Don't Make Me Come After You!

Pesca has a fantastic skirt in the Lucky Board at the Gravis Beach location for only a few short days.  Only until March 6th can you get this fab long brown paisley skirt.  There are other colors for sale there, too, for some ridiculous low price.  I've been loving the new maxi skirts I've been seeing around the grid but they can be tricky to fit and this one is flouncy and has a resizer so it's very easy to wear.  I paired it with The Sea Hole's latest gift to subscribers, the zeebrugge body suit, though I left off the ruffles to accomodate the jacket.  Now Go!

What's from Where:

Skirt: Pesca: paisley skirt brown flower: Lucky Board prize here here until March 6.

Body Suit: The Sea Hole: zeebrugge body suit in acorn: Subscriber gift - Thanks, Drink!

Jacket: *Crazy*: Gurb Jacket: not free

Boots: *Kookie**: Armada Boots: not free

Hair: Maitreya: Joy III in Scandinavian Blonde: not free

Skin: Dutch Touch: SteRRe: Member's Only Purchase

Lipstick: Dutch Touch: Yri Lipstick 11: free fatpack available to members

Promod Skirt + Mustard Off Shoulder

Eversince I got a ruffled skirt at Forever 21, I realized how girly they look and decided to get another one. This time, from Promod at the Atrium.

Shopping mama at Saizen

I love how these skirts follow my movements. This one is made of layered fabric that looks like lace. I am also wearing new golden flat shoes from Parisian, my guilty shoe pleasure! :)

My baby boy says hi!

The mustard off shoulder is from St. Francis Square and I've had it for ages. Perfect match for the skirt <3>

The Adventures of Miss Crabtree, Chapter 1

Miss Crabtree timidly stood at the door of Mr. Shuffle's office.  Being the new girl in the steno pool,  she was eager to impress her boss with her skills.  The other girls twittered amongst themselves when they got word that Miss Crabtree was already being called to their boss's office, though a few others glared.  She had recently moved to the city from her family's home in Poughkeepsie to begin acting school and she really needed this job.  Mother had warned her that there the big city was no place for a single girl but Miss Crabtree was determined to succeed and become a star, like her idol Grace Kelly.  Anxiously she knocked on her boss's door and waited.  "Please come in, Miss Crabtree", he said in an authoritarian voice.  Mr. Shuffle sat at his desk smoking a fine Cuban cigar.  Behind him was a view of downtown as well as photos of his family.  She stood there paper and pen ready, waiting for him to ask her to sit and begin work.  "Now come closer, Miss Crabtree...".

Details:
Outfit: Baby Monkey.  The perfectly crafted pencil skirt is a group gift to Baby Monkey members.  Hours were spent creating multiple layers and lining up the seams.  Other colors as well as a belted style are available for a meager 50 L.  The pink blouse is free as a picks reward.  The argyle top is one of 3 available to all.  The new Sasha shoes are a dream.  Not free but menu driven for color change of shoe, heel/base, toenail options.  I am so impressed with the new line so please check it out.
Accessories: Deco: Memories necklace and Cat's Meow glasses
Hair: fri.day: Cassie: not free
Skin: Tuli: Eva: group gift (250 L join fee)

Who loves Cupcakes? Me!

I've seriously sprained my ankle in RL or I would have shown you this earlier today with lots more pictures. Cupcakes is having now the sale to end all sales. Where to start? All summer clothing has been marked down to 100 L or less until July 4th. I'm talking lots of clothes, but check this out: lots of those clothes are 1 L!!! The catch is you have to find them. I am showing you two here but there are lots more! Also until the 4th is a special on skins. For every single skin (1000L), you will get a 1000 L gift card. For every fat pack of skin you purchase, you can chose a second skin pack for free!

But wait, there's more. At the front of the store there are 12 "gift bags". First, they aren't free. They are 250 L each but they are loaded with a skin in all tones, a shape, an outfit and eyes. If you belong to the Cupcake Update Group, which is now only 100 L to join, you will find out that quite often they are offering a 500 L gift card when you purchase on of these sets. The gift bags are only available until the 4th as well. The 500 L gift card offer is not all the time so the best way to find out when is to be in the group. I have purchased several because they are such an exceptional value.
Cupcakes is such wonderful group. Rosemary Galbraith and Mimi Coral are exceptional at both skin and clothing design (there is also a group gift in the archives now too). And if you are lucky, you might walk in like I did and see Mimi in a gorilla suit humping Rosemary's leg! What a treat! Speaking of legs, time for mine to elevate.

Items Shown:

Clothing: Cupcakes: two of several hidden dollarbies

Skin: Cupcakes: Celebrity/Vanilla - Halo - from one of the 250 L gift bags

Hair: Picture 1: Truth: Twiggy @ The Hair Fair thru 7/6 - not free - 50% went to Locks of Love

Picture 2: W&Y Yuki Hair 57 - I found this for 0 or 1 L in a stand outside of Peppermint Blue's new Free Shop, where you can get most if not all of her previous free gifts (great sets that include a complete outfit, skins, shapes, shoes/accessories and sometimes hair) for both women and men. Great for new and old players alike.

