Behave

Baby, I’ll behave
If you let me stay
Please don’t say
That I’m begging you for love
~ “Bassically” by Tei Shi

You sign up to blog an event like Romp and all your posts seem to center around sex—funny how that works out. I pulled out this sexy latex dress from xxsaltandpepperxx, which she is featuring at Romp, and I was inspired to go red, especially when I got the amazing lace up shoes (reminiscent of a pair that Kendall Jenner wore for the MTV Music Awards) from Queenshop that are featured at the Chapter Four. I clicked around on the color choice HUDs for each one and found the perfect look. Aikea Rieko’s fabulous mesh earrings from The Liaison Collaborative finish my look.

Nicole Button has recently come out with an applier for the Catwa head, this one meant for the newer head but it looks ideal on Annie too. I tinted up the lips and eyes with the Catwa-supplied makeups, making them completely opaque. Tabata Jewell has created a set of Catwa hairbase appliers to match this fabulous, one-sided tumble of curls she is featuring at Hairology. I think it’s a fierce look that will command someone (you know who you are) to behave!

Hair: Vanity Hair:Sound Machine(F)-Greedy by Tabata Jewell for Vanity Hair, available at Hairology *

Skin applier: Egozy.Katniss (Fair) by Nicole Button for Egozy *

Mesh head: CATWA HEAD Annie V4.5 by Catwa Clip for CATWA

Eyes: [theSkinnery] Sona eyes – 6 by Umazuma Metaluna for [theSkinnery], available at the Chapter Four *

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.5 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: S&P dress Kelly maitreya exp.  by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at ROMP *

Earrings: :[P]:- Benthe Earring [R]:// Medium by Aikea Rieko for The Plastik, available at The Liaison Collaborative *

Nails: {ZOZ} Urban Queen Black Tip Polish (Maitreya) HUD by Zozicon for ZOZ, available at the 100 Block *

Crop: Dressage Schooling Whip – Silver by Alecto Vella for Arwynd Creations (no longer available)

Cuffs: 22769 ~ [bauwerk] Handcuffs by Paco Pooley for 22769

Shoes: #EMPIRE – Hibiscus – Maitreya by queenshop for Empire, available at the Chapter Four

Poses by Elysium Eilde for Elymode

Heavily modded using Avimote PoseMaker PE 1.02 by Avimote Dreamscape for Avimote *

Taken using the LUMIPro 2016 HUD by Stefan Buscaylet *

Small Town Girl

“No matter what you do, someone always knew you would.” ~ Ami McKay

I went over to the small town of Crestwick and thought about my small town girl. She had a shopping spree at Shiny Shabby since it’s opened and got this darling top and skirt combo from Asia Rae that has some great details with textures that evoke movement in the skirt and a lovely soft drape in the top. The mesh is nicely and proportionately constructed so the top is feminine but not outrageous. (In other words, the breasts are proportionate.) I paired it with Meva Carnell’s awesome necklace from Shiny Shabby and shoes from xxsaltandpepperxx from Tres Chic that have the same chain motif as the necklace. (Funny how that works.)

And how refreshing to wear a skin on my own shape again. It’s like washing your face after wearing makeup all day. Umazuma Metaluna has created this darling skin for Shiny Shabby, with and without freckles. I opted for freckles for the small town girl look. A darling wavy hair from Kuranosuke Kamachi for Shiny Shabby finishes my look. I am quite pleased with my demeanor in this look, fully a small town girl.

Hair: =DeLa*= Fitted Mesh Hair “Vida” by Kuranosuke Kamachi for =DeLa*=, available at Shiny Shabby *

Skin: [theSkinnery] Kenza – Bare Face (champagne) BBF CL2 by Umazuma Metaluna for[theSkinnery], available at Shiny Shabby *

Eyes: .ID. Attraction Eyes #15 by Audrey Lamede for Insufferable Dastard, available at The Men’s Dept

Lashes: .LeLutka.Kyra lashes.01 by Thora Charron for LeLutka *

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: [AR] Outfit-Jasmine- Red by Asia Rae for Asia Rae, available at Shiny Shabby *

Necklace: Meva Vintage Necklace Gold by Mea Carnell for Meva, available at Shiny Shabby *

Shoes: S&P pumps Fofina maitreya by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at Tres Chic *

Poses by Olivia LaLonde for Poppycock

Taken at Crestwick Island

Stopping by Woods–KittyCatS & Friends Advent Calendar, Day 10

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

~ “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

I went over to the lovely Garden of Whimsy and was reminded of Robert Frost’s poem about the deep dark woods. They have set up the sim so nicely without too much kitschy stuff and enough wonder that I enjoyed myself. I am wearing xxsaltandpepperxx’s cute chevron-patterned dress, a giftable look available at Christmas on 34th Street. I matched mokkinha’s ankle boots to the look. You can see a subtle chevron pattern in the boots.

