Calathea

I’m still finding so much that I want to blog at this round of FaMESHed.  Their birthday round has been one of their best months yet!  I’m really digging the bright summery colors of this tunic dress from Auxiliary.  It’s been a while since I’ve blogged anything from there, and it was certainly about time I got around to doing so.  If i’m in need of something bright and colorful I always know Auxiliary will have something to suit my tastes.

I’ve been so pleased that Pixel Mode is now making home & garden items.  This hanging chair is one of my favorite home and garden releases thus far from the store, and it comes in a large variety of texture options and has many wonderful pose options in it as well.

I also wanted to mention these gorgeous waterlilies.  You can find them at Botanical.  I love that they are only 2 prims and have so much detail to them.

Make sure to scamper over to FaMESHed to enjoy all the wonderful goodies this month! Happy shopping!

Credits:

Skin: Izzie’s | Izzie Button – Harlow – Fair

Eyes: Insufferable Dastard | Audrey Lamede – Soulful v2 – Gray

Hands: SLink | Siddean Munro – Mesh Hands

Hair: Exile | Kavar Cleanslate - Desperately Wanting

Dress: Auxiliary | Tyr Rozenblum – Tunic Dress – Peach (available at FaMESHed)

Feet: Gos Boutique | Gospel Voom – Bare Feet

Chair: Pixel Mode | Tya Fallingbridge – Calathea Chair – Dark (available at FaMESHed)

Waterlilies: Botanical | Kriss Lehmann – Waterlily Cluster

Location: Sunshine Mist 

My Three SL Wishes Meme

I thought I’d take part in yet another one of Miss Berry’s meme’s!  This one is my three Second Life wishes.

Wish # 1: I wish I didn’t have so many friends who hated one another.  It makes me feel like the awkward turtle.

First off, this wish makes it sound like I have a ton of friends.  I don’t really have a huge endless list of friends here in Second Life, but I am friendly with a lot of people, and have a lot of people who truly hate one another, or at the least have a strong disliking towards the other person.  I know, it’s just a fact of life, but it SERIOUSLY makes me feel like the awkward turtle.  I’ll be hanging out with someone, and someone else will be like “Oh…you are hanging out with THEM.” or “You are gonna regret getting to know them.” Etc… I hear it a lot more often than I ever thought I would, and it’s often times disheartening.  I think I’m the type of person who gives every single person a chance. Heck, I probably give them way too many chances, but I always give someone the benefit of the doubt, and take the time to get to know them.  Hey? If I get burned in the end, the life lesson is on me.  I just wish more of my friends were friendly towards one another.  I feel pretty blessed to know the people I know in Second Life, and sometimes I wish I could throw a big party, and have everyone show up, and not have to worry about who hates who!  I’ll throw a party at The Pixel Bean and I’ll get IMs asking “Is so and so there? Because if they are, I’m not coming!”  I HATE that!  Just come to the party and have a good time. Who cares if the skanky girl who stole your ex from 3 years ago, (who you never even loved that much in the first place) is at the party.  Just come and have a good time!

Wish # 2: I wish I knew how to create mesh & work with texturing.

I love to build.  I in fact, would love to start making homes again in Second Life because it’s something I absolutely love to do.  The issue is I feel my texturing skills are mediocre (at best), and I also have no clue how to create original mesh, and I’d love to incorporate that into my designs to keep up with the current trends/styles of Second Life.  I just wouldn’t even know where to begin in the learning process!  Maybe some day I’ll buckle down and truly take the time to learn.  I’m sure by that point something new with technology will come along and mesh will be a thing of the past. LOL.

Wish #3: I wish all of my Second Life friends lived close by.

Seriously. I would give anything for this.  Since moving halfway across the country I’ve not really met any close friends in my RL.  Everyone I hold close to my heart is thousands of miles away (except for my sweet Ark of course), and it’s so sad sometimes!  Sometimes I just want to be able to have all of us pile on a couch and watch a movie together, or go out to a pub and grab a few beers.  My Second Life friends “get me” more than anyone else on this earth.  I’d give anything to have those people in closer proximity.  So for all of you who ARE in decent traveling distance… let’s start planning some fun stuff in the future k? And for all of you far away?  Let’s plan a big Vegas trip far off in the future, because I want to meet all of you, and make all sorts of bad choices in Vegas with you. Muahahaha.

Credits:

Skin: Izzie’s | Izzie Button – Harlow – Fair

Hair: Magika | Sabina Gully – Honest

Sunglasses: HOC | Guu Nishi – Aviator Style Glasses

Necklace: ISON | Harry Hyx – Stark Dagger Necklace

Tank: JANE | Janie Marlowe – Intrinsic Tank – Milk

Jacket: ISON | Harry Hyx – Bubble Bomber

Hands: SLink | Siddean Munro – Mesh Hands

Jeans: Monso | Morphine Janick – My First Jeans – Lime (available at FaMESHed)

Shoes: Gos Boutique | Gospel Voom – Ursula

Pose: Exposeur | RubyStarlight Writer

Location:  Toxian City

American Honey

She grew up on the side of the road
Where the church bells ring
And strong love grows
She grew up good
She grew up slow
Like American honey

