the 7th anniversary of Fallen Gods Inc. inworld. It may not be available any more, but if you want to find some other top quality accessories, outfits and also furniture, a trip to 22769 is a must!

Outfit and jewellery: "Pohjola" by Tekeli-li - the top (160 L$), the bottom (160 L$), a full jewellery set (310 L$) and other accessories are available on the Marketplace.

The picture was taken at LEA10, where Whiskey Monday is currently building her ever-changing project, aptly called "Nothing Endures But Change". Very gently she also left a pose stand there, crammed with many gracious poses by Flowey; I took the occasion and picked "All I need" for my snapshot.

[i owl you]

Owls have always been amongst my favourite animals, but ever since I joined Second Life, this love has most certainly intensified - and since I'm apparently not alone with my liking and people keep creating the cutest items around our feathery friends, I thought it's about time to make a little owl-post.

I know that Collabor88 is still packed most of the day, but if you get the chance to get in, do yourself a favour and buy this stunning necklace from Maxi Gossamer! As you can see, it's definitely unisex and comes in the 3 lengths: long, middle and short - but you can also choose between the metal options silver and gold. And like that wasn't a bunch of great features already, there's also the possibility to change the colour of the gems, either to uni-shades or preset colour combinations. Weeee! I won't take this off anytime soon!


Skin: ~Tableau Vivant~ - Ryan skin
Hair: Maitreya - Nadja
Eyes: Poetic Colors - Nightfall (city lights) [at the Mens Dept]
Freckles: L.Fauna - Freckled Nose Blusher

Tattoo: Vestigium - Masks
Necklace: MG - Necklace - Jewelled Owl [at Collabor88]

Sexy, sassy & feminine

If cute, sassy, sexy dresses, mini skirts & tops are your thing then I suggest you check out Avale these are just a selection of 2 dresses that I think I totally fit that description. There lots of colours & styles available and I certainly approve! please go take a sneaky peak.

Another store new to me that I want to share is Handmade for these lush hairs at the bargain price of 80L!! The one on the left picture has an extension attachment which I am wearing in the pic. I love the range of colours and their quirky names such as Mirren, Murphy and Salade but to name a few!

 Have fun shopping.....


Left Picture

Hair: 80L - Lana on Duff > Handmade
Skin: 300L - DolceNera > ::WoW skins::
Dress: 149L- Giselle pink > Avale
Shoes: 88L - pumps by Ison @ > Collabor88
Bangles: 299L - Istanbul bangles > Chop zuey

Right Picture

Hair: 80L - Casual on Biel > Handmade
Skin: 300L - DolceNera > ::WoW skins::
Dress: 139L - Mayadella - pink >  Avale
Shoes: Former group gift but plain textured versions available to purchase for 550L > Pixel mode
Bangles: 299L - Istanbul bangles > Chop Zuey

Don't stop till you get enough

Can you believe the generosity at Al Vulo? wow group & hunt gifts galore at that place and I'm always thrilled the creations! I particularly like the colour of this lipstick as it reminds me of one my aunt always used to wear, a lovely deep orangey red which reminded me of clementines ...yum!

Now if animal print is your thing then pop down to Pink lip gloss as there's quite a theme going on! With regard to the leggings and vest, if you like the style but not the print then do please go take a look as there's lots of other styles to choose from. So sorry if you like the neck bow, I didn't realise that Royal Blue had closed down, what a shame!

Hair with glasses: Book worm - Coco by Clawtooth @> Collabor88
Skin: 0L - Group gift - Corinna > Al Vulo
Shirt: 0L - Luckyboard item > !1mm
Trousers & vest: 150L - Glam - Leopard > ::Poised::
Shoes: 50L - Animal print flats - cheeta > Pink lip gloss
Neck bow: from Royal blue which appears to be closed :(

Cassandre

I'm straying here from my usual look. Not necessarily too much style wise just with the shape. My regular shape is Lana from CS Shapes but when I was given Cassandre to try, I found that it gave me the opportunity to experiment with a different look. Cassandre is less realistically/idealistically proportioned and as such gives a more 'animated' look in my opinion which works perfectly with Fashionably dead skins which I've always admired. So decided to take advantage of the great range of skins currently available at Collabor88 to experiment with the look and was thrilled with the outcome.