Today’s featured gift is Aleida Rhode’s custom mesh earrings, which she is offering as the gift in the KittyCats & Friends Advent Calendar in three colors—silver, copper and onyx. With a decorative hanger, they are almost like ornaments but more delicate. My skin is one of Silent Alchemi’s lovely looks. I needed to take off a mesh head for a day and get some air, and with this glowing skin, I feel beautiful. I added lipstick from Synjari Myriam, also giftable at the Christmas on 34th Street. She offers each package with evening and daytime tones, which is clever. My short sassy hair is one of Leyla Flux’s great looks for Hairology, which opened today!

Hair: [KoKoLoReS] Hair – December by Leyla Flux for [KoKoLoReS], available at Hairology *

Skin: *Birth* Perdita Skin (HoneyTone) Natural1_Cleavage_gloss by Silent Alchemi for *Birth* *

Lipstick: .:SF:. “Winterkiss” Lip Color – Evening: Pomme Apple by Synjari Myriam for Senzafine, available at Christmas on 34th Street *

Eyes: #adored – nova eyes – frost by Constance Daehlie for #adored, available at Winter Trend *

Lashes: .LeLutka.Kyra lashes.01 by Thora Charron for LeLutka *

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: S&P dress Keira maitreya exp grey by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at Christmas on 34th Street *

Earrings: Elysium – Bubble earring – silver by Aleida Rhode for Elysium by Aleida Rhode, available December 10 for the KittyCatS and Friends Advent Calendar at the KittyCats Wonderland Sim *

Boots: T&S – Demonia Boots by mokkinha for Tales & Stories, available at FROST (opening December 13) *

Poses by Luna Jubilee for !bang

Taken using the LumiPro HUD V3.41 by Stefan Buscaylet *

Taken at Garden of Whimsy

The Last Smile

“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ~ William Cullen Bryant

Fall came in yesterday just like that. It was balmy out on Monday evening, the air thick with humidity and early the next morning a cold front came through with a storm and chill air and golden sunshine followed it. When I was trying to take these photos and struggling, my friend asked, “What kind of windlight are you hoping for?” I said, “The kind that imbues the scene with sunlight filtered through a thousand autumn leaves, tinting everything with a nostalgic depth and laying upon it its honeyed warmth before the chill winter winds descend.” He sighed. “Try ‘Sunset.’”

My dear friend Sabein Streeter, helped me set up my autumn house, which I will be photoing in pieces because she jam packed it so full of goodness, and I can’t cover it all in one blog. Her wonderful decorating sense was assisted by the many beautiful décor items available this month at Shiny Shabby. We start, of course, on the back stoop, where we find leaves have covered the area via Kunst Himmel and a cart of gourds, courtesy of FadeArcade. A cozy rocking chair from Marinestella waits for a friend to sit but I have just finished riding my bike from Danielestro and am about to go inside. The house? Barnesworth Anubis’ beautiful cottage for Collabor88, more of which you will see in the next days.

My outfit is a combination of fall and summer. A warm but sexy middriff-skimming sweater from Kiddo Oh at Tres Chic tops short shorts from xxxsaltandpepperxxx, available at the Cosmopolitan Room—both mesh. Long socks from Roslin Petion for My Attci and great little boots from Darling Monday at Shiny Shabby complete the look.

I want to highlight the berries in my hair—a lovely hair pick from Abraxxa Anatine, featured at the Cosmopolitan Room. I pushed it into my hair in front, a celebration of the fruits of fall. The pick has a color change menu on click and is exquisitely crafted in mesh, but not rigged so you can move it around and resize or copy and wear multiple. My hair is one of the wild fusion shades from Kavar Cleanslate, his contribution to Fantasy Collective. And once again I wear Catwa Clip’s lovely Jessica mesh head with a beautiful skin applied from Inka Mexicola , both available at the Cosmopolitan Room.

