Flown the Coop!

I've flown the coop, but during my escape, I banged my nose against the bars. Ouch! Nothing that a little band-aid won't fix!



The skin is called Ouch! Black Ice is Hazerdous! and it is the Happy Holidays Hunt prize from Grixdale (formerly Tyranny Designs). It is in the Cream tone, and comes with several options of cleavage and dimples. It also comes packaged with five slippey-slidey poses... no wonder it comes with bumped nose! Well worth (more than actually!) the $10L price.



The Magic Mushroom tattoo is a reward from Para Designs. Para Designs is currently hosting four different hunts (A Very Depraved Christmas, Rock Bottom, ZombiePopcorn, and Nightmare Before Christmas hunts), and just for fun, they've done something a little different.... The four hunts each contain one part of the complete Magic Mushroom Tattoo, but if you find all four of the hunt prizes, copy down your transaction history from local chat and paste it into a notecard. Follow the rest of the instructions contained in the notecard that comes with each of the hunt prizes, and you will be sent the complete Magic Mushroom tattoo in several color and black intensities... plus it will be put all together, so you don't have to try and layer four different layers just to wear the complete tattoo. Pretty clever, huh? Not to mention fun!

And just in case you think that there are no other eyes besides Poetic Colors in my inventory, I am wearing the free Frozen Eyes from Umedama Holic. They are inside the basket on the bar along with a second free pair called Gemstone.

Credits:

Hair- Amacci- Beata- Modern Red- (not free)

Skin- Grixdale (Formerly Tyranny Designs)- Ouch! Black Ice is Hazerdous in Cream- Happy Holidays Hunt (look for the scroll and buy for $10L)

Eyes- Umedama Holic- Frozen Eyes- Free

Tattoo- Para Designs- Magic Mushroom- Free reward for finding all four hunt items

Top- Crimson Shadows- Gothic Black Corset- (store no longer exists)

Skirt and Leggings- Grixdale- A Very Deprave Christmas Hunt (look for a bag of coal)- Free!

Boots- Bax Coen- Prestige Boots- Red Suede- (not free but oh so very nice!)

Necklace- Old Dirty Bastards- A Very Depraved Christmas Hunt- free

Poses-

Grixdale- part of the Happy Holidays hunt prize ($10L with the skin)

Body Language by Sweet Lovely Cute- old gift from the Deck anniversary

Chilling by the camp fire...

Keep that fire going good...because baby, it's cold outside!

At least, I look cheery and warm. Burrrr....




Credits:

Eyes- Poetic Colors- Deep Jungle-not free, but there is a free eye gift in store

Hair & Hair Base- Amacci- Lily in Modern Red- not free, but other gifts in store

Skin- Mynerva- Sophie in Smokey Red- not free

Nails- La Boheme- Nightmare Before Christmas Hunt (two other hunt prizes are also there!)

Tattoo- V Tattoo- Swallows- currently in MM Board

Cowboy Boots- J's- past hunt freebie

Scarf- Zenith Fashions- free inside their For the Love of Ice festival store. Also, there are many snowflakes hidden around the sim... they are hard to spot, but are filled with wonderful gifts from different designers participating in the festival.

T-shirt & pants- paper.doll- Zombie Popcorn hunt prize

Tartan Jacket- Prim & Pixel- free at their Christmas Village Holiday shop

Oops!

I'd forgotten I'd been planning to blog about these free cute pants from Rude Rebel! *beats head on the keyboard* So, this is just a quickie with very boring photos! The pants are really cute though... also shown are the free Intrinsic Tanks (huge fat pack of colors in the easel) and Loop de Loop scarves (free four color pack on the vendor for the scarves) from Jane.


The last set is labeled as being a pair of tights, and comes with a pair of black legwarmers. It isn't free like the other three pairs of pants, but is a cheapie at a $1L. The striped tights can be found in a vendor on the pillar just inside the store's entrance. You may land in water, since there is a pond about two feet away from the entrance... so don't wear your best suede boots!