The hair is a gift at the 'With love again ' hunt  from Sugarsmack whose designs never fails to please me. More details of the hunt can be found HERE it runs until the 6th January. Next I wanted to mention is a little store where I picked up the tights from and is only currently available on the marketplace. It has the most wonderful cute little vintage feel items at bargain prices so go take a peek!

Hair with bow: 10L - With Love Again Hunt item > Sugarsmack
Shape: 200L - cassandre > Lilau
Skin: 88L -  Morning Sun - Winter 6 by Fashionably dead @ > Collabor88
Top: 0L - Group gift > !1MM
Skirt: 0L - Kossori gift > Solita
Tights: 5L - Edenish floral tights > jOLIE
Boots: 175L - Leather&canvas flat boots - cream > Coco designs
Necklace: 0L - Feliz Navidad double strand necklace > Bliensen & Maitai

A taste of SL & a splash of the black market

There are some truly spectacular exclusive creations that have been released recently and I want to share just a few. Firstly I've always been a fan of Dreamscapes creations and I can't be enthusiastic enough about this weeks releases for The Taste of SL event (more details found at HERE) all the furnishings are part of the event so do be quick to bag a bargain! The Fireplace with cage books & candles are on offer but if you wear your TOSL group tag you will get  'Frames & more' free!

Next I want to gush lots about the skirt! I can without any hesitation say that this is the most beautiful, wonder skirt that I've ever owned in SL. I know that mesh can produce such incredible creations however try as I might I just cannot see mesh, regardless of what viewer I use & I was utterly convinced that this skirt by 22769 was mesh. I'm thrilled to say it isn't!! I can wear it! it has such a vintage feel to it with the most fabulous William Morris style print. It also has a high waist band (not best illustrated in my pics I have to say) and what's more is you can detach the bottom prim to make a pretty parachute style knee length skirt ..ahhhhhh fantastic!! It's only available until 13th December though as it's an exclusive design for The Black market event.


Skin: 0L - Luckyboard item - Ulika > Mother Goose's
Hair: 88L - Soft by Elikatira [e] @> Collabor88
Top: 0L - group gift  - Morning waits - green > tulip
Skirt: 100L - High waisted skirt - By 22769 @ > The Black Market
Jewelry: 0L (bracelet, necklae & headband) - group gifts > Fairy tail
Furnishings: 99L -The Old fireplace   > Dreamscapes Art Gallery
Pose: 10L - from the Elvira set > Purple poses

All shapes in my blog posts are from CS Shapes

Tomboy chic

So I've had bohemian chic, now I'm having tomboy chic if there is even such a thing? I love this look to me it's more kind of tomboy feminine. I say that because tomboy suggest a little bit too masculine for my liking. The outfit from Vero Modero is certainly very feminine and there is such a massive range of colours to choose from that you'll find yourself wanting more than one! I love the halter neck look and this may sound odd but I especially like the detail on the bow at the back, some times those little details really make the difference.

Love the hair too it's certainly one of those must have items, and don't I look just a little bit mischievous wearing my cigarette armbrace & slingshot legbrace great fun unisex free gifts at Iren. Perhaps a little bit Lara Croft but not so energetic, I think my tomboy chic is more about lazing on the grass shooting apples of the trees than leaping into action.


Hair: 88L - [e] ( elikatira) changes - brown 09 @ > Collabor88
Skin: 800L - Melina - tan  green 05 > [katsuide]
Top & skirt: 350L - Asian windy set - blue > Vero Modero
Boots: 0L -  Don Q boots > Santo
belt: 180L - white studded belt > Eden
Leg brace: 0L - gift -  sling shot > Iren
Arm brace: 0L - gift > Iren