Great Finds from Great Designers

It's definitely not been a quiet week or two here in SL.  So many designers continue to offer us incredible items for little to no cost.  I cannot thank them enough for sharing with us and giving us a chance to know their work.  Let me show you a few of my favorite finds: 

First up is a gorgeous dress from the Lucky Chair at Ivalde.  Designer Nefaria Abel is one of the most generous in SL; frequently updating her Lucky Chairs, having sales and hunts with original designs.  I've been a member of her group for the longest time and have a folder in my inventory as proof.   She has moved her Lucky Chair to the upper level of the new store.  The chair has a short 10 minute wait and usually one of us from "Lucky Chair Stalkers" is there calling letters so it moves quite quickly.  I must thank Beanie Canning from the group "Give It Away" for sharing the info on this adorable dollarbie hair from Liriope.  

Dress:  Ivalde: Claretta Blue Dress: Lucky Chair gift

Shoes: Baby Monkey: The Ultimate Vanya  (not free, though group members get a substantial discount)

Hair: Liriope: Liu pink: 1 L

Skin:  Beauty Avatar: Fashion Bloggers Appreciation Gift.  Thank you so much to all the designers who showered us with amazing gifts!  We love you, too!
This stunning gown is also one of many outfits available in the Lucky Chair at Ivalde.  It has rich jewel tones and accents on the shoulders.

Dress: Ivalde: Claretta Green Gown: Lucky Chair gift

Hair: Foam!: The Valerie:  Not Free 

Skin: Beauty Avatar: Fashion Bloggers Appreciation Gift
This complete outfit is available at *pop feel* in their camp section.  There are 3 stations set up for the top, skirt and shoes.  This is a great thing to do while sorting inventory.  There are 2 lucky boards in the same area that have items that compliment this.  Thanks again to Beanie Canning for letting one of my groups know about this sweet pageboy style hair available at tomoto.  

Outfit including shoes: *pop feel*: Camp items

Hair: tomoto: humanoid. 1 L

Skin: Beauty Avatar: Fashion Blogger Appreciation Gift
Thank you to Wren Ireland for tping me to Little Britain for the lucky chairs.  I scored this skin. The outift is their weekly freebie (in both men's and women's versions) and can be found right above the lucky chairs.  Little Britain also has a Midnight Mania for men and women and several camp chairs that are very popular. 

Outfit: Little Britain: Hubby Beater: Free

Hair: Diversity Hair: Micai (not free but don't forget to pick up the free skin preview!)

Shoes:DaVisioness Designs: Black Ankle Boots w/Cross (not free)

Skin: Little Britain: Love Bites Lite: Lucky Chair gift 

All good things come to an end.

By all good things I mean my long weekend. By come to an end I mean I had to drag myself into work today like a dead weight. I must be coming down from a sugar high or somesuch!



EDIT: The pic that was here has been temp removed as the dress posted had a glitch :(
Tuli sent out a truly stunning skin to her group today, although it came with a sobering message. Named "Faith" as it's something we could all use, and can never have too much of. My thoughts are with Tuli and her family, lets all send her some good vibes and positive energy :) The skin has beautiful painted lashes, luscious lips and comes in three tones, so y'all are catered for :P



A new store is something I always get excited about. Kayla Radikal sent me a card letting me know about a lucky chair at Grim Kitteh. While I wasn't lucky enough to win the skirt, I did this super cute outfit for joining the subscribo. I've paired it with some of my fave (not free) acessories, you can grab the slurls for those down below. Now I need some caffeine...stat. Ash Out.

Shtuff
Pic 1
Outfit
Prim & Pixel
Skin
Tuli Group Gift
Hair (not free)
Troof

Pic 2
Outfit
Grim Kitteh Subscribo join gift
Skin
Tuli Group gift
Hair (not free)
HOM
Legwarmers (not free)
Sweet Leonard
Tattoo (not free)
Custom Inkz
Collar (not free)
Cats Of A Feather

Oh Hai

So I've been crazy busy getting ready for Easter Sunday, eggs to be hidden from prying eyes/hands, before I can hop round pretending to be the Easter bunny and well hide them all again!! Also I've been having a crazy creative streak, and when that happens, I can't think of or do anything else. You can see some of the stuff I've been working on here, alot of it's nude content though, so if boobs offend don't look!



First up, this lovely, warm and cozy dress from the Lunas Boutique group. It's starting to get colder over here, and I find I'm wanting to dress my av in warmer clothes, (when I'm not nakies :P) Although the pieces appear to be no mod, there's a resize script, perfect from prim phobes like myself!



Here we have the weekly dollarbie from Concrete Flowers in the form of this super cute skirt. Paired with a dollarbie shirt from Fairytail. Check out my skin!! My friend Evangeline Schism from SchismPhrenic has been hard at work again, and you can get this skin free with any purchase from her.



Looky looky! Thanks to a tip from the chatbox, off I went to KA Designs. I was rewarded with a complete "Kate" from Lost avatar. There's a boys set too, you get everything you need except hair!!