Hair: Exile::The Countess by Kavar Cleanslate for ::Exile::, available at the Fantasy Collective *

Hair pick: EarthStones Hair Branch Hair Stick – Berries by Abraxxa Anatine for EarthStones, available at the Cosmopolitan Room  *

Mesh head: CATWA HEAD Jessica by Catwa Clip for CATWA, available at the Cosmopolitan Room *

Skin applier: Essences Catwa Appliers [Natasja] by Inka Mexicola for Essences , available at the Cosmopolitan Room *

Eyes: Mesh – Marble Eyes – Old Book by Soleil Reid for Dead Apples

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Sweater: Autumn Sweater – Pink MAITREYA by Kiddo Oh for .::Dead Dollz::., available at Tres Chic *

Shorts: S&P Hotpants Kay by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at the Cosmopolitan Room *

Socks: {Luxuria} T&C Thigh High Socks – Applier *light* by Roslin Petion for Luxuria, available at My Attic *

Boots: fri. – Rosie.Boots (Dirty) by Darling Monday for fri.day, available at Shiny Shabby*

Poses by Valencia Southard for Marukin

Décor:

• [Toiz] 1. coming Autumn swingchair by marinestella and [Toiz] 3. Autumn Board by Marinestella for Toiz, available at Shiny Shabby*
• [ zerkalo ] Fall in Love – Bicycle by danielestro by DanielEstro and Anaisterpellie for [ zerkalo ], available at Shiny Shabby*
• .05 [ kunst ] & [ hoorenbeek ] – Autumn leaves by Kunst Himmel and Limer Hoorenbeek for [ kunst ], available at Shiny Shabby*
• Apt B // Snuggle Up Wheelburrow by FadeArcade by FadeArcade for Apt B, available at Shiny Shabby*
• (MB) Wicker planter with fern “BREEZE” dark by Minke Bailey for MB-CreationZ

House: [ba] tabor cottage by Barnesworth Anubis for Barnesworth Anubis, available at Collabor88 *

September Song

“The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. […] The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.”~  Ray Bradbury

Photo by Frenchy25

My pal Frenchy25, a terrific photographer, caught me wandering around St. Pete’s City, looking at NevaCrystall’s newest sim, and he played paparazzi (or so he said) and captured a shot, which I show above. I was pretty impressed he caught me because I was stumbling around, trying to settle on a spot for a photo—hard to do because they are so many great spots on this decorative sim. For this photo, I chose Poulet Koenkamp’s gorgeous new jacket for The Instruments, available in several different prints with solids. Poulet does not always make her own mesh but she does such fabulous textures, it really doesn’t matter. Her texture work puts her head and shoulders above many. My skirt is Kiddo Oh’s fashionable and well-fitting find at Tres Chic, custom mesh fitted perfectly to the Maitreya body. And my boots from Sora Tatham for Shiny Shabby are also fitted to the Maitreya body and perfect for an autumn outfit.

Catwa Clip recently came out with her new mesh head which includes expressions and makeup possibilities (which I hope to feature on another blog). I put Umazuma Metaluna’s beautiful new skin just for this mesh head on , clicked my makeup choice into place, and discovered a beautiful woman. With Uma’s wonderful eyes for this month’s Cosmetic Fair, I made a soulful beauty. Both Nikohl Hax and xxxsaltandpepperxxx off eclectic jewelry at this month’s Shiny Shabby, both in custom mesh.

Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Reese Mesh Hair – Chocolate by MissAllSunday Lemon for /Wasabi Pills/, available at Uber *

Mesh Head: CATWA HEAD Jessica by Catwa Clip for CATWA *

Skin applier: [theSkinnery] Estee (Catwa Applier) toffee by Umazuma Metaluna for [theSkinnery] *

Eyes: [theSkinnery] Flirtacious  eyes – 4 by Umazuma Metaluna for [theSkinnery], available at The Cosmetic Fair *

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.4 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Jacket: :: PM :: Etnia Jacket by Poulet Koenkamp for PurpleMoon Creations, available at The Instruments *

Skirt: Autumn Skirt – Wine Maitreya by Kiddo Oh for .::Dead Dollz::., available at Tres Chic *

Choker: S&P Necklace Andy female by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at Shiny Shabby*

Necklace: .random.Matter. – Pheron Necklace – Gold by Nikohl Hax for random.Matter., available at Shiny Shabby*

Boots: ::GB:: Lily boots-Maitreya by Sora Tatham for Gabriel, available at Shiny Shabby *

Poses by Luth Brodie for Reel Expression (no longer available)

Taken at St. Pete’s City

What You Don’t Do

It’s what you don’t do, the games you don’t play
(It’s what you don’t do) I know you love me, I don’t need proof
Don’t tell the whole world; just wanna be your girl
(It’s what you don’t do, it’s what you don’t do)

The closer we get, oh
The less we need to show

~ “What You Don’t Do” by Lianne LeHavas

This is one of those mega blogs where I have so much goodness I don’t know where to start. First is the great song from Lianne LeHavas, which has great meaning for me. Then all this yumminess from Shiny Shabby, starting with a darling dress from xxsaltandpepperxx, which includes a texture change HUD with some great floral and eensy polka dots in au courant colors and styles. Paired with floral-patterned sandals from Nardya Rousselot, it is a perfect summer look. I top it with Diaxm’s gorgeous pansy headband and wear a terrific contemporary ring set from Kathya Szczepanski.

