the love affair continues…

So I’ve been in full blown shopping mode of late, and while I am building, the urge seems to come and go. There is a 50% off sale at Aoharu and I purchased this lovely dress. I HAVE no idea why I like this dress. Maybe it’s the innocent collar, or the sheer ruffled skirt, I just don’t know. I like it. There’s an additional ruffle that goes in the middle but I changed it out for my FABULOUS snake skin belt from Artilleri. I bought this belt weeks and weeks ago, and have been waiting for the perfect look for it. This is it! The black clutch is a freebie from BareRose that I won on the random prize orb (YAY FOR RANDOM PRIZES!). I’m wearing my own ‘mussed up set’ ‘black beaded bracelet’ and ‘hania’ hair. The shoes are from a fashcon vendor I’ve never heard of but like the look of, Mz Shoes. Lovely plaid chunky heels, and since there seems to be a dirth of shoe makers sans toes, I decided I had to get them! The socks are a group gift from the Miel, a much loved shoe maker favorite of mine now! Aren’t they adorable? Check out the lovely sculpty flowers at the top of the sock! Comes in 5 colors or so too! And finally, the love affair continues. So…I stalked Launa Fauna. Yep, totally fan-girled, moped and whined about my not being in the tester group. I haunted her plurks in plurk, bemoaning my fate! Finally she took pity on me and found a task for me! And the pay off was the beta skin for her new NOVA line!!! I was so happy I couldn’t speak for a second! erm type. I think everyone who reads my blog knows of my ongoing love affair with Chai skins. I have seriously loved them forever. Everything about them. I have the full line of the original Chais, the full line of the double shot, and well look forward to owning the full line of the NOVA. The beta skin is lovely, and dare I say, softer and more delicate than the double shot. The make-ups that Launa does for the line are, in my opinion, stunningly original and different. My all-time favorite is antique. In particular, I want to make note of the small of the back and knees which are perfection. Right now, the skins are in beta testing! But be on the lookout for the new release, I know I will!

Outfit Credits

Hair – Hania (Pale Brown) – Dark Mouse

Skin – Chai Nova Beta Version – Not yet available

Eyes – Summer Storm – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Diamond Girl Eyelashes – Talon Faire

Jewelry – DM Mussed Up Set and Black Bead Bangles – Dark Mouse

Dress – Tiered Doll Dress (Beige) – AOHARU

Belt – Snakeskin Sash Belt (Black) – Artilleri

Bag – Clutch Bag (Black) – Bare Rose

Socks – JANE FLOR SOCK (Creme Brulee) – MIEL JULY GROUP GIFT

Shoes – Mz. France (Pink Plaid) – Mz. Shoes

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

Sitting pretty

Oh hai. Thank you for coming by! So I’m not sure how to start this post – its sort of me hanging out in my house, sans kids, and just playing around with outfits and photoshop. I really should be working on my next release but all work and no play makes for a dull mouse. I’ve been wearing this outfit for a few days now, I’ve even changed out of it and changed back – which means I like it. So I decided I should blog it. I also played a bit with the lighting, etc. In other words the pic is truly ‘photoshopped.’ Typically I do my photos in world and don’t mess with the pic itself, other than to cut out the background, etc. The top is an adorable wrapped shirt by SWA that I picked up at their most recent sale. The skirt is my ALL TIME favorite skirt, the velvet skirt from Pixeldolls. This skirt flows like water, and spins around me in elegant waves. It’s just dreamy. I’ve paired it with a new skin I recently acquired, from League. I love the depth of this skin, it feels warm and rich. I’ve decked myself out in every piece of my own black & white drama pearls set, cause it seemed to work. I decided against a tattoo, cause I thought it would be too much. The hair is again my own (hey I’m playing here!) Krystina in pale brown. So the big news for me anyways is being recognized by Second Style magazine with a Stylie for best new jewelry designer. To say I was stunned, humbled and honored is to put it lightly. Second Life has been such an opportunity for me to be creative, something I don’t have in my real life. To be recognized in anyway makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. A big thank you and a to all the staff at Second Style!

Hair – Krystina (Pale Brown) – Dark Mouse

Skin – Medium Misty (Bronzed) – League

Eyes – Night Forest – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry Set – DM Black & White Drama Pearls Set (necklace, earrings, bracelet, cocktail ring)- Dark Mouse

Top – CrossTop-Hawaiin-Tradewinds – Second Wave Apparel

Skirt – Long Black Velvet Skirt – PixelDolls

Shoes – Plaid Jane (Light-Color Change to Black) – Meil

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

On indulgence.

