Shepherdess

Ipolema 3rd of Haligale was satisfied. This had been her tenth mission and it had been successful. For her that would mean her time as apprentice would be over and she would be seen as a fully initiated shepherdess. Not that it was a surprise, all the women of her family were shepherdesses but still it was a personal success for her.
Now she would be allowed to command bigger herds. And soon she would be granted permission to use her staff not only to direct sheep but also other beings. Her training had started as soon as she had become able to hold a staff. The first beings which had been directed by here were frogs and other amphibians. As soon as she was able to control those she did proceed to bunnies and then finally to sheep.
Sometimes she wondered if being a shepherdess wasn't a waste of her magical talents but then she saw her aunt herd humans.


The Fantasy Faire 2014 will start tomorrow. And it will be a wonderful event as every year. The participating stores range from high fantasy to street roleplay and from clothes to buildings.
The Wayfarer dress from Poet's heart is one of their donation items for relay for life, as well as the staff and the headband. The dress comes in beautiful autumn colours and with fitting boots and pants. What makes it unique is not only the shading of the colours but also the elegant cut. This does not only allow to use the dress for fantasy roleplay but also for events in which a short dress is appropriate. The dress comes in the standard sizes.
The staff and head dress are made both of unrigged mesh and come with a hud which allows to choose the colour of the flowers, leaves and wood.
The poses used for the pictures come from HopScotch who also take part in the fantasy faire. They made staff poses. The set contains five poses with fitting staffs but it is of course also possible to use an other stff.

The Erika Hair from Wasabi Pills is one of my favourite hairstyles from that store. In Gingerbread it goes very well with the dress. The dragon eyes come from Sterling Artistry and are also available as mesh eyes.

Dress: Poet's Heart - Wayfarer - Autumn Foliage RFL (sold at the Fantasy Faire)
Staff and Headband: Poet's Heart - Wayfarer Staff and Headpiece RFL (sold at the Fantasy Faire)
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Erika Mesh Hair - Gingerbread
Eyes: Sterling Artistry: sa_DragonEyes_IndigoFrost
Poses: *~*HopScotch*~* Oaken Companion 2 (sold at the Fantasy Faire)

All the pictures have been taken at the Fantasy Faire.

Ground control to...

Yes... she'd taken her protein pills and put her helmet on...

This was no normal mission, no normal space agency. This was the 60s!  Bespectacled men packed into rows of consoles back at the rocket base had their ranks swollen by stylish female graduates. Some of the first of their kind, studying on par with the boys, maintaining their femininity and good looks all the while. Sophia was the first to join the cadets, those destined to pierce the firmament on a journey to the stars. No bulky spacesuit for her. The department had been flexible, as she offered to take the greatest risks, she got to have her say, in the science, and the stilettos. There was always the danger that Austin Powers would show up, and the launch would turn into a conga line.. but not this time.. as the countdown ticked to zero, she was up, and off into the darkness.

Tapping on the nosecone of the rocket, her message returned to earth, reverberating down the long string tying her to base. Through the vacuum of space, particles of dying star, of light and dark itself brushed passed her. But as her TV advertisement spots had shown the viewing public, the fabric of her suit was stain and particle resistant, and could be laundered at just 30 degrees! As the string behind her was payed out, and the reflected light of the earth faded behind her, she began to look around, searching the darkness, until.. making her kohl rimmed eyes flare open... the tap on the back of her helmet...

Austin!!!

The 60s were sexy, no doubt, as shown by this vintage space suit by [*RD*], available of course, at the Vintage Fair. You can just about see the globe of the helmet in the second image. There was no getting away from the Austin Powers silliness once that image got in my head of course, so going into space on the ride on rocket - a single pose free gift at the Vintage Fair from *~*HopScotch*~* is also available to buy, with more poses included. Here I've used the same eye makeup from Lovely Mi as in my last post, because I like it, and here you see it on a different skin. The spatter paint look of it is unusual to most makeups I've seen. The skin worn here is ::Modish:: Valena Fair, also a gift from the Vintage Fair. Its a sweet skin, almost porcelain in tone, with rosy pink lips. Could be ideal for doll joint tattoo layers! Those heels, I've been a big fan of N-Core heels for a long while, generally when buying any heels, having opted for the styles that include a foot. These don't and don't need to, as there's no warping of the foot which has put me off such styles in the past. The Vintage Fair runs until August 29.