Remember the hawtness from Dare Designs I showed you? The Enforcer set is now out in the main store, and the pink colour shown here is the lucky chair exclusive! But that's not all! Dare sent out the red mask set to the group. The mask set contains 2 versions of the gas mask, and the hat, so you can pair it with your own fetish wear. Other colours are of course available for purchase. Right, I must get back to doing Easter stuff, and somehow persuade Mini Ash to get dressed so we can go shopping! Ash Out.

Outfits
Pic 1
Lunas Boutique Group Gift
Pic 2
Top
Fairytail
Skirt
Concrete Flowers
Pic 3
Dare Designs Lucky Chair
Pic 4
Dare Designs Group Gift

Boots (not free)
Pics 1 &2
DXD

Pic 4
Dare Designs (old lucky chair gift)

Hair (not free)
Pics 1 & 2
Troof

Pics 3&4
ETD
HOM
Armidi

Skins
Pic1 (not free)
Curio
Pic 2
SchismPhrenic
Pic 3
KA Designs (in store freeb)
Pic 4 (not free)
Curio

Midnight Mania And A Little Something Called Harry

Midnight Mania is relatively new in SL but is proving to be be terribly popular among store owners and shoppers alike. I have found so many new stores because of their MM board (read spent 40,000L in the last week alone oy)



The amazing corset piercing pictured came from a tip in our chatbox from a mysterious anon, as did the skin. Both are breathtaking, and I was so stoked with my new piercing, I kidnapped a wicked pair of boots while I was at Brimstone Creations that went perfectly with an outfit I was about to photo (more on that in a bit). The skin, oh wow, I love the eyeshadow. Doux Petite Dahl is a new to me store, and they have some breathtaking skins at stupidly affordable prices as well as some yummy clothes. I didn't have time to look round properly but I will be back!! (Sounded kinda ominous huh:P)



This landed in my inv a couple of days ago, and resulted in much squeeing in Dare monroes IM box. Apparently the outfit actually begun it's SL as just a skirt, and then as is often the case morphed into something else entirely! As with all outfits from Dare Designs, you get 657988780o options, pieces and ways to wear it. The boots are the ones I mentioned from Brimstone Creations, not free, but they were so perfect I had to have them. Check out my skin dammit! Meet Harry, the gorgeously freckled beautifully scarred new skin from Imagen. Only available at the Harold location, and totes not free. I do have it on good authority that sometime in the not too distant future there could possibly be something free for juuuuu! Join the subscribo for any upcoming info, or let me torture you!!



This next cutey comes from Eden's favie Baby Monkey. It's another Midnight Mania, I also won some shoes on the lucky chair while I was there, but haven't had a chance to unpack em. Stay tuned for those in a later post.



And last but by no means least, the only non MM outfit!! This comes from Glam Couture. I hadn't been there in ages, and was actually looking for an outfit I saw on Welma's blog, but ended up with this instead. Pretty smexy no? The sunnies are part of an outfit from Lunas Boutique, not free, but there was a sale on last I heard. Don't quote me, I'm running so behind on everything, if I died tomorrow, I probably wouldn'nt turn up to my funeral till next year XD. Ash Out.

Other Important Stuff
Hair (not free)
Gritty Kitty
Black maria
Maitreya

Choclit (Channeling Ames)

So my beautiful and talented Ames is giving up her blog. She's such a good writer too, but alas RL has the better of her atm. Soooo, because she *can't* stop finding good shit when she has the time, she'll be passing the info to me and demanding asking me to write on her behalf.



So this first one's from Ames. According to my email, she dropped this on me at about 6am, around about the time I was yelling at Mini Ash to get back to bed and *no* we couldn't go to the store to get ice cream FCOL. I present to you Magical Choclit Croissant Hair. You'll find this and the clothes shown here at Concrete Flowers. There's a whole wall of dollarbies, as well as a WTF wall, Creams you'll love it, unfortunately none of it was trans or I would have sent you something *special* :P The cute choker came from Kosh, conveniently located next door to Concrete flowers. There's a wicked scripted Neko set for free, and some really pretty dollarbie jewelery to be had. Thank you Ms Ames, heart you all over the place!!



ACDC, an Aussie tradition. Now you can wear em inworld thanks to Candace from Sweeter Than Candy, who sent this out to the group with the yummy boots shown. The pants shown aren't free, they're my faves though, you can find them at Axel.



Last but by no means least, this complete pack from Mayden Couture. The skin is included. It's very dark in tone, making a nice change from my favored "Death warmed up" choice of shade! There is some really heavy shading under the lips, which could have been made worse by my shape as it doesn't look as dark in the ad pics instore, best to try it on your shape to see how it looks. The makeup is beautiful though, and the body very nicely done. And now I'm off to get some chubby poses, as since making my shape bigger, I'm having "hands vanishing inside my body" issues. Yes, it's as painful as it sounds :P Ash Out.

Other Stuff That Wasn't Free
Hair
LeLutka

Hoofies
Lazy Places

Skins
Chai
Obscene

Collar in pic 2
Sanu