Pose by Diesel Works from the Diamond is Mine hunt prize. See the next posting down for full listing of credits and LM's. :)

The boots are a past hunt prize from Heartsick.

Silent Sparrow in the Snow

Here it is December, and much of SL has transformed into a winter wonderland! So many places to visit and so many things to do...

Silent Sparrow has two beautiful free outfits that compliment the silvery frosty beauty that we find ourselves surrounded with.

First up, the aptly named Frost Suit.

There is a catch with this freebie (and my apologies to anyone who might be disappointed)... it is only available to new avatars 30 days or younger. I wasn't going to blog it due to that reason, but I love it so much that I just had to! So, grab that poor hapless newbie player (the outfit is unisex!) you've taken under your wing, and bring them on over to Silent Sparrow. Or make your own minty fresh alt, and grab it yourself! True, it isn't transferable, but your new alt will have a killer new outfit!

The second outfit is available to everyone as far as I can tell, and is from the Silent Sparrow kiosk at the Gnubie Store. You remember the Gnubie Store, right? Hopefully you found it shortly after your rez-day... it is so much better than those freebie warehouses that it seems most newbies find themselves at.

My first skins came from the Gnubie Store... the Eloh Eliot skins, and I wore them for months before I started collecting other skins through hunts, group gifts, and purchases. While I rarely wear them any longer, the Eloh skins served me well when I was still finding my way in SL, and I remember them fondly and still have them in my inventory.
If you haven't been to the Gnubie Store in awhile, perhaps it is time for a second look! I just picked up a Pixeldolls top from there, along with a dollarbie pair of jeans from Random Fashions.

Other credits:

Eyes- Poetic Colors- past gift, new Christmas eye gift now available. And if you're still dragging that newbie around, have them grab the Sunny Glade new players gift from the sandwich board outside the entrance!

Skin- Lara Hurely- Love*Blue Skin- Free gift in store

Hair- eXceSs- Bug in Pink- Diamond is Mine hunt(hunt is over but the prize was still up as of this posting. Hint- Diamonds ruin your fishnet shirt)

Eye Make-up (tattoo layer)- Frick- past Rez-day gift (no longer available)

Necklace- Bliensen + MaiTai- Diamond is Mine (hunt over but prize was still up as of this posting. Hint- You say Ottobre, I say October, let's call the whole thing... Hey! What's that sparkling way up there?)

Poses-
Posies- Fae pose- Past hunt gift
Diesel Works- Diamond is Mine- Hunt is over, but prize was still available as of this posting. Hint- That's great discount, but does this wall make me look fat?) And grab the Peace on Earth hunt gift while you are there! :) The Zombie Popcorn prize may also be out, but that one I didn't find on my flyby stop for the LM... will have to return and make a better search of the area soon!

Photos taken at the beautiful Calas Galadhon sims.

Letting the inner Diva out to play!

Apologies in advance for the funky layout of the page. I just started cropping my photos, and it opened up a whole new challenge in my blog page layout! lol

Fricka Morgath may be the one celebrating her Rez-day, but we get the presents! Right now, if you head on over to Frick, you will find the free gorgeous Noveria skin and corset gift.


The skin comes in two shades (sugar and blush), cleavage options, light and dark brows, and even a make-up tattoo layer, so you can glam up some of your other skins!

















This is the Blush tone.






















This is the Sugar tone.









The jewelry is Severus by Mariposa, which is having a going-out-of-business sale... major pout! Felicity Winslet is a talented jewelry designer and wonderful person, and while I am sorry to see Mariposa go, I wish her well on all her future endeavors.

The Exquisite Rock Diva hair I am wearing was NikitaFride's Hair Fair 2010 freebie, but I visited the store in the course of research for this blog entry, and it is now set out as a gift! It is on the floor next to one of the women's lucky chairs.