I really need to stop being addicted to plurk. Plurk is an insideous thing that worms its way into your life – you’re constantly asking yourself, ‘who’s on plurk?’ It also FEEDS your other addictions. For instance, my skin addiction. There I said it. (plurk woot icon here) I spied a skin I’d not known about on plurk and guess where I am in the next minute? Trying demos and whining about my linden balance! I im’d Lizzie who said, ‘do you love it?’ Erm yes, I do….’then buy it,’ she said. It’s mine! Yes I’ve indulged myself. I realized recently that skins are the things I like to buy the most. I love this League skin with a love that cannot be described. Oh this outfit! I’ve been wearing this for DAYS in various iterations. It’s all about the scarf wrapped around my waist. I saw the wrap in grey on Bronson Twine’s Blog and had to have for me! I was so relieved that the scarf came in various colors AND sizes – how convenient! I love stuff that is unisex and versatile. And the price was soooo reasonable. I’ve paired it with gold tights from Cupcakes and the Panoply vest from Night N Day, which I wear a lot but have never blogged! The shoes are my sandals from Shiny Things that I was reminded in plurk that I own! You can find me on plurk here. All in all a casual everyday look that I typically wear when I’m building stuff. Speaking of building stuff, I’m working on some new hair styles! Maybe next week I’ll be done. My RL has been a bit hectic. Sadly, the Hair Fair is over! All my hair fair styles are in the store for your lag free demo-ing pleasure! I’m wearing the Alicja style in dark blond for this outfit.

Outfit Credits

Hair – Alicja (Dark Blond) – Dark Mouse

Skin – Medium Misty (Golden Glow) – League

Eyes – Gold Flakes (Topaz) – Poetic Color Eyes

Tattoo – Wired Garden – Garden of Ku

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry Set – DM Star Flower (Gold) – Dark Mouse

Top – Panoply Goldy Long – Nyte’N'Day

Wrap – Stole Set/RPO (Orange) – =IZUMIYA=

Leggings – Leggings (Gold) – Cupcakes

Shoes – Jane Wedges (Rust) – Shiny Things

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

New Releases at Dark Mouse

Hi there I have some new releases for the store – The Zoe set, my collaborative effort with Leah McCullough of Naive and a new set called Star Flower. The star flower set features a disk shaped pendant with a swirling flower motif. Gee I hope you were a member of my group this month – tee hee! If not you can join and get in on the goodness NEXT month! Here are the new releases – all are available at the Dark Mouse Main Store!

Is Dark Mouse .:Naive:.?

I’m happy to announce that I’ve been working on a collaborative effort with Leah McCullough of Naive! We’ve come up with the Zoe collection (named for a good friend of Leah’s) which is an adorable, light and airy (and I do mean airy) dress in four colors and jewelry to match! Leah had the idea for this lovely dress that features a floaty ‘transparenty’ skirt and flower top – it comes in four colors! It obviously needed some light and airy jewelry to match so I came up with a simple chain, with a dropped pendant. I wanted the jewelry to be delicate but detailed, as delicate as the dress. The pendant features dangling flower charms and a color change pendant – the gem colors accent each color version of the dress – just touch the gem. The earrings are also detailed with wire wrapped dangling flower! The sets can be had in silver, gold or copper. I really love this whole ensemble! Leah and I had a ton of fun taking pics and playing twins! You can get this whole outfit at either the Dark Mouse or .:Naive:. stores! Be sure to visit the new .:Naive:. location!

Outfit Credits

Mouse

Hair – Adriana (Pale Blond) – Dark Mouse

Skin – F01-GGD-P-S-LB – dhR Main Store

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer (Smooth Hills) – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry – DM Zoe Set in Silver – Dark Mouse

Dress – Zoe Dress in Green – .:Naive:.

Shoes – Ant Flat – EL PASO – Miel

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

Leah

Hair – Nadzia (Dark Blond) – Dark Mouse

Skin – CP Petal FREX light April Jonquil 1 – Curio

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer Storm – Poetic Color Eyes

Jewelry – DM Zoe Set in Silver – Dark Mouse

Dress – Zoe Dress in Yellow – .:Naive:.

Shoes – Funny Girl Flats (Black) – Periquita

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

Dreams of Turquoise

Yeah so I went shopping at the new starlust sim, Ala-Mode, and was in immediate lust with this lovely dress by Kenzie Craven. See the whole lust thing works! It’s a really pretty sim, go now! Shop! I’ve paired this lovely dress with my new Adriana hair in pale brown, some leggings (what is it with me and leggings anyways?), and the ubiquitous funny girl flats by Periquita (I truly lurve these, there is no more versatile flat). I accessoried with my own turquoise jewelry in gold. The skin is new from Fishy Strawberry. This is awesomely lovely skin – and their group gift. I can hardly wait to see the rest!

Outfit Credits

Hair – Adriana (Pale Brown) – Dark Mouse

Skin – Daphne Latte Fishy (Brown-h) – Fishy Strawberry

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer (Caribbean) – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry – DM Turquoise Set (Gold) – Dark Mouse

Dress – Don’t Rain On My Parade Dress – Sea {a} – K&CO

Tights – Nylon Leggings Calf – Black -Soxie!

Shoes – Funny Girl Flats Black – Periquita

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

New Hair Releases at Dark Mouse

What you don’t have enough hair? Yep I gots more stuff – 3 new hair releases for ya, in addition to my stuff at the glorious hair fair! You can pick up these new styles at my shop – click this link to teleport directly to the store!