Steady as a preacher
Free as a weed
Couldn’t wait to get going
But wasn’t quite ready to leave
So innocent, pure and sweet
American honey

There’s a wild, wild whisper
Blowin’ in the wind
Callin’ out my name
Like a long lost friend
Oh, I miss those days
As the years go by
Oh, nothin’ sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Get caught in the race of this crazy life
Tryin’ to be everything
Can make you lose your mind
I just wanna go back in time
To American honey

There’s a wild, wild whisper
Blowin’ in the wind
Callin’ out my name
Like a long lost friend
Oh, I miss those days
As the years go by
Oh, nothin’ sweeter than summertime
And American honey

Gone for so long now
I gotta get back to her somehow
To American honey

There’s a wild wild whisper
Blowin’ in the wind
Callin’ out my name
Like a long lost friend
Oh, I miss those days
As the years go by
Nothin’ sweeter than summertime
And American honey

American Honey by Lady Antebellum 

Credits

Skin: Izzie’s | Izzie Button – Harlow – Fair

Eyes: Insufferable Dastard | Audrey Lamede – Soulful v2 – Gray

Hands: SLink | Siddean Munro – Mesh Hands

Hair: Wasabi Pills | MissAllSunday Lemon – Sunny – Gingerbread (available at FaMESHed)

Dress: Zaara | Zaara Kohime - Chaitra Chiffon Dress – Flowers (available at FaMESHed)

Pose: Adorkable Poses | Adorkable Peapod 

Location: Sunshine Mist 

Set Fire to the Rain

The FaMESHed birthday bash had kicked off and it’s filled to the brim with incredible styles and designs from all sorts of wonderful creators on the grid.  I am blown away by the endless talent that this event hosts.  Many of the items i’m sporting can be found at the event, so I will not ramble today and just let you check out all the goodies!

Credits

Skin: Izzie’s | Izzie Button – Harlow – Fair

Eyes: Insufferable Dastard | Audrey Lamede – Soulful v2 – Gray

Hands: SLink | Siddean Munro – Mesh Hands

Hair: Exile | Kavar Cleanslate – Set Fire to the Rain (available at FaMESHed)

Jewelry: Cae | Caelan Hancroft – Alchemy (available at FaMESHed)

Outfit: Valentina E. Couture | valentinaevangelista – Lacey Bra & Belted Skirt (available at FaMESHed)

Pose: !Bang | Trieste Minuet

Why do I blog meme?

How long have you been blogging? 

I have been been blogging since March of 2011.  (No laughing at my old school self!)

Why did you start blogging? 

I had started to grow tired of the roleplay community that I was a part of for a few years and decided it was time to try something new.  I had been following a few SL blogs (Strawberry Singh, Luna Jubilee, Juicy Bomb, etc…) and decided that I thought it would be fun to give it a try.  I never expected to last more than a month!

How many times a week do you post an entry?  

I try to post at least three to four times a week.  Sometimes more, sometime’s less. Really just depends on how busy my schedule is.

How many different blogs do you read on a regular basis? 

Honestly? Not too many.  I wish I had more time to browse blogs, but I stick to about 4 or 5 ones that I love, and then skim random posts that people post on plurk a few times a week.

Do you comment on other people’s blogs? 

On occasion. Not too often.

Do you keep track of how many visitors you have? 

Not really no.  I have google analytics set up, but I only check it once a month or two.  I always forget!

Did you ever regret a post that you wrote? 

Yes!  When I first started blogging I had a few moments where I thought I knew what was up in the world of SL and the fashion/blogging world, and I made a few etiquette posts.  Looking back on them now…I really had no clue what I was talking about.  I probably still have no clue what i’m talking about.

Do you think your readers have a true sense of who you are based on your blog? 

I’m not really sure…y’all tell me. Do you?

Do you blog under your real name?

I blog under my SL name.

Are there topics that you would never blog about? 

I don’t consider myself a person who blogs to critique/criticize.  I think there are people out there who are good at doing that, and there are people out there who enjoy doing that.  I blog what I love, and what I enjoy in Second Life. I have no interest in blogging to be critical.  I’m just here to do it for fun, and as a creative outlet for myself.  So you’ll never find me critiquing or analyzing anything in great detail.  This blog isn’t serious.

What is the theme/topic of your blog?

I’ve always considered my blog a scrapbook of all things Second Life.  Home & Garden, Fashion, Places, Events, etc… I want a mix of everything I come across.

Do you have more than one blog? If so, why?  

Nope. Just this one!

What have you found to be the benefits of blogging?

It’s an amazing creative outlet, and it’s also given me the opportunity to meet some really cool people throughout my blogging journey. So many talented, amazing, awesome, people.  I feel blessed.

So, why do you continue to blog?

I continue to blog so that I can torment you all daily with my incessant rambling, and silly photos. Why else would I blog?

PS. Lazy credits tonight… other items in the pic include glasses from Bitch.  My pose is Adorkable Poses.  My skin is Izzie’s, and my hands are SLink.

Lazy blogger is laaaazy.