Other Credits-

Eyes- Poetic Colors (Deep Jungle- not free)
Manicure- Studio Nails (past hunt gift)
Pose- Amaris (past gift)
Belt- n-Creation (Essential Belt- not free)
Pants- Rfyre (past Twisted Hunt 2009 gift)

Photos taken in the graveyard of a newly redesigned Dark Eternity of Dare Designs

Don't look now... but the Holiday Season is Upon Us!

It is the start of November, and all across the grid, SL is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. If you haven't started your holiday shopping yet, you are probably starting to get a slight, but growing feeling of panic.

But before your world explodes into a mass feeding frenzy of consumerism, *I work in retail in rl, so I thank you for that! :)* take a moment, and enjoy the sights and smells that accompany the season. Ice skating is a perfect way to start getting into the spirit of the season, and Prim and Pixel has put out a gift skating dress called Ice Princess.



This gift is only available in their Magic of Christmas shop at the Winter Holiday Village. The village is so festive that for a brief moment I swear I got a whiff of cinnamon! I haven't had time to explore the village in full yet, but I did notice that many of the stores were names that I recognize and admire.

Take a good look around Prim and Pixels' shop since there are a number of free gifts.



This scarf is one of them... perfect for that after-skating stroll through a winter wonderland! Leave the ice skating for others... it's time to warm-up with a mug of hot chocolate!

Other Credits-

Eyes- Poetic Colors (deep jungle- not free. Other eye gift available though. I know I always wear Poetic Colors... but they are the best!... imho.) :)

Skin- Mynerva (Sophie in smokey red- not free)

Hair- Amacci (Adena- fat pack FREE! There are a few other gifts too... take a look around! And join the subscribo group for some free eyes, perhaps also a skin if it is still the subscribo history)

Boots- N-Core (old group gift but still available in store along with a great pair of extreme heel white pumps. Join the group and grab the boxed gifts. The boots have three color options and come with the attached color change ankle warmers.)

Jewelry- Mariposa (part of the Noche Gown set- Midnight Mania prize-current as of this posting. Full gown blogged previously here towards the end of the posting)

Sweater and Jeans- CS Fandango (old gift)

Pose- Everglow (old gift)

In the Mists of Avalon

Calling all lovers of Celtic designs, fantasy, medieval, or magic RP, the Celtic Magic Hunt is going on now! It only runs until Nov. 15th, but there are only twelve stores in it, so you have plenty of time to finish. There are even hints!

This beautiful gown is the hunt prize from EMO-tions.


Regal circlets...



Kouse's Sanctum


Avilion Mist (this one comes with color change gems! Showing the emerald here)

Mystical tattoo and necklace...



Trident- Triskel Pendent
Fallen Gods Inc.- Celtic Tattoo

That was just a teaser. There are also home furnishing, sculpt, cottage, and other prizes!

Also, Deviance is having a mini cupcake hunt... mini as in only three cupcakes to find, but also mini as in the cupcakes you are hunting for are nearly microscopic! But your reward is the stunning Drow Priestess in purple. It is really a stunning rp outfit and well worth the effort of finding those teeny, tiny little cupcakes!





Shows off the Fallen Gods tattoo beautifully, too!

If it helps (and it will!) here are the official hints for the Deviance Cupcake hunt.

1. Sit down and test your luck
2. The defenders of Lord Rahl
3. Just Whistle while you work

Have you noticed the skin I am wearing? It is a freebie, too!



Willow Skin-Fantasy is the Pilgrim Hunt prize from Style by Kira. It isn't hard to find, and there are a couple of other hunt prizes right next to it. (Top Model Hunt- a skin & MoMo Hunt- a mohawk made of mustaches) Just look for the pilgrim's hat!

I just love how this skin seems to glow from within. It is making me consider getting the non-fantasy make-up version to go with it!

Other credits-

Hair- D!va (Chihura- 5000 member group gift- free and still available. It is upstairs. Join the group and hit the board. Make sure to have a good look around upstairs. There are at least four group hair gifts out and some poses, along with several lucky chairs. There are a couple of more lucky chairs on the stair landing.)

Eyes- Poetic Colors (Sunny Glade- free to new players. Different eye gift available for everyone else)