I furnished my scene with various pieces from Shiny Shabby. First I started with Siena Trevellion’s gorgeous leaning door, an ideal piece for any eclectic space. I leaned FadeArcade’s great ladder light on one side and his shelf on the other, which I decorated with vases of flowers from Kean Kelly. Kunst Himmel, who has a love affair with wine, I think, because he makes the most beautiful wine-focused collections, including the ones from his gacha that you see here. A gorgeous rug from FadeArcade’s gacha anchors it all. My poses are a set from Anne Dakun that include a notebook prop that has a texture-change HUD to make the perfect accessory.

Focus on that necklace I am wearing. Maxi Gossamer has learned how to translate her SL mesh designs to RL 3D technology and is able to produce her jewelry in RL. She is offering a raffle for anyone that purchases this necklace set. You are entered into a drawing for a necklace from sterling silver that replicates the one shown here. Find more details at her website.

I am wearing Maximillion Grant’s versatile Alex mesh head with the accompanying expression sets. It’s so fun clicking around and finding new expressions and looks. I used Aleida Rhode’s omega applier for her Kate II skin at the Dressing Room (at a ridiculously low price for such a comprehensively complete set of appliers). The skin applied perfectly to the head and made a gorgeous look. Thora Charron just released new hair, and I love how this casual look tucks behind the ear and swirls around the shoulders.

Hair: .Lelutka. Eleanor hair by Thora Charron for LeLutka *

Mesh head: LOGO Infinity Alex Omega Hybrid Mesh with LOGO Alex Hybrid Mesh Avatar Expressions Set 2 Add-On and LOGO Alex Hybrid Mesh Avatar Expressions Set 3 Add-On by Maximillion Grant for LOGO *

Skin applier: Elysium – Kate II skin – sunkiss by Aleida Rhode for Elysium, available at the Dressing Room Fusion *

Eyes: Mayfly – Luminous – Mesh Eye (Dark Chocolate 90%, w4) by Arkesh Baral for Mayfly

Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V3.3 by Onyx LeShelle for Maitreya

Dress: S&P Dress Lilian by xxsaltandpepperxx for Salt & Pepper, available at Shiny Shabby*

Hair piece: Ariskea [Field] Pansy Headband [Rose] by Diaxm for Ariskea, available at Shiny Shabby *

Necklace: MG – Necklace – Rose Heart – Short – SILVER by Maxi Gossamer for Maxi Gossamer *

Rings: Kibitz – Misti rings – maitreya – right – silver by Kathya Szczepanski for Kibitz, available at Shiny Shabby*

Nail applier: #adored – naughty & lace mani {maitreya} by Constance Daehlie for #adored *

Shoes: NX-Nardcotix Gora Flat Sandals Black Denim (MAITREYA) by Nardya Rousselot for Nardcotix, available at Shiny Shabby *

Décor:

Lark – Old Leaning Door by Sienia Trevellion for Lark, available at Shiny Shabby *

[ kunst ] – The Vineyard  by Kunst Himmel for [ kunst ], available at Shiny Shabby *

• .03 [ kunst ] – Barrel wall table RARE
• .07 [ kunst ] – Wall deco
• .09 [ kunst ] – Wall bottle & daisies
• .10 [ kunst ] – Barrel stool (a)
• .13 [ kunst ] – Wine glass 1
• .14 [ kunst ] – Cheverny bottle

Apt B // Farm Living Gacha by FadeArcade for Apt B, available at Shiny Shabby *

• Apt B // Farm Living Simple Shelf
• Apt B // Farm Living Ladder
• Apt B // Farm Living Rug

[ keke ] bottled flowers by Kean Kelly for [ keke ], available at Shiny Shabby *

• [ keke ] sphere bottled flowers – white
• [ keke ] sphere bottled flowers – blue
• [ keke ] tall bottled flowers – blue

Poses: -.label motion.-  Notebook by anne Dakun for -.label motion.-, available at Shiny Shabby *