your ghost.

Song For This Post: Kristin Hersh ft. Michael Stipe - Your Ghost

This look/song were both inspired by the Chase of the Beast Hunt gift from LOULOU&CO. The detailing is incredible! As for the song, it is one of my ultimate songs, from a woman who is from my hometown. She is also from the band Belly, and no, the Belly I speak of is not the gross fat guy from Toronto >.<

Outfit Deets:

hair - Exile Kyanna/greystone (1L Enky's designer store item - thanks to Linda)

top - ~silentsparrow~ (silvery) sylvan tunic (0L prev lucky chair gift)

shoulder piece - .:* LOULOU&CO *:. Armor " Le Corbeau et le Renard " (0L CBH gift)

ring - ::Happy Finds:: Grinning Death Ring (0L group gift)

pants - :::Sn@tch::: Libertine Bloomers (Black) (0L prev gift)

stockings - [Plastik]-Bordello Leggings-Fray-Sumie (0L prev group gift)

piercing - .:ellabella:. Pure Garbage (1L) (use Plastik slurl, then tp board @ the main entrance)

skin - []::Tuli::[] Hope  (ivory) pris (prev group gift)

hoofies - [Lazy Places] Ungulate - Cloven - Black (prev blogged <3)

necklace - *Miss 80s*  CROW QUEEN necklace (DUII item, no longer avail)

horns - Sweet Leonard Fa(u)ntasy Horns [birdie] - (prev blogged)
armbands - Aitui Armtubes in Shadow (prev blogged)

pics taken @ WolfHills

all poses from (pda) *sob*

Balderdash Meets Gormenghast

Okay so ever since I saw these rosaries from Balderdash, I've been itching to figure out what to do with them. Until, that is, I found this hair from W&Y (0L - but i'm unsure if it's still avail.) and paired it with the Tuli group gift skin in Goth (as you've heard a million times - 250 to join but SO worth it!). All of my pictures were taken at the amazing Oubliette sim, home to Balderdash, Evie's Closet, Winx's Home Furnishings, with more to come! If y'all don't know who/what Gormenghast is - click the link - you'll be hooked instantly! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2UTPombvgc


I hope you can tell from my pics that Saiyge's attention to detail is near insane. She HANDPLACES every ittybitty lil prim, and because of that, her necklaces and chains always look organic, and fall naturally on the chest, or wrist.



These come in five different colours (coal, wheatgrass, merlot, mignight, seaspray) and three options: the necklace (sold separately for 180L) and the wrist-wrapped rosary (225L sold together.



To complete my look, I am wearing a sweater from Tuli (0L- Journey sim hunt gift), ~silent sparrow~ sylvan corset top (5L Halloween charity gift - was packed with other items), pants from Luna's Boutique's vintage outfit (1L), my fave Sn@tch piercings (25L during the 1/2 off sale), chain choker from Chaos Lotus (0L christmas group gift), and cornelian earrins from Zaara's (0L - opening gift), as well as Dilly Dolls' Sketched Boots (0L - Midnight Madness gift)

Balderdash Bagatelle and Trinketry - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oubliette/128/128/2
~silent sparrow~ - http://slurl.com/secondlife/silent%20sparrow/189/92/22
Tuli - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Journey/128/128/2
Dilly Dolls - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illusion/60/34/22
Waka & Yuki - http://slurl.com/secondlife/TSUKIJI/161/205/22
Zaara - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Zaara/128/128/2

Blog Challenge!

Okay - this is not my usual type post, but it was irresistible, and will actually have some good tips (I hope :\ ). My good friend Uma Ceawlin posted a challenge on her blog to go for a surreal/goth/circusy/artistic type look - to stretch yourself outside of your normal comfort zone.

I was inspired by a combination of the incredibly beautiful circus girl skin from lessthan3 (yeah it's just about the only skin label you'll see me in these days. JOIN this group!!!! and staaaay. You won't regret it. She is so generous to her group, and is always coming out with some new kind of amazing creation to make your mouth water) and Pixel Dust's grand reopening in Festivale hair gift (Effing Clown Shoes Hair - was 1L - and may still be available, but I'm not positive). Not to mention ~silent sparrow~'s insanely beautiful Midnight Circus ensemble. I bought this LOOOONG ago, like over a year ago, when Hya had a sale, and I think it was only like 150L, but I'm unsure of the price now. (BAD BLOGGER!!) I can't get over how her quality of design has only increased - from an already amazing starting point.