From the Vintage Fair
Skin :  ::Modish::    Valena Fair {cleav} (Gift)
Hair :  Style by Kira    Rockabilly Hair - Black L$50
Eyemakeup :  Lovely Mi    Deep Eyes black [Eyes] L$80
Outfit :   [*RD*]   Vintage Space Suit-Red & Black-Cut Out  L$100
Shoes :  N-core   COQUETTE  L$295
Rocket :   *~*HopScotch*~* Rocket Woman - Single Pose Rideable Rocket (Gift)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Retro/190/183/23
http://slurl.com/secondlife/CHIC/74/106/23
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Classic/95/214/23

Not from the fair
Tattoo :  Garden of Ku   Tattoo Neo3  Forbidden Planet  L$300
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Huggies/116/147/25

Stones and Candy

Her hair had the colour of candy. And she also reminded of something very sweet. Some people had compared her with candyfloss. She always giggled on a very kind and cute way when they did this. But hidden behind the mask, she showed all others, she despised people for thinking this way. But it helped her to get what she wanted.

Of course, she had fought to be seen as smart as she was but it seemed like people were not really willing to change their opinion. It made her first angry but after a while she saw no reason not to gain as much as she could from this and gave up. She used her smartness to build an imperium. An imperium of stones. From farmers she bought stones they found on their fields and after those had been cleaned - the stones not the farmers although those sometimes also could have needed a cleaning - she sold them as decoration to the owners of big gardens. It was worth the efford it was surprising what some people were willing to pay for a stone. So she could buy herself a nice home. It was simple and surprisingly enough for some there wasn't anything in it which reminded on candyfloss.

The festival of sin offers way more than just lust. LouLou & Co. made a wonderful gluttony themed headband. It has many little sweets on top of it and comes in three sizes. Its amazing how many details it has. Happy is a great store for the lovers of classical clothes. For the festival of sin they made a cute blouse with pretty bell formed sleves. The elegant pants are also belong to the festival of sin items from Happy.
The skybox on the upper pictures is the festival of sin item from Trompe Loeil. Its called "The Ka'u Beach". It mainly consists of mesh and is full furnitshed but leaves enough room for own decorations. The skybox has a garden with a pool and a livingroom, bedroom and a bathroom. The footprint is 54m x 29 m and the landimpact nearly 300. The hair is meshhair from Wasabi Pills. As the both Wasabi Pills creators wanted to avoid an argument the Sybille Hair is available in two versions. This is version 2. The set includes a version for avatar with bigger boobs and a normal one. The Boudoir mules from Lassitude & Ennui are an other mesh item, but they are being sold at the festival of sin. The shoes are available in several colour. It is also possible to wear them in a version where only the toes belong to the shoes and the rest of the feet of the avatar are visible, but I prefered the version where the complete foot is made of mesh. It is amazing how much better feet look which are made of mesh than normal primfeet. The colours look way more like skin. The toenails of the feet are tintable with the same hud which is also being used to tint the skin.
The pose on the upper pictures belongs to the envy me set from Hopscotch. The one on the lower are from the pencil set from Adorkable poses, its a set which is being made for pencil skirts but its great for elegant trousers as well. What I really like is that the creator included the mirrored poses. Both come also from the festival of sin.

Items:
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Sybille2 Mesh Hair (1500 L$ for fatpack 250 L$ colourpack)
Top:{Happy} Timeless Beauty Blouse (Sky) (120 L$ sold at the Festival of Sin)
Pants: {Happy} Preen Pants (Toast) (189 L$ sold at the Festival of Sin)
Skin: [Aura] Helena - Milk - used (200 L$ sold at the festival of sin)
Shoes: lassitude & ennui MESH Boudoir mules - black (350 L$ sold at the Festival of Sin)
Headdress: .:* LOULOU&CO *:. - Headband :: GLUCOSE :: (200 L$ sold at the Festival of Sin)

Skybox: Trompe Loeil - The Ka'u Beach Skybox (999 L$ sold at the Festival of Sin)
Pose:
1st and 2nd Picture: *~*HopScotch*~* Envy me (200 L$ for 6 poses sold at the Festival of Sin)
3rd: aDORKable Poses: Pencil II Dork (50 L$ one pose sold at the Festival of Sin)