Lounging in comfort

Just another comfy outfit, I don’t think I’m in the mood for too dressy lately. I saw this gorgeous ‘Kare’ shirt on the feed – another BareRose bargain! I paired it with some new pants from Naive. I managed to get in on the gift bag sale at Cupcakes – where I scored this terrific seduction skin PLUS a $500L giftcard…it was one of those secret sales! YAY! I’m wearing my newest hair release, Zocia, in Pale Blond, I’ll be announcing this as released later on today, but it’s already out in the store so….! I love this look, it’s so comfy, laying around in the house with a glass of white wine and a good book kind of comfy. My own animal print bangles in Zebra, the shoes are Shiny Things flats. Oh hey, I need more shoes, but I’m not good with toes. Can I has more shoes without toes please? anyone? bueller?

Outfit Credits

Hair – Zocia (Pale Blond) – Dark Mouse

Skin – Seduction Cameo Delight – Cupcakes

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer (Hayfield) – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Jewelry – DM Animal Prints (Zebra) – Dark Mouse

Top – Kare Shirt (White) – BareRose

Pants – Cord Pants Loose (Black) – Naive

Shoes – Francoise Flats (Gray) – Shiny Things

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

going nautical or baby got butt?

Yes, I can get sucked into a trend, especially when I see something sooooo fun that I must buy, instantly! I saw this top at So Many Styles and it was mine. Do you ever just buy something and barely glance at the price? I was that way with this top, it’s so adorable. Haha about the title of this post…I realized in one of the photos my butt is prominently displayed but I like the photo, so I went with it! The hair is / will be a new release called Serafina, with a parisian style crocheted beret (color change, natch). I will release it and two other new styles this weekend. The skin is, of course Curio, and the first Curio skin I ever purchased (yes, I’m feeling nostalgic). The capris are new from Naive, and simply perfect, jewelry is Violet Voltaire and my own buckle bangles in red. The lovely tattoo is from Marly’s, the store from Marleen Vaughan, that is no longer open. I hate when exceptionally talented people close their SL shops. The shoes are from my favorite store for odds & ends, HOC Industries, called sneaker wedges – an absolute steal at $40L.

Outfit Credits

Hair – Serafina (Dark Blond) – Dark Mouse – NOT YET RELEASED

Skin – Lumine Sprinkles 1 – Curio

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer (Hayfield) – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Tattoo – Sailor Jerry’s Swallows – Marly’s (No longer available)

Jewelry – DM Buckle Bracelet (Reds) – Dark Mouse

Jewelry – Angel Set (Black/Black) – Violet Voltaire

Top – Striped T-Shirt (Red) – So Many Styles

Pants – Lara Capri’s (Brown) – Naive

Shoes – Sneaker Wedges (Cherry) – HOC

Poses – Almost Always – LAP

the joys of procrastination

Yeah so, I want to redesign my vendors – so I came up with this prototype I really, really like. It’s not that much different, just two prims less (I’m such a prim hog) and will allow me to put more styles out eventually. Yeah, so this means I have to switch everything over. Ack. So instead of doing productive work, I decided to screw around and put together an outfit! Then SL crashed and I thought, heck I can do a blog post too! Before the crash happened I was wandering aimlessly and wandered over to Koreshan and stopped into Etch’d, one of my favorite tattoo places! Got this great one, there are so many new ones, really, stop by. Then I saw the announcement for these new chinos at Zaara’s, and the adorableness had to be mine. I then started thinking shoes and something for my waist. Did I want sandals? maybe…, but after a bit decided to go look if ETD had anything, and went with these adorable trainers instead! The waist wrap is part of a ‘ribbon’ bikini from Runo Runo. I have to be honest, I really like stuff from Runo, but I always have to screw with it to have it look right. I adjusted the fit, size and the texture just a hint. Of course the price is so reasonable that I typically overlook this, but if you’re not adventurous with altering your stuff, you may wish to pass. On the subject of waists, I really wish I could have found a store that just did stuff to put around your waist, like a shirt or a scarf tied around your waist or something…YES that’s a hint! Finally I picked out from my inventory the dead useful and elegantly made racer back signature tank from Callie Cline, which not only works with this but with everything else too! As for the hair, of course it’s my Eva style in Pale Blond! You can find it right now at the hair fair, click on this link for a teleport.

Outfit Credits

Hair – Eva (Pale Blond) – Dark Mouse at the Hair Fair

Skin – Petal FREX Light Sunny (Pure 1) – Curio

Eyes – PC Eyes Summer (Smooth Hills) – Poetic Color Eyes

Lashes – Natural Prim Lashes – La Sylphide

Glasses – Skinny Frame – HOC

Tattoo – Impact – Etch’d

Jewelry – DM Moonshine Earrings (Silver) – Dark Mouse

Tanktop – Signature Tank – Black – Callie Cline

Pants – Chinos (White)- Zaara

Waist Wrap – Ribbon Bikini – Runo Runo

Shoes – Demi Trainers (Black) – ETD

Poses – Almost Always – LAP