I've also got on KISSME piercings from Sn@tch (50L - she's having a half off sale this week though so RUN!!!!) AND the way fun Dilly Dolls Midnight Mania entirely scripted texture/size/color change Floral Buckle Shoes. They change their board gifts often, so HURRY down and click to join. It's the easiest free thing in Second Life. Most stores have these, and not only is it fun to log on the next day and find folders waiting for you, it is also a great way to find out if this is a designer you will actually make more of an investment in. I think pretty much MOST of your favourite designers will have one.. Go on a Midnight Mania hunt and post what you find here! Let's have fun with this!


All shot @ the incredible Festivale sim - this is a MUST SEE, people. Not just because of all the awesome designers, but also just to PLAY! Remember playing? Exploring sims and DOING something in SL that didn't involve just sitting around? There's not enough childlike glee happening in Second Life, these days, and I think the experience is all the poorer for it. Go ride the carousel, or have the ferris wheel make you seasick. And most of all? LAUGH WITH YOUR FRIENDS. Things have been too stressful all around us, in RL and in SL - let's take some time to enjoy our friends, and just play.

Pixel Dust @ Festivale - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Festivale/135/163/27
lessthan3 - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vodou/163/42/34
~silent sparrow~ - http://slurl.com/secondlife/silent%20sparrow/189/92/22
Dilly Dolls - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Illusion/63/63/25
Sn@tch - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pulse/172/207/30

Long Overdue Organisation!!!

YES!! I have finally gotten around to doing a blog about the dreaded inventory cleanup - mostly because I'm in the middle of it myself. I'm long overdue for a massive purging of my inventory, but for now, I've at least placed them in their folders for later slash and burn. I've also included a bit at the end about my new 'do and the outfit which I may never take off!! With pictures so y'all don't get bored. I've taken most of my pics at the Firefly Cafe - my favourite venue for live indie music. It is beautiful, and everyone is so welcoming! I popped in to have some quiet time listening to my favourite music feed in SL, and some much needed closet cleaning.


I'll start off with what should be your first step - planning your system. Now, you need to figure out what order is important for you, and will be the most user-friendly. For me, I've found that I like to have all my actual clothing items in one file, and made other main files for hair, shoes, jewelry/accessories, etc. (click on the following pics to get the larger size)




So to explain my pics - you'll notice that I have different symbols in front of my major categories. This is an important tip to help keep those folders on top - and they look pretty. *grin* I also wanted to point out the Full Outfits folders, I have a bunch of preloaded outfits in there - shape hair skin etc, and titled them with names that I'll remember just by looking at them - or, you can do what a friend of mine has suggested, which is to slip a pic of yourself in the outfit in each folder.

I keep all of my assorted items together in generic folders such as "Tops", "jackets/Coats" etc, and then have folders containing my favourite labels that I own a lot of clothing from beneath them. Within the generic folders, I've even broken it down further, according to type. For instance, I am majorly addicted to hoodies, so I created a hoodies subfolder, and all my hoodies go in there, no matter the designer, so I can find them quicksnap.

I've followed this template for pretty much all of my folders, aside from the hair folder, which is organised by designers, then individual pieces that I love. A good tip to cut down on your closet explosion is to delete all the hair colours from the fatpacks that you know you'll never use. I found that in by doing this, I slashed HUNDREDS of items from my totals. I'm actually do for another purging of the hair folder soon.

My biggest tip is this - be ruthless. If it is an item that you have not used in awhile, and probably won't again, because your taste has changed, or upon looking at it again, it's not really the quality item you remember being thrilled with? CHUCK it. And trust me - the quality thing happens often, esp as designers grow and hone their craft. I still have clothing from designers I love *coughs Sh*t Happens.. Sn@tch..silentsparrow* that I've had from my first days in SL - and I don't think I'll throw them out, just because even in their infancy those women had skillz.

That is essentially all I can think of for now. It feels weird showing screen shots of my inventory! Very nakey feeling.. But I hope I've helped at least someone, and I'm sure CC will be dragging me over to her place soon to help clean her closet. I think it's pretty bad...

Now for the outfit!!! First I got my hair did @ Junwave - and it was only 80L! It comes in multiple colour combos and solids, so you're bound to find one you can't resist.



I've also got on a new favourite sweater from ~silentsparrow~ - the *snug* sweater - 125L ea, in multiple colour choice with safety pin closures and - get this - two patches that attach to your back and the bottom hem, and they are texture change!!!! I'm not wearing the back one, as I wanted to wear my Fluky hood underneath (on sale for 1L. I can't believe they are closing. It kills me. Really.) I've also got on Random leggings (0L), amplify hairclip from the candycane hunt (1L i think),magi take shop socks (10L for the fatpack of 6), and shorts from Sin & Secrets Xmas Gift (0L - I wear all of the pieces of this simple outfit in so many ways. I think the socks are some of my fave socks ever). Onto the pics!



This is all the choices of textures in the patches. How cute are they??? I love Hya..


(Just as I was finishing up the pics for this, my friend Meta popped in and took some awesome snaps of the venue, and probably some pretty silly ones of myself. I am truly dorkilicious. Here's the link if you wanna see his shots http://azureconfines.blogspot.com/)

A Wren's Day @ ~silent sparrow~..

Hiho all ^-^ This post is about the day I spent in Hya's newly redone sim - it's chock full of wintery loverliness, and constantly has new little surprises and secret corners.. Silent Sparrow and Calico Ingmann have always had the most incredible sim, and this does not disappoint. AND if you happen to be a current member of the group, Hya sent out a birthday/happy winter gift to all her twittery birds. Decidedly Hobbit-like of Hya, to give gifts on her birthday!

I started out the day just exploring in this not quite ready for the outdoors outfit.. The beautiful tunic is a lucky chair gift from Rahz, with leggings from Random, and my favourite argyles in black from Sn@tch. The hair is a gift given to DejaVu's group, which was originally a two-tone blonde, that I tinted the perfect brunette.


JW's Tips For SL Beauty No. 2: Learn how to alter your clothing. The edit option is your friend! In this case, I stood on a pose stand (very important to make sure you do not shift around during the fitting/recolouring process), and right-click Edit on the hair. I chose the texture option. Mind, many designers block this option, which is well within their right to do so, but if they allow this option? USE IT!! on the lower section of the edit window you will see 2 options, texture and colour. DO NOT touch the texture option as this will screw up your hair irrevocably. Click on the tint box and a colour menu will pop up. Simply choose the tint and saturation point you wish to use with the sliders, hit select and voila, instantly customised hair! This works for jewelry, and shoes, and any prim attachment with the proper permissions. Wrenling actually mentioned in her post about how she tints her sparrow earrings to match her outfits. This is my secret way to look different from everyone else using the same pool of freebs *grin*

After a bit of preening, and flouncing around the sim, I skived off to a sandbox to open our gifties and try on the silent sparrow marvelousness. There are two basic outfits inside, one for girls and one for boys - or girls ^-^. I adooooore both of these! I'm modelling the Ryou suit here, girlified. It is Wren's *heehee* suit version of the Suzme birdie outfit *le pant, le sigh*

Enough with the talky-talky... on with the pictures!! (Look at her amazing details - she just makes me squeeeeee with joy)

You've noticed the sweet little candy heart in my mouth by now.. It says "Eat Me" and is one of a gazillion group gifts from Sanura. Trust me... this is a group to be in! And definitely a jewelry designer to spend your lindens on. She prices her astoundingly small-primmed lovelies so fairly, that you will leave her shop with bags loaded! I've never been one for the whole food fad thing that is sweeping through SL, but this was so dainty, and a little saucy, it was irresistible!

My next post will be all about the best inventory sorting tips I can provide... And I'll be starting a series of blogs covering SL fashion